The Orioles (51-56) had a very good April against the Seattle Mariners, playing them in two different series in the month. We swept them in the first four-game series (April 4-7) and took two out of three at Safeco Field (April 22-24). Also, we're coming off a pretty exciting series in the Bronx, where we took two out of three from the Yankees. Since the All-Star break, our hitting has been pretty awesome (.286 batting average and 5.8 runs per game). But we've gone 6-8 thanks to our 6.07 ERA, which is second worst in the American League.
The Mariners (41-67), however, had their sixth consecutive double-digit hit total in an 8-5 win over Texas last night. They also had eight walks, which is bad news for Orioles starter Garrett Olson (7-5), who played a great game against the Los Angels Angels on Sunday. But, in his previous four starts, he went 0-2 with a 10.53 ERA while walking 13 in 19 2/3 innings. Yikes.
On the mound for Seattle is Jarrod Washburn (5-9), who also had a great Sunday, giving up one run and four hits in eight innings of a 5-1 win over Toronto. Against the O's, he's 6-4 with a 4.46 ERA in 14 career games.
So, once again, it's all about ball control for Olson. Let's hope he has a start like last Sunday and our offense continues to slam base hits.
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