The Zen of Chen 7/19

Written by weams and Frobby

I was very happy to see Chen get the win today. Believe it or not, that was his first win since June 17. Twice in July, he exited after pitching extremely well, only to see the bullpen blow a three-run lead. (In both games, the Orioles won, but he got robbed of a decision.) So, it was nice to see a potential hard-luck "L" for Chen be converted into a "W" in the 8th inning.

The guy really has been a tremendous addition to this team

"Frobby"

Nick Markakis - RF
J.J. Hardy - SS
Jim Thome - DH
Adam Jones - CF
Matt Wieters - C
Wilson Betemit - 3B
Chris Davis - LF
Mark Reynolds - 1B
Ryan Flaherty - 2B

Wei-Yin Chen - LHP (7-5, 3.80 ERA)


Denard Span - CF
Ben Revere - RF
Joe Mauer - C
Josh Willingham - DH
Justin Morneau - 1B
Trevor Plouffe - 3B
Ryan Doumit - LF
Brian Dozier - SS
Alexi Casilla - 2B

Cole De Vries - RHP (2-2, 4.37 ERA)

Wie -Yin Chen did not deserve to be saddled with three runs against through seven innings.

Thanks to Mark Reynolds, it was good enough to earn him a win.

Orioles prevail 4-3 Jim Johnson with his 28th save.

Here, These Guys will tell you how easy a game it was to watch.

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