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O's game blog: Aaron Brooks faces the Nationals

July 17, 2019, 5:02am

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O's game blog: Aaron Brooks faces the Nationals

The Orioles and Washington Nationals end their brief two-game series tonight at Oriole Park. The Nats outhit Baltimore 12-4 last night in an 8-1 win. Matt Adams homered onto Eutaw Street and Juan Soto hit a 443-foot homer in the Washington victory. Tonight's game will not start on time due to rain. No start has been given but it surely looks like they'll get the game in tonight. The O's offense has produced just two runs and seven hits in the last two games and just 13 runs over the past six...

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A recent lack of runs, Wilkerson's weekend, Baumann's no-no

July 16, 2019, 9:48pm

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A recent lack of runs, Wilkerson's weekend, Baumann's no-no

For an eight-game stretch from June 28 through July 6, the next-to-last game before the All-Star break, the Orioles offense produced 53 runs. But they were held to one run in the final game before the break and the offense has been slow ever since. Over the last six games, the Orioles have scored just 13 runs. In the last two games, they've scored just two runs on seven hits. After the combined near-perfect game by Tampa Bay on Sunday, the O's lost 8-1 last night to the Washington...

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O's game blog: Orioles and Nationals begin two-game series

July 16, 2019, 9:43am

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They avoided being on the wrong side of a combined perfect game Sunday, but the Orioles still lost to Tampa Bay and dropped three of four games in that series. They host the Washington Nationals tonight to begin a brief two-game interleague series. The homestand continues this weekend against Boston. The Orioles (28-65) are now 5-23-2 in 30 series in 2019. They are 9-21 in series-opening games. They are 12-34 at home and 2-12-1 in home series. The Orioles are 6-7 over their past 13 games and...

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Once considered Nats' catcher of the future, Severino doing well with O's

July 15, 2019, 7:06pm

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Once considered Nats' catcher of the future, Severino doing well with O's

When the Orioles and Washington Nationals play the next two nights at Camden Yards, the player once considered the Nats catcher of the future will be in the Baltimore dugout. Pedro Severino, who turns 26 on Saturday, was signed for $55,000 by the Nationals out of the Dominican Republic in December of 2010. For five straight years starting in 2013, he was ranked among Washington's top 16 prospects. He reached a high of No. 9 after the 2016 season. Always considered a solid defender with a...

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On the O's farm, Bowie Baysox continue to roll

July 14, 2019, 6:36pm

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On the O's farm, Bowie Baysox continue to roll

The Single-A Delmarva Shorebirds are no longer the only farm team Orioles fans can feel excited about it. Now there are several in terms of won-loss records. Through Sunday's games, three O's teams are in first place and another is one game out. Starting at the highest-level, Double-A Bowie has been on a winning roll for several weeks now. The Baysox are 29-9 since June 1. They are 18-5 in the Eastern League second-half race for the best record and they lead their division by 2 1/2 games....

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From trade rumors to an actual trade for Orioles

July 13, 2019, 8:55pm

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On Friday, before the Orioles traded pitcher Andrew Cashner yesterday, I asked Trey Mancini about the possibility of trade rumors becoming a distraction for the Orioles before this month is out. He looked back to last season when the Orioles pulled the trigger on several July trades that sent Manny Machado and several of Mancini's teammates out of Baltimore. "It was a strange year last year for sure being around for that," said Mancini. "Especially that last day. We all knew that Manny...

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O's game blog: Looking to split a four-game series

July 13, 2019, 8:40pm

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O's game blog: Looking to split a four-game series

The Orioles have lost just one of their past three series and they'll need a win this afternoon to split this series with the Tampa Bay Rays. The Rays have won two of three in this series which ends this afternoon at Oriole Park. The past four series has seen the Orioles go 2-1 versus Cleveland, 1-2 versus Tampa Bay, 2-1 against Toronto and 2-1 against the Rays. The Orioles (28-64) are 6-6 in the last 12 games and 12-33 at home. The Orioles won Game 1 of Saturday's twinbill 2-1 and lost 12-4...

