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O's game blog: Kevin Gausman faces Cleveland

April 23, 2018, 2:55pm

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O's game blog: Kevin Gausman faces Cleveland

With eight losses in the last nine games, and 10 in the past 12, the Orioles will try to split their four-game series with Cleveland tonight. The Birds won Friday, but lost the last two days to the Tribe by 4-0 and 7-3 scores. The Orioles offense continues to scuffle and is producing just 3.3 runs per game after last year's team averaged 4.6 per game to rank eighth in the American League. The Orioles' current team slash line is .215/.284/.359 and they rank 15th and last in the league in each...

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Manny Machado on his co-AL Player of the Week award

April 23, 2018, 1:14pm

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Manny Machado on his co-AL Player of the Week award

For the fourth time in his career, the Orioles' Manny Machado is the winner of the American League Player of the Week award. This time he shares the honor with A's pitcher Sean Manaea after he no-hit Boston on Saturday night. Machado posted a slash line of .500/.560/1.273 (11-for-22) with seven runs scored, 11 hits, two doubles, five home runs and eight RBIs over six games through Sunday. It is his first POTW honor since last August. "It is always an honor to receive this award for all the...

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O's Dan Duquette comments on the offense and more during Sunday radio interview

April 22, 2018, 8:25pm

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O's Dan Duquette comments on the offense and more during Sunday radio interview

When I interviewed Orioles executive vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette on the radio on Sunday, he pointed out that many factors have contributed to the Orioles' dismal 6-16 start. But he seemed to focus more on the strikeout total on offense and the misplays on defense. Duquette was my guest on "Orioles Baseball Tonight" on flagship station 105.7 The Fan in Baltimore. I asked him if a team that has lost 10 of 12 and is already 10 games under .500 has dug too big a hole to...

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Manny Machado and Andrew Cashner after O's loss to Cleveland

April 22, 2018, 1:20pm

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Manny Machado and Andrew Cashner after O's loss to Cleveland

Individual performances are nice, like Chance Sisco throwing out three runners in a game or Manny Machado hitting two homers. Again. Yet they seem to keep happening in Orioles losses. Machado hit solo homers off two-time Cy Young winner Corey Kluber in the first and fourth innings today, yet his team lost again.m Cleveland beat the Orioles 7-3 at Camden Yards, dropping the Orioles record to 3-6 at home and to 6-16 for the season. They've lost eight of nine and 10 of 12 games. "There is no...

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Manny Machado homers twice, but O's fall to Cleveland 7-3

April 22, 2018, 12:03pm

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Manny Machado homers twice, but O's fall to Cleveland 7-3

The Orioles got some early offense going against two-time Cy Young winner Corey Kluber, who had allowed just one run in his last two starts combined. But it would not be enough today. Orioles right-hander Andrew Cashner allowed eight hits and four runs over six innings - the exact numbers as Chris Tillman Saturday - as Cleveland beat the Orioles 7-3 in front of 27,394 at Camden Yards. With their 10th loss in 12 games, the Orioles fall to 6-16 for the season. They are 3-6 at home, scoring 18...

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O's game blog: It's Cashner against Kluber at Camden Yards

April 22, 2018, 8:33am

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O's game blog: It's Cashner against Kluber at Camden Yards

With a team batting average of just .216 for the season and a club that is scoring just 3.3 runs per game, today the Orioles face a two-time Cy Young Award winner. Right-hander Corey Kluber, the AL Cy Young winner in 2014 and 2017, will face the Orioles this afternoon at Camden Yards. Baltimore beat Cleveland 3-1 Friday night behind Dylan Bundy but was shutout 4-0 yesterday and held to two hits in a complete-game outing by Mike Clevinger. In becoming the 19th multiple winner of the Cy Young,...

