Yankees-Orioles/Series Thread

[BuckFoston]

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Baltimore: 54-62, 4th AL East - New York: 66-51 2nd AL East

When

Game One-8/13/07 7:05 ET
Game Two-8/14/07 7:05 ET
Game Three-8/15/07 1:05 ET

Where: Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York.

Game 1: Jeremy Guthrie- 7-4, 3.22 ERA VS. Chien Ming-Wang-13-6, 3.94 ERA

Game 1 Prediction: My prediction on this game is that the Yankees come away winners. Wang will toe the mound and pitch about 6 maybe 7 strong innings. The Yankees are on fire right now so we now the bats will be there. Yankees win 5-3.

Game 2::Daniel Cabrera, 8-12, 5.14 ERA VS. Jeff Karstens, 0-2, 10.13 ERA

Game 2 Prediction:Now I'm a little shaky with this game. Karstens is makin me nervous and even with the sticks way hot right now I don't see the Yankees pulling this one out. Orioles win 4-1.

Game 3::Erik Bedard, 12-4, 3.11 ERA VS. Phil Hughes, 2-1, 4.64 ERA

Game 3 Prediction: Phil Hughes is amazing bottom line this kid will be a cornerstone player for a long time. And even though the O's are sending Bedard to the mound I think the Yankees will win this game. Yankees win 6-3.

Yankees win series 2-1.

[perforatededge54]

We could conceivably get swept.

[BuckFoston]

How could we get swept? Thats not happening.

[DravenX]

Game 1 should be a win but Game 2 and 3 is up in the air.

[pokey1327]

I would just like to start off by saying, I really hate the yankee's but give credit where credit is do. I think it is safe to say that the yanks have played the best baseball since the all star break. Heck with the wild card, they have a good chance of winning the East.
Yanks win the series at the minimum!!

[CrimsonTribe]

Game 1: Advantage Yankees, but not by a huge margin. Mainly b/c they are hot, homefield, and Guthrie is coming back to earth.

Game 2: Push. Depends on which DCab shows up. With the way the Yanks are hitting the ball, I wouldn't be surprised if he doesn't make it 5. But just when you think Cabrera has gone and lost it, he often comes back with a gem. One is just as likely as the other.

Game 3: Advantage Orioles. I know Hughes is the future and he has nasty stuff, but Bedard is a top 3 pitcher in the AL and a K monster. I can't go against him.

[BuckFoston]

Baltimore has been playing some good ball this month. This will be a fun serious to watch.

[Veovis]

I'm just happy this series is at the Stadium. It will be hell.

[BuckFoston]

Game 1 outcome:Yankees win 7-6! Mariano blew his first save since April 20, but my boy Bobby Abreu and so did the newly aquired Wilson Betemit homered, Mr. Clutch knocked in the winning run.

[browntown653]

Betemit and Chamberlain have been as good as anyone could expect so far. Big win and hopefully we can steal one behind Karstens tomorrow and take the series.

[Veovis]

I'm really looking forward towards Hughes facing Bedard. I don't even want to watch Karstens pitch tomorrow.

[nyjunc]

We won but wang wasn't very good again and Mariao for the 2nd consecutive day had a poor outing this time blowing a save. Give Mo a few days off and let's see if that helps, I am concerned about him.

[Veovis]

Well, hopefully tonight galvanizes the FO to send down Brower and Karstens. We have better options in Britton and Ramirez sitting at AAA.

[BronxBomberz]

[BuckFoston]

Karstens you suck! Go back to the minors. Now were freakin 5 games back!