The Orioles close out their four-game series today against the Indians, and their road trip, with Hanser Alberto at second base and Jonathan Villar playing shortstop.
Renato Núñez is the designated hitter while Trey Mancini goes back to right field.
Stevie Wilkerson continues to play center field and bat fifth.
Austin Wynns is catching Yefry Ramirez.
Indians right-hander Shane Bieber is 2-2 with a 3.81 ERA and 1.087 WHIP in nine games (eight starts) covering 49 2/3 innings. He's...
The Orioles flirted with the idea of switching to a six-man rotation earlier in the year and now they're doing it - for one game.
The doubleheader in New York forced manager Brandon Hyde to find another starter today in Cleveland instead of using someone on short rest and he's chosen right-hander Yefry Ramirez.
The alternative would have been an opener or recalling a starter from the minors, with left-hander Josh Rogers one of the possibilities.
Gabriel Ynoa threw 54 pitches in relief...
Joey Rickard is in right field today and Trey Mancini is the designated hitter as the Orioles try to build on last night's 5-1 win over the Indians.
Chris Davis continues to bat cleanup, with Stevie Wilkerson behind him. Richie Martin is the shortstop and Pedro Severino is catching.
John Means is making his seventh start and 11th appearance. He's 5-3 with a 2.33 ERA and 1.034 WHIP in 38 2/3 innings.
Left-handers are 3-for-28 with 12 strikeouts against Means, who's allowed one earned run in...
Austin Hays indulged a reporter yesterday by taking inventory of his health.
"I feel really good," he said, having unfortunately grown accustomed to the initial line of questioning. "My legs feel good, my thumb feels good, my ankle still feels good, like it did during spring training. So my body's healthy and I'm moving in the right direction."
This is the most important aspect of Hays' professional life. Not the one hit in 18 at-bats through four games of his injury rehab assignment at...
Richie Martin is playing shortstop tonight and Chris Davis is batting cleanup again as the Orioles continue their series in Cleveland.
Austin Wynns is catching right-hander Dylan Bundy.
Indians right-hander Jefry Rodriguez is 1-2 with a 2.92 ERA and 1.176 WHIP in four starts over 24 2/3 innings. He's surrendered only two home runs.
Rodriguez's last three starts have been quality by definition and he came within one-third of an inning in his season debut. His first major league start came...
Dylan Bundy was supposed to open the four-game series in Cleveland last night until two days of rain in New York necessitated an adjustment of the Orioles' pitching plans.
Dan Straily took the mound last night after missing the Yankees and allowed four runs and six hits in 3 1/3 innings. Bundy goes tonight, knowing that the radar readings at Progressive Field will garner most of the attention.
Manager Brandon Hyde removed Bundy from his last start after only 80 pitches, the right-hander losing...
Chris Davis is batting in the cleanup spot again tonight as the Orioles start their four-game series in Cleveland.
Jonathan Villar is playing shortstop, with Richie Martin again moving to the bench. Martin has been sitting frequently against right-handers and the Indians are starting four of them in the series.
Pedro Severino is catching.
Dan Straily gets another chance to reverse a tough start with the Orioles. He's appeared in seven games and posted an 8.23 ERA and 1.829 WHIP over 27 1/3...
The Orioles have made a significant adjustment to reliever Richard Bleier's pitching schedule.
He won't report to Triple-A Norfolk as planned.
He won't stay in the minors.
Bleier was removed from his injury rehab assignment at Single-A Frederick this afternoon and activated from the 10-day injured list, giving the bullpen a second left-hander along with Paul Fry as the Orioles begin a four-game series tonight in Cleveland.
The corresponding roster move again involves reliever Jimmy...
NEW YORK - The Orioles had become roster move slackers after lots of early activity, but they're trying to pick up the pace again.
They optioned reliever Evan Phillips on Saturday, recalled him yesterday as the 26th man for the doubleheader, returned him to Triple-A Norfolk after Game 2 and were prepared to recall left-hander Josh Rogers.
Rogers was on standby for a flight to Cleveland, where the Orioles begin a four-game series tonight. The Tides are in Toledo, making for a short trip. But it...
NEW YORK - Following a game that featured four more home runs hit off Orioles pitching, Andrew Cashner seemed to find a solution in the nightcap by limiting the contact against him.
Can't drive the ball over the fence if you can't touch it.
Cashner struck out six of the first nine batters he faced. A four-seam fastball averaging 93.87 mph, according to brooksbaseball.net, was sitting at 96.
The Yankees didn't get their first hit until DJ LeMahieu's comebacker with two outs in the third...
