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Baltimore Orioles Inside Pitch 2008-09-13


Baltimore Orioles Inside Pitch 2008-09-13
Left-handed reliever Jamie Walker really has no explanation for his struggles this season.

But in an attempt to bring clarity to a season of frustration, Walker will undergo a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on his left elbow once the season is over.

"I have no excuses," Walker told The Sun. "It's just been a bad year for me. I'm hoping that there is nothing in (the elbow), and I'm just going to try to finish the year out and we'll go from there."

After getting votes for the Orioles MVP in his first season with the club, Walker's ERA has essentially doubled in year two, sitting at 6.25 entering the weekend. He's given up 12 home runs, three more than in any other season in his career.

Walker, 37, has been particularly poor against left-handed hitters -- the ones he's paid to retire. Left-handers are batting .301 with seven home runs against Walker. He is signed through the 2009 season.

TWINS at ORIOLES, PPD: Because of heavy rains in the Baltimore area throughout the afternoon and evening Friday, the first game of the three-game set was postponed. The two teams will play a double-header Saturday.


Author:Fox Sports
Author's Website:http://www.foxsports.com
Added: September 13, 2008

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