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In pursuit of championship, Bowie has to go through MLB pitchers

September 09, 2019, 7:10pm

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In pursuit of championship, Bowie has to go through MLB pitchers

The Double-A Bowie Baysox play at Trenton tonight at 7:00 p.m. in Game 1 of the best-of-five Eastern League Championship Series. Bowie is in the finals for the second time in the club's 27-year history, looking for its second title. The Baysox came from down 1-2 in games to beat Reading in Games 4 and 5 in 2015 to win its only Eastern League championship. That team included Trey Mancini, Chance Sisco and David Hess. Mychal Givens also pitched for Bowie that year, but only in the regular...

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Can Hanser Alberto go from waiver claim to claiming a batting title?

September 08, 2019, 4:55pm

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Can Hanser Alberto go from waiver claim to claiming a batting title?

If we put our minds to it, we could probably come up with some storylines involving the 2019 Orioles that would produce some amazing scenarios. But a player claimed off waivers four times before the start of the 2019 season and then going on to win a batting title might top the list. Hanser Alberto ended the 2018 season with the Texas Rangers. Then he was claimed via waivers by the New York Yankees on Nov. 2, the Orioles on Jan. 11, the San Francisco Giants on Feb. 22 and the Orioles again on...

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O's game blog: Needing a win to avoid being swept

September 07, 2019, 9:34pm

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O's game blog: Needing a win to avoid being swept

The Orioles need a win this afternoon to avoid being swept four in a row this weekend by the Texas Rangers. They've lost in this series by scores of 3-1, 7-6 and 9-4. The Orioles are 0-3 on a seven-game homestand. The Orioles (49-96) have lost four in a row and seven of the last eight. They are 22-49 at home and 1-5 against Texas. The Orioles went 1-for-6 with runners in scoring position last night and are 4-for-33 the last four games. O's third baseman Rio Ruiz recorded his 10th home run of...

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Bowie advances to Eastern League Championship Series

September 07, 2019, 8:43pm

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Bowie advances to Eastern League Championship Series

For just the second time in their 27-year history, the Double-A Bowie Baysox are headed to the Eastern League Championship Series. The Baysox had 20 hits and routed Harrisburg 12-5 on Saturday afternoon to take that playoff series, three games to one. Bowie (79-65) will now face the Trenton Thunder (79-62) in the championship series. Trenton, a Yankees affiliate, will host the first two games on Tuesday and Wednesday before Bowie hosts Game 3 on Thursday. The Baysox will host Game 4 and 5 if...

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O's game blog: Looking for a win against Texas

September 07, 2019, 8:20am

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O's game blog: Looking for a win against Texas

The Orioles have lost by scores of 3-1 and 7-6 the last two nights against Texas. Tonight they host the Rangers in the third of the four-game series and seven-game homestand. The Orioles have lost three in a row and six of their last seven games. All seven games were decided by two runs or one. The Orioles offense, which had produced one run in the last two games, broke out last night for six runs, 10 hits and three home runs. Trey Mancini hit No. 30, a solo shot. Richie Martin hit a three-run...

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Dillon Tate pitching well out of O's 'pen (plus Bowie and Delmarva updates)

September 06, 2019, 9:02pm

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Dillon Tate pitching well out of O's 'pen (plus Bowie and Delmarva updates)

When Orioles right-handed reliever Dillon Tate took the ball in the ninth last night, he pitched for the first time in the majors against the team that drafted him. He faced the Texas Rangers, who selected him No. 4 overall in the 2015 draft out of California-Santa Barbara. Tate showed them some good stuff. He kept the Orioles down 7-6 with a scoreless 15-pitch inning with two strikeouts. He topped at 95 mph and got three swings and misses on three changeups. Acquired by the Orioles last July...

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O's game blog: Dylan Bundy pitches against Rangers

September 06, 2019, 7:41am

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O's game blog: Dylan Bundy pitches against Rangers

The Orioles have played a series of close games since they beat Kansas City 14-2 on the road a week ago tonight. We'll see if that continues this evening in the second game of a four-game series against Texas. The Orioles (46-94) have played six straight games decided by two runs or fewer. They are 1-5 in those games after Thursday's 3-1 loss to the Rangers. This is the second game of a seven-game homestand for the Orioles, who are 22-47 in home games and now 13-33 in series-opening...

