Bullpen

If you want to fully understand the depth of the Orioles' expanded bullpen, consider that 11 relievers pitched in the six road games last week and combined to give up just seven earned runs in 30 1/3 innings. Their combined record was 3-1 with a 2.08 ERA. The big news of the week was <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PESPT000010156" title="Jim Johnson" href="/topic/sports/baseball/jim-johnson-PESPT000010156.topic">Jim Johnson</a>’s 46th save, which gave him the Orioles all-time single-season record, surpassing Randy Myers. The other notable performances included <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PESPT000011569" title="Dylan Bundy" href="/topic/sports/baseball/dylan-bundy-PESPT000011569.topic">Dylan Bundy</a>’s major league debut Sunday and <a class="taxInlineTagLink" id="PESPT000010135" title="Tommy Hunter" href="/topic/sports/baseball/tommy-hunter-PESPT000010135.topic">Tommy Hunter</a>’s two victories in three appearances. <b>Grade: A</b>

( Getty Images / September 8, 2012 )

If you want to fully understand the depth of the Orioles' expanded bullpen, consider that 11 relievers pitched in the six road games last week and combined to give up just seven earned runs in 30 1/3 innings. Their combined record was 3-1 with a 2.08 ERA. The big news of the week was Jim Johnson’s 46th save, which gave him the Orioles all-time single-season record, surpassing Randy Myers. The other notable performances included Dylan Bundy’s major league debut Sunday and Tommy Hunter’s two victories in three appearances. Grade: A

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Peter Schmuck has been covering baseball for decades. He is now a general sports columnist, but has been a beat writer covering three major league teams (the Dodgers, Angels and Orioles) and also spent a decade as the Sun's national baseball writer.

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