Oakland just cut the Orioles' once five-run lead to 6-3 on Eric Chavez's sacrifice fly off Will Ohman, who relieved Brian Matusz, in the bottom of the seventh.
It was a pretty gutty outing for Matusz, who has been struggling all week with a head cold. He allowed three earned runs on eight hits and a walk while striking out eight over 6 1/3 innings. The third run he allowed was a tough one as center fielder Adam Jones lost a flyball in the sun, allowing Eric Patterson to reach base. Two batters later, Chavez hit the sacrifice fly.
Jim Johnson is getting ready to come in the game for the eighth. That's rather interesting considering manager Dave Trembley said before the game that Johnson is still his closer.
Will he go two innings? Will Cla Meredith or Mark Hendrickson pitch the ninth if Johnson works a scoreless eighth? I guess we shall see, but it's hard to feel too confident here with how this season has gone so far.