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Trey Mancini remembers the 2015 Bowie Baysox champs

September 05, 2019, 8:19pm

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Trey Mancini remembers the 2015 Bowie Baysox champs

As Double-A Bowie and Single-A Delmarva began the minor league playoffs this week, the Orioles' Trey Mancini remembered one of the best years of his baseball life. Mancini was on the 2015 Bowie team that won the Eastern League championship. It remains to present day the only title in Baysox history and the last title won by an Orioles' affiliate. In the opening round, Bowie lost Game 1 to Altoona but won three straight to advance to face a prospect-laden Reading team for the title. Reading...

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O's game blog: Seven-game homestand begins

September 05, 2019, 8:31am

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O's game blog: Seven-game homestand begins

After going 3-5 on a three-city road trip, the Orioles are back home to start a seven-game homestand. Tonight they host Texas for the first of four and then the Los Angeles Dodgers will be at Oriole Park for three games. The Orioles (46-93) went 1-1 at Washington and 1-2 at both Kansas City and Tampa Bay on their trip. The Birds have lost four of five but they are 5-5 over the last 10 games. With a win tonight, Baltimore will match the 2018 team's total of 47 victories. That team played .290...

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Bowie comes up with a big win in playoff opener

September 04, 2019, 9:23pm

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Bowie comes up with a big win in playoff opener

BOWIE, Md. - It's Baltimore against Washington in the Eastern League playoffs, and last night the Orioles' affiliate, Double-A Bowie, beat the Nats' Harrisburg team 5-3 to open the playoffs. Bowie leads the best-of-five series 1-0. The winner advances to the EL Championship Series. The Baysox scored three runs in the eighth to break a 2-2 tie, and the bottom of the order ignited the rally. Batting No. 8, Preston Palmeiro tripled in the go-ahead run and scored for a 4-2 lead when No. 9 batter...

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Bowie rallies in eighth to win playoff opener 5-3 (with quotes)

September 04, 2019, 6:08pm

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Bowie rallies in eighth to win playoff opener 5-3 (with quotes)

BOWIE, Md. - In search of a second Eastern League title, the Double-A Bowie Baysox broke a 2-2 tie in the last of the eighth tonight to beat Harrisburg in their playoff opener. The Baysox take Game 1 of the best-of-five league semifinal series 5-3 after a three-run eighth. They host the Senators for Game 2 on Thursday night at Prince George's Stadium. Jesse Valentin drew a leadoff walk in the eighth against Harrisburg right-hander Jhonatan German and stole second with one out. Then Preston...

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O's minors game blog: Bowie, Delmarva open series tonight

September 04, 2019, 10:23am

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O's minors game blog: Bowie, Delmarva open series tonight

BOWIE, Md. - Yep, we have a game blog for Game 1 tonight for Single-A Delmarva and Double-A Bowie. It works well on the Orioles' off night, so fans can join in and leave questions and comments during tonight's respective playoff games. Starting with Bowie, I'm here for Game 1 coverage. The Baysox (76-64) host Harrisburg (76-63) in Game 1 of a best-of-five league semifinal series. Bowie also hosts Game 2 tomorrow night before the scene shifts to Harrisburg for the remainder of the series...

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Delmarva and Bowie begin the minor league playoffs tonight

September 03, 2019, 11:19pm

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Delmarva and Bowie begin the minor league playoffs tonight

They've had a great year and they were reeling off wins from opening day on. And now the Single-A Delmarva Shorebirds will try to finish off a great season with a South Atlantic League championship. They'll send their ace, right-hander Grayson Rodriguez (10-4, 2.68 ERA) to the mound tonight in Game 1 of a best-of-three league semi-final series at Hickory. They were the two clubs that won the most this year in that league with Delmarva going 90-48 (.652) and Hickory 83-52 (.615). Manager Kyle...