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O's game blog (nightcap): Means against Morton and Cashner traded

July 12, 2019, 9:05pm

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O's game blog (nightcap): Means against Morton and Cashner traded

The Orioles beat Tampa Bay 2-1 in Game 1 of today's split doubleheader and host the Rays tonight in the nightcap in Game 3 of a four-game series. Baltimore pitchers held Tampa Bay to three hits and Stevie Wilkerson hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the last of the seventh. He hit it that off lefty Colin Poche and had been 4-for-49 versus lefties until the homer. The O's pitchers shut down the Tampa offense after yielding 16 runs and 20 hits to the same team last night. Mychal Givens got the...

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O's game blog (opener): Aaron Brooks makes O's debut

July 12, 2019, 9:03pm

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O's game blog (opener): Aaron Brooks makes O's debut

New Orioles right-hander Aaron Brooks will make his debut with his new club as the starter in the opener of today's split doubleheader. The Orioles host the Tampa Bay Rays at Camden Yards, with the opener at 1:05 p.m. and tonight's second game set for 7:05 p.m. Tampa Bay scored seven runs in the first inning last night - their most ever in the opening inning of a road game - to beat the Orioles 16-4 in the series opener. The Orioles (27-63) have lost back-to-back games and have lost five of...

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A few notes on a blowout loss and a look ahead to today

July 12, 2019, 8:50pm

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A few notes on a blowout loss and a look ahead to today

That sure could have gone better for the Orioles. They finished the first half going 5-4 and their starting pitchers went 4-3 with a 2.39 ERA in that span. Then Dylan Bundy allowed seven runs and eight hits in the first inning last night. The Rays led 9-0 in the second on their way to a 16-4 thumping of the Orioles. It was the 17th time that Baltimore pitchers allowed 10 or more runs. The 16 allowed tied their season high for the third time and they allowed a season-high 20 hits. Tampa Bay hit...

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Right-hander Aaron Brooks talks about joining the Orioles

July 12, 2019, 1:09pm

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Right-hander Aaron Brooks officially joined his new team today. It's not his first time this year at Camden Yards, but it's his first time in the home clubhouse. On April 11, pitching for Oakland, he got the win in a start against the Orioles allowing three runs and three hits in six innings. He also faced them in relief throwing two scoreless on June 18 on the West Coast. So he's faced the Orioles twice and now he is an Oriole, claimed on waivers Saturday from the Athletics. "Excited....

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O's game blog: Dylan Bundy faces Rays in series opener

July 12, 2019, 7:56am

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O's game blog: Dylan Bundy faces Rays in series opener

Before the All-Star break, the Orioles lost their last game but won the last series. They won two of their last three series, going 5-4 over the past nine games to finish with a first-half record of 27-62. So 89 games down and 73 to go in the 2019 season. That season resumes tonight as the Orioles host the American League East second-place Tampa Bay Rays to begin a three-day, four-game series. It's the start of a nine-game homestand with the Washington Nationals and Boston Red Sox following...

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Can top three starters carry O's to a much better second half?

July 11, 2019, 7:36pm

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Can top three starters carry O's to a much better second half?

Here is a stat that may surprise you: The last 11 times that either Andrew Cashner or John Means was the Orioles starting pitcher, the Orioles are 9-2. That is not a misprint. They are 6-1 in Cashner's last seven starts and 3-1 in Means' last four. Taking it a step further, over the season to date, the Orioles are 11-6 when Cashner starts and 6-8 with Means. That's a winning record of 17-14. They are 5-12 when Dylan Bundy on the mound. So that is 22-26 when one of those three is the starting...

