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O's game blog: Wrapping up the homestand against Astros

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O's game blog: Wrapping up the homestand against Astros
After scoring 24 runs in a recent four-game span that ended Saturday, the Orioles will look to get their offense going again tonight in the series and homestand finale against the Houston Astros. The Orioles (23-50) have scored just seven runs on 13 hits over the past three games since Saturday - the last game of the Toronto series and the first two versus Houston. Astros pitchers have held Baltimore batters to three runs and eight hits in this series. The Orioles have gone four straight games...
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Adley Rutschman's first full minor league season has been special

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Adley Rutschman's first full minor league season has been special
BOWIE, Md. - After the Orioles selected Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2019 draft, he went on to play in 37 minor league games that summer. This year, bumped up to Double-A Bowie, Rutschman already has 41 games under his belt and no O's minor league player has more plate appearances, He's getting his work in and thriving, and so is his team. If the O's had presented a wish list for his first full minor league season before this year began, he's...
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Jorge López throws strong game in loss to Astros

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Jorge López throws strong game in loss to Astros
Perhaps motivated by back-to-back shaky outings and/or by tying a career high by allowing three homers in his last start, Orioles right-hander Jorge López seemed focused on getting deep into tonight's game. And he gave the Orioles their 16th outing this year by a starting pitcher of six innings or more. He went a season-best 6 1/3 innings. But a seventh inning run by Houston broke a tie game as the Astros went on to beat the Orioles 3-1 at Oriole Park. While Houston (45-28) has won nine in...
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O's game blog: Jorge López faces Astros

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O's game blog: Jorge López faces Astros
After a 10-2 loss on Monday night, the Orioles welcome the Houston Astros back to Camden Yards tonight to continue a three-game series. The Orioles were being no-hit into the eighth inning last night when Maikel Franco's home run scored two and was the club's first hit. Franco hit No. 9 and blasted that ball 420-feet, his third-longest homer of the season. The Orioles (23-49) are 1-3 on this homestand and 12-24 for the season at home. Overall, they have lost 11 of 12 games. They've been held...
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No pitcher suspensions on night one, plus other notes

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No pitcher suspensions on night one, plus other notes
On the first night of Major League Baseball's new "sticky stuff" rules, with baseball pledging to enforce the rules about pitchers using foreign substances and threatening transgressors with ejections and suspensions, there were no offenders reported that I could tell. As of around midnight, I had not seen any reports from any games of someone ejected. Didn't we hear that most of the pitchers were bending the rules or, to say it another way, cheating? Many suggested they were, but last...
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O's game blog: O's host Houston in series opener

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O's game blog: O's host Houston in series opener
After losing two of three games to Toronto - and dropping the last two games after Friday's 7-1 win - the Orioles host Houston beginning tonight at Oriole Park. It is a three-game series to complete a six-game homestand. Then the Orioles will play the Blue Jays and Astros again on the road as part of a 10-game road trip that also includes a trip to Anaheim. Tonight's game will not start on time as planned due to a rain delay, but the outlook for the rain to pass looks good for later this...
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O's Matt Blood on Gunnar Henderson's move up and more on the farm

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O's Matt Blood on Gunnar Henderson's move up and more on the farm
He recently moved into a couple of top 100 prospects lists and now Orioles infield prospect Gunnar Henderson is on the move again, this time further up in the Baltimore farm system. The Orioles announced a series of minor league roster moves and promotions Sunday, which included Henderson's move from low Single-A Delmarva to high Single-A Aberdeen. Henderson did not play in Sunday's Delmarva game, but had a quite a run with the Shorebirds. Over 35 games, he hit .312/.369/.574 with 11 doubles,...
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O's game blog: The series finale against Toronto

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O's game blog: The series finale against Toronto
After the ninth-inning meltdown on Saturday that led to a 10-7 loss, the Orioles look to bounce back right away as they host Toronto today in the series finale. The Orioles won 7-1 Friday night when their pitchers allowed just four hits. But they gave up six runs and five hits in the ninth yesterday in a 10-7 loss. The Orioles (23-47) have lost nine of the last 10 games. They are 12-22 at home, 6-10 this month and 9-19 versus American League East clubs. The Orioles (6) and Blue Jays (3)...
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Even though a lot went right, O's have to regroup after loss

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Even though a lot went right, O's have to regroup after loss
The Orioles hit six home runs, three by Ryan Mountcastle and two by Cedric Mullins. DJ Stewart added another to give them six hit by homegrown players. They got a quality start for the first time since May 31, ending a run of 15 games without one. They led by four runs after the sixth and seventh innings. They led by three in the ninth and pitched two of their best relievers. It didn't work. They didn't win. The Orioles were a strike away from winning back-to-back games twice, but Toronto...
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Mountcastle homers three times, but Jays rally in ninth (updated)

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Mountcastle homers three times, but Jays rally in ninth (updated)
A feel-good win and a six-homer day by the Orioles - with three from Ryan Mountcastle - blew up on the team in the ninth today, as the Toronto Blue Jays scored six runs in the inning to stun the Orioles 10-7 and quiet what was a boisterous crowd of 10,721. It was a gut punch loss times 10. They were one out away in the ninth, but lefty Paul Fry allowed a bases-loaded walk to Marcus Semien and it was 7-5. Fry, who entered with a 1.78 ERA, allowed two singles and walk around a fly out and...
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O's open to Tyler Wells as a starter and updating John Means

