That old saying is true. It comes in fast and it goes out fast. Tigers reliever Ryan Perry throws near the century mark, but Luke Scott got around on one of his fastballs and launched it over the center field fence to give George Sherrill a big cushion coming into the ninth inning.
Scott's second homer of the night traveled 402 feet, but it looked like he thought he just missed hitting the ball on the screws. He threw down his bat after the swing, as if he was angry, but the ball carried into the Orioles bullpen for his sixth career multi-homer game.
"I didn't (think it was out),'' Luke said after the game. "I kind of hit it off the end of the bat. Being at night, with the heavy, sticky air, I thought it was a flyout to the warning track. But he's throwing 96 and that helped me."
Interesting unrelated stat: David Hernandez just became the fourth Orioles starting pitcher this year to win his major league debut, joining Koji Uehara, Brad Bergesen and Jason Berken. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, it is the first time in the expansion era (1961 to present) that any team has had four rookies do that on the same team.
