Wishful thinking

The Orioles rebounded from yesterday's stunning 10-7 loss to the Yankees with a 6-4 victory today to win 2 of the 3 game road series.

Erik Bedard pitched 7 innings for the O's (7 IP, 5 H, 3 ER, 5 K) allowing 3 earned runs in the bottom of the 1st and scattering two singles in innings 2 through 7. The bullpen got nicked for a run in the 8th following a leadoff triple by Johnny Damon.

For the first time in the 2007 campaign, O's defenders played the entire game without committing an error.

A 2 run home run by Kevin Millar and a 3 run shot by Paul Bako highlighted the O's offense.

The O's record is 2-4 in the first six games, all on the road, against the defending Central Division champion Twins and the defending East Division champion Yankees. They now go home to Baltimore and take on the defending American League champion Tigers in a 3 game set.

Thru the 1st week of the season, the O's stand 12th in the AL in hitting, 13th in pitching and 13th in fielding.

If only the pitching and fielding were as good as the hitting....