Chris Tillman pitched five and two thirds innings allowing 2 runs on 6 hits. Chris left the game with the score tied and the Orioles went on to lose by a score of 5-2 to the Toronto Blue Jays.
Daily Archives: May 29, 2010
Tillman to Start Against Jays Today
A lot rides on the success of Chris Tillman for the Baltimore Orioles and the young pitcher will start today against the Blue Jays. The Orioles have a beat up bullpen and their starting rotation has struggled with injury, ineffectiveness and not had decent run support even when they have had good outings. A successful start by Tillman can provide a respite to the battered bullpen and give beleaguered Manager Dave Tremblay a bit of breathing room to manage the late innings where frequently the bullpen has given up a large number of runs. Chris who was 5-5 at Norfolk with a 3.12 ERA and strikeout rate of 7.3 per nine innings work has matured since last season and from where I sit behind home plate does not lose his composure and pitches out of situations that last year were trouble for him. He has improved throughout the season and pitched a no hitter against the Gwinnett Braves. I expect that Chris will do well in Baltimore but remind people that he is but one part of what needs to happen to help the Orioles regain respectability in the league.
Hopefully Chris will be one of the answers for the struggling Orioles who with a 15-32 record sit in the Marianas Trench of the Major Leagues even surpassed by the likes to the Pittsburgh Pirates.
I have my doubts at how long Dave Tremblay can remain as skipper of the Orioles and with the season headed toward what could be the worst year in the history of the Orioles something will have to be done soon to reverse the tide and return the Orioles to a modicum of respectability.
The promotion of Tillman to the Orioles is not a silver bullet but hopefully Chris will overcome the hurdles of poor run support to help the Orioles pitching staff right itself.
Peace, Padre Steve+
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Tides Roll: Patton and Sarfate Combine to Shut Out Pawsox 3-0
Troy Patton dominated Pawtucket on Friday Night
Troy Patton showed what he is made of last night in Pawtucket and why he is on the Baltimore Orioles 40 man roster. After a catastrophic outing last week where he was bombarded for 8 runs and 13 hits Patton (3-6 5.70) came back and showed tremendous poise, confidence and control and pitched a beauty. Troy faced 23 batters in 7 innings of shutout work allowing just three hits and no walks striking out 4 Pawtucket batters. Patton showed great pitching economy and control using just 86 pitches to shut down the Sox. It was by far Troy’s best outing of the year and should allay fears that without Chris Tillman who was called up this morning that the Tides rotation could be in for trouble. If Troy continues like this he will become one of the leaders of this young and talented staff and put himself in contention for a spot on the Orioles roster. I say this because it takes a lot of guts for any pitcher to leave behind an outing like last week and focus on the game at hand. Many pitchers lose their edge and confidence but instead of that it looks like Patton has resurrected his season in this fine effort.
Reliever Denis Sarfate (0-0 S@ 1.32) also shined in two innings of solid relief work. Sarfate pitched to 7 batters allowing just one hit and no walks while striking out three to complete the shutout of the Pawsox and get the save. It is the first time and I believe it is the first time this season that Tides Pitchers have not walked a batter, even Chris Tillman in his no-hitter gave up one walk.
Tides hitters scattered 11 hits and cobbled enough of them together to score three runs which was more than enough to put away the Pawsox. The first run came in the 2nd inning on a series of singles which began with Josh Bell singling to center, Nolan Reimold hitting one to left and Brandon Snyder doing the same. With the bases loaded and no outs Paco Figueroa singled to left to drive in Bell for the early lead. In the top frame of the 6th inning Brandon Snyder singled and came home on Paco Figueroa’s first double since coming to the Tides last week. The Tides got their final run of the night on Jeff Salazar’s 7th home run of the year.
For the Tides they had 3 runs on 11 hits with 2 errors while stranding 8 and Pawtucket no runs on 4 hits and 1 error with 3 men left on base. The winning pitcher was Troy Patton who notched his third victory of the season while Denis Sarfate got the save. The losing pitcher was Felix Doubront (0-1 1.50). Tonight the teams play again in Pawtucket with Brandon Erbe (0-8 6.80) still seeking his first win of the campaign up for the Tides and Adam Mills (1-3 4.15) on the hill for the Pawtucket.
After lots of talk and speculation in the media Chris Tillman was recalled to the Orioles today
One the personnel side of the house the Orioles moved David Hernandez to a relief role and recalled Chris Tillman as expected from Norfolk. They also recalled Jim Johnson to the team from the Tides.
Up in Toronto the Orioles were blanked by the Blue Jays by a score of 5-0 in a game where everything went wrong for the O’s. With a the worst record in the Major Leagues (15-34) one has to wonder if Manager Dave Tremblay will survive the weekend. The team has far too much talent despite the injuries that it has had to be doing this badly in a year that they expected to return to respectability.
Peace,
Padre Steve+
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