O's game blog: O's looking for first win on homestand

O's game blog: O's looking for first win on homestand
After two straight losses to Toronto, the Orioles host the Blue Jays tonight in the third of a four-game series and 10-game homestand. The Blue Jays have hit seven homers in winning the two games by 11-2 and 5-2 scores. In this series, the Orioles have scored four runs on 15 hits, going 1-for-15 with runners in scoring position. In the 13 games before this series started, they went 8-5, scoring 83 runs. The Orioles (36-73) have lost four of their last five games. Over longer stretches, they are...
    

With changeup re-emerging, Branden Kline is back with O's

With changeup re-emerging, Branden Kline is back with O's
As he returned today to the Orioles roster for his fifth stint in 2019 with the big league club, the search for consistent big league success is ongoing for right-handed reliever Branden Kline. His injury issues now well behind him, Kline made his big league debut this year on April 20 versus Minnesota, with his mom looking on in tears from the stands. He had made it all the way back from Tommy John surgery and complications that forced him to miss most of three seasons from 2015 to 2017. He...
    

Lefty Paul Fry says brief minor league stint was wake-up call

Lefty Paul Fry says brief minor league stint was wake-up call
Lefty reliever Paul Fry began the 2018 season with Double-A Bowie, later moved to Triple-A Norfolk and got the call to Baltimore in late June. He pitched well and stayed in the Baltimore bullpen the rest of the season. That's where he began this year. He was becoming a bullpen fixture for the Orioles. Until he was not. In a bit of a surprise, Fry was optioned to the minors after the game on June 20. But the Orioles called him back June 26 after Josh Rogers went on the injured list. He wasn't...
    

O's offense quiet again in 5-2 loss to Blue Jays

O's offense quiet again in 5-2 loss to Blue Jays
The Orioles scored 27 runs in the first three games of their series in Anaheim. They scored eight in Tuesday's win at San Diego. They had scored 83 in the previous 13 games as the West Coast road trip came to an end. But in two games to start this homestand against Toronto, the bats have been mostly quiet. A total of four runs on 15 hits. After losing 11-2 last night they fall 5-2 tonight to the Blue Jays to drop to 36-73 and begin this series and 10-game homestand 0-2. And they were shut down...
    

O's game blog: Aaron Brooks faces Blue Jays

O's game blog: Aaron Brooks faces Blue Jays
Right-hander Aaron Brooks (2-4, 5.46 ERA) makes his 20th appearance and 11th as a starter tonight between Oakland and Baltimore this year. He threw pretty well in his first two games with the Orioles, after they selected him off waivers July 6 from the Athletics. But his last two have not gone well. In starts at Arizona and Anaheim on the West Coast trip, he went a combined 8 2/3 innings allowing 16 hits and 11 runs (10 earned) with two walks and seven strikeouts. He gave up just one run in 5...
    

Dillon Tate on his first two MLB appearances

Dillon Tate on his first two MLB appearances
Right-handed reliever Dillon Tate became the seventh player of 15 acquired in the July 2018 trades to make his way to the Orioles. He followed Jonathan Villar, Breyvic Valera, Cody Carroll, Josh Rogers, Evan Phillips and Luis Ortiz. Tate's debut came after the 25-year-old was moved from the rotation to the bullpen this year at Double-A Bowie. He's also the only Orioles call-up this season that was not from Triple-A Norfolk. Tate was drafted No. 4 overall by the Texas Rangers in 2015 and...
    

On Bowie off-night, Baysox pitchers take it in at Oriole Park

On Bowie off-night, Baysox pitchers take it in at Oriole Park
For one night, they took time away from getting consistent outs against Eastern League hitters to take in a big league game. Double-A Bowie left-handers Zac Lowther and Alex Wells were guests of the Orioles last night, touring the clubhouse, meeting the coaches and doing a series of interviews. They made the rounds as they took a night off from the mounds. They are both having special seasons. Lowther was the Orioles Minor League Jim Palmer co-Pitcher of the Year last season, sharing the award...
    

Toronto bashes five homers and O's lose homestand opener

Toronto bashes five homers and O's lose homestand opener
Orioles right-hander Asher Wojciechowski has pitched well this year against a few teams, but Toronto is not one of them. Blue Jays righty Trent Thornton has been hit hard for four of his last five starts, but not the one against the Orioles. Those forces collided tonight - Wojciechowski did not do well and Thornton did, as Toronto beat the Orioles 11-2 to start a four-game series and 10-game homestand. After completing a 5-4 West Coast trip the O's were hammered to begin the homestand. They...
    

O's game blog: The long homestand begins

O's game blog: The long homestand begins
After going 5-4 on a West Coast trip that ended Tuesday, the Orioles begin a 10-game homestand tonight. Toronto is at Camden Yards for a four-game series. They'll be followed in by the New York Yankees for three games and Houston for three more. The Orioles went 4-5 on the homestand coming out of the All-Star break, going 1-3 versus Tampa Bay, 1-1 against Washington and 2-1 versus Boston. They are 15-36 at home and 21-35 on the road. The Orioles are 16-30 against the American League East,...
    

Trey Mancini and Jonathan Villar on remaining Orioles

Trey Mancini and Jonathan Villar on remaining Orioles
The Orioles' Trey Mancini was having a late lunch with two teammates yesterday when he realized they would remain his teammates and he would not be traded. So back to his meal and spending time with Chance Sisco and Jace Peterson. "Thrilled," Mancini said when the trade deadline passed Wednesday afternoon. "I've said the whole time, I want to be here. Like I said, I wasn't really expecting anything to happen. I would have been pretty surprised. Nice after everything came out around 4:15...
    

