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Birds get complete effort, beat White Sox 10-3 to get Bergesen a debut win

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The Orioles looked like a different team tonight. A great start from a promising young draftee after five years of striving to get this opportunity. The meat of the lineup produced big-time, the bottom of the order chipped in and the bullpen was perfect. End result: Orioles 10, White Sox 3.

Brad Bergesen gets the win. Aubrey Huff hit two homers. Nick Markakis and Luke Scott were terrific. And despite the long-ish rain delay, it still was a memorable night.

Drew started blogging during the rain storm. I picked it up in the sixth. Hope you enjoy our coverage, especially if you missed the game.

11:17 p.m. โ€” Huff continues to pile on. Heโ€™s hit two homers and driven in four and the rout is now three outs away from being over. Itโ€™s 10-3 and theyโ€™re icing down the champagne for Bergesen, who did a nice job.

11:03 p.m. โ€“So just who is the star of this one? Bergesen who is going to win his ML debut? Or Markakis who is 4-for-4? Or Luke Scott who is 3-for-3? Or Aubrey Huff who hit a tape-measure dinger an hour ago? Lots of stars tonight. Heck, even Zaun and Izturis have contributed tonight and the bullpen has been spotless over almost three innings so farโ€ฆ

10:56 p.m. โ€” Both Gregg Zaun and Cesar Izturis have chipped in here in the 7th, the latter with a two-RBI double down the RF line. Luke Scott is 3-for-3. The Orioles have played a great game tonight. Waking up the bats at the bottom of the lineup would surely pay some dividends on this home stand. And it looks like theyโ€™ve found a young pitcher who can take the ball every five days and keep them in games.

10:47 p.m. โ€” Nick Markakis is now 4-for-4. Heโ€™s hitting .389 on the season. Pretty spectacular start for him after signing for the big bucks. Meantime, the bottom of the order continues to just drag:

Gregg Zaun is hitting .108. Felix Pie is hitting .139. Cesar Izturis is leading the group at .163.

Itโ€™s amazing theyโ€™ve en route to be a .500 team and 7-7 with this happening on a nightly basis.

10:39 p.m. โ€” Iโ€™ve been watching all night but Iโ€™m now coming out of the bullpen for Drew, who has to wake up at 4:30 a.m. I have to hope there are more people who care than are at the ballpark tonight. It was a long rain delay and Iโ€™ve been watching the game in delay all night. Sad to Bergesenโ€™s family at the ballpark watching their boy make his big-league debut in such a lonely environment.

Brad Bergesen was very composed, as predicted. Aubrey Huff and Nick Markakis continue to rip the ball. This has been a nice night to be in line to break a five-game losing streak. And Bergesenโ€™s line should bring about some hope until Sunday, when he should take the ball again vs. Texas.

Bergesen: 5 2/3 IP, 4 hits, 3 runs, just 1 earned run, 2 walks and 4 strikeouts. A helluva start. These are the kind of numbers that Mark Hendrickson and Adam Eaton wonโ€™t acheive on a nightly basis every fifth day.

Drewโ€™s running blog from the first six innings is hereโ€ฆ

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