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No runs, no win: O's lose in 10 and fail to sweep

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No runs, no win: O's lose in 10 and fail to sweep
The Orioles were locked in another pitcher's duel this afternoon. Last night they trailed 1-0 after six innings but won 6-1. It was 0-0 today in Arlington, Texas through six. And through seven. And eight and nine. But the Orioles finally cracked. Nate Lowe's bases loaded single to left won it 1-0 in 10 innings for Texas as the O's failed to sweep and fall to 7-9 for the year. The O's missed a chance in the top of the 10th. With Maikel Franco on third and one out, pinch-hitter Trey Mancini...
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O's game blog: Going for a series sweep at Texas

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O's game blog: Going for a series sweep at Texas
After losing Thurday's doubleheader at home scoring three runs in two games, the Orioles scored 11 in the first two games of their series at Texas. They have posted 5-2 and 6-1 wins. Today they can sweep this series and get back to the .500 mark. The Orioles (7-8) are 6-2 on the road, winning three in a row away from Oriole Park. Last night's win improved the O's record to 3-7 when their opponent scores first. Entering this weekend, the Orioles had lost six in a row and nine of 11 in games...
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Mancini's hit, Galvis' defense, Kremer's bounceback part of O's winning night

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Mancini's hit, Galvis' defense, Kremer's bounceback part of O's winning night
On a night when it looked like they might get shut out, instead the Orioles scored six late runs to beat the Texas Rangers Saturday night. They have started their road trip with 5-2 and 6-1 wins. It had to be nice to win coming from behind, as they were down 1-0 heading to the seventh. But to see Trey Mancini get the go-ahead run home was big-time icing on a cake that tasted pretty darn good. There were positive signs all around. Mancini doubled in the run in the eighth that provided a 2-1...
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O's win at Texas was led by previously struggling players (with quotes)

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O's win at Texas was led by previously struggling players (with quotes)
It was not just that the Orioles produced a comeback win in Texas, one that gives them a series victory. It was how they did it and who was responsible that was also quite big. Struggling Trey Mancini lined a go-ahead double in the eighth. Right-hander Dean Kremer, who had a 10.50 ERA at game time, pitched a strong game on three days' rest. Shortstop Freddy Galvis had four hits and started one sensational double play. And the improving Orioles bullpen had another good night. And down by 1-0...
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O's pregame notes on Mancini, Kremer and more

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O's pregame notes on Mancini, Kremer and more
As the Orioles get set to play the second game of their series at Texas tonight, manager Brandon Hyde has dropped Trey Mancini to fifth in the batting order for the first time this year. Mancini, batting .151/.220/.358/.579 in 59 plate appearances, went 0-for-4 in last night's 5-2 win with four strikeouts. He is 1-for-16 (.063) his last five games and 4-for-33 (.121) his last nine. And while he does lead the club with three homers and ranks second with 10 RBIs, the skipper will drop him down...
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O's game blog: Looking for two in a row at Texas

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O's game blog: Looking for two in a row at Texas
The Orioles' 5-2 win at Texas last night was just their second win in a series-opening game this season. They won the other series when they got the opener, in the first series at Boston. Tonight the clubs meet in the middle game of a three-game series at Globe Life Field. The Orioles entered the Texas series having lost six of the previous seven games and were 2-8 since their 3-0 start. But it was a nice start to a road trip as Jorge López and four bullpen pitchers combined on a...
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A look at why taking Jorge López out after five was the right move

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A look at why taking Jorge López out after five was the right move
Right-hander Jorge López had a couple of good starts for the Orioles last year, but he could not put much consistency together. And then he started this year with an 11.42 ERA after two starts. But last night was about as good as he has looked in an O's uniform. In his previous 11 games with the Orioles dating to last season - when he posted a 7.28 ERA - he never had swing-and-miss stuff like he had last night. A night when he was painting corners with 97 mph fastballs. A night when he and...
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O's game blog: Road trip begins in Texas

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O's game blog: Road trip begins in Texas
After losing six of seven games during the season's first homestand, the Orioles are back on the road tonight. They begin a two-city, five-game road stint at Texas versus the Rangers. It's their first trip to Arlington, Texas, since June 4-6, 2019. The Orioles (5-8) lost a doubleheader to Seattle on Thursday and they are tied for fourth in the American League East and are four games back of first-place Boston. The Orioles, who scored just three runs over the two seven-inning games yesterday,...
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Baseball's latest effort to get more action in the game (plus O's notes)

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Baseball's latest effort to get more action in the game (plus O's notes)
Major League Baseball is a taking a distance that was kind of sacred in baseball and changing it later this year. Not in the American League or the National League, but in August in the independent Atlantic League. That is when 60 feet, six inches becomes 61 feet, six inches. MLB will experiment with one of its partner leagues when its second half starts Aug. 3. The pitching rubber will be moved back one foot in the Atlantic League. This is expected to lead to more balls put in play, fewer...
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Starters were solid, the bats were not as O's lose twice

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Starters were solid, the bats were not as O's lose twice
Orioles right-hander Matt Harvey gave up just two runs and lefty Bruce Zimmermann gave up just two as well. But neither pitcher would get a win in today's doubleheader against Seattle. And neither would the Orioles, who scored just three runs over two games and 14 innings. They fall twice to Seattle today by scores of 4-2 in the first game and 2-1 in the second. Now they head to Texas for a series that begins on Friday. In the first game, Harvey was pounding his fastball, throwing it 64...
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Let's play two again for O's as minor league spring training continues

