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O's hit three homers, make three errors in loss (with quotes)

June 02, 2018, 5:21pm

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O's hit three homers, make three errors in loss (with quotes)

The game started an hour and 44 minutes late due to a delay that featured little rain. Kevin Gausman allowed two homers and the home team made three errors in the top of the sixth. So there have been better nights for the Orioles this year. At least the run total was higher than the errors total by one. They did cut a four-run deficit to two in the sixth and hit three home runs of their own but they lost 8-5 to the New York Yankees, who have taken the first two games in this series. While the...

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O's game blog: O's starters have four straight quality starts

June 02, 2018, 12:02pm

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O's game blog: O's starters have four straight quality starts

The Orioles and Yankees will not start on time today. There is a message on the scoreboard that reads: "Ladies and gentlemen, the start of today's game is being delayed by the threat of inclement weather. We are monitoring the national weather service reports and will keep you advised of an expected start time as soon as possible. We thank you for your patience and understanding." Orioles starting pitchers have recorded a season-best four consecutive quality starts. Right-hander Kevin...

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For Mike Wright Jr. as his velocity got better so did his results

June 02, 2018, 10:57am

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For Mike Wright Jr. as his velocity got better so did his results

Ask Orioles righthander Mike Wright Jr. why he was throwing 88 to 91 mph fastballs in April and now is throwing 95 and last night touched 97 and he's not sure of the answer. "Nope. Not at all. But this is the best my arm has felt in a very long time," he said this afternoon. "I just hope that continues and this velo stays. Yesterday I threw all four pitches just like I did as a starter and they were all good. Every day is a different day and some days one pitch might feel better than...

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O's have taken more high school players early in recent drafts

June 01, 2018, 8:21pm

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O's have taken more high school players early in recent drafts

It has not exactly been an organizational mandate or philosophy, but the Orioles have selected more high school players than college players in the first five rounds of the draft over the last five years. High school kids can have more upside and can get to the majors at a younger age, sometimes than their college counterparts, who may be 21 or older in some cases when drafted. According to this report from Baseball America, the Orioles selected a high school player with 59.3 percent of their...

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O's game blog: Cashner against the Yankees in series opener

June 01, 2018, 2:50pm

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O's game blog: Cashner against the Yankees in series opener

After Thursday's rainout, the Orioles and Yankees will begin their series tonight at Camden Yards. What was to be a four-game series is down to three at this point with the rained out game set to be made up on July 9 as part of a single-admission doubleheader. On the mound tonight for the Orioles is right-hander Andrew Cashner (2-6, 5.07 ERA) who will be making his 12th start. While he pitched to a 2.50 ERA in his first three starts, he is 1-5 with a 6.17 ERA over his last eight, allowing 58...

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Orioles and Yankees notes, plus Cedric Mullins is moving up

May 31, 2018, 8:41pm

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After Thursday's rainout, the Orioles and New York Yankees look to get their series going tonight at Camden Yards. It is now a rain-shortened three-game series and the rainout will be made up as part of a single-admission doubleheader on July 9 at 4:05 p.m. Both clubs just pushed their starters back a day. So Andrew Cashner (2-6, 5.07 ERA) faces Sonny Gray (3-4, 5.98 ERA) tonight. On Saturday afternoon, the scheduled starters are Kevin Gausman (3-4, 4.31 ERA) and Masahiro Tanaka (6-2, 4.62...

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O's game blog: Andrew Cashner faces New York (game rained out)

May 31, 2018, 1:01pm

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O's game blog: Andrew Cashner faces New York (game rained out)

After losing three straight to the Washington Nationals by a combined 11-2 score, the Orioles host the New York Yankees tonight. It's the start of a four-game series to wrap up a seven-game homestand. No game tonight: Tonight's game has been rained out. The clubs will make it up as part of a single-admission doubleheader on Monday July 9 at 4:05 p.m. The Yankees (35-17) are two games behind the Red Sox (39-17) for the American League East lead. They also hold the second-best win percentage in...

