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Adam Loewen
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Starting Pitcher
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Baltimore Orioles
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Left
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Left
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May 23
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2006
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Baltimore Orioles
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April 21, 2007
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Win-Loss
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7-6
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Earned Run Average
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521
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Strikeout s
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107
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(born
April 9 ,
1984 in
Surrey, British Columbia ,
Canada ) is a
Pitcher for the
Baltimore Orioles . He bats and throws left-handed.
After one season with
Chipola College , Loewen signed a
Major League Baseball contract worth $4.02 million with the Baltimore Orioles as the No. 4 pick of the
2002 MLB Draft , the highest a Canadian player has ever been drafted. He is currently on the Orioles 40-man
Roster but is currently on the 60 day
Disabled List .
In 2004 he was named their top prospect by
Baseball America . In early
2006 he was moved down to being the team's second best prospect.
Loewen garnered international attention on
March 8 , 2006, when he started for
Canada against the star-studded
United States team in the first round of the
World Baseball Classic . In 3 2/3 shutout innings, Loewen held hitless such veteran American luminaries as
Chipper Jones ,
Mark Teixeira ,
Vernon Wells , and
Derrek Lee . He ended up earning the win as Canada won the game 8-6.
During the 2006 season Loewen was called up by the Orioles. In his first three major league starts, he faced former and
Roy Halladay twice. He became only the second pitcher in major league history to start his first three starts against former Cy Young Award winners. His fourth start was against the
New York Mets ' pitcher
Tom Glavine , who is also a former Cy Young winner, making Loewen the first pitcher in the major leagues to face Cy Young winners in his first four starts.
Loewen has a nasty
Cutter that he throws in the high 80's and low 90's
