The Orioles picked up their usual Opening Day win yesterday, and are tied for first place in the AL East. Going wire-to-wire is probably going to require a second victory today, so they'll need to make that happen to keep the dream alive.The Twins (2011 stats):
Pos
Batting
UZR
fWAR
Denard Span
CF
.264/.328/.359
9
2.2
Jamey Carroll
SS
.290/.359/.347
-5
2.2
Joe Mauer
CF
.287/.360/.368
1
1.6
Justin Morneau
DH
.227/.285/.333
4
-0.3
Josh Willingham
LF
.246/.332/.477
-5
2.1
Chris Parmelee
1B
.355/.443/.592
1
1.3
Danny Valencia
3B
.246/.294/.383
-6
0.5
Ben Revere
RF
.267/.310/.309
10
2.0
Alexi Casilla
2B
.260/.322/.368
0
1.4
Maybe Ryan Doumit's misplay on Nick Markakis' triple yesterday has something to do with Ben Revere being in right today.Francisco Liriano:
K/9
BB/9
GB%
ERA
FIP
xFIP
fWAR
7.5
5.0
48.6%
5.09
4.54
4.52
1.0
Liriano stil...
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Camden Crazies:
PLAYERS:
Denard Span,
Jamey Carroll,
Joe Mauer,
Justin Morneau,
Josh Willingham,
Chris Parmelee,
Ben Revere,
Alexi Casilla,
Ryan Doumit,
Nick Markakis,
Francisco Liriano,
Nolan Reimold,
JJ Hardy,
Adam Jones,
Matt Wieters,
Mark Reynolds,
Nick Johnson,
Ronny Paulino,
Robert Andino,
Chris Davis,
Wilson Betemit,
Endy Chavez,
Ryan Flaherty,
Tommy Hunter
TEAMS: Baltimore Orioles, Minnesota Twins
TEAMS: Baltimore Orioles, Minnesota Twins
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