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O's open to Tyler Wells as a starter and updating John Means
Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said "right around there" today when asked if his ace left-hander, John Means, was expected back around the All-Star break. Means, who is 4-2 with a 2.28 ERA in 12 games, last pitched June 5 when he walked off the mound in the first inning against Cleveland. He went on the injured list with a left shoulder strain. "Good. He's feeling good. He's starting to play catch. Kind of a slow progression back," Hyde said. Speaking of starting pitchers, an outing as a...
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O's game blog: Looking for two in a row over Blue Jays

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O's game blog: Looking for two in a row over Blue Jays
After ending a losing streak on Friday night, the Orioles will try to build on that victory and start a winning streak today. They host the Toronto Blue Jays in the second game of a three-game series. The Orioles (23-46) beat the Blue Jays 7-1 as center fielder Cedric Mullins hit two homers and drove in four, and five pitchers allowed just four hits with 10 strikeouts. Thomas Eshelman got the start and gave up three hits and one run over 4 2/3 innings. Tyler Wells replaced him and got the win....
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Mullins big night, Friday farm pitching and more

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Mullins big night, Friday farm pitching and more
Excellent pitching, timely hitting, a curtain call and a win. Pretty good Friday night in Birdland. Cedric Mullins hit his sixth career leadoff homer and third this year, and then produced his third career two-homer game, with all three coming this year. He and the pitchers led the Orioles past Toronto 7-1. When Mullins blasted a three-run homer in the eighth he put an exclamation point on a win to snap an eight-game losing streak. He had a 3-for-4 night with his first four-RBI game and...
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O's game blog: Homestand begins against Toronto

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O's game blog: Homestand begins against Toronto
The Orioles return home tonight to begin a two-series, six-game homestand. They will host Toronto for three games this weekend and Houston for three beginning on Monday at Oriole Park. The Orioles (22-46) went 5-3 on their last homestand, winning series with Minnesota and Cleveland and splitting two games with the New York Mets. But they just completed an 0-7 road trip, losing three to the Tampa Bay Rays and were swept four in a row at Cleveland. On the trip, they lost four games by two runs or...
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Mullins on All-Star talk, latest losing stretch and his T-shirt night

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Mullins on All-Star talk, latest losing stretch and his T-shirt night
When the Orioles open a home series with the Toronto Blue Jays tonight, the game will feature the players that are first and second in the American League in hits, and first and fifth in Wins Above Replacement (FanGraphs.com version) in the majors. Toronto's Vladimir Guerrero Jr. leads the AL with 82 hits and Cedric Mullins of the Orioles is next with 81. Guerrero has produced a 4.1 WAR with Mullins is at 3.0. Mullins and his teammates begin a homestand tonight trying to end another long...
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A look at how Bowie moved to the top of its league in offense

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A look at how Bowie moved to the top of its league in offense
Players for the Double-A Bowie Baysox this year can go hitless, yet still get praise from the coaching staff for their hitting. And not just because they may have made a productive out. It's all about the swing decisions they make. They are graded both on the pitches they do swing at and those they do not. The goal is to get a very hittable pitch and drive it. Let almost everything else go. Even borderline strikes are sometimes spit on while a hitter waits for a better pitch. Sometimes, even...
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Jorge López allows three homers as road losing streak continues

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Jorge López allows three homers as road losing streak continues
As they tried to end a couple of losing streaks today, the Orioles fell into a three-run hole in the first inning at Cleveland this afternoon. They got close mid-game, but when Cleveland opened up a four-run lead in the sixth the Indians were on their way to a 10-3 win, and they swept a four-game series from the Orioles. The Orioles started this road trip to St. Petersburg, Fla., and Cleveland by scoring 12 runs in the first five games of the trip. But in the last three losses to the Indians...
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O's game blog: Trying to avoid a sweep in Cleveland

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O's game blog: Trying to avoid a sweep in Cleveland
The Orioles need a win this afternoon at Cleveland to avoid being swept four in a row and going 0-7 on a road trip to Tampa Bay and Cleveland. Last night they lost 8-7 for their third one-run loss on the trip and second in this series. And their fourth loss on the road trip by two runs or fewer. In their past 12 games decided by two or fewer, the Orioles are 1-11. They fell to 4-12 in one-run games last night while Cleveland improved to 11-6. The Orioles (22-45) play Game No. 68 today. They...
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When it comes to a long rebuild, being patient is difficult

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When it comes to a long rebuild, being patient is difficult
Mike Elias has been asked the question before, and it came again yesterday. Does the Orioles executive vice president and general manager relate to fan frustration over the team's performance? He knows some fans are very patient during the rebuilding, but others get very frustrated and upset by poor play at the big league level while the minor league clubs are mostly winning. Is that something he thinks about and is concerned about? When asked yesterday during a Zoom interview with O's...
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O's game blog: Lefty Keegan Akin faces Cleveland

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O's game blog: Lefty Keegan Akin faces Cleveland
As the Orioles look to snap a 17-game road losing streak tonight at Cleveland, they send lefty Keegan Akin (0-1, 4.13 ERA) to the mound. Akin has a scoreless start earlier this year against Cleveland and tonight will make his fourth start of the 2021 season. Akin allowed three runs and five hits over four innings in his last start against Tampa Bay. He gave up one run over 9 2/3 innings his two previous starts this season. In three starts on the year, he is 0-1 with a 2.63 ERA with six walks...
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