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Chance Sisco on Andrew Cashner, the offense and more (plus farm notes)

April 10, 2018, 9:01pm

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Chance Sisco on Andrew Cashner, the offense and more (plus farm notes)

The Orioles came home from winning three of four in New York in need of some deep starting pitching performances to rest a taxed bullpen. Right-handers Dylan Bundy and Andrew Cashner delivered. They combined to allow two runs over 14 innings over the past two night, yet the Orioles have lost both games to Toronto. Scoring one run each night will cause that to happen. The team that was so desperate for much of 2017 to get good starting pitching has seen Bundy and Cashner combine for an ERA of...

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Curtis Granderson's homer in the ninth leads Toronto to 2-1 win

April 10, 2018, 5:46pm

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Curtis Granderson's homer in the ninth leads Toronto to 2-1 win

The Orioles avoided being no-hit and shut out tonight, but they could not avoid another loss. Curtis Granderson's solo homer in the ninth off Darren O'Day broke a 1-1 tie as the Blue Jays beat the Orioles 2-1. They've taken the first two games of this series to leave the Orioles at 4-8. After the momentum of the series win in New York, now the O's must win tomorrow to avoid being swept three straight at home, where they are 1-4 this season. Granderson hit a 1-2 O'Day fastball onto the flag...

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O's game blog: Andrew Cashner faces Toronto

April 10, 2018, 2:57pm

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O's game blog: Andrew Cashner faces Toronto

Orioles right-hander Andrew Cashner (1-1, 4.09 ERA) makes his third start for his new team tonight at chilly Camden Yards. He will try to pitch the Orioles even in this three-game series following Toronto's 7-1 win last night. Cashner allowed three homers and five runs in his first O's start against Minnesota. And then on Thursday night he got his first win with Baltimore in a 5-2 victory at New York. Over six innings he allowed two hits and one run on 100 pitches. So far lefty batters are...

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How Darren O'Day was impressed from the start by Pedro Araujo

April 10, 2018, 1:22pm

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How Darren O'Day was impressed from the start by Pedro Araujo

He has only pitched in five major league games so far, but 24-year-old Dominican-born Pedro Araujo is impressing Orioles fans and is also gaining fans inside the clubhouse as well. Araujo was charged with four runs in 2/3 of an inning in a game at Houston. Then the right-hander bounced back to pitch 4 1/3 scoreless when he pitched in both extra innings games over the weekend in New York. Friday night he got his first major league win. Sunday he fanned five batters over 2 1/3 innings, his most...

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A look at the inconsistent offense and a strong start on the farm

April 09, 2018, 9:26pm

Orioles

A look at the inconsistent offense and a strong start on the farm

Orioles manager Buck Showalter sometimes says "There was a game to be won there" after an Oriole loss, and that statement was certainly true last night. Yes the game got away in the top of the ninth, but if the Orioles offense had gotten something going before that, we would not have seen Nestor Cortes Jr. try to pitch out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth. Some could second-guess the skipper for even bringing him into a situation down 2-1 in the ninth, but I get back to the offense. The...

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Dylan Bundy on his outing, Hunter Harvey on his call-up

April 09, 2018, 7:12pm

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Dylan Bundy on his outing, Hunter Harvey on his call-up

The Orioles went to the ninth tonight trailing 2-1. They lost 7-1 when the Toronto Blue Jays added five runs. Up to that point, right-hander Dylan Bundy seemed headed for a tough-luck loss. Over seven innings, he allowed just two runs and both came on one swing. Former Oriole Steve Pearce got green-lighted and hit a 3-0 fastball 438 feet to left for a 2-0 lead in the top of the third. "I really wasn't thinking he'd swing 3-0 and he did," Bundy said. "I left it right down the middle for him...

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Bundy solid, but offense slowed in 7-1 loss to Toronto

April 09, 2018, 6:07pm

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Bundy solid, but offense slowed in 7-1 loss to Toronto

For the third time this season, Orioles starter Dylan Bundy gave his team a strong start. For the third time, he got little run support. The Orioles went 0-for-12 tonight with runners in scoring position in a 7-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. They began a three-game series with the loss to fall to 1-3 at home and to 4-7 for the season. A very chilly but small crowd of 7,915 looked on at Camden Yards. Toronto turned a 2-1 lead into a 7-1 win, scoring five runs in the ninth. Nestor Cortes Jr....

