Orioles: Week in Review

Well baseball season has officially begun and the Orioles have won their first series of the year. This is the first installment of a series that I will do throughout the season reviewing the prior week for the Orioles.

Game 1- The Orioles started the season hot with a win over the Rays. O's ace Chris Tillman put in a solid effort throughout the middle innings and put the team in a great position to win. The injury and suspension riddled line up was carried by last season's hero Steve Pearce and new comer Travis Snider. Pearce continued to rake at the Trop with an opening day home run.

Game 2- The Orioles put in another solid effort against the Rays. Through an early inning offensive explosion, the O's jumped out to a commanding 6 run lead. Steve Pearce continued his "Ray-killing"ways with another home run. O's pitcher Wei-Yin Chen didn't quite have his best stuff, running out of steam in the middle innings. However, the bullpen was able to pick him up and preserve the win.

Game 3- With the chance for the early season sweep, Miguel Gonzalez took the hill for the O's. Much like the previous two starters, Gonzalez put up a solid, but far from dominating effort. Unlike the first two games, the O's offense was non-existent , failing to score a single run. With that, the O's fell in the final game of the series by a score of 2-0.

Overall, the opening series for the Orioles was a good one. However, it is apparent that the success of the team is going to rely primarily on the ability of the starting pitching. If they can get deep into games, the offense will be there in the majority of the games. With a series win under their belt, the O's will play their home opening series against the Blue Jays later today.