masn-baseballs-orioles.jpgHome runs happen all the time. Well, at least it feels that way at Camden Yards. Especially when the summer heat and humidity settles over the ballpark, the ball seems to zoom over the fences with great regularity.
But not all baseball highlights are of the offensive variety, as this week’s smattering of “Orioles Classics” demonstrates.
Sure, we’ve got your weekly allotment of homeric hoists, but we’ve also got the rarest of rare baseball feats: the no-hitter. And not just any no-hitter,…

Home runs happen all the time. Well, at least it feels that way at Camden Yards. Especially when the summer heat and humidity settles over the ballpark, the ball seems to zoom over the fences with great regularity.

But not all baseball highlights are of the offensive variety, as this week’s smattering of “Orioles Classics” demonstrates.

Sure, we’ve got your weekly allotment of homeric hoists, but we’ve also got the rarest of rare baseball feats: the no-hitter. And not just any no-hitter, but a memorable gem where four Orioles pitchers combined to throttle the A’s.

Tune in and enjoy this week’s “Orioles Classics” ….

Monday, Nov. 28, 1 p.m. – David Lough entered the game in the bottom of the eighth as a pinch-runner for Travis Snider, the Orioles hoping to take advantage of Lough’s speed to add to a 3-2 lead over the Red Sox. Well, they ended up being thankful for Lough’s bat after the reserve outfielder cracked a walk-off homer in the 10th for a 5-4 victory on April 25, 2015.

davis-c-sidebar-bat-white.jpgTuesday, Nov. 29, 9 a.m. – When an opponent hits three home runs, you’re usually on the wrong end of the score. But an interleague game against the Nationals on May 29, 2013 was markedly different. Even though Ryan Zimmerman went deep three times for the Nats, Chris Davis hit a pair of blasts for the Birds, including one in a six-run seventh inning that carried the home team to a 9-6 triumph over Washington.

Wednesday, Nov. 30, 12:30 a.m. – How about a double dose of two-homer games from Davis? On Aug. 15, 2015, the Orioles and A’s were knotted at 3-3 in the ninth when Davis stepped to the plate against switch-pitcher Pat Venditte and cracked his second homer of the night, a walk-off winner.

Thursday, Dec. 1, 9 a.m. – Jason Hammel’s Orioles debut on April 8, 2012 was a doozy. The right-hander, acquired in an offseason trade that sent Jeremy Guthrie to the Rockies, held the Twins hitless into the eighth inning before Justin Morneau hit a leadoff double. Hammel settled for a two-hitter and the O’s won 3-1 behind a two-RBI day from Wilson Betemit and a solo homer off the bat of J.J. Hardy.

Friday, Dec. 2, 11 a.m. – Hammel might have missed his no-no, but on July 13, 1991, a quartet of Orioles successfully held the homestanding A’s in check over nine innings. Bob Milacki got credit for the vctory with six innings of hitless ball, and relievers Mike Flanagan, Mark Williamson and Greg Olson each threw a hit-free inning in a 2-0 win at Oakland. The O’s runs came on a solo homer by Mike Devereaux and an RBI single by Chris Hoiles.

Sunday, Dec. 4, 1 p.m. – Proving that they were anything but a one-dimensional team, the Orioles unleashed a club-record 26-hit barrage in an 18-2 shellacking of the A’s on Aug. 16, 2015. Yes, there were longballs – three of ’em. But Gerardo Parra had five hits, Steve Clevenger four hits, and Manny Machado, Adam Jones, Jonathan Schoop and Caleb Joseph added three hits apiece.