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Las Vegas - Last season, the Orioles were 52-110. The definition of UGLY! And one of the many reasons was Dean Kremer's 0-7 record with a bulbous 7.55 ERA. This season, we're not even halfway through and Baltimore has already won 36 games. And one of the many reasons is, yes, Mr. Dean Kremer. After one lousy start at the beginning of June, Kremer has started to throw like his idol, Sandy Koufax. Mostly bagels. We're talking about four starts and one earned run over 23 innings for an invisible 0.39 ERA. IMPOSSIBLE to ignore those numbers, and it's also impossible to ignore Dane Dunning's struggles for Texas. The not-so-great Dane has NOT won a game since April 30. That's ELEVEN starts with not one W! And by the way, he was 5-10 last season, so there's THAT! Baltimore is hurting on the road at 18-27, but back at Camden Yards, the Birds are one game over .500 at 18-17. So we're on the O's for the money.

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