Sam Perlozzo comments on why he pulled Guthrie with one out in the ninth inning yesterday. Guthrie had thrown just 91 pitches:

"He was going into nine innings [of] work, and he had never gone past six," Perlozzo said. "We were pretty much giving him an opportunity - if he could go 1-2-3 - to stay in the ballgame. It was unfortunate that the guy got on the way he did, but at that point, I thought we had our fresh arms out there and I didn't want anything to get out of hand. Obviously, it didn't work."

Asked if Guthrie tried to talk him out of the decision, Perlozzo said: "He wanted to stay in. It was my decision."

I understand not wanting to hurt a pitcher. And truth be told, the Orioles bullpen should be able to get two outs without giving up six runs. But whenever you go to the bullpen, you roll the dice, and they came up sixes for the Baltimore yesterday.