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Taking stock of the struggling offense and Tanner Scott's outing

April 21, 2018, 5:43pm

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Taking stock of the struggling offense and Tanner Scott's outing

The Cleveland Indians pitching staff has been on a roll. The Orioles hitting has definitely not. That has been a bad combination in this series for the Orioles. Thanks to Dylan Bundy, they managed to win on Friday night, but they are batting .138 (8-for-58) the past two nights against Cleveland pitchers. The Orioles have scored a total of 15 runs in eight home games in 2018. They've scored three, two, zero, one, one, five, three and zero. They are batting .169/.263/.274 at home this year. They...

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Tillman on his outing, Sisco on three caught stealing

April 21, 2018, 3:37pm

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Tillman on his outing, Sisco on three caught stealing

After pitching to an ERA of 11.91 with a WHIP of 2.824 through three starts, right-hander Chris Tillman needed to pitch better in a hurry. He did today but the Orioles were blanked on two hits by Cleveland's Mike Clevinger in a 4-0 loss that drops them to 6-15. They've lost nine of 11 and have been held to three runs or fewer 14 times in 21 games. Tillman gave up three solo homers in pitching a season-high six innings. He allowed eight hits and four runs with a walk and five strikeouts on 83...

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Cleveland blanks the Orioles 4-0 behind Mike Clevinger

April 21, 2018, 2:30pm

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Granted the bar had not been set very high, but Orioles right-hander Chris Tillman had his best start of the year this afternoon. But Cleveland right-hander Mike Clevinger pitched better. Clevinger pitched a complete-game two-hitter, as the Tribe beat the Orioles 4-0. He walked two and fanned three to improve to 2-0 with an ERA of 1.75. Clevinger threw 107 pitches, 70 or strikes. The Orioles fall to 6-15 for the season, have lost seven of eight and nine of their past 11 games. Cleveland is...

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O's game blog: Chris Tillman faces Cleveland at Camden Yards

April 21, 2018, 11:53am

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O's game blog: Chris Tillman faces Cleveland at Camden Yards

The Orioles have won back-to-back games just once this season. They beat the Yankees on April 5-6 at Yankee Stadium. A win today over Cleveland and they would double that total. The Orioles (6-14) host Cleveland (9-8) at Camden Yards in Game 2 of a four-game series and 10-game homestand. Baltimore won 3-1 last night behind right-hander Dylan Bundy. Today, Chris Tillman is set to make his fourth start. The right-hander has faced three teams that made the playoffs last season in his first three...

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Left-hander Tanner Scott on rejoining the Orioles

April 21, 2018, 10:33am

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We often hear Orioles manager Buck Showalter say that for a pitcher sometimes less is more. He is usually referencing velocity with that comment. That seems to be the case right now for left-hander Tanner Scott, who was recalled to the big leagues for the second time this season yesterday. Scott has a fastball that can touch 100 mph and did last year in the big leagues, when he got into two games in September. He made his big league debut Sept. 20 vs. Boston and his first two major league...

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Notes on ending two losing streaks, Bundy's slider and more

April 20, 2018, 7:39pm

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Notes on ending two losing streaks, Bundy's slider and more

So the Orioles got a much-needed win over a good team with Friday's 3-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians. They ended an 11-game losing streak. Yes, I know they had lost their previous six games. But they had also lost their previous 11 games when scoring three runs or fewer. The Orioles were 1-11 on the year in such games. The only previous win was opening day, 3-2 over Minnesota. It had to be nice for the team and its fans to get a win and at least a small glimmer of hope that they might...

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O's game blog: Dylan Bundy looks for first win as homestand begins

April 20, 2018, 1:52pm

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O's game blog: Dylan Bundy looks for first win as homestand begins

The Orioles are back home after their winless road trip and tonight they open their longest homestand of the season. They'll play 10 games over the next 10 days. The homestand begins with four games vs. Cleveland and then three each against Tampa Bay and Detroit. Tonight the Orioles look to end a six-game losing streak. They are 2-4 at home and have lost five of six series' thus far, getting swept three straight times by Houston, Boston and Detroit. Cleveland, which led the American League...

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Will poor play from the road carry over as long homestand begins?

April 19, 2018, 7:24pm

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Will poor play from the road carry over as long homestand begins?

