2008 Baltimore Orioles season

2008  Baltimore Orioles
League	American League
Division	East
Ballpark	Oriole Park at Camden Yards
City	Baltimore
Record	68–93 (.421)
Divisional place	5th
Owners	Peter Angelos
General managers	Andy MacPhail
Managers	Dave Trembley
Television	MASN WJZ-TV (CBS 13)
Radio	WHFS
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The 2008 Baltimore Orioles season was the 108th season in Baltimore Orioles franchise history, the 55th in Baltimore, and the 17th at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.

The Orioles entered the 2008 season led by Dave Trembley, now starting his first full season as manager. President of Baseball Operations Andy MacPhail continued the rebuilding process. Superstars Miguel Tejada and Érik Bédard were traded for younger talent and there were talks of Brian Roberts, but he was not traded.

The Baltimore Orioles posted a record of 68–93 and finished in last place in the AL East for the first time since the 1988 season.

Closer Chris Ray missed the entire season after Tommy John surgery, and so did his replacement Danys Báez. Left-hander George Sherrill, acquired from the Mariners, was named the team's closer for the 2008 season and became the lone representative for the 2008 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, while Jeremy Guthrie was the Opening Day starter after an impressive rookie season and several solid spring training outings.

Offseason

Transactions

• On December 12, 2007 the Orioles traded shortstop Miguel Tejada to the Houston Astros for outfielder Luke Scott, pitchers Matt Albers, Troy Patton, Dennis Sarfate and third baseman Mike Costanzo. ^[1]
• On February 8, 2008 the Orioles traded left-handed pitcher Érik Bédard to the Seattle Mariners for outfielder Adam Jones, pitchers George Sherrill, Chris Tillman, Tony Butler and Kam Mickolio. ^[2]

New coaches

• Rick Kranitz – Orioles pitching coach
• John Shelby – Orioles 1st base coach

Regular season

Roster

2008 Baltimore Orioles
Roster
Pitchers 34 Matt Albers 35 Greg Aquino 59 Brian Bass 51 Randor Bierd 53 Chad Bradford 23,60 Ryan Bukvich 56 Brian Burres 40 Daniel Cabrera 26 Fernando Cabrera 23 Alberto Castillo 23,57 Rocky Cherry 54 Lance Cormier 46 Jeremy Guthrie 43 Jim Johnson 62 Radhames Liz 29 Adam Loewen 31,41 Bob McCrory 31 Kam Mickolio 25 Jim Miller 18,57 Garrett Olson 45 Dennis Sarfate 51,52 George Sherrill 58 Alfredo Simón 41 Steve Trachsel 32 Jamie Walker 29 Chris Waters		Catchers 18,55 Ramón Hernández 24 Guillermo Quiróz 63 Omir Santos Infielders  3 Freddie Bynum  2 Juan Castro 13,19 Alex Cintrón 12 Brandon Fahey  2 Luis Hernández 17,19 Aubrey Huff 15 Kevin Millar  9,43 Scott Moore  6 Melvin Mora  1 Brian Roberts 19 Oscar Salazar 14 Eider Torres		Outfielders 10 Adam Jones 21 Nick Markakis  3 Lou Montañez 16 Jay Payton 30 Luke Scott		Manager 47 Dave Trembley Coaches 48 Terry Crowley (hitting) 36 Alan Dunn (bullpen) 50 Dave Jauss (bench) 39 Rick Kranitz (pitching) 11 Juan Samuel (third base) 38 John Shelby (first base)

Season standings

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AL East

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Tampa Bay Rays	97	65	.599	—	57‍–‍24	40‍–‍41
Boston Red Sox	95	67	.586	2	56‍–‍25	39‍–‍42
New York Yankees	89	73	.549	8	48‍–‍33	41‍–‍40
Toronto Blue Jays	86	76	.531	11	47‍–‍34	39‍–‍42
Baltimore Orioles	68	93	.422	28½	37‍–‍43	31‍–‍50

