Red Sox @ Orioles

[DravenX]

(69-49) vs. (52-61)

8/10 Game 1: Daisuke Matsuzaka (13-8, 3.70 ERA) vs. Erik Bedard (12-4, 3.09 ERA)

8/11 Game 2: Josh Beckett (14-5, 3.31 ERA) vs. Garrett Olson (1-0, 3.86 ERA)

8/12 Game 3: Curt Schilling (6-5, 4.31 ERA) vs. Steve Trachsel (5-7, 4.88 ERA)

The Orioles is coming off a series in which they were swept by the Mariners in a 3 game series.

[redsrbetter]

Lets go O's! Bedard vs Matsuzaka is going to be crazy. Oriloes ready to play part of the spoiler and allow the Yankees to inch ever closer to the annual BoSox/Yanks battle at the end of the year.

Things could get a little too fun in here!

[BronxBomberz]

Let's go Orioles!
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Let's Go Orioles!
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[redsrbetter]

Haha, I figured you Yank fans would be in here to enjoy the possibilities. Big games coming up.

[DravenX]

Let's Go Sox in this case.

[redsrbetter]

Prediction:

Game 1: Orioles 4-5
Game 2: Sox 6-3
Game 3: Sox (Trachsel just sucks) 8-2

[Molina00]

Looks like a good one so far. O's up 1-0 thanks to a 1st inning single by Tejada and Bedard with 3 innings of no-hit ball in books. Matsuzaka is having some control problems with 3 walks in 2.1 innings, but has struck out 4 Oriole batters already.

[BronxBomberz]

O's WIN!

[Turn 2]

O's come from behind and win 6-5. Yeah

[Turn 2]

I really want to see this Kid Garrett Olsen do well today. I think he has the stuff.

[BronxBomberz]

I really want to see this Kid Garrett Olsen do well today. I think he has the stuff.

I would love to see him dominate the Red Sox.

[CrimsonTribe]

I was there. Awesome game. OPACY was full of Sox fans, but we shut them up good w/ that comeback.

[BronxBomberz]

Red Sox winning big.

[CrimsonTribe]

Olson is getting absolutely squeezed and Karros is justifying it by saying that since he's a rookie he hasn't earned the close strikes. This makes NO SENSE whatsoever. Beckett is getting calls on pitches that are inches off the plate, while Olson has been forced to throw four strikes on at least three occasions. I'm pretty sure the rules are supposed to be the same for everyone. Aren't they?

[redsrbetter]

Has been a big series huh! So far, my predictions have been correct.

Welcome back Turn 2! The Orioles board is popping and ready to blow up. Get some friends in here O's fans, its time for a revolution. (Well, not exactly revolting, but you get the point.)

Original Prediction:
Game 1: Orioles 4-5 O's win 6-5 (Close on the score too!)
Game 2: Sox 6-3 BoSox win 6-2 (Even closer on the score!)
Game 3: Sox (Trachsel just sucks) 8-2