In my last post I wrote about how the Orioles' season has been divided up into 3 different streaks. Well it looks like they have another one going now. After splitting with Cleveland(good result against the #1 team in the AL Central) , they took 3 straight from the D-Rays. The Bedard-Shields matchup on Wednesday night was a great pitching matchup. Getting a win against a team when their pitcher has a great night is a huge plus. Bedard looked like what O's fans expected all year, and the D-Rays seem to have developed a #2 to go with Kazmir. The O's bullpen seems to be back on track after some shaky outings over the last few weeks.
It will be interesting to see how the O's play against Boston this weekend. A win in this series brings Boston back down to earth a bit, while getting the O's over .500 again. A bad series puts them back in the pack in the AL East, and gives the Sox an even greater lead in the division. Tonight's game looks the most promising going up against Julian Tavarez. He has pitched just 4.2 innings at Fenway this year and given up 6 earned runs. I'm hopeful the O's will carry over the hitting from last night and give Brian Burres some run support. Saturday and Sunday will be difficult to get wins on because of Schilling and Beckett, who are a combined 11-1 this season.
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