Record vs. opponents

Team	BAL	BOS	CWS	CLE	DET	KC	LAA	MIN	NYY	OAK	SEA	TB	TEX	TOR	NL
Baltimore	–	6–12	4–5	4–4	4–3	5–3	3–6	3–3	7–11	0–5	8–2	3–15	4–5	6–12	11–7
Boston	12–6	–	4–3	5–1	5–2	6–1	1–8	4–3	9–9	6–4	6–3	8–10	9–1	9–9	11–7
Chicago	5–4	3–4	–	11–7	12–6	12–6	5–5	9–10	2–5	5–4	5–1	4–6	3–3	1–7	12–6
Cleveland	4–4	1–5	7–11	–	11–7	10–8	4–5	8–10	4–3	5–4	4–5	5–2	6–4	6–1	6–12
Detroit	3–4	2–5	6–12	7–11	–	7–11	3–6	7–11	4–2	3–6	7–3	3–4	6–3	3–5	13–5
Kansas City	3–5	1–6	6–12	8–10	11–7	–	2–3	6–12	5–5	6–3	7–2	3–5	2–7	2–5	13–5
Los Angeles	6–3	8–1	5–5	5–4	6–3	3–2	–	5–3	7–3	10–9	14–5	3–6	12–7	6–3	10–8
Minnesota	3–3	3–4	10–9	10–8	11–7	12–6	3–5	–	4–6	5–5	5–4	3–3	5–5	0–6	14–4
New York	11–7	9–9	5–2	3–4	2–4	5–5	3–7	6–4	–	5–1	7–2	11–7	3–4	9–9	10–8
Oakland	5–0	4–6	4–5	4–5	6–3	3–6	9–10	5–5	1–5	-	10–9	3–6	7–12	4–6	10–8
Seattle	2–8	3–6	1–5	5–4	3–7	2–7	5–14	4–5	2–7	9–10	–	3–4	8–11	5–4	9–9
Tampa Bay	15–3	10–8	6–4	2–5	4–3	5–3	6–3	3–3	7–11	6–3	4–3	–	6–3	11–7	12–6
Texas	5–4	1–9	3–3	4–6	3–6	7–2	7–12	5–5	4–3	12–7	11–8	3–6	–	4–4	10–8
Toronto	12–6	9–9	7–1	1–6	5–3	5–2	3–6	6–0	9–9	6–4	4–5	7–11	4–4	–	8–10