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Renato NÃºÃ±ez on his first-half power display

July 11, 2019, 2:50am

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Renato NÃºÃ±ez on his first-half power display

When you are keeping company with Manny Machado and Boog Powell, that's not bad. Even if you weren't aware of it. During an interview before Sunday's game in Toronto, Renato NÃºÃ±ez told me he wasn't aware he was keeping such company. When he hit his 20th homer on Saturday at Rogers Centre, NÃºÃ±ez joined Powell (in 1964) and Machado (in 2018) as the only Orioles 25 or younger to hit 20 homers by the All-Star break. "I wasn't (aware of that)," said NÃºÃ±ez, who turned 25 in...

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Chris Davis on his O's teammates and their hopeful futures

July 08, 2019, 8:13am

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Chris Davis on his O's teammates and their hopeful futures

The criticism is always there for the Orioles' Chris Davis. He knows it's deserved when you are batting .189/.274/.332 with an OPS of .605. This is a player that produced an OPS of 1.004 in 2013 and .923 in 2015. He knows it is coming because he signed the big contract and has underperformed by a big margin. But he can't get that back now. He's dealing with it and trying his best to handle it. "It's always a challenge," he said over the weekend in Toronto. "But as you get older and as...

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O's unlikely All-Star takes the field in Cleveland tonight

July 08, 2019, 8:03am

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O's unlikely All-Star takes the field in Cleveland tonight

Orioles lefty John Means will take the field tonight representing the club in the All-Star Game. Means is certainly an unlikely All-Star. He himself expressed surprise that he even made the Orioles' opening day roster. But the Orioles started giving Means the ball, he excelled early in the season against the Yankees and Red Sox, and he was off and running. Five of his first nine appearances this year came against the two American League East big boys. He allowed one run in 5 1/3 innings over...

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Looking back on the first half and last night's Futures Game

July 07, 2019, 8:57pm

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Looking back on the first half and last night's Futures Game

So the first half has come to an end for the Orioles and they stand with a record of 27-62. They had seven losing streaks of four games or more, with one that lasted seven games and one that was 10 games. They had just three winning streaks of two games, one of three games and one of four games. That longest streak came at the start of the year, when they went 4-1 in New York and Toronto after losing on opening day. The Orioles were playing better as the half came to an end, going 5-4 in the...

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Orioles fall in Toronto, hit the break at 27-62

July 07, 2019, 1:16pm

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TORONTO - The Orioles lost a game today, but won a series at Rogers Centre, and as they hit their All-Star break, they left Toronto encouraged by their recent performance and hopeful for the second half. After beating the Blue Jays 4-1 Friday and 8-1 Saturday, they lost 6-1 today to hit the break with a 27-62 record. They have gone 5-4 the last nine games, winning series against the Indians and Blue Jays. "I think we played well the first two games here, and you win a series on the road, you...

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O's set part of their post-break rotation (O's lose 6-1)

July 07, 2019, 8:13am

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O's set part of their post-break rotation (O's lose 6-1)

TORONTO - Manager Brandon Hyde has set a portion of his starting rotation for the first few games after the All-Star break. After ending the pre-break portion of their schedule today in Toronto, the Orioles host the Tampa Bay Rays starting Friday for four games in three days. They'll play Friday night with a split day-night doubleheader Saturday and a Sunday afternoon series finale with the Rays. Hyde confirmed again today that Dylan Bundy will start the first game back. Lefty John Means will...

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O's game blog: Going for a sweep in Toronto

July 06, 2019, 4:47pm

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O's game blog: Going for a sweep in Toronto

TORONTO - Considering that the Orioles went 0-10 at Rogers Centre last year, this weekend has been pretty solid for the team. They've posted wins by 4-1 and 8-1 over the Blue Jays and today can sweep this three-game series. It's the last game before the All-Star break for the Orioles (27-61), who are 5-3 the last eight games. A win today would give Baltimore a four-game win streak to match a season high. The team won four in a row after an opening day loss in New York to go 4-1 to start the...