Preview: Bonderman aims for win
posted in 2007 season, Baltimore Orioles |Game 24: Baltimore at Detroit, 7 p.m.
TV: FSN+
Pitchers: Daniel Cabrera (1-2, 4.09) vs. Jeremy Bonderman (0-0, 3.18)
That’s rather strange to see: 0-0 for an opening day starting pitcher nearly a month into the season. Bonderman has five starts and zero decisions. Mlive’s Danny Knobler did a little research and found this to be within one no-decision of tying the most starts to begin a year without a win or loss. The last time this occurred was 1998. On one hand, this is bad. Bonderman has pitched well enough to get some victories. On the other hand, when he’s stumbled, his team has picked him up so he hasn’t been tagged with a loss. In his last start, Bonderman got hit hard by the Angels, but he ended the start on a positive note by settling down after some early defensive miscues accounted for five runs.
Daniel Cabrera has one win. That came against Detroit early in the season in Baltimore. It wasn’t Cabrera’s best game of the year, from what I can tell. It looks like his first start, which he lost, he pitched a bit better. But in any case, he hasn’t pitched as well since. His last two starts have seen pitch counts go past 100 while pitching into the seventh inning, and he was a bit wild in Boston.
Oriole Magic looks at the upcoming series from the O’s view. I also recommend Oriole Post, which was kind enough to give me a picture to use when the Tigers were in Baltimore.
Side note: I penned this story about a half marathon in Afghanistan over the weekend. I don’t typically link to stuff I write, but it’s a nice story.Â
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