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Game log

2008 Game Log
March # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 1 March 31 3:05 pm Rays 6 – 2 Shields (1-0) Guthrie (0-1) 46,807 0-1
April # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 2 April 2 7:05 pm Rays 9 – 6 Walker (1-0) Reyes (0-1) Sherrill (1) 10,505 1-1 – April 3 7:05 pm Rays Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 23 3 April 4 7:05 pm Mariners 7 – 4 Trachsel (1-0) Washburn (0-1) Sherrill (2) 14,429 2-1 4 April 5 7:05 pm Mariners 6 – 4 Albers (1-0) Batista (0-1) Sherrill (3) 24,824 3-1 5 April 6 1:35 pm Mariners 3 – 2 Sarfate (1-0) Lowe (0-1) 19,215 4-1 6 April 7 3:05 pm Mariners 5 – 4 Sarfate (2-0) O'Flaherty (0-1) Sherrill (4) 10,774 5-1 7 April 8 2:05 pm @ Rangers 8 – 1 Burres (1-0) Jennings (0-2) 48,808 6-1 – April 9 8:05 pm @ Rangers Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for April 10 8 April 10 5:05 pm @ Rangers 3 – 1 Millwood (1-2) Trachsel (1-1) Wilson (2) – 6-2 9 April 10 8:05 pm @ Rangers 5 – 4 Wright (1-0) Bradford (0-1) Wilson (3) 15,560 6-3 10 April 11 7:10 pm @ Rays 10 – 5 Reyes (1-1) Sarfate (2-1) 12,146 6-4 11 April 12 7:10 pm @ Rays 3 – 2 Bradford (1-1) Wheeler (0-1) Sherrill (5) 19,295 7-4 12 April 13 1:40 pm @ Rays 6 – 2 Niemann (1-0) Burres (1-1) 16,748 7-5 13 April 14 7:05 pm Blue Jays 4 – 3 Albers (2-0) McGowan (0-1) Sherrill (6) 11,510 8-5 14 April 15 7:05 pm Blue Jays 11 – 3 Marcum (2-0) Trachsel (1-2) 15,017 8-6 15 April 16 7:05 pm White Sox 3 – 1 Contreras (1-1) Loewen (0-1) Jenks (6) 12,080 8-7 16 April 17 7:05 pm White Sox 6 – 5 (10) Sherrill (1-0) Logan (1-1) 13,676 9-7 17 April 18 7:05 pm Yankees 8 – 2 Cabrera (1-0) Hughes (0-3) 40,653 10-7 18 April 19 7:05 pm Yankees 6 – 0 Burres (2-1) Kennedy (0-2) Johnson (1) 41,776 11-7 19 April 20 1:35 pm Yankees 7 – 1 Pettitte (3-1) Trachsel (1-3) 37,501 11-8 20 April 22 10:10 pm @ Mariners 4 – 2 Rhodes (1-0) Guthrie (0-2) Putz (2) 17,780 11-9 21 April 23 10:10 pm @ Mariners 3 – 2 Cabrera (2-0) Rowland-Smith (0-1) Sherrill (7) 16,823 12-9 22 April 24 10:10 pm @ Mariners 8 – 7 Bradford (2-1) Green (1-1) Sherrill (8) 16,727 13-9 – April 25 8:11 pm @ White Sox Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for April 26 23 April 26 1:05 pm @ White Sox 5 – 1 Burres (3-1) Danks (2-2) Sherrill (9) 23,043 14-9 24 April 26 7:05 pm @ White Sox 6 – 5 Jenks (2-0) Bierd (0-1) 34,757 14-10 25 April 27 2:05 pm @ White Sox 6 – 1 Contreras (2-2) Guthrie (0-3) 29,756 14-11 -- April 28 2:05 pm @ White Sox Suspended (rain)To be completed on August 25 26 April 29 7:05 pm Rays 7 – 4 Olson (1-0) Hammel (2-2) Sherrill (10) 11,588 15-11 27 April 30 7:05 pm Rays 8 – 1 Sonnanstine (4-1) Albers (2-1) 11,944 15-12
May # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 28 May 1 12:35 pm Rays 4 – 2 Garza (1-0) Burres (3-2) Percival (6) 16,456 15-13 29 May 2 10:05 pm @ Angels 4 – 3 Guthrie (1-3) Weaver (2-4) Sherrill (11) 41,515 16-13 30 May 3 3:45 pm @ Angels 3 – 1 Garland (4-3) Cabrera (2-1) Rodríguez (12) 37,601 16-14 31 May 4 3:35 pm @ Angels 6 – 5 Saunders (6-0) Trachsel (1-4) Rodríguez (13) 39,273 16-15 32 May 5 10:05 pm @ Athletics 2 – 1 Devine (3-0) Johnson (0-1) 10,128 16-16 33 May 6 10:05 pm @ Athletics 4 – 2 Duchscherer (3-1) Burres (3-3) Casilla (1) 11,492 16-17 34 May 7 3:35 pm @ Athletics 6 – 5 Braden (1-0) Cormier (0-1) 15,235 16-18 35 May 8 8:10 pm @ Royals 4 – 1 Cabrera (3-1) Hochevar (2-2) 11,781 17-18 36 May 9 8:10 pm @ Royals 7 – 4 Trachsel (2-4) Meche (2-4) Sherrill (12) 21,873 18-18 37 May 10 7:10 pm @ Royals 6 – 5 Olson (2-0) Tomko (1-4) Sherrill (13) 15,808 19-18 38 May 11 2:10 pm @ Royals 4 – 0 Bannister (4-4) Burres (3-4) 18,635 19-19 39 May 13 7:05 pm Red Sox 5 – 4 Guthrie (2-3) Beckett (4-3) Sherrill (14) 38,768 20-19 40 May 14 3:05 pm Red Sox 6 – 3 Cabrera (4-1) Hansen (0-2) Sherrill (15) 28,939 21-19 41 May 16 7:05 pm Nationals 5 – 3 Olson (3-0) Hill (0-1) Sherrill (16) 29,266 22-19 42 May 17 7:05 pm Nationals 6 – 5 Burres (4-4) Pérez (1-4) Sherrill (17) 32,662 23-19 43 May 18 1:35 pm Nationals 2 – 1 Lannan (4-4) Guthrie (2-4) Rauch (10) 33,745 23-20 44 May 20 7:05 pm @ Yankees 12 – 2 Cabrera (5-1) Mussina (6-4) 51,617 24-20 45 May 21 7:05 pm @ Yankees 8 – 0 Rasner (3-0) Olson (3-1) 50,682 24-21 46 May 22 7:05 pm @ Yankees 2 – 1 Rivera (2-1) Johnson (0-2) 49,452 24-22 47 May 23 7:10 pm @ Rays 2 – 0 Garza (3-1) Guthrie (2-5) Percival (14) 13,635 24-23 48 May 24 6:10 pm @ Rays 11 – 4 Jackson (3-3) Trachsel (2-5) 30,445 24-24 49 May 25 1:40 pm @ Rays 5 – 4 Percival (1-0) Sherrill (1-1) 17,762 24-25 50 May 26 1:35 pm Yankees 6 – 1 Olson (4-1) Rasner (3-1) 34,928 25-25 51 May 27 7:05 pm Yankees 10 – 9 Albers (3-1) Hawkins (1-1) 24,030 26-25 52 May 28 7:05 pm Yankees 4 – 2 Pettitte (5-5) Guthrie (2-6) Rivera (13) 24,791 26-26 53 May 30 7:05 pm Red Sox 5 – 2 (13) Timlin (3-3) Bradford (2-2) Papelbon (15) 46,199 26-27 54 May 31 7:05 pm Red Sox 6 – 3 Aardsma (2-1) Cormier (0-2) Papelbon (16) 48,281 26-28
June # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 55 June 1 1:35 pm Red Sox 9 – 4 Colón (3-0) Burres (4-5) 45,031 26-29 56 June 2 7:05 pm Red Sox 6 – 3 Johnson (1-2) Okajima (1-1) Sherrill (18) 25,711 27-29 57 June 3 8:10 pm @ Twins 5 – 3 Liz (1-0) Slowey (2-5) Sherrill (19) 18,802 28-29 58 June 4 8:10 pm @ Twins 7 – 5 Bonser (3-6) Cabrera (5-2) Nathan (16) 22,057 28-30 59 June 5 1:10 pm @ Twins 3 – 2 Olson (5-1) Baker (2-1) Sherrill (20) 19,621 29-30 60 June 6 7:07 pm @ Blue Jays 6 – 5 Sarfate (3-1) Benítez (0-1) Sherrill (21) 23,649 30-30 61 June 7 1:07 pm @ Blue Jays 9 – 5 Guthrie (3-6) Burnett (5-6) 25,122 31-30 62 June 8 1:07 pm @ Blue Jays 5 – 4 Halladay (8-5) Albers (3-2) Ryan (13) 25,365 31-31 63 June 10 7:05 pm @ Red Sox 10 – 6 Sarfate (4-1) Okajima (1-2) 37,858 32-31 64 June 11 7:05 pm @ Red Sox 6 – 3 Colón (4-1) Olson (5-2) Papelbon (19) 38,130 32-32 65 June 12 7:05 pm @ Red Sox 9 – 2 Lester (5-3) Guthrie (3-7) 38,139 32-33 66 June 13 7:05 pm Pirates 9 – 6 Burres (5-5) Osoria (3-2) Sherrill (22) 47,305 33-33 67 June 14 7:05 pm Pirates 8 – 7 Sherrill (2-1) Capps (0-2) 32,432 34-33 68 June 15 1:35 pm Pirates 5 – 4 Capps (1-2) Sherrill (2-2) 31,107 34-34 69 June 17 7:05 pm Astros 6 – 5 Johnson (2-2) Brocail (2-2) Sherrill (23) 21,535 35-34 70 June 18 7:05 pm Astros 2 – 1 Bradford (3-2) Valverde (4-2) 21,112 36-34 71 June 19 7:05 pm Astros 7 – 5 Burres (6-5) Chacón (2-3) Sherrill (24) 31,480 37-34 72 June 20 8:05 pm @ Brewers 8 – 5 Cormier (1-2) Suppan (4-5) Sherrill (25) 36,526 38-34 73 June 21 7:05 pm @ Brewers 3 – 2 McClung (5-3) Cabrera (5-3) Torres (11) 42,521 38-35 74 June 22 2:05 pm @ Brewers 7 – 3 Parra (7-2) Olson (5-3) Torres (12) 43,517 38-36 75 June 24 8:05 pm @ Cubs 7 – 5 Guthrie (4-7) Marshall (0-1) Sherrill (26) 41,537 39-36 76 June 25 8:05 pm @ Cubs 7 – 4 Lilly (8-5) Albers (3-3) Wood (20) 40,754 39-37 77 June 26 2:20 pm @ Cubs 11 – 4 Liz (2-0) Marquis (6-4) 41,670 40-37 78 June 27 7:35 pm @ Nationals 4 – 2 Hanrahan (4-2) Cabrera (5-4) Rauch (16) 35,830 40-38 79 June 28 7:10 pm @ Nationals 9 – 1 Olson (6-3) Lannan (4-9) Cormier (1) 39,479 41-38 80 June 29 1:35 pm @ Nationals 3 – 2 (12) Hanrahan (5-2) Sherrill (2-3) 39,824 41-39 81 June 30 7:05 pm Royals 6 – 5 (11) Mahay (4-0) Bradford (3-3) Soria (22) 15,289 41-40
July # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 82 July 1 7:05 pm Royals 7 – 5 Liz (3-0) Hochevar (5-6) Sherrill (27) 19,756 42-40 83 July 2 7:05 pm Royals 5 – 2 Cabrera (6-4) Meche (6-9) 17,909 43-40 84 July 3 7:05 pm Royals 10 – 7 Peralta (1-2) Loewen (0-2) Soria (23) 16,782 43-41 85 July 4 4:35 pm Rangers 10 – 4 Guthrie (5-7) Padilla (10-5) 21,363 44-41 86 July 5 7:05 pm Rangers 5 – 3 Feldman (3-3) Cormier (1-3) Wilson (20) 19,006 44-42 87 July 6 1:35 pm Rangers 11 – 10 Millwood (6-4) Liz (3-1) Wilson (21) 22,276 44-43 88 July 8 7:07 pm @ Blue Jays 7 – 6 Ryan (2-3) Johnson (2-3) 23,276 44-44 89 July 9 7:07 pm @ Blue Jays 9 – 8 Burnett (9-8) Olson (6-4) Ryan (17) 22,365 44-45 90 July 10 7:07 pm @ Blue Jays 6 – 5 Camp (2-1) Sherrill (2-4) 22,279 44-46 91 July 11 7:05 pm @ Red Sox 7 – 3 Burres (7-5) Buchholz (2-4) Sherrill (28) 37,779 45-46 92 July 12 7:05 pm @ Red Sox 12 – 1 Wakefield (6-6) Liz (3-2) 37,539 45-47 93 July 13 1:35 pm @ Red Sox 2 – 1 Matsuzaka (10-1) Cabrera (6-5) Papelbon (28) 37,344 45-48 All-Star Break 94 July 17 7:05 pm Tigers 6 – 5 Rogers (7–6) Olson (6-5) Jones (18) 23,224 45-49 95 July 18 7:05 pm Tigers 7 – 4 Guthrie (6-7) Galarraga (7-4) Sherrill (29) 29,111 46-49 96 July 19 7:05 pm Tigers 11 – 10 (10) Sherrill (3-4) Dolsi (1-4) 31,525 47-49 97 July 20 1:35 pm Tigers 5 – 1 Verlander (8-9) Burres (7-6) 23,278 47-50 98 July 21 7:05 pm Blue Jays 8 – 3 Liz (4-2) Litsch (8-7) 12,772 48-50 99 July 22 7:05 pm Blue Jays 10 – 8 Carlson (2-1) Cabrera (0-1) Ryan (19) 15,184 48-51 100 July 23 7:05 pm Blue Jays 5 – 1 Burnett (11-9) Guthrie (6-8) 48-52 101 July 24 12:35 pm Blue Jays 7 – 1 Halladay (12-7) Cabrera (6-6) 23,329 48-53 102 July 25 7:05 pm Angels 6 – 5 Saunders (13-5) Burres (7-7) Rodríguez (43) 27,999 48-54 103 July 26 7:05 pm Angels 11 – 6 Garland (9-6) Liz (4-3) 21,819 48-55 104 July 27 1:35 pm Angels 5 – 2 Olson (7-5) Santana (11-5) Sherrill (30) 23,365 49-55 105 July 28 7:05 pm @ Yankees 13 – 4 Guthrie (7-8) Mussina (13-7) 54,120 50-55 106 July 29 7:05 pm @ Yankees 7 – 6 Cabrera (7-6) Rasner (5-8) 54,241 51-55 107 July 30 1:05 pm @ Yankees 13 – 3 Chamberlain (4-3) Sarfate (4-2) 54,296 51-56
August # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 108 August 1 10:10 pm @ Mariners 10 – 5 Olson (8-5) Washburn (5-10) 28,114 52-56 109 August 2 10:10 pm @ Mariners 3 – 1 Guthrie (8-8) Hernández (7-7) 30,502 53-56 110 August 3 4:10 pm @ Mariners 8 – 4 Putz (3-4) Cabrera (7-7) 33,334 53-57 111 August 4 10:05 pm @ Angels 6 – 5 Rodríguez (1-2) Sherrill (3-5) 41,902 53-58 112 August 5 10:05 pm @ Angels 3 – 0 Waters (1-0) Garland (10-7) Sherrill (31) 44,027 54-58 113 August 6 3:35 pm @ Angels 9 – 4 Santana (13-5) Olson (8-6) 40,130 54-59 114 August 8 7:05 pm Rangers 9 – 1 Guthrie (9-8) Mendoza (3-5) 33,351 55-59 115 August 9 7:05 pm Rangers 9 – 0 Cabrera (8-7) Padilla (12-6) 30,914 56-59 116 August 10 1:35 pm Rangers 15 – 7 Harrison (4-2) Bierd (0-2) 26,878 56-60 117 August 11 7:05 pm @ Indians 13 – 8 Mujica (1-1) Cherry (0-1) 23,408 56-61 118 August 12 7:05 pm @ Indians 7 – 5 Pérez (2-2) Johnson (2-4) Lewis (2) 21,143 56-62 119 August 13 7:05 pm @ Indians 6 – 1 Guthrie (10-8) Reyes (3-2) 21,299 57-62 120 August 14 7:05 pm @ Indians 11 – 6 Cabrera (1-1) Pérez (2-3) 22,140 58-62 121 August 15 7:05 pm @ Tigers 11 – 2 Cormier (2-3) Robertson (7-9) 40,546 59-62 122 August 16 7:05 pm @ Tigers 5 – 3 Verlander (9-13) Sarfate (4-3) Rodney (4) 41,727 59-63 123 August 17 1:05 pm @ Tigers 16 – 8 Cabrera (2-1) Fossum (2-1) 40,586 60-63 124 August 18 7:05 pm Red Sox 6 – 3 Lester (12-4) Guthrie (10-9) Papelbon (33) 40,429 60-64 125 August 19 7:05 pm Red Sox 7 – 2 Matsuzaka (15-2) Cabrera (8-8) 48,515 60-65 126 August 20 7:05 pm Red Sox 11 – 6 Waters (2-0) Buchholz (2-9) 33,364 61-65 127 August 22 7:05 pm Yankees 9 – 4 Veras (4-2) Walker (1-1) Rivera (29) 45,543 61-66 128 August 23 7:05 pm Yankees 5 – 3 Pavano (1-0) Guthrie (10-10) Rivera (30) 48,817 61-67 129 August 24 1:35 pm Yankees 8 – 7 E. Ramírez (4-1) Walker (1-2) Rivera (31) 61-68 130 August 25 6:05 pm White Sox 4 – 3 (14) Castillo (1-0) H. Ramírez (0-1) Cherry (1) 17,367 62-68 131 August 25 7:05 pm White Sox 4 – 3 Richard (2-2) Waters (2-1) Jenks (26) 20,707 62-69 132 August 26 7:05 pm White Sox 8 – 3 Floyd (14-6) Burres (7-8) 15,398 62-70 133 August 27 7:05 pm White Sox 11 – 3 Liz (5-3) Danks (10-7) 15,736 63-70 134 August 29 7:10 pm @ Rays 14 – 3 Kazmir (10-6) Guthrie (10-11) 21,439 63-71 135 August 30 7:10 pm @ Rays 10 – 9 Wheeler (3-5) Cherry (0-2) 34,805 63-72 136 August 31 1:40 pm @ Rays 10 – 4 Shields (12-8) Burres (7-9) 32,379 63-73
September # Date Time Opponent Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 137 September 1 7:05 pm @ Red Sox 7 – 4 Byrd (10-11) Olson (8-7) Papelbon (35) 37,565 63-74 138 September 2 7:05 pm @ Red Sox 14 – 2 Lester (13-5) Liz (5-4) 37,710 63-75 139 September 3 1:35 pm @ Red Sox 5 – 4 Masterson (5-4) Miller (0-1) 37,373 63-76 140 September 5 7:05 pm Athletics 11 – 2 Braden (5-3) Waters (2-2) 14,984 63-77 – September 6 1:35 pm Athletics Cancelled (rain)Was not made up 141 September 6 7:05 pm Athletics 5 – 1 G. Smith (7-14) Cabrera (8-9) 21,553 63-78 142 September 8 7:05 pm Indians 14 – 3 Olson (9-7) Carmona (8-6) 11,181 64-78 143 September 9 7:05 pm Indians 6 – 1 Sowers (3-8) Liz (5-5) 14,900 64-79 144 September 10 7:05 pm Indians 7 – 1 Lewis (7-1) Waters (2-3) 12,438 64-80 145 September 11 7:05 pm Indians 6 – 3 Cormier (3-3) Jackson (0-3) Miller (1) 12,526 65-80 – September 12 7:05 pm Twins Postponed (rain)Rescheduled for September 13 146 September 13 1:05 pm Twins 12 – 2 Baker (9-4) Cabrera (8-10) 21,712 65-81 147 September 13 7:05 pm Twins 12 – 6 Korecky (2-0) Olson (9-8) 21,712 65-82 148 September 14 1:35 pm Twins 7 – 3 Liz (6-5) Blackburn (10-9) 18,559 66-82 149 September 16 7:07 pm @ Blue Jays 2 – 0 Waters (3-3) Marcum (9-7) 25,746 67-82 150 September 17 7:07 pm @ Blue Jays 8 – 7 Carlson (7-1) Mickolio (0-1) Ryan (30) 24,546 67-83 151 September 18 7:07 pm @ Blue Jays 3 – 2 Litsch (12-8) Olson (9-9) Ryan (31) 29,063 67-84 152 September 19 7:05 pm @ Yankees 3 – 2 Pavano (4-1) Liz (6-6) M. Rivera (37) 54,136 67-85 153 September 20 1:05 pm @ Yankees 1 – 0 M. Rivera (6-5) Miller (0-2) 54,662 67-86 154 September 21 8:05 pm @ Yankees 7 – 3 Pettitte (14-14) Waters (3-4) 54,610 67-87 155 September 22 5:05 pm Rays 4 – 2 Balfour (6-2) Cherry (0-3) Wheeler (12) 12,489 67-88 156 September 23 1:05 pm Rays 5 – 2 Shields (14-8) Olson (9-10) Wheeler (13) 15,215 67-89 157 September 23 7:05 pm Rays 7 – 5 Niemann (2-1) Walker (1-3) Howell (3) 15,215 67-90 158 September 24 7:05 pm Rays 11 – 6 Jackson (13-11) Burres (7-10) Miller (2) 13,632 67-91 159 September 26 7:05 pm Blue Jays 3 – 0 Richmond (1-3) Waters (3-5) 17,716 67-92 160 September 27 7:05 pm Blue Jays 2 – 1 (7) Bass (4-4) Parrish (1-1) 18,378 68-92 161 September 28 1:35 pm Blue Jays 10 – 1 Litsch (13-9) Guthrie (10-12) 19,554 68-93

