Guthrie pitches O's past Sox, 10-2

Guthrie pitches O's past Sox, 10-2
Jeremy Guthrie allowed just two runs over eight innings as the O's beat Chicago 10-2 Sunday to take the final game of the series. Guthrie improved to 7-8, 5.12. In eight innings he allowed just three hits, but two of them were solo homers to Dewayne Wise and Chris Getz. Guthrie, who improved to 1-3 in five career starts vs. the Sox, had pitched to an ERA of 6.23 over his previous seven starts. Brian Roberts led off the game with a single. He stole second, went to third on an error and...
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Post-game Notes: O's whip the Sox

Post-game Notes:  O's whip the Sox
The O's scored five in the 5th and four in the 9th on the way to Sunday's 10-2 win over the White Sox. The Orioles out-hit Chicago in all three games of this series. In the series, the O's scored 21 runs on 37 hits. They had a team average of .319 (37 for 116) over the weekend with 12 doubles and three homers. They out-hit the Chisox in all three games in the series. The O's improve to 1-2 on their nine-game, ten-day road trip. They are now 9-21 in series finale games and 5-10 on...
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Slow go on Sano right now

Slow go on Sano right now
When it comes to the Orioles and Dominican shortstop Miguel Angel Sano, two things remain pretty clear at this point. The O's still are very interested in pursuing Sano, who is an international free agent. But, like every other team in the Majors right now, that pursuit is in a holding pattern as the clubs await the results of MLB's investigation to determine if Sano is, in fact, 16 years old. A report surfaced over the weekend that MLB had completed its investigation and was about to...
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Bronx series begins: O's at Yankees

Bronx series begins:  O's at Yankees
Game Preview Orioles (41-50) at NY Yankees (54-37) After winning the final game of their series in Chicago, the Orioles begin a series in New York tonight. They'll look to end a seven-game losing streak at New York and begin to turn around their recent terrible record in AL East road games. While the O's are 12-8 at home this season vs. AL East opponents, they are just 1-11 on the road vs. the East. It gets worse than that. The Orioles are just 2-22 in the last 24 road games vs. the...
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Tonight's pitchers: Hernandez vs. Pettitte

Tonight's pitchers:  Hernandez vs. Pettitte
RHP David Hernandez (2-2, 3.94) tonight makes his 6th start of this season, his 4th on the road and the 1st of his career vs. the Yankees. Hernandez was optioned to the minors on July 10th when Cesar Izturis was activated off the DL. Hernandez made his last start, last Monday for Double-A Bowie vs. Altoona. In four innings, he allowed two hits and one run. With Triple-A Norfolk this year he went 3-2, 3.30 in 11 starts. In 57 1/3 innings he struck out 79. Hernandez made his last Major...
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Yankees win with walk-off homer

Yankees win with walk-off homer
Hideki Matsui hit a 2-2 pitch from Jim Johnson over the wall in right in the last of the 9th and the Yankees picked up a 2-1 win over the Orioles Monday night. It was his 15th of the year. New York has now won eight home games in a row over the Orioles, who fall to 1-12 on the year in AL East road games. New York has won four in a row and is 17-5 over its last 22 games. The O's lost a game in which they gave up just four hits. The Orioles took a 1-0 lead in the first on a Nick Markakis...
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Post-game Notes: O's fall at New York

Post-game Notes:  O's fall at New York
After the O's offense produced 21 runs on 37 hits in Chicago and a team average of .319 in that series, the Birds were held to one run on six hits by three Yankees' pitchers on Monday. The Birds went 6-30 at bat in that game. Nick Markakis hit a solo homer in the first for the only Baltimore run. It was his second homer in four games and 10th on the year. Markakis is 5 for 17 with two homers and 3 RBI in the four games on this road trip. Cesar Izturis went 1 for 3 in the game and is 5...
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Tuesday baseball: O's at New York

Tuesday baseball:  O's at New York
Game Preview Orioles (41-51) at NY Yankees (55-37) What's been a frustrating road trip to begin the season's second half continues tonight at 7:05 p.m. when the O's play at New York. Rich Hill (3-2, 7.22) will start for Baltimore and Sergio Mitre (4-1, 2.32 in minors) for the Yankees. The O's were frustrated on Monday night when they had two runners make outs at the plate in the 8th inning, then saw Hideki Matsui hit a walk-off homer in the 9th for a 2-1 New York win. It was the...
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Minor moves

Minor moves
Here are some roster moves made today in the O's organization: OF Lance West from Aberdeen to Bluefield RHP Scott Mueller from Aberdeen to Delmarva OF Brian Conley from Delmarva to Aberdeen RHP Joshua Dowdy from Delmarva to Aberdeen OF Kraig Binick from Frederick to Bowie IF Matt Tucker activated by Frederick off the DL. Mueller was 1-0, 0.95 in 19 innings with Aberdeen. Binick was batting .225-5-25 at Frederick. Gary Helmick today was named a second-team college all american shortstop by...
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Tonight's pitchers: Hill vs. Mitre

Tonight's pitchers:  Hill vs. Mitre
LHP Rich Hill (3-2, 7.22) tonight makes his 12th start of this season, his 8th on the road and the 1st of his career vs. the Yankees. Hill pitched in relief in Chicago. On Friday, he gave up two hits and two runs in just 1/3 of an inning. His last start was July 11th in a no decision at home vs. Toronto. In six innings, he gave up seven hits and two runs. This was after he had allowed 19ER over 13 innings in his previous three starts. Despite Hill's struggles this year the O's are 8-3...
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Hill struggles and O's fall at NY

