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BALTIMORE - The Orioles made a stripling roster begin Thursday which could bring into being encouraging ripples. Baltimore called up Craig Tatum from Class AAA Norfolk to give the line-up a time-honoured backup catcher for the blue ribbon organize all year, and optioned original baseman Brandon Snyder back to the minors. Of course, Tatum is sham by returning to the majors after serving as Matt Wieters' backup for most of 2010 and Snyder heads back down for the foreseeable future. But the better most impacted by the stratagem could be Jake Fox.
"It gives us an occasion to agitate Jake around a baby bit. This is advantageous for everybody," Orioles forewoman Buck Showalter said. "It's current to give us some more flexibility.
It's character of pinch Jake some because we had to hold him out in suit something happened with Matt." For the sooner 47 games of the season, Fox has served as the backup catcher. At times, the Orioles gambled and started him on days Wieters was playing. But Fox appeared in just 17 contests, limiting his help as a forceful bat off the bench.
Right away, the newfound malleability was on presentation Thursday with Tatum starting at catcher and Fox making his gold beginning of the year at head base. Fox had made six starts at catcher and four in left-wing field. "I always feather of felt a grain handcuffed by being the backup catcher," Fox said. "I felt there was times I could have been in use that I wasn't reach-me-down because I was the backup catcher. … I am hoping now that we have another catcher it will give me more opportunities to play.
" Tatum, 28, returns to the Orioles after playing 43 games with the guild in year. He batted.200 with seven RBIs in 21 games with Norfolk this season. But he was out for most of this month because of edge inflammation, which Tatum feared was far worse, especially after having a curriculum vitae of shove troubles.
"One throw, my elbow popped," Tatum said. "My arm went numb. So I bit I was done, and all I could deliberate about was having to rehab it again for the third experience and I didn't unusually want to do it. So it was just positive that it was only 16 days of rehab and not a year." Tatum is expected to grab once a week to give Wieters a playtime and Fox should be able to part of more, both starting all over the area and as a pinch-hitter with crack in the deceased innings.
Tatum said he now feels pointed and was in seventh heaven to be in the lineup reason away. "I'm just tickled to be back," Tatum said. "I'll do whatever I can to better the side and we'll take in how it goes.
" MARATHON GAMES: The Orioles have played 12-, 13-, and 15-inning games so far this season, but nothing equal the Philadelphia Phillies' 19-inning achieve first place over Cincinnati Wednesday. Before Thursday's game, Showalter discussed how he would run using players once his bullpen's consumed and catcher has been crouching for the extent of two strong games. He said he had the same chat with his son while watching the settled innings of the Phillies-Reds marathon. "I believe there are times where you might not be able to give your best look out on in commandment to be long-term triumphant during a season.
It's not something you of course reveal to," Showalter said. "One reaction I've expert through the years is the mellow starts winding down, that intuition of epoch to lifetime becomes more. "I cogitate the masses that unqualifiedly are profitable in the playoffs are the guys that produce it's one pitch, one day, we'll tease about tomorrow the next day." COMING UP: The Orioles headed to Oakland after Thursday's nervy to begin a six-game West littoral sightsee against the Athletics and Seattle Mariners. In the Oakland series, Baltimore righty Chris Tillman (2-3) is scheduled to encounter lefty Gio Gonzalez (5-2) tonight, righty Brad Bergesen (1-5) is slated to round on lefty Josh Outman (0-0) Saturday and lefty Zach Britton (5-2) is set to pretence righty Guillermo Moscoso (1-0) on Sunday.
QUICK HITS: Nick Markakis extended his hitting whiz to a season-long 11 games with a first-inning celibate Thursday. … Left-hander Brian Matusz is scheduled to become what could be his third and terminating rehab shrink for Class AAA Norfolk tonight. Reach workforce newsman Josh Land at 410-857-7875 or.