Player stats

Batting

Starters by position

Note: Pos = Position; G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Pos	Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
C	Ramón Hernández	133	463	119	.257	15	65
1B	Kevin Millar	145	531	124	.234	20	72
2B	Brian Roberts	155	611	181	.296	9	57
3B	Melvin Mora	135	513	146	.285	.23	104
SS	Juan Castro	54	151	31	.205	2	16
RF	Nick Markakis	157	595	182	.306	20	87
CF	Adam Jones	132	477	129	.270	9	57
LF	Luke Scott	148	475	122	.257	23	65
DH	Aubrey Huff	154	598	182	.304	32	108

Other batters

Note: G = Games played; AB = At bats; H = Hits; Avg. = Batting average; HR = Home runs; RBI = Runs batted in

Player	G	AB	H	Avg.	HR	RBI
Jay Payton	127	338	82	.243	7	41
Guillermo Quiróz	56	134	25	.187	2	14
Alex Cintrón	61	133	38	.286	1	10
Freddie Bynum	40	112	20	.179	0	8
Lou Montañez	38	112	33	.295	3	14
Brandon Fahey	58	106	24	.226	0	12
Oscar Salazar	34	81	23	.284	5	15
Luis Hernández	36	79	19	.241	0	3
Omir Santos	11	10	1	.100	0	0
Eider Torres	8	9	2	.222	0	0
Scott Moore	4	8	1	.125	1	1

Pitching

Starting pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Jeremy Guthrie	30	190.2	10	12	3.63	120
Daniel Cabrera	30	180.0	8	10	5.25	95
Garrett Olson	26	132.2	9	10	6.65	83
Radhames Liz	17	84.1	6	6	6.72	57

Other pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; IP = Innings pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	IP	W	L	ERA	SO
Brian Burres	31	129.2	7	10	6.04	63
Chris Waters	11	64.2	3	5	5.01	33
Steve Trachsel	10	39.2	2	5	8.39	16
Adam Loewen	7	21.1	0	2	8.02	14
Brian Bass	5	21.0	1	0	4.71	13

Relief pitchers

Note: G = Games pitched; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; ERA = Earned run average; SO = Strikeouts

Player	G	W	L	SV	ERA	SO
George Sherrill	57	3	5	31	4.73	58
Jamie Walker	59	1	3	0	6.87	24
Dennis Sarfate	57	4	3	0	4.74	86
Jim Johnson	54	2	4	1	2.23	38
Chad Bradford	47	3	3	0	2.45	13
Lance Cormier	45	3	3	1	4.02	46
Randor Bierd	29	0	2	0	4.91	25
Matt Albers	28	3	3	0	3.49	26
Alberto Castillo	28	1	0	0	3.81	23
Fernando Cabrera	22	2	1	0	5.40	31
Rocky Cherry	18	0	3	1	6.35	15
Greg Aquino	9	0	0	0	12.54	9
Kam Mickolio	9	0	1	0	5.87	8
Bob McCrory	8	0	0	0	15.63	5
Jim Miller	8	0	2	0	1.17	8
Ryan Bukvich	4	0	0	0	6.75	5
Alfredo Simón	4	0	0	0	6.23	8

Farm system

See also: Minor League Baseball

Level	Team	League	Manager
AAA	Norfolk Tides	International League	Gary Allenson
AA	Bowie Baysox	Eastern League	Brad Komminsk
A	Frederick Keys	Carolina League	Richie Hebner and Tommy Thompson
A	Delmarva Shorebirds	South Atlantic League	Ramón Sambo
A-Short Season	Aberdeen IronBirds	New York–Penn League	Gary Kendall
Rookie	Bluefield Orioles	Appalachian League	Orlando Gómez
Rookie	GCL Orioles	Gulf Coast League	Jesús Alfaro

References

• Game Logs:

1st Half: Baltimore Orioles Game Log on ESPN.com

2nd Half: Baltimore Orioles Game Log on ESPN.com

• Batting Statistics: Baltimore Orioles Batting Stats on ESPN.com
• Pitching Statistics: Baltimore Orioles Pitching Stats on ESPN.com

1. ESPN - With trade, Tejada gets change of scenery he wanted; Orioles restock roster - MLB
2. Orioles trade Bedard to Mariners for five prospects

• 2008 Baltimore Orioles at Baseball-Reference.com