The Orioles are now guarenteed a series win with their defeat of the Kansas City Royals tonight. The Orioles had another offensive power flex his mucles as Melvin Mora hit 2 long balls in the 7-4 win. Bruce Chen won his 5 game of the season, and B.J. Ryan got his 12 save in 13 tries.
Bruce Chen had a pretty good outing tonight against the Royals with 8 strikeouts and 4 runs allowed. The bulk of the KC's runs came in the 2nd inning when Chen allowed three, but he didn't allow a long ball out of the stadium. Bruce Chen's 8 strikeouts equaled his season high, and shut the door on the Royals until the seventh inning when he allowed 1 more run. Todd Williams faced one batter in relief of Chen in the 7th inning, and he got him out with a ball that was deflected off of Williams. Todd Williams went down to the training facility between innings after being hit by a line drive. Luckily for the Orioles, the deflected ball went right to Rafeal Palmeiro to end the inning. Steve Kline came in the 8th and didn't allow a hit in the inning. B.J. Ryan shut the door in the 9th with his usual drama, for he walked the lead-off batter and allowed a 2 out single to put the Royals in scoring position. Ryan got a ground ball to B-Rob that ended the game.
The O's got most of their offense from one man, Melvin Mora, who accounted for 4 runs with a 3 run shot in the 3rd inning and a solo shot in the 6th. Mora is now hitting just under .300 for the year, and he now has 24 RBIs. Newhan also added is own homer in the 6th that scored himself and Brian Roberts. Javy Lopez also got an RBI in the 5th inning by hitting a double that barely scored Palmeiro. The offensive power of the Orioles is just amazing because it seems like every time the O's need someone to step up, one or more batter do. In both games against the Royals, the Orioles have trailed and eventually won because of big hits.
Notable: Miguel Tejada extended his hitting streak to 10 games. Raffy got 2 more hits tonight to extend his career hits to 2954.
Posted by helimech24 at May 18, 2005 11:31 PM | TrackBack