After quiet deadline day, play on field back in spotlight for Orioles

After quiet deadline day, play on field back in spotlight for Orioles
The trade deadline has come and gone, and while there was some buzz around several Orioles players in the days leading up to it, there were no trades from the major league roster. Trey Mancini is still here, so are Mychal Givens, Jonathan Villar and all the rest. They'll be at Camden Yards tonight to face the Toronto Blue Jays at the start of a 10-game homestand. The play on the field once again is providing the news, rather than the rumors of possible moves off the field. The Orioles' West...
    

Anthony Santander is emerging as a future nugget for Orioles

Anthony Santander is emerging as a future nugget for Orioles
SAN DIEGO - After a brief lull, the Orioles offense put up eight runs in yesterday's road trip-ending win. They had scored 27 runs in the first three games in Anaheim, then were held to five runs in back-to-back losses Sunday and Monday. The bats were back Tuesday under the San Diego sun. Richie Martin, Renato Núñez and Trey Mancini had two-run singles. Chris Davis hit a tiebreaking home run. The Orioles, who have scored 83 runs in the last 13 games, had 13 hits and went 5-for-10 with...
    

Chris Davis on the homer, Brandon Hyde on winning trip

Chris Davis on the homer, Brandon Hyde on winning trip
SAN DIEGO - It was an impressive way for the Orioles to end their second winning road trip of 2019. Chris Davis snapped an 0-for-18 slump with a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth inning and the Orioles beat San Diego 8-5 at Petco Park. The Orioles were down 4-0 after three innings and scored three times in the fourth - two on Richie Martin's single on an 0-2 pitch - to pull within 4-3. Down 5-3 in the seventh, a Renato Núñez two-run single tied the game, setting the stage for Davis in...
    

Davis hits tiebreaking homer as O's win, complete 5-4 trip

Davis hits tiebreaking homer as O's win, complete 5-4 trip
SAN DIEGO - The tiebreaking solo homer came from an unlikely source: Chris Davis, who had struck out three times today and 14 times while going 0-for-16 on this road trip. But with one mighty swing in the Baltimore eighth off left-hander Matt Strahm, Davis put the Orioles ahead 6-5. The Orioles went on to win 8-5 over San Diego to complete a winning road trip and a rally from a 4-0 deficit in the fourth inning. With the comeback win, the Orioles (36-71) completed a 5-4 road trip and finished...
    

Trey Mancini on trade talk, plus other O's notes (game update)

Trey Mancini on trade talk, plus other O's notes (game update)
SAN DIEGO - Like many other players around the majors, the Orioles' Trey Mancini will be happy when 4 p.m. Eastern time comes and goes tomorrow and the trade deadline passes. On the subject of trade rumors, Mancini said again today that he hopes to be an Oriole for a long time. But the next few hours may prove to be nerve-wracking for him. "I don't really anticipate anything happening, but I'm preparing myself for both sides because it's definitely something you need to mentally prepare...
    

O's game blog: Tom Eshelman faces San Diego

O's game blog: Tom Eshelman faces San Diego
SAN DIEGO - Can the Orioles find a way to slow the San Diego Padres batters? Right-hander Tom Eshelman (0-2, 5.79 ERA), who grew up near here, will get a chance this afternoon. San Diego has gone 3-0 versus the Orioles this year and hit four, five and five homers in those games. They've won 8-3, 10-5 and 8-1 over the Orioles. When the O's got here yesterday, San Diego was not playing well with a record of 4-11 since the All-Star break and 1-9 in their past 10 home games. But they bashed five...
    

A look at the homer barrage by Padres and some trade talk

A look at the homer barrage by Padres and some trade talk
SAN DIEGO - Orioles right-hander David Hess had a pretty good slider going, striking out an impressive seven batters in 4 2/3 innings. But it sure doesn't offset the four homers and five runs he allowed last night. The Orioles' momentum that they started in Anaheim didn't translate to San Diego last night. They got blasted 8-1 as San Diego hit five home runs. Four of them went 400 feet or more. Fernando Tatis Jr. and Franmil Reyes homered on Hess' first two pitches of the game, both 94 mph...
    

San Diego bashes five homers, wins big in series opener

San Diego bashes five homers, wins big in series opener
SAN DIEGO - When the San Diego Padres swept a two-game series in Baltimore late last month, they hit nine homers in those games. Tonight, they hit two on the first two pitches. That is how the night started for right-hander David Hess, recalled today from Triple-A to make this start. Hess allowed four homers in all as the Padres beat the Orioles 8-1. It was the opener of a two-game series at Petco Park. The Orioles (35-71) fall to 4-4 with one game to go on this road three-city trip. They have...
    

Hyde on trade deadline talk and pitching plans (O's lose 8-1)

Hyde on trade deadline talk and pitching plans (O's lose 8-1)
SAN DIEGO - With less than 48 hours to the Major League Baseball trade deadline, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde was asked today if he expects the club to make some trades by 4 p.m. ET Wednesday. "Maybe. Possible. I have no idea honestly," Hyde said. "We might have five guys move. We might have nobody move. From what I have heard, it is very up in the air. "Me and Mike (Elias) talk quite a bit. So we talk a few times a day and he lets me know what is going on, if there are any rumblings. If I...
    

O's game blog: The series in San Diego begins

O's game blog: The series in San Diego begins
SAN DIEGO - After losing two of three in Arizona and going 3-1 in Anaheim, the Orioles have arrived at the final stop of their three-city West Coast trip. And this trip is going much better than their 1-6 run in Oakland and Seattle last month. They gave up 59 runs in seven games then, and had losses of 16-2 in Oakland and 13-3 at Seattle. But on this trip they are 4-3 with two to play at San Diego's Petco Park. That has lifted their overall record to 35-70. They are 4-2 over the last six...