Oscar De La Hoya won a unanimous decision over Steve Forbes last night, winning all 12 rounds on one judge's scorecard and 11 of 12 on the other two.
Though De La Hoya was disappointed that he didn't get the knockout, he did break Forbes' pocket protector.
I returned home from the gym yesterday, turned on the television and saw that Daniel Cabrera had a shutout going in the sixth inning. Then I saw a hit batter, a walk and an RBI single.
Bang, bang, boom!
I never should have come home.
The real problem, of course, is an offense that once again was held to three hits and shut down early. The Orioles have scored three runs or fewer in five of their last seven games. And not to keep harping on it, but there's very little that manager Dave Trembley can do besides bat Eider Torres cleanup or write out his lineup alphabetically.
Jon Garland retired 13 in a row yesterday. It's gotten that bad.
I'm guessing that Judy Garland could shut out the Orioles right now.
So what would you do if you're Trembley? Just wait for guys to get hot, figuring they have track records and won't continue to struggle this badly? Continue to move them up and down the order?
Though I don't consider Luis Terrero to be a solution, I'll mention that he's hitting .341 with a team-leading 22 RBIs at Triple-A Norfolk after going 3-for-4 with a triple and four RBIs last night. And Tike Redman is batting .341 over his last 11 games.
