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D&L Window Tinting Morning Reaction Orioles 9-Game Scorecard (Games 81-89)

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During the 2014 season, Drew Forrester and Luke Jones of The D&L Window Tinting Morning Reaction will provide the โ€œ9-Game Scorecardโ€ for the Orioles, evaluating the club in nine-game increments in a number of categories and looking ahead to how Baltimore will fare over the next nine games on the schedule.

To hear the full explanation of the most recent โ€œOrioles 9-Game Scorecardโ€ during Tuesdayโ€™s show, click HERE.

1. Should the Orioles have been better or worse than their 7-2 mark?
Drew: Worse
Luke: Better

2. Most Valuable Player/Least Valuable Player
Drew: MVP โ€“ Nelson Cruz; LVP โ€“ Chris Davis
Luke: MVP โ€“ Adam Jones; LVP โ€“ Brian Matusz

3. Biggest surprise
Drew: The Orioles going 4-1 during the Manny Machado suspension
Luke: The struggling Chris Davis falling below the Mendoza line

4. Best thing about the nine-game stretch
Drew: The Orioles bats coming alive during the end of the last homestand
Luke: Winning the series finale in Boston despite squandering a 6-1 lead

5. Nine games from nowโ€ฆ
Drew: The Orioles will be ahead by five games in the American League East
Luke: A limited platoon surfaces with Chris Davis losing some at-bats to Steve Pearce and Delmon Young

6. Record in the next nine games (three with Washington, three with the New York Yankees, three at Oakland)
Drew: 9-0
Luke: 6-3

7. Stock rising/falling over the next nine games
Drew: Rising โ€“ Miguel Gonzalez; Falling โ€“ Ubaldo Jimenez
Luke: Rising โ€“ Manny Machado; Falling โ€“ Steve Pearce

8. Grading Buck Showalter in games 81-89
Drew: A
Luke: B+

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