With Koji pitching into the seventh inning last night and not giving up vary many runs he has continued a streak of the Oriole starters in which they have started to begin to turn the season around. It all started with Brad Bergesons major league debut in which he only gave up one run and had a 1.59 ERA. That was followed by Jeremy Guthries start which was not very good but he has already proven himself and we should expect him to start to return to his previous form. Adam Eaton who struggle to make it out of the fourth inning in his first two starts even had a stellar start against the White Sox which is one of the better hitting teams. Koji uehara pitched a similar game against probably the best hitting team the Texas Rangers in which he pitched 6 and 2/3rds innings and only gave up 2 runs to lower his ERA to 4.59. These type of starts need to continue in order for the Orioles to have a chance at lowering their team ERA below 5 and contending this year even if it is just fighting to be .500 on the year.
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