Monday, May 21, 2018

Saturday May 21 vs the Mariners

Opponent: Seattle Mariners
Outcome: W
Score: 3-1
Streak: W1
Record: 7-34
Rank: 7th
GB: 19.5

After the previous couple games it was a nice turn of events for the Orioles to win a game due to the other team's bullpen falling apart although to be fair it wasn't quite as spectacular as the Orioles' Thursday night had been.

Jeff Ballard had been called up from Triple A Rochester to make tonight's start and while it wasn't a start to write home about, he did hold the Mariners to a single run.  He gave up 10 hits in 8 1/3 innings however although he was helped out by the three double plays that they Mariners hit into.

The Orioles got on the board first in the bottom of the second when Larry Sheets knocked in Eddie Murray with a double.  The Mariners tied it up in the top of the sixth when Rey Quinones doubled to score Glenn Wilson.  It could have been worse but Dave Valle was thrown out at the plate trying to score from first on Quinones' double.

The game remained tied until the bottom of the eighth.  Seattle reliever Dennis Powell (who had taken over for starter Scott Bankhead the previous inning) walked Bill Ripken to start the inning.  Keith Hughes then tripled to put the Orioles ahead and Fred Lynn singled to knock Hughes in with an insurance run.  Seattle went to their bullpen and replaced Powell with Julio Solano who got out of the inning without giving up any more runs but the damage was done.  Ballard started the ninth but was relieved by Tom Neidenfuer after giving up a one out single to Mickey Brantley.  Mercifully Neidenfuer was able to get the next two batters out uneventfully and notched his (and the team's) third save of the season.

It's not clear to me whether Elrod Hendricks was still interim manager of the team at this point or if Frank Robinson was back.  I think Robinson was back but I don't know for sure.

I spent the day completing my move to Ellicott City.  I rented a truck to move my furniture and had a group of friends help me load and unload it in return for pizza and beer.

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