For the O's: Mason had a double and a stolen base. Brendon, JJ and Dan each had singles. For the A's: CJ had a single and a stolen base.Jake had a double, a triple and 2 stolen bases.Ryan had a single.

On a day when the wind turned the field into a dust bowl, the Blue Jays and Orioles battled deep into the game. Aided by a 6 run first inning, the Blue Jays pulled out the victory 10 -8 over the pesky Orioles. CJ Dawe was fantastic in his two inning stint for the home team leaving the game with a 9 -0 lead. But the Orioles wouldn't quit. Behind stellar fielding and the timely hitting of Nathan Zalzal and Brendan Choate the Orioles closed the gap. The Blue Jays were up to the task, as Maxwell Fadjo added two hits and Ethan Smith pitched a strong inning. Although it is early in the season, it looks like these two teams will battle well into the season.

Both teams played well for a good evening of baseball. For the Orioles, Eren Labonte and Brendan Choate each batted in 3 runs. JJ Kammann and Nathan Bergerson stole a base each. The Cardinals were in form, keeping their eyes on the ball and making it hard for the other team. Andres Hulfachor hit a double and made good plays, bringing his PO for this season up to 11. There were 6 stolen bases: 1 each by Rajit Khanna, Nolan Foss and Joshua Tramack and 2 by Sam Malignaggi. The team showed patience with Bryan Boyle drawing 3 walks and Chloe Goforth, Parker Obenhofer and Sam Malignaggi drawing 2 walks each. Six players batted in 2 runs each: Bryan Boyle, Parker Obenhofer, Nolan Foss, Tim Eaton, Andres Hulfachor and Riley Lawless. At the end, Cardinals got a well deserved win with each member bringing their best game.

The Orioles took on the visiting Giants this gorgeous thursday evening. Eren LaBonte took the mound for the Orioles and went for two innings giving up 1 run, striking out 4 and 2 walks. Brendan Choate took the next two innings and gave up 1 run, struck out 5 and 4 walks. Brendan Choate and Mason Lindscott both had singles and an RBI. For the Giants, Brandon Yan had 2 hits and scored twice. Ryan Murray had a hit and an RBI. Nathan Cormier struck out the side. Joey 'Road Block' Butrula made a great tag at the plate. Drew Dunham made a great play in RIght field, throwing to first for the out. Jagadish made a tremendous stop at 2nd with a perfect throw to 1st. In summary both teams played great and it was a close game down to the end!

What a game this was, JJ Kammann pitched a solid 5 innings and was on a No Hitter until the bottom of the 5th with 2 outs and the Giants managed to squeak out a hit. JJ finished the game with 14 K's, 11 Walks and only 1 hit and Shutout! Nathan ZalZal and Mason Lindscott combined for great throw out at third on a steal. Zalzal also had two hits and Mason had a hit as well. Overall the Orioles played good baseball. For the Giants, Nathan Cormier went 2 innings with 6 strikeouts, Joey Buturla threw out a steal at 3rd and prevented a run by tagging out an advancing runner. Catherine Covert in her pitching debut struck out 5 batters. The giants left 9 runners stranded on base.

This was a good game overall for the Orioles with playing strong defense but shining star is Ryan Joransen who got his first two base hits of the season. Way to go Ryan!

Ina well played game by both teams, the Blue Jays came from behind for a 5 - 2 victory. CJ Dawe pitched 3 strong innings for the Jays, and Eric Patricio pitched 2 dominant ininngs facing 6 batters and sticking them all out. Andrew Tall and Max Fadjo both had doubles for the Jays. Jeffery and Nolan both played well for the Orioles.

The Cardinals came out swinging with three singles out of the gate by Andres Hulfachor, Nolan Foss and Parker Obenhofer. Tim Eaton and Michael Jolicoeur worked walks to score 2. Rajit Khanna hit a single that scored 1 and Charlie Collins registered his 1st hit in a Cardinals uniform after being called up from the Rookies Mariners Thursday. Cardinals put 6 runs on the board in the 1st and never looked back. Offensive stars of the game were Andres Hulfachor and Parker Obenhofer who both went 3-3 and combined for 5 runs scored. The Orioles had something going with a man on 1st, but when he tried to steal, the Catcher Nolan Foss gunned him down at second to end the 1st inning. Nathan Zazal reached on a walk in the 2nd. He managed to steal 2nd and 3rd, but Rajit Khanna was able to reach back and strike out the other 3 batters. Cardinals put 4 more up on the board in the 3rd inning. In the bottom of the 3rd the Orioles were able to score 3, but after a hit batter, Nolan Foss came in and struck out the next 2 to end the inning. Nathan Zalzal prevented the Cardinals from scoring in the 3rd inning with a sharp throw to Brendan Choate at 3rd Catching Michael Jolicoeur trying to steal. The Orioles were able to pick up 2 more runs in the bottom of the 4th, but time was up and it wasn't enough to erase the early lead from the mighty bats of the Cardinals.