DETROIT - When the Orioles' road trip to Boston and Detroit started a week ago tonight, the club was three games under .500. After going 0-6 the team comes home reeling at 5-14. The players keep insisting they are better than this and it will turn. The fans are wondering when that will happen. Meanwhile, the team has dug itself a huge early hole. They might never climb back to .500 again this year. They were at .500 or better for just the first two days of the season. The trip started with...

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Showalter, Cobb, Machado and Jones after the O's fall to 5-14

April 19, 2018, 2:03pm

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Showalter, Cobb, Machado and Jones after the O's fall to 5-14

DETROIT - As the Orioles leave behind Detroit and an 0-6 road trip, they'll head home with one of baseball's worst records at 5-14. There is a lot to fix. Over the next few weeks we'll find out if they can fix it and if they haven't buried themselves too far within the first three weeks of a new season. In today's 13-8 loss to Detroit, right-hander Alex Cobb struggled again. He is not yet the pitcher the Orioles expected, and his late start to spring training clearly has been...

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Swept away in Detroit: Cobb takes loss as Tigers win third straight

April 19, 2018, 12:10pm

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Swept away in Detroit: Cobb takes loss as Tigers win third straight

DETROIT - The Orioles were swept away in Motown in blowout fashion this afternoon. Right-hander Alex Cobb got knocked out in the fourth inning in his second start for the team as Detroit routed the Orioles 13-8 to complete a three-game sweep. The Orioles went 0-6 on this road trip to Boston and Detroit and were outscored 43-22. They came to Detroit hoping to win a series against a team that began this three-game set with five straight losses, a 1-5 home record and a 4-9 mark overall. Instead,...

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Pregame notes on Britton, the roster and more (O's lose 13-8)

April 19, 2018, 8:36am

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Pregame notes on Britton, the roster and more (O's lose 13-8)

DETROIT - Orioles closer Zach Britton will take another important step tomorrow in his rehab from his right Achilles surgery in December. Britton will throw off a half mound at Camden Yards. It's his first time on a mound since the surgery. "That's a good step for us," manager Buck Showalter said before today's game. "Do that a couple of times, and if that goes well then proceed to the (full) mound. He's excited about putting his foot on the rubber on the mound. That's a good step and...

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O's game blog: Alex Cobb faces Detroit in series finale

April 19, 2018, 5:55am

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O's game blog: Alex Cobb faces Detroit in series finale

DETROIT - If the Orioles lose to the Detroit Tigers this afternoon, they will have a winless road trip, going 0-6. They've not been swept in a three-game series at Detroit since July 5-7, 2010. The Orioles have fallen to 5-13 overall, 3-9 on the road, and have lost seven of their last eight games. They are trying to snap their second five-game losing streak today. Detroit began this series with five straight losses and a mark of 4-9 overall and 1-5 at home. But the Tigers have posted 4-2 and...

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Trying to find something to build on after a brutal loss

April 18, 2018, 6:50pm

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Trying to find something to build on after a brutal loss

DETROIT - If you were managing the Orioles right now and your team was so desperate for wins, taking some positives from a brutal loss would probably not be a bad strategy. Buck Showalter was looking to at least do some of that after Wednesday's 6-5 walk-off loss at Comerica Park. The Orioles came back with late offense, but so did Detroit. Backup catcher John Hicks hit a three-run homer off Darren O'Day in the eighth for the Tigers, and Dixon Machado hit a walk-off homer off Pedro Araujo in...

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Postgame quotes from Showalter, O'Day and more after loss to Tigers

April 18, 2018, 1:18pm

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Postgame quotes from Showalter, O'Day and more after loss to Tigers

DETROIT - Right now the Orioles can't seem to avoid losing. They scored three runs in the top of the eighth to lead 4-2 and then saw Detroit score three in the bottom half to lead 5-4. The Orioles homered to tie it in the ninth. The Tigers homered for the walk-off in the ninth. Dixon Machado's homer on the second pitch of the last of the ninth gave the Tigers the 6-5 walk-off victory. It was his first career walk-off home run. The Orioles finally got some runs and looked headed for a comeback...