Last night the O's used Groom, Julio and Bauer. Tonight, they have Rodrigo Lopez starting who has only come out of the bull pen in his previous appearances this season. Sox either get to the bull-pen early or Grover leaves Lopez in there to take his lumps preserving people for the showdown with Pedro tomorrow.
In his previous stint in the majors, Lopez started 6 games and finished none of them, averaging 4 innings per start. I don't need to remind you of Damon, Garcia., Rodriguez, etc. in that Boston lineup.
Weather will be similar to last night in what was a high scoring affair.
I know I've been here ripping on the O's offense, but, Hairston has been swinging a better bat since getting back into the line-up. Conine is bringing the average up. Bordick has reached safely in 7 of his last 8 games. I don't think the Orioles can expect two homers from Gil tonight, but I do expect some runs off Darren Oliver.
Bos/O's o 9.5 (Ev)
Dogs I'm considering:
Anaheim
Tampa Bay
Milwaukee
TheShrimp
In his previous stint in the majors, Lopez started 6 games and finished none of them, averaging 4 innings per start. I don't need to remind you of Damon, Garcia., Rodriguez, etc. in that Boston lineup.
Weather will be similar to last night in what was a high scoring affair.
I know I've been here ripping on the O's offense, but, Hairston has been swinging a better bat since getting back into the line-up. Conine is bringing the average up. Bordick has reached safely in 7 of his last 8 games. I don't think the Orioles can expect two homers from Gil tonight, but I do expect some runs off Darren Oliver.
Bos/O's o 9.5 (Ev)
Dogs I'm considering:
Anaheim
Tampa Bay
Milwaukee
TheShrimp
