I had a post earlier in the baseball season regarding how the O's appear to be a team of streaks. That trend is definitely keeping up. Win a bunch, lose a bunch...repeat the process. It doesn't seem to get them anywhere. However, there have been times when I love the team, and then times like right now, when watching them play just pisses me off. On the year the O's have winning streaks of 4,4,4, and 6, while losing 3,5,4,5, and 5. Each time the O's snap off a good winning streak, there has always been a equal losing streak to bring them back into the rear of the AL standings. Its a depressing way to follow a team.
Currently the O's have lost 5 straight...the last 3 of those losses earned by the bullpen. The supposed strength of the 2007 O's sure is disappointing.
How worthless is a Hold? Well...Danys Baez earned a hold last night(12th on the year) despite getting just 1 out and giving up 3 earned runs. That stat is meaningless...and Baez's era continues to rise...now at 6.84. Perlozzo just can't trust this guy in a game the O's have the lead any more.
Good news from last night is that Burres continues to do well. I wish he could pitch more efficiently and log some more innings, but its hard to complain with just 1 run given up.
10 hits is also a good sign, although Cory Patterson's .214 average is pretty trifling.
The O's really don't have somebody in the minors who can come up and hit better than Patterson or Gibbons right now? I'd love to atleast see somebody else given a chance in LF, with Payton moving over to CF. Maybe a little benching would inspire one of those guys to get out of their prolonged slumps.
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