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O's game blog: Dylan Bundy pitches Toronto series opener

April 09, 2018, 3:01pm

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O's game blog: Dylan Bundy pitches Toronto series opener

After a road trip where they went 0-3 at Houston and 3-1 at New York, the Orioles get a brief chance to play a few games at home starting tonight. They'll host Toronto for a three-game series at Camden Yards before they go back on the road. The Orioles produced a couple of wild extra-inning wins at Yankee Stadium to take that series after going 2-8 there last season. Right-hander Dylan Bundy (0-0, 0.69 ERA) makes his third start of the season tonight. Bundy began the year pitching on opening...

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Caleb Joseph on Sunday's unexpected heroes and more

April 09, 2018, 1:43pm

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Caleb Joseph on Sunday's unexpected heroes and more

It would be one thing for the Orioles to win a big game in Yankee Stadium with the middle of their order doing most of the damage and/or Dylan Bundy or Zach Britton on the mound, but it was quite another on Sunday in the Bronx. The Orioles pulled out the 12-inning, 8-7 win with two Rule picks 5 contributing big in outfielder Anthony Santander and pitcher Pedro Araujo. Backup outfielder Craig Gentry made a game-saving catch in the 10th and later produced the winning single. And there were so...

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Brach's great escape was final act as O's win three of four in the Bronx

April 08, 2018, 5:54pm

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Brach's great escape was final act as O's win three of four in the Bronx

Of all the crazy things that took place over 4 hours, 48 minutes and 12 innings on Sunday, the most improbable may have been saved for last. Orioles closer Brad Brach - in the span of a few pitches - went from a goat, and potentially blowing a key save, to one of the heroes. All he had to do to achieve that was face Aaron Judge and Giancarlo Stanton with the bases loaded and no outs and his team leading by one. Good luck with that. No place to put them. No chance to pitch around them. Stanton...

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O's game blog: Orioles look for series win at New York

April 08, 2018, 8:43am

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After losing three series and going 2-8 at Yankee Stadium last season, the Orioles can win a series there with a victory this afternoon. They have taken two of three in New York heading into the series finale. The Yankees (5-4) are 3-2 on a six-game homestand that ends today. Baltimore (3-6) is 2-4 on a seven-game road trip that ends today. Right-hander Mike Wright Jr. (0-0, 5.40 ERA) makes his second start today. He went five innings on Tuesday night at Houston in a no-decision. He gave up...

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Britton on Buck the manager, but not that one (plus other notes)

April 07, 2018, 3:12pm

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Britton on Buck the manager, but not that one (plus other notes)

When the Single-A Delmarva Shorebirds began a new season on Thursday, the other Buck started his career as a minor league manager. Buck Britton, the older brother of Orioles closer Zach Britton, is the Shorebirds' first-year manager. An O's 35th-round selection in the 2008 draft, Britton had a nine-year playing career in the minors. He moved into the coaching ranks last season when he was Delmarva's hitting coach. In his second year as a non-player, he begins his first as a minor league...

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O's game blog: Chris Tillman faces the Yankees

April 07, 2018, 8:54am

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O's game blog: Chris Tillman faces the Yankees

After recording back-to-back wins for the first time in the 2018 season, the Orioles are shooting for three in a row this afternoon as they face the Yankees in New York. They scored five runs in the seventh inning to win 5-2 Thursday night and they won 7-3 in 14 innings Friday night/Saturday morning. Pedro Ãlvarez hit a grand slam in the 14th, the Orioles fourth homer of the night. It capped a long night and a wild win. Rule 5 pitcher Pedro Araujo threw two scoreless to get his first major...

