Baseball Musings
Baseball Musings
April 28, 2008
Which Hernandez?

It's not a good year to be a Hernandez on Baltimore. Luis, the shortstop came into the game hitting .233, although with some walks his OBA was a simply poor .314. Ramon Hernandez didn't start today, nursing a .181 batting average, but with a few extra base hits to make his slugging percentage .347. Ramon pinch hit for Luis at one point and stayed in to catch, and that proved good for the Orioles as he launched a home run in the top of the eleventh to give the Orioles a 3-2 lead. Eight of his fourteen hits have gone for extra bases.

Update: Juan Uribe gets your RBI as he leads off the bottom of the eleventh with a home run off Sherrill. That's George's first blown save of the season.

Update: The infield is in awful shape right now. You can see the puddles, and when Cabrera reached on an error and slid into second, he left a rut of mud.

Update: The game is now delayed in the twelfth.

Update: The game was suspended. I'll see if I can find information about finishing it. This is where I miss the old tie rule.

Update: No date announced yet. The Orioles do not play the White Sox in Chicago again, although they do play in Baltimore. Both teams have an off day on 6/23. The White Sox play the Cubs on the 22nd, and the Orioles are in Milwaukee. Then the Orioles come to Chicago to play the Cubs, while the White Sox fly out to Los Angeles to face the Dodgers. It's possible they could finish the game then, but I bet it happens in Baltimore.

Under the tie rule, they could wait until the end of the season to see if they need to play the game.


Posted by David Pinto at 07:25 PM | Players | TrackBack (0)
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Sox only have themselves to blame. 14, I think, runners stranded in that game... so far.

Posted by: Scott Janssens at April 28, 2008 08:14 PM

Is there any reason why they wouldn't finish this up in Baltimore? It's not like it's never happened before. Scheduling a potential one-inning date in Chicago or waiting until the end of the season aren't good options when the obvious option is available.

Posted by: Rudy at April 28, 2008 09:14 PM

I haven't seen it officially, but people on White Sox boards seem to think it'll be August 25th in Baltimore.

Has there ever been one game played in two cities before? It must have happened, but I can't recall offhand.

Posted by: Adam at April 28, 2008 09:45 PM

As I should have expected, there's a webpage that answers my question: http://www.retrosheet.org/suspend.htm

Posted by: Adam at April 28, 2008 10:07 PM
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