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Another night when a lack of runs leads to a loss

May 30, 2018, 9:12pm

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Another night when a lack of runs leads to a loss

Just when you think the Orioles offense has to start putting up some runs, they don't. Now of course, they faced Max Scherzer last night, and he fanned 12 over eight scoreless in the Washington Nationals' 2-0 victory. But the Orioles scored only two runs on 20 hits in the series and were shut out twice They have now been shut out six times this season, including three times in their last 11 games. The Orioles went 1-for-10 during the Washington series when batting with runners in scoring...

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Chris Davis on trying to find positives, David Hess on his start

May 30, 2018, 7:00pm

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Chris Davis on trying to find positives, David Hess on his start

Tonight, they faced one of the best in the business, but it hasn't always been that way. Tonight, Max Scherzer fanned 12 Orioles as Washington beat the Orioles 2-0 in front of 20,370 at Oriole Park as the Nationals swept the three-game series. First baseman Chris Davis talked about losing to such a good pitcher: "They don't just hand out Cy Youngs and I think he's got a few of them." But for the Orioles offense, this was yet another quiet night. They were shut out for the sixth time and...

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Max Scherzer fans 12 as Nationals win to sweep series

May 30, 2018, 5:41pm

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Max Scherzer fans 12 as Nationals win to sweep series

Washington Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer came in on a roll and left that way. Scherzer fanned 12 tonight as the Nationals beat the Orioles 2-0 to sweep the series at Camden Yards. Orioles right-hander David Hess gave up just one run, but took the loss. The Nationals improved to 32-22 and complete just their second three-game sweep of the Orioles since moving to Washington in 2005. The first was from June 12-14, 2007 at Oriole Park. The Nats have won a team-record 10 straight road...

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O's game blog: Hess against Scherzer in series finale

May 30, 2018, 2:17pm

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O's game blog: Hess against Scherzer in series finale

After taking the first two games of this series by 6-0 and 3-2 scores, the Washington Nationals can complete a three-game sweep of the Orioles tonight. The last and only Nats' three-game sweep in Baltimore was June 12-14, 2007. Coming into this series, the Orioles were 15-7 at home versus Washington since the 2013 season. Coming into the series, the Orioles were 7-4 in their previous 11 home games this year, but they've scored just two runs on 16 hits and have gone 1-for-8 with runners in...

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Jace Peterson on batting leadoff and facing Max Scherzer

May 30, 2018, 1:22pm

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Jace Peterson on batting leadoff and facing Max Scherzer

Third baseman Jace Peterson tonight will become the seventh different Orioles hitter to bat leadoff this year. And by the way, it's only three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer of the Washington Nationals that he has to face. Trey Mancini has hit leadoff 43 times, Chris Davis five times, Craig Gentry three times, Tim Beckham twice, and once each for Jonathan Schoop and Joey Rickard. Peterson, hitting .178/.310/.274 with five doubles, a triple, no homers and nine RBIs over 27 games, now...

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Britton on trade talk, Mancini on his struggles and more

May 29, 2018, 9:42pm

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Britton on trade talk, Mancini on his struggles and more

When Orioles closer Zach Britton pitches for a minor league affiliate tonight, it will be his first game action this year, and first since his December Achilles surgery. It will be a nice step forward for Britton. But Britton also knows that while it will be a big step toward his return to the Orioles, it could also lead to his being traded by the Orioles at some point this summer. The players see the reality of the situation. They understand as they look around their clubhouse these days, some...