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That was wild: A few takes on the O's 14-inning win in the Bronx

April 06, 2018, 9:15pm

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That was wild: A few takes on the O's 14-inning win in the Bronx

Some days there is no reason to complain that a lot of the Orioles offense comes from the longball. Like last night, when they hit four homers in the marathon 7-3 win over the Yankees in 14 innings. All of last year the Orioles won two games at Yankee Stadium. This year they have two wins there nine days into the season. Manny Machado hit two solo homers - both shots over 400 feet - for his first two homers of the season. It was his 15th career multi-homer game and he went 4-for-5. Chris Davis...

O's game blog: Kevin Gausman looks for bounceback game in NY

April 06, 2018, 2:45pm

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O's game blog: Kevin Gausman looks for bounceback game in NY

Right-hander Kevin Gausman (0-1, 13.50 ERA) makes his second start of the new season tonight when the Orioles play the Yankees in New York. It's Game 2 of a four-game series. Gausman's 2018 season got off to a poor start on Sunday at home against Minnesota. He gave up a homer on the game's first pitch and allowed three home runs in the first three innings. For the game, he went four innings, allowing seven hits and six runs. He walked two and fanned five. Gausman, who averaged 95.3 mph on...

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A look at Norfolk's roster ahead of tonight's season opener

April 06, 2018, 10:30am

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A look at Norfolk's roster ahead of tonight's season opener

Three of the Orioles' four full-season minor league affiliates began a new season last night, and Triple-A Norfolk starts its season tonight. The Tides will host the Gwinnett Stripers at 7:05 p.m. Norfolk starts the year with a six-game homestand at Harbor Park. Here is the Tides final opening day roster, which was announced today: Pitchers: Jayson Aquino, Josh Edgin, Andrew Faulkner, Donnie Hart, David Hess, Jhan MariÃ±ez, Tim Melville, Yefry Ramirez, Joely Rodriguez, Tanner Scott, Asher...

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There were a lot of heroes in a series-opening win at New York

April 05, 2018, 8:25pm

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There were a lot of heroes in a series-opening win at New York

For the third day in a row, the game hung in the balance versus a 2017 playoff team in the seventh inning. This time, the Orioles got the biggest hits and they beat the New York Yankees 5-2 in the Bronx to start a four-game series. It is probably not overstating it to call that win huge. The offense came to life in the seventh inning and the pitchers held the potent Yankees lineup in check. Considering that last year the Yankees, as a team, batted .337 and hit 32 homers in 10 home games versus...

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O's game blog: Orioles begin a four-game set in the Bronx

April 05, 2018, 2:19pm

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The Orioles are about to begin the second leg of their two-city road trip. They got swept three straight at Houston and take a 1-5 record into tonight's series opener in Yankee Stadium. The clubs will play a four-game series through Sunday. The Yankees, who open with 13 straight within the AL East, are 4-2. They split four with Toronto and just swept two from Tampa Bay scoring 18 runs. From 2014-16, the Orioles won the season series three straight years from the Yankees, going 13-6, 10-9 and...

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A look at the minor league rosters and pitching rotations

April 05, 2018, 10:08am

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A look at the minor league rosters and pitching rotations

A new minor league season will begin tonight for three of the four Orioles full-season affiliates. Double-A Bowie, Single-A Frederick and Single-A Delmarva will get its seasons going while Triple-A Norfolk plays its opener on Friday night. Bowie, managed by Gary Kendall, hosts Harrisburg at Prince George's Stadium at 6:35 p.m. Frederick, managed by Ryan Minor, plays at Myrtle Beach at 7:05 p.m. Delmarva, and its first year manager Buck Britton, opens at home hosting Asheville at Perdue Stadium...

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Schoop and Bundy are going well, but need some help

April 04, 2018, 10:12pm

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Schoop and Bundy are going well, but need some help

The Orioles lost 6-1 at Houston on Monday night and that one was a pretty comfortable win for the defending World Series champs. The Orioles put up big challenges against Houston the last two games, but they failed to win. On Tuesday night, the score was tied 5-5 in the last of the seventh before Houston scored five that inning and won 10-6. Yesterday's game was tied 2-2 in the seventh before the Astros got the go-ahead run in the seventh to win 3-2. The Orioles offense may be finally coming...