Last Night's Game and the Trade Deadline

On Tuesday, the Orioles finally broke out in a big way, defeating the Toronto Blue Jays, 12-4. They are now 41-58 on the season, and 21 games out of first place. For a change, instead of the Orioles being whipped, they got to inflict pain to a pitching staff. J.J. Hardy hit a pair of home runs, and Derrek Lee – who also drove in five runs – along with Nolan Reimold went deep during Tuesday's game.The offense helped Jake Arrieta – who gave up four runs in five innings – win his tenth game of the season, despite not having his best stuff on the mound. Jason Berken – who has looked shaky as of late – pitched three scoreless innings of relief to help finish off the game for Baltimore. That is a promising sign, considering he has not been used much as of late. It is funny the amount of run support that Arrieta gets in comparison to Jeremy Guthrie – I’m just saying. Speaking of Guthrie, this Sunday marks the trade deadline and as we all know, the Orioles (frankly), do not ha...