Orioles 8, Palms 2

The Friday night loss to Baltimore may have been the most devastating loss of the season for the Palms. Troy Munoz dominated Baltimore through 8 innings, allowing only 1 run to score and a scattering 5 hits. The lead was 2-1 in the top of the 9th when the Palms brought in Manny Parra, who had scuffled in his last outing, but still only had one blown save on the year. Make it 2. He had a disastrous time with the Orioles, allowing 5 runs in only a third of an inning. Blake Johnston, the other stalwart of the Palms bullpen, likewise struggled to retire anyone from Baltimore. He allowed only his third home run of the season, a three run blast by Chris Davis that salted the game away. Now in mid-August is the time that the team needs to prove that they can bounce back from tough defeats like this. They play tomorrow afternoon again at home versus the Orioles.

 Baltimore Orioles 8, Miami Palms 2
 Friday, August 10, 2012


 Baltimore Orioles (2-4)                                  Miami Palms (57-55)                                    
 Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave     
 ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---      ------          -- -  - -- -- --  -  -  - ---   ---     
 Ford rf         5  1  2  1  0  1  2  0  0  0   .400      Crisp cf        5  0  1  0  0  0  3  0  0  3   .304
 Hardy ss        5  1  1  0  0  2  3  2  0  0   .556      Prado 3b        4  0  1  1  0  1  1  1  0  0   .298
 Davis dh        5  1  1  3  0  0  0  0  0  1   .167      Gonzalez 2b     4  0  2  1  0  0  1  1  0  1   .333
 Jones cf        4  1  3  0  1  1  3  0  0  0   .259      Holliday dh     4  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  2   .296
 Wieters c       5  0  2  1  0  0  8  0  0  0   .136      Sohn lf         4  0  0  0  0  0  7  0  0  1   .292
 Betemit 1b      5  1  1  0  0  0  5  1  0  4   .238      Molina c        4  0  2  0  0  1  5  0  0  0   .316
 McLouth lf      4  1  2  1  0  0  2  0  0  1   .500      Markakis rf     4  0  0  0  0  3  4  0  0  1   .276
 Machado 3b      3  1  1  1  1  1  1  0  0  1   .333      Dupont 1b       4  1  2  0  0  2  5  0  0  0   .285
 Quintanilla 2b  4  1  1  1  0  0  1  1  0  0   .250      Nunez ss        3  1  2  0  1  0  1  0  0  0   .248

                 -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---                            -- -  - -- -- -- -- -- -- ---           
 Totals          40 8  14 8  2  5  27 8  0  7             Totals          36 2  10 2  1  7  27 6  0  8 


                           1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9  10     R  H  E
                           -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -  -      -  -  -
 Baltimore Orioles         1  0  0  0  0  0  0  0  7         8  14 0 
 Miami Palms               0  0  1  0  1  0  0  0  0         2  10 0 



 LOB- Baltimore Orioles 7, Miami Palms 8; 2B- McLouth(1), Quintanilla(1), Dupont(22);
 HR- Davis(2); RBI- Wieters(1), Davis 3(5), Ford(1), McLouth(1), Machado(1), Quintanilla(1),
 Gonzalez(73), Prado(51); GIDP- Quintanilla(1), Crisp(2); RLSP- Betemit 3, McLouth,
 Machado, Gonzalez, Crisp 2, Holliday 2; 

 DP- Baltimore Orioles 1, Miami Palms 1;
 


 Baltimore Orioles            IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 Gonzalez(W 1-0)              8.0  8  2  2  1  5    2.25 
 Strop                        1.0  2  0  0  0  2    9.82 

 Miami Palms                  IP   H  R  ER BB SO    ERA
 Munoz                        8.0  5  1  1  2  5    4.82 
 Parra(L 1-1)(BS,2)           0.1  5  5  5  0  0    4.45 
 Johnston                     0.2  4  2  2  0  0    3.45 

 Inherited runners-scored- Johnston 2-2; Pitches-strikes- Gonzalez 90-57, Strop 14-10,
 Munoz 102-61, Parra 10-8, Johnston 18-10; Batters faced- Gonzalez 32, Strop 5,
 Munoz 30, Parra 6, Johnston 6;

 Player of the Game: Chris Davis

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