On the O's

The Orioles most recent turn through the rotation was the best of the year by far and resulted in 4 victories for the Birds.

The wins came against the lowly Nationals and the slumping Blue Jays.

It is , nonetheless, encouraging because Baltimore has often been the destination for ailing teams to get well.

Date	Starter	IP	Hits	Runs	Result
5/26/09	Jason Berken	5	7	2	Win 7-2
5/25/09	Jeremy Guthrie	7	7	1	Win 4-2
5/24/09	Brad Bergesen	5 2/3	8	4	Lose 8-5
5/23/09	Koji Uehara	3	3	0	Win 2-1
5/22/09	Rich Hill	5 2/3	3	2	Win 4-2

Jason Berken pitched as well as could be hoped for in his ML debut. Jeremy Guthrie finally put together a start without throwing a bunch of fat pitches. Brad Bergesen pitched well enough to win and left with a lead, however, the bullpen could not hold it. Not too discouraging considering the bullpen had thrown 12 1/3 innings in the previous two days in nailing down tight victories. Uehara pitched 3 scoreless innings before leaving with a tweaked hamstring and Rich Hill posted a 2nd consecutive good start which the bullpen finished up in a 12 inning affair.

Uehara is expected to miss his next start with the hamstring problem, which means the next turn through the rotation will have only Guthrie remaining from the Opening Day rotation. Both Berken and Bergesen are O's minor league products and a 3rd is expected to be called up to take Uehara's next start.

The O's also announced that catcher Matt Weiters will be called up to make his ML debut in Baltimore against the Tigers on Friday night.