The Orioles have fallen off some lately but they still maintain the best park adjusted offense in the majors. The Rays have the worst pitching staff in the majors. Combine the two and you get....only nine runs allowed in three games?
McClung: 5 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 7 K, 4 BB, 1 HR
Kazmir: 7 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 7 K, 3 BB, 0 HR
Fossum: 6.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 6 K, 1 BB, 2 HR
Orvella: 2.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 4 K, 1 BB, 0 HR
Borowski: 3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 K, 0 BB, 0 HR
Harper: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 K, 0 BB, 0 HR
Baez: 2 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 3 K, 0 BB, 1 HR
Starters: 18.1 IP, 11 H, 7 R, 20 K, 8 BB, 3 HR
Relievers: 8.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 10 K, 1 BB, 1 HR
Total: 27 IP, 16 H, 9 R, 30 K, 9 BB, 4 HR
That's pretty good. Funny that the only reliever to give up a run (two in fact) is the glorious closer. I'm not sold on Borowski yet, he looks like Nomo with better control so far. Maybe that strikeout tonight will be the start of some dominance from him, maybe not. We'll just wait and see on that. I'm pretty sure that it's no coincidence that the Rays had great relief pitching this weekend when Carter, Brazelton, and Miller all sat and did nothing. Thankfully Carter is gone completely and Colome is back, though until we see him a few times and find out if his shoulder is actually healthy now we can't be sure he can be counted on.