Hill struggles and O's fall at NY
O's starter Rich Hill struggled again and it led to another O's loss at New York. Hill gave up five runs and four walks over three innings. He falls to 3-3, 7.64 and his ERA is 9.82 over his last five starts. O's pitching walked eight tonight and four of eight scored. The O's fall to 3-8 on the season vs. New York and have lost nine in a row at New York. An Alex Rodriguez two-run single gave NY a 3-2 lead in the 3rd and the Yankees made it 6-2 in the 4th which featured a two-run homer...
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Post-game Notes: O's fall again to NYY

Post-game Notes:  O's fall again to NYY
O's starting pitcher Rich Hill struggled again. He pitched just three innings and falls to 3-3, 7.64 on the year. In three frames, he allowed three hits, five runs (all earned) with four walks and two strikeouts. He threw 82 pitches. Hill has lasted less than five innings in seven of his 12 starts. He has just three quality starts. Over his last five starts, his ERA is 9.82 (22IP, 35H, 24ER). The O's have out-hit their opponent on every game of this road trip, but fall to 1-4 on the...
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Is it Tillman time?

Is it Tillman time?
While I am sure that there is more Chris Tillman could learn and more polish he could add to his game in Triple-A the rest of this season, it also seems quite clear by the numbers that he has made major improvements throughout this season. It's time for a change in the O's rotation with Rich Hill out and Chris Tillman in. Tillman is 8-5, 2.42 in 17 starts and is slated to start for Norfolk tonight. Here's hoping his next start after that will be early next week in Baltimore vs. Kansas...
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Matinee baseball: O's at New York

Matinee baseball:  O's at New York
Game Preview Orioles (41-52) at New York (56-37) Things are getting this rough for the Orioles. They've allowed just ten hits in two games and a team average of just .182 to the Yankees, but they have lost both games of their series at New York. This afternoon at 1:05 p.m. New York can wrap up its second three-game home sweep of the Orioles this season. Jason Berken (1-7, 6.44) pitches for the O's vs. A.J. Burnett (8-4, 3.81), New York's 82 million dollar right-hander. A loss today...
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Today's pitchers: Berken vs. Burnett

Today's pitchers:  Berken vs. Burnett
RHP Jason Berken (1-7, 6.44) today makes his 11th start of this season, his 5th on the road and the 1st of his career vs. the Yankees. Since pitching to an ERA of 2.25 over his first two starts, Berken has mostly struggled. He is coming off his second worst start of the year. Last Friday at Chicago he took the loss and allowed six runs and two homers in 4 1/3 innings. He had pitched to an ERA of 4.58 in his previous four starts. Berken has just one quality start on the year and has pitched...
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O's swept in New York

O's swept in New York
Winning pitcher A.J. Burnett picked up his 9th win as the Yankees beat the Orioles 6-4 Wednesday afternoon to complete a three-game sweep. The O's are 0-6 at New York this season and have lost ten straight games in the Bronx. Burnett is now 9-4, 3.74. He gave up two runs in seven innings. Over his last seven starts, he is 5-1, 1.93. Alex Rodriguez and Robinson Cano had RBI singles in the first for New York and a two-run single by Nick Swisher capped the four-run first inning. Gary Thorne...
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Post-game Notes: tough series in NY

Post-game Notes:  tough series in NY
This is the second time this season the O's were swept in a three-game series at Yankee Stadium. They lost three straight by a combined 27-9 score from May 19-21. They lost the three games this time by five total runs. The O's have been swept five times on the season in three game series. All five came on the road. They were also swept at Toronto, Oakland and Florida. The O's have lost ten straight games at New York. They are 13-29 at New York since the 2005 season. The O's now...
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Tillman and Hobgood take the mound tonight

Tillman and Hobgood take the mound tonight
He may or may not make his next start in Baltimore, but Chris Tillman is scheduled to make a start tonight for Triple-A Norfolk at Gwinnett. O's Director of Player Development David Stockstill said it is anticipated to be a "normal" start and we should not expect to see Tillman pulled after just a few innings. After pitching in a doubleheader last Friday, Wednesday would have been Tillman's usual day to pitch, but he was bumped back a day. "Sometimes you give a young kid an extra day...
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More pitchers show their stuff on the O's farm

More pitchers show their stuff on the O's farm
While pitchers like Chris Tillman and Brian Matusz attract most of the attention in the O's minor leagues, having great seasons, others are emerging with strong seasons, but sometimes get overshadowed by the top hurlers. Two pitchers that fit in that category are Pat Egan and Nate Moreau. Egan, a 24-year-old right-hander began this season at Delmarva, is now at Frederick, but also made a brief and successful stop at Double-A Bowie. Pitching mostly in relief, his combined stats at three...
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New spring home to help the minors too

New spring home to help the minors too
The news this week that the Orioles are moving their spring training home to Sarasota starting next year, will help the Major League O's in many ways. The facilities will be better and spring training travel much easier. The O's will even likely now see some of their AL East rivals for spring games. But it will help the O's minor leagues in many ways as well. The O's minor leaguers have already been in Sarasota at Twin Lakes Park. Now the Major League camp will be about 10 miles away...
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