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Manny Machado and Bryce Harper homer as Nats win (with quotes)

May 29, 2018, 6:21pm

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Manny Machado and Bryce Harper homer as Nats win (with quotes)

Orioles right-hander Dylan Bundy was not as sharp as he was for a complete-game win in Chicago, but he still delivered his team-leading seventh quality start. But with the Orioles offense still not doing much, he wound up with another loss tonight. Washington right-hander Jeremy Hellickson held the Orioles to two runs over five innings and then four bullpen pitchers locked down the win as the Nationals beat the Orioles 3-2 at Camden Yards. The Nationals, who have not won a season series since...

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O's game blog: Dylan Bundy faces the Nationals

May 29, 2018, 3:00pm

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O's game blog: Dylan Bundy faces the Nationals

The Orioles host the Washington Nationals tonight in the second game of a three-game interleague series and a seven-game homestand at Oriole Park. The Nationals took the series opener 6-0 Monday as Anthony Rendon hit a three-run homer off Alex Cobb. Lefty Gio Gonzalez pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings to improve to 6-2 with a 2.10 ERA. He has allowed two earned runs or fewer in 10 of his 11 starts this season. Shortstop Manny Machado singled in the first inning and has now hit safely in 18 of 22...

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After his "toughest two weeks" in the majors, Mancini looks to get bat going

May 29, 2018, 1:11pm

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After his "toughest two weeks" in the majors, Mancini looks to get bat going

With his decreasing average causing his frustrations to increase, Orioles left fielder Trey Mancini is getting a day off today, at least at the beginning of the game. He is not in tonight's starting lineup. After going 1-for-13 over the weekend versus Tampa Bay, Mancini went 0-for-4 and hit into a pair of double plays in last night's 6-0 loss to Washington. He is batting .118 (6-for-51) over the past 13 games. Mancini is well-known for being hard on himself and that was apparent again during...

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Feeling a draft: Orioles have the 11th pick on Monday

May 28, 2018, 8:09pm

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We are now less than a week from the First-Year Player Draft. The Orioles have the No. 11 pick in round one and they have two other selections in the top 100, with picks at No. 37 and No. 87. Major League Baseball has set the Orioles' allotted total pool for signing their picks in the first 10 rounds at $8,754,400, the 13th highest amount of any club. The allotted amount to sign the No. 11 overall pick is $4,375,100. This will be Gary Rajsich's seventh draft as Orioles director of scouting....

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O's bats silent again in 6-0 loss to Nats (quotes added)

May 28, 2018, 11:56am

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O's bats silent again in 6-0 loss to Nats (quotes added)

When a pitcher on a roll met struggling hitters today, maybe we should have known what to expect. Not much changed as Washington lefty Gio Gonzalez continued his strong season and pitched his team to a 6-0 victory over the Orioles this afternoon in front of 36,139 at Camden Yards. The Orioles have scored just six runs their last four games and 21 in the last nine. They have scored three or fewer runs in nine of their past 10 games. Today they were shut out for the second time in nine...

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Showalter on O's RISP stats, plus a game update

May 28, 2018, 10:09am

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Showalter on O's RISP stats, plus a game update

Manager Buck Showalter spent some of his pregame press conference this morning talking about his team's stats when hitting with runners in scoring position. The 2018 Orioles are lagging behind the 2017 Orioles. After going 4-for-17 with RISP over the weekend at Tropicana Field, the Orioles are batting .241 with RISP to rank 11th in the American League. Last year, the Orioles were second batting .287, trailing only Houston at .294. "It kind of reflects bad on all us," Showalter said. "It is...

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Showalter pregame on Mancini's struggles, Memorial Day and more

May 28, 2018, 8:19am

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Showalter pregame on Mancini's struggles, Memorial Day and more

Manager Buck Showalter has dropped Trey Mancini from first to sixth in the batting order for today's series opener with the Washington Nationals. Mancini went 1-for-13 in the Tampa Bay series and his average has dropped to .240, which is its lowest point since April 8. "Give him a little blow up there," Showalter said. "He's going through an uncharacteristic period. Trey's one of those guys that always seems like if he doesn't swing the bat well on a given night, it doesn't carry over...