On May 27th 2010, the Giants and Orioles met for the third time this season. Both teams came to the field hungry for a win. The Giants had Nathan Cormier on the hill for the 1st three innings. Cormier struck out 8 batters and received help through great defense in the field led by Drew Dunham’s stellar back hand play at second to record the out at first. With the Giants leading 5-0 in the top of the second, the Orioles looked to Eren LaBonte to keep them in the game. LaBonte did not disappoint and proceeded to strike out the side in both the 2nd and 3rd innings. Offensively, Jagadish Somasundaram, was the standout for the Giants recording his first hit of the season. However a heads up play by Oriole 1st baseman Nate Bergeson kept Jagadish from stretching his hit to a double tagging him as he rounded first for the out. Brandon Yan was called on to pitch and close out the game for the Giants. After getting the first batter out, the Orioles mounted a rally as, Nathan Zalzal and Mason Linscott drilled hard hits to the field. The Orioles looked to cash in on their base runners and scored one run. With runners on and the game on the line the Orioles continued to test the arm of catcher Joe Buturla attempting to advance the runners into scoring position but Joe had a different ideas, and threw a laser down to 3rd baseman Kyle O'Connor gunning out the advancing runner for the final out of the game. With a 10 – 1 final the Giants put a “W” on the board for the first time this season. Both teams played great and will meet again on June 6th for the series finale.

The A's had huge 3rd inning to come from behind and seal the win. The O's piched Nate Z for two and Aaron for one. Nate had 34 strikeouts and Aaron had one. Nate B had asingle and a double. Mason had a single and a double. Aaron had a single. Joey had a double. Ryan had single. The A's pitched Adam, CJ, Jake and Justin. Adam had 2 strikeouts. CJ had 2 strikeouts. Jake had one strikeout, and Justin had 3 strikeouts. CJ had a double and a triple. Ryan had a double. Jake had a single and a homerun. Justin had a single, and Jon had a single.

The Oriioles started fast getting to Jays starting Pitcher Eric Patricio for 3 runs in the first inning behind the hitting of Zack and Brenden. Eric settled down and pitch 5 strong innings for his first complete game victory. The Jays got all of their runs in the 3rd inning. The big hits came from Eric, Stephen and Max. In the final inning the orioles refused to quit. Jeffery and Ryan came up big to help close the gap with two runs.

The Cardinals put in a solid team performance to win the game against the Orioles. Rajit Khanna opened the Cardinals pitching with 3 consecutive strikeouts. The big hitters were Joshua Tramack and Nolan Foss with doubles and Tim Eaton with a deep triple. Andres Hulfachor got in two singles. Parker Obenhofer batted in 3 runners and Riley Lawless batted in 2 runners. For the Orioles, Mason Linscott batted in 3 runners and Daniel Reardon batted in 2 adding to their strong score. We look forward to meeting the Orioles again on Monday.

The Cardinals got a big hit off of the bat of Riley Lawless. The Cardinals defense was a 4 pitcher combined shutout by Tim, Andres, Nolan and Rajit.

The Orioles and the Giants faced off for the final regular season game. The Giants started strong anchored by the solid pitching of Nathan Cormier, Joe Buturla, Ryan Murray and Mike Schaff making his first career start. Together they combined for 9 K's and 3 walks over the course of the game. The Giants bats were just as effective led by Ryan Murray who had a monster night at the plate going 3 for 3 with two doubles and five RBI's. Brendan Trombley drove in a run when he crushed the ball for a stand up triple. Other offensive contributions were turned in by Nathan Cormier, Joe Buturla, and Catherine Covert. In addition to the hits the Giants were also terrific on the base paths, highlighted by Nathan Cormier's steal of second. Pitching for the Orioles was solid with Brendan Choate, Ryan Joransen, Jeffery Lugo, and Nate Bergerson all taking the mound. Lugo a recent call up from the rookies, made his pitching debut and recorded his first strikeout. Offensively Nate Bergerson, Ryan Joranson, Zach Hureau, and Eren LaBonte all delivered hits for the Orioles. Jeffery Lugo added a single and a double, and Brendan Choate drove in the Orioles only run of the day.

For the O's: Eren pitched 4 innings. Nate B. pitched 2. For the A's: Jake pitched 1 inning. Brandon pitched 5. (More game details to follow)

The Giants hosted the Orioles in critical matchup with the winners moving on in the playoffs. While the O’s played well today both defensively and offensively, it wasn’t enough to hold off the mighty Giants! The Giants starter Nathan Cormier was solid in his two innings of work striking out 5 and allowing no runs. Pitching for the Orioles were starter Nate Zalzal, Mason Linscott, Brendan Choate & Eren LaBonte. All the O's pitchers put on good performances recording 12 K’s throughout the game. The Giants offense showed patience at the plate and added runs on walks coupled with hits by Brandon Yan and Brendan Trombey (3-3) jumping out to a 4 – 0 lead. The Orioles however would soon mount their comeback with hits by Mason Linscott (2B), Eren LaBonte (1B), Nate Bergerson (1B) and, Ryan Joransen (1B) and a timely hit by Nathan Zalzal who delivered a bases clearing triple to put the Orioles on top 5-4. The Giants, then went to work tying the game in the third and breaking it open in the fourth, scoring five. The Giants then brought in closer Brandon Yan who faced a number of tough Orioles hitters who put in good at bats and were not going down without a fight. In the end Yan would record six K's in his effort to preserve the Giants win. This was a long but hard fought battle and each team win or lose could “feel good” about their efforts.