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Wieters Tracker: A Debut at Camden

May 29th, 2009

Matt Wieters was added to the 25 man roster on Friday afternoon. He’ll be catching and hitting 7th for the Baltimore Orioles in tonight’s home game with the Detroit Tigers.

I’ll add on to this post throughout the night, whenever Wieters does something (or doesn’t) that is worth posting.

Top 1st
- The first batter of the game, Josh Anderson, just tried to bunt on the first pitch. He tapped a ball right out in front of home plate that Wieters had to pounce on and throw to first. He did so with no problems. Who wrote that script?

Bot 2nd
- After a Melvin Mora walk and a Luke Scott single, Matt Wieters came to the plate for his first at bat in the big leagues. He fouled the first pitch he saw, a Dontrelle Willis fast ball, straight back and over the screen behind home plate. He took a fast ball off the plate away. Wieters swung through the third pitch of the at-bat before lacing a fly ball to right field on the fourth and final pitch of his inaugural plate appearance.

Wieters was greeted by a standing ovation as his name was announced prior to the game. He got the same reaction - althought it was louder and more people were standing - before getting in the batters box. Not one fan who stood up when his name was announced sat down until after he had flown out. It was a neat scene here at Camden Yards in Baltimore.

Bot 3rd
- Wieters lined the first pitch he saw straight back to the mound. The ball bounced up and into and then out of Willis’ glove. He scurried to pick it up, then flipped an under-hand toss over to first base to retire Wieters by half a step. Wieters might be 0-for-2 but the rest of the Oriole offense has been potent.

Baltimore got a grand slam from Luke Scott in the third and now leads 6-0. The slam was sandwiched by RBI from Nick Markakis and Brian Roberts, who hit a sacrifice fly to right to score Nolan Reimold in the 4th inning.

Bot 5th
- Wieters hit a slow-roller to the middle of the infield. Brandon Inge cut in front of the short stop moving behind the mound to field it and gun the ball to first in time to get Wieters. He’s 0-for-3.

Luke Scott, who is hitting in front of the debuting catcher, is now 3-for-3 with a pair of home runs, though. He’s now hit two homers in two straight games, and he’s got 5 jacks in the last three days since coming off the disabled list.

Posted by Grant Paulsen Filed in General, MLB, Baltimore Orioles

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Wieters Tracker: A Debut at Camden

May 29th, 2009

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