NEW YORK - Catcher Austin Wynns didn't intend to serve as a team spokesman this afternoon as he stepped outside of the visiting clubhouse and met the media. But he was asked about the 88 home runs surrendered by Orioles pitching in 41 games, putting them on pace to shatter the major league record. A question placed on a tee.
Wynns expressed feelings that no doubt are shared in every corner.
"We lead the league in home runs," he said following a 5-3 loss to the Yankees in the first game of...
NEW YORK - Dwight Smith Jr. is the Orioles' designated hitter for the nightcap of today's doubleheader, with Joey Rickard moving from center field to left and Trey Mancini staying in right.
Stevie Wilkerson is in center field.
Jonathan Villar is the shortstop and Hanser Alberto is playing second base.
Chris Davis is the cleanup hitter after batting seventh in the opening game.
For the Orioles Jonathan Villar SS Dwight Smith Jr. DH Trey Mancini RF Chris Davis 1B Stevie Wilkerson CF Rio Ruiz 3B...
NEW YORK - David Hess had to wait two days to make his start against the Yankees. The sun came out, the field dried and he was able to pitch in ideal conditions.
Little else seemed to go right for Hess. Mostly the weather.
Hess surrendered a career-high four home runs while taking over the major league lead, and the Orioles lost the first game of the doubleheader 5-3 at Yankee Stadium.
The 14 home runs off Hess are one more than the Angels' Trevor Cahill has allowed this season. The Yankees...
NEW YORK - The Orioles' pitching plans have become clearer as the rain moves out of the Bronx.
David Hess and Andrew Cashner are starting in today's single-admission doubleheader. Dan Straily flew to Cleveland today and is starting Thursday night in the series opener against the Indians, followed by Dylan Bundy on Friday and left-hander John Means on Saturday.
The starter for Sunday is TBD based on today's doubleheader. Manager Brandon Hyde won't let anyone work on short rest and he'll...
NEW YORK - The sky is blue and the Orioles are set up to play two games today at Yankee Stadium. Field conditions and the forecast are giving them the green light.
Reliever Evan Phillips has joined the team as the 26th man for the doubleheader. I heard his name mentioned yesterday as the likely choice, but assumed that Josh Rogers was coming up after the left-hander had been scratched from his start with Triple-A Norfolk.
You know what happens when you assume.
Phillips was optioned Saturday...
NEW YORK - Will the Orioles be able to play two games today?
One has been impossible.
The forecast shows partly cloudy skies but no rain, with temperatures inching toward the 70s. Which means hail. Watch for it.
It can't get much worse than Monday night.
The Yankees called off yesterday's game more than an hour before first pitch. They ripped off the Band-Aid. They waited more than three hours after the scheduled first pitch to call off Monday's game. They ripped off fans who sat through a...
NEW YORK - The Orioles and Yankees won't play tonight, with the decision to postpone the game due to rain and an unfavorable forecast coming much earlier than last night.
The teams will engage in a day-night doubleheader on Aug. 12 with the opener starting at 1:05 p.m. Game 2 begins at 7:05 p.m.
This is the fifth postponement for the Orioles, who are scheduled to play a doubleheader on Wednesday.
David Hess starts Game 1 and Andrew Cashner gets the ball for Game 2. Hess would have pitched last...
NEW YORK - The Orioles announced today that minor league pitcher Zach Pop underwent successful surgery to repair the ulnar collateral ligament in his right elbow.
Renowned orthopedist Dr. James Andrews performed the surgery after yesterday's examination in Pensacola, Fla.
Pop, 22, had appeared in eight games with Double-A Bowie and allowed only one run and seven hits in 10 2/3 innings. He walked four batters and struck out 11.
The Orioles acquired Pop from the Dodgers as part of the...
NEW YORK - The Orioles will try again tonight to make it through nine uninterrupted innings as they begin their series against the Yankees.
Start on time and pray for drier weather.
Renato Núñez is batting fourth as the designated hitter while stuck in slumps that stretch to 1-for-31 and 4-for-52. He hasn't drawn a walk since April 23.
Tonight brings a favorable matchup on paper. More on that later.
Joey Rickard is batting fifth against Yankees left-hander J.A. Happ and Chris Davis moves...
NEW YORK - Jimmy Yacabonis didn't return to Triple-A Norfolk with instructions to just keep doing whatever he's been doing and get back to the majors at some point in the summer. It was more complicated.
The Orioles needed Yacabonis to work on his mechanics. Fix his delivery to regain movement on his pitches and hope that a spot reopened for him in a bullpen that's undergone many changes in less than two full months of the season.
The shuttle keeps picking up Yacabonis. He'd like to have it...