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Let's play two again for O's as minor league spring training continues
Matt Blood is beginning his second season as the Orioles' director of player development. He joined the organization in September 2019. The 2007 University of North Carolina grad has worked in Major League Baseball for nine years with St. Louis and Texas before joining the Orioles. He and the O's minor league and player development staff, at least most of it, have convened in Sarasota, Fla. for minor league spring training. Opening day on the farm is May 4. Some players and coaches are at the...
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O's game blog: Matt Harvey and Bruce Zimmermann face the Mariners

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O's game blog: Matt Harvey and Bruce Zimmermann face the Mariners
After picking up their first win on this homestand in the second game of the doubleheader Tuesday night, the Orioles (5-6) host Seattle (6-5) today in another doubleheader. After last night's rainout the clubs will play their second doubleheader in three days. Seattle won the twinbill opener 4-3 in eight innings Tuesday before the Orioles took the nightcap 7-6. The Birds rallied from a 4-0 deficit to take the second game, but not before they lost a 6-4 lead in the last inning. No. 9 hitter Sam...
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Ryan Mountcastle hopes his bat is starting to heat up

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Ryan Mountcastle hopes his bat is starting to heat up
After batting .333/.386/.492/.878 during a 2020 season that ended with his eighth-place finish in the American League Rookie of the Year voting, Ryan Mountcastle started slowly at the plate this season. He was 2-for-16 after the first four games and batting .167 after six. But he went 3-for-6 with a pair of doubles in Tuesday's doubleheader. He's now 6-for-20 (.300) during a five-game hitting streak with three doubles, a homer and three RBIs. "Just trying to keep my head clear at the plate...
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Maikel Franco's big swing helped O's get their offense going

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Maikel Franco's big swing helped O's get their offense going
It may have been the biggest hit of the night for the Orioles and maybe one of their biggest of the 2021 season so far. They had lost Game 1 to Seattle 4-3 in eight innings and they were trailing Game 2 by a 4-0 score when third baseman Maikel Franco batted in the last of the third. The bases were loaded and there were two outs. A loss in the nightcap and the Orioles would have a five-game losing streak and would fall to 1-7 since the opening weekend at Boston. But they got back in the game...
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O's pick up a walk-off win and a doubleheader split

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O's pick up a walk-off win and a doubleheader split
Down 4-0 in the last of the third in Game 2 of tonight's doubleheader against the Seattle Mariners, the Orioles were in desperate need of a break. They got a couple in that third inning that were big, but got another one in the last of the seventh to produce the season's first walk-off win. Ramón Urías' RBI single to center with two outs gave the O's a 7-6 win and doubleheader split. Leading 6-4, the Orioles got tied up 6-6 in the top of the seventh, the scheduled last inning of the...
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O's game blog: Means and Kremer pitch in doubleheader

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O's game blog: Means and Kremer pitch in doubleheader
After a rainout last night, which followed the O's getting swept by Boston over the weekend, the Orioles (4-5) open a four-game series today against the Seattle Mariners (5-4). The clubs will play a single-admission doubleheader consisting of a pair of seven-inning games beginning at 4:05 p.m. The Orioles were outscored 27-16 versus Boston after they held the Red Sox to five runs in their series-opening sweep at Fenway Park. After the Orioles lost to Boston 14-9 on Sunday, their team ERA...
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Looking at a balancing act for O's skipper Brandon Hyde

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Looking at a balancing act for O's skipper Brandon Hyde
As the manager of the Orioles, Brandon Hyde is well aware he is skipper of a rebuilding project. But at 7 p.m. every night (or earlier for day games), he badly wants to win the baseball game that is right in front of him. And Hyde will make every move he can, and any and all lineup tweaks, changes or adjustments that he hopes will lead to a win. He wants to put players in the best spots to succeed, which he hopes ultimately leads to wins. So while pushing hard each night for a win, there will...
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O's game blog: The series opener against Seattle

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O's game blog: The series opener against Seattle
Looking for their first win since Wednesday, the Orioles take the field at Oriole Park tonight, hosting Seattle. It's the continuation of their homestand and the start of a four-game series through Thursday. Right-hander Dean Kremer (0-1, 9.00 ERA) will make his second start. He took the loss Tuesday in New York against the Yankees. Over three-plus innings, he gave up five hits and three runs with four walks and five strikeouts. Kremer threw 85 pitches, 51 for strikes. His fastball averaged...
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Maikel Franco's bat may be heating up as he moves to cleanup spot

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Maikel Franco's bat may be heating up as he moves to cleanup spot
With Ryan Mountcastle among several Orioles scuffling at bat, manager Brandon Hyde dropped him down to sixth in the batting order and moved third baseman Maikel Franco up to the No. 4 spot. Franco will bat cleanup tonight at Camden Yards as the O's and Seattle play the series opener of a four-game set. It will be somewhat familiar territory for Franco. In 117 career games and 486 plate appearances batting fourth, he has hit .248/.302/.395/.698 with 17 homers and 73 RBIs. The only spots he has...
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Piggyback pitching will come to the O's farm this year

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Piggyback pitching will come to the O's farm this year
When the Orioles' minor league seasons begin next month, we could see rosters filled with starting pitchers and starting pitcher candidates. Piggyback pitching is coming to the O's farm this year. No, this doesn't have anything to do with anyone lugging around someone else on their back. We've seen it before, where a pitcher will piggyback in a minor league game. It essentially means splitting up the game between two starting pitcher candidates, one that starts the game and one that picks...
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