Orioles Get It Done Against the Yankees; Zach Britton
The Orioles this afternoon earned a 6-2 win over the New Yankees as Zach Britton threw five plus innings of one-run ball, Luke Scott showed some life at the plate – finally – with a two-run homer, and the hottest Oriole on the planet, Jake Fox, hit his eighth longball of the exhibition season.
Although Britton faced a Yankees B-lineup with Mark Teixeira and Nick Swisher in the lineup, he struck out five and allowed six hits. The Baltimore bullpen kept the Yankees at bay for the rest of the game and got Britton his second win.
With nine days remaining before the Orioles kick off the season in the Tampa Bay area against the Rays, one has to wonder if Britton has a role on the major league squad.
I’m sure it’s being talked about all over.
As a fan, I hope he makes it and is on the roster on Opening Day. Britton has shown that he can do the job based on his numbers in Florida and perhaps has been the best hurler on the team.
However, the business of baseball may work against him in this case.
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Baltimore’s finally getting some notice outside of the Beltway:
http://sportstatistics.blogspot.com/2011/03/stat-line-of-day-march-23rd.html
Britton’s pitching real well this spring…could be a good sign!
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