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O's game blog: O's play doubleheader to wrap up trip

September 02, 2019, 6:56pm

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O's game blog: O's play doubleheader to wrap up trip

ST PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Orioles have lost their last three games by five runs total. This afternoon they play a doubleheader at Tropicana Field against the Tampa Bay Rays to wrap up an eight-game trip. The trip started with a 1-1 split at Washington and was followed by the O's going 1-2 at Kansas City. Then they lost the series opener against Tampa Bay 5-4 in 10 innings on Monday. After Monday's game the Orioles are now: * 23-46 on the road* 10-70 when scoring four runs or less* 11-2 when...

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A look at the longest O's at-bat of the year, plus farm notes

September 02, 2019, 6:33pm

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A look at the longest O's at-bat of the year, plus farm notes

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - On Monday for the Orioles at Tropicana Field, there was a comeback by Baltimore from a 4-0 deficit, there was a starter going seven innings, there was some gas thrown late in the game by bullpen pitchers. But in the end there was an extra-innings loss as the Orioles fell 5-4 in 10 to Tampa Bay. There was also a clutch 13-pitch at-bat in the top of the sixth that was the longest this year by any Oriole. In the sixth, with the O's down a run and Mark Trumbo at second base,...

O's game blog: O's-Rays series begins at The Trop

September 01, 2019, 8:31pm

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O's game blog: O's-Rays series begins at The Trop

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - After splitting two games in Washington and losing two of three in Kansas City, the Orioles have reached the final stop of this road trip. This afternoon they begin a two-day, three-game series against the Tampa Bay Rays. The Orioles (45-91) lost the last two days by two runs each in Kauffman Stadium. The defense let them down Saturday and the bullpen did on Sunday. The Royals scored two runs in the last of the seventh to take a 5-4 lead and added a Whit Merrifield homer...

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Remembering a time when Anthony Santander tried to make it as a pitcher

September 01, 2019, 8:13pm

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Remembering a time when Anthony Santander tried to make it as a pitcher

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Watching the Orioles' Anthony Santander hit rockets around various ballparks in the second half of this season, it might be hard to imagine a day he tried to make it as a pitcher. Or a day when he was not a switch-hitter. But on a pregame interview yesterday on the Orioles Radio Network, Santander told me that as a teenager in Venezuela, he was trying to get a pro contract as a pitcher. And he didn't come to switch-hitting until a year before he entered pro ball. "I...

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Brandon Hyde on today's roster additions (postgame quotes)

September 01, 2019, 9:09am

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Brandon Hyde on today's roster additions (postgame quotes)

KANSAS CITY - The Orioles today added four players as major league rosters can expand to as many as 40 players on Sept. 1. The club has reinstated right-handed Shawn Armstrong from the 10-day injured list, and recalled right-hander Branden Kline, lefty Tanner Scott and outfielder Dwight Smith Jr. from Triple-A Norfolk. The Orioles are expected to have more roster additions during the upcoming Tampa Bay series, which begins Monday. Mark Trumbo is expected to meet the Orioles in Tampa Bay. He has...

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O's game blog: The series-deciding game in Kansas City

August 31, 2019, 8:48pm

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O's game blog: The series-deciding game in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY - The Orioles routed Kansas City 14-2 on Friday behind a 21-hit attack. They allowed three unearned runs last night as they lost 7-5 to the Royals. This afternoon, the clubs play the third and deciding game of this series. The Orioles (45-90) are 2-2 on an eight-game, three-city road trip. They have won four of six and six of the last 10. Over longer stretches, they have lost 12 of 18 and 17 of 24. The Orioles finished August with a 10-18 record. They have lost eight of their last...

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More on John Means' emotional win Friday, plus other notes

August 31, 2019, 8:13pm

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More on John Means' emotional win Friday, plus other notes

KANSAS CITY - When the Orioles crushed the Kansas City Royals on Friday night, the offense stood out, producing season highs in runs (14) and hits (21). But the performance on the mound was pretty special, too. Very special, actually. Lefty John Means returned to the team Friday after spending five days on the family medical emergency list. After Friday's game, it was learned that Means had been away from the team to return home as his father, Alan, had been diagnosed with cancer. Home for...