David Hernandez appears to be in the Baltimore Orioles' rotation for the long haul because of injuries. He shouldn't have to look over his shoulder for a while. Hernandez allowed three runs and six hits over 6 2-3 innings after being staked to a six-run lead in a 6-4 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday night. "David knows that it's not a start-by-start basis. It's not a tryout. He's the guy. So he needs to just relax and prepare himself to pitch whenever his turn comes up," manager Dave Trembley said.
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Season Series

Date	Home	Score	Pitchers
Tue 4/28	Bal	LAA 7 at BAL 5	W: Saunders L: Eaton
Wed 4/29	Bal	LAA 3 at BAL 2	W: Loux L: Uehara
Thu 7/2	LAA	BAL 2 at LAA 5	W: Lackey L: Guthrie
Fri 7/3	LAA	BAL 6 at LAA 4	W: Hernandez L: Santana
Sat 7/4	LAA	BAL 4 at LAA 11	W: Bulger L: Baez
Sun 7/5	LAA	BAL 6 at LAA 9	W: Oliver L: Albers
Fri 8/14	Bal	LAA 6 at BAL 16	W: Tillman L: Weaver
Sat 8/15	Bal	LAA 5 at BAL 1	W: Lackey L: Matusz
Sun 8/16	Bal	LAA 17 at BAL 8	W: Bulger L: Bass
Mon 8/17	Bal	LAA 8 at BAL 5	W: Santana L: Hernandez

Box Scores

Orioles (36 - 44) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets		Angels (43 - 35) Season Stats | Roster | Tickets
Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. B Roberts, 2B 5 1 1 0 0 2. A Jones, CF 3 2 1 0 1 3. N Markakis, RF 4 2 2 1 1 4. A Huff, 1B 4 1 2 3 1 5. N Reimold, LF 4 0 0 0 1 6. L Scott, DH 5 0 1 2 0 7. M Mora, 3B 5 0 2 0 0 8. M Wieters, C 3 0 1 0 1 9. R Andino, SS 3 0 0 0 1 Totals 36 6 10 6 6		Lineup Name AB R H RBI BB 1. C Figgins, 3B 3 0 0 0 1 2. B Abreu, RF 3 0 0 0 1 3. T Hunter, CF 4 1 0 0 0 4. V Guerrero, DH 4 1 1 1 0 5. J Rivera, LF 4 1 2 0 0 6. K Morales, 1B 3 1 1 2 1 7. M Izturis, 2B 4 0 3 1 0 8. J Mathis, C 4 0 1 0 0 9. E Aybar, SS 3 0 0 0 0 9. M Napoli, PH 1 0 0 0 0 Totals 33 4 8 4 3
Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* D Hernandez (W, 2-2) 6.2 6 3 3 2 2 4.15 J Johnson (H, 13) 1.1 1 1 1 1 0 3.00 G Sherrill (S, 18) 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 2.43		Pitcher Name IP H R ER BB K ERA* E Santana (L, 1-4) 5.0 8 6 4 3 5 7.43 K Jepsen 1.0 0 0 0 2 1 10.80 R Thompson 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 4.40 M Palmer 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 4.86
* = Season Stat
BATTING 2B: N Markakis (25), L Scott (11), M Mora (7) HR: A Huff (11) BASERUNNING CS: R Andino (3)		BATTING 2B: J Rivera (15), M Izturis (9) HR: K Morales (14) BASERUNNING CS: C Figgins (8)

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Player News

Orioles Mike Hinckley (BAL) News: The Orioles have signed lefty reliever Mike Hinckley to a minor league deal, according to the Baltimore Sun.   (Fanball - Tue. Nov 24, 2009) Chris Waters (BAL) News: Waters was designated for assignment on Friday, the Baltimore Sun reports.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009) Craig Tatum (BAL) News: Tatum was claimed off waivers by the Orioles on Friday, the Baltimore Sun reports.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009)

Angels Scot Shields (LAA) News: Shields (knee) has been activated from the 60-day DL.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009) Dustin Moseley (LAA) News: Moseley (hip) has been activated from the 60-day DL.  (RotoWire - Fri. Nov 20, 2009) Torii Hunter (LAA) News: Hunter may need to undergo sports hernia surgery this winter, the Orange County Register reports.  (RotoWire - Wed. Nov 18, 2009)