As hard as it may seem to believe, Rich Hill’s ERA jumped a full point in his start against the Red Sox last night. Hill allowed 9 hits 9 runs in 3 plus innings.
Fortunately for Baltimore, the Oriole bats were working overtime. They achieved the biggest comeback in franchise history saving Hill from being the goat. Baltimore won by the score of 11-10.
It was also the biggest comeback by a last-place team over a first-place team.
George Sherrill the young stopper for Baltimore, got his 17th save of the year.
"One-run saves are tough. I haven’t been part of a winning team yet, so I guess when we get to 83 wins, that will be more exciting. Until then, this is probably one of the biggest."
One-run saves are indeed tough. That’s why the good ones get paid the big bucks.
By the way, I’m don’t follow the Red Sox too closely but why is Julio Lugo leading off and Jacoby Ellsbury batting eighth? Lugo seems to be one of those players that just won’t retire. And I’m not sure if I mean that in a good way or a bad way.