O's Lose to MOtown beat Jays

Hernandez got ruffed up a little in the finale in Detroit but Berken pitched well in the opner in Toronto and won for just the first time since his debut and went 6 innings allowing 3 runs 2 of them solo HR. The O's outhit the Jays 9-8 and really should have been 10 but a double smashed down the line by Nick was called an error ona really difficult play for the 1B but the homegtown scorers are always biased and l;ike Buck Martinez said that's how you keep your pitcher's ERA low. Berken did a great job getting out of a jam after Nolan missed played a line drive mopved in instead of toward the wall and that cost the O's but with runners on 2nd and third Lind gounede top first with the infield in and roberts covered first because Berken did not. Then got the l;ast out and set the side down in order in the 6th after the O's gave hoima a lead. after the Markakis hit or error Huff isngled then Nolan grounded in to a fieldr's schjoice but the run scored. 4-3 Birds. Then reimold singled off the pitcher's glove if he had not tipped it it prolly would have gone fdor an out. Wigginton singled in a run and IWters doubled to the gap socring another 7-3 O's. ALbers would pitch 1.1 allowing 2 runs after he let 2 in the 8th but Ray would allwo a single hit then get the 2 outs so .2 for Ray no runs and Johnson would get the save in the 9th allowin 0 runs hios 3rd save. Breken had 6 Ks and really threw a mean slider with 2 strikes dangling it at the bottom of the zone then it would spin down out of the rewache of the swinging misses. O's win 7-5 but face lefty from UMD Cecil and then Hallayday pitchers who beat the O's earlier in the uyear Cecil a rookie as is Romero who loses his 5th vs 10 wins so the O's facing the Jays best pitchers in this sereis and think the Jays would still be hotly contending for thw AL EAST just as the top three are doing if there star starter AJ Burnett was still with them and not pitching in the Bronx but you say star starter and you know Geroge is trying to pry him out of your garsp.

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