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A look at Chris Tillman's strong 2016 season and other O's notes

A look at Chris Tillman's strong 2016 season and other O's notes
After losing the last three games in Toronto and giving up 21 runs the previous two games, the Orioles were looking for a well-pitched game last night. Enter Chris Tillman. Remember when we were discussing the strong possibility this winter that he could have a bounce-back season based on his track record? He's having it. Comparing two top AL pitchers:* Chris Tillman is 9-1 with a 2.87 ERA and 8.7 strikeouts/9 innings.* Chris Sale is 10-2 with a 2.87 ERA and 8.5 strikeouts/9 innings. The...
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J.J. Hardy talks about his first rehab game at Bowie

J.J. Hardy talks about his first rehab game at Bowie
BOWIE - J.J. Hardy's first minor league rehab game was a success for the Orioles shortstop. He played six innings tonight for Double-A Bowie, went 2-for-3 with a pair of singles and handled the one ball hit to him fine on a routine groudout in the top of the first. This was Hardy's first game since May 1 with the Orioles. Hardy has been out with a fractured bone in his left foot. He has been rehabbing the injury at the Orioles' spring training complex in Sarasota, Fla. He came north to play...
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J.J. Hardy updates his injury as he begins minor league rehab stint (updated)

J.J. Hardy updates his injury as he begins minor league rehab stint (updated)
BOWIE - Orioles shortstop J.J Hardy moves one step closer to rejoining the team soon, potentially as early as Friday, as he begins a minor league rehab assignment tonight with the Double-A Bowie Baysox. He is batting second and playing at shortstop. He said he expects to get at least three at-bats tonight against the Portland Sea Dogs, in his first game since May 1 with the Orioles. Hardy has been out with a fractured bone in his left foot. He has been rehabbing the injury at the Orioles'...
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A look at some changes with Dylan Bundy's bullpen role (plus minors updates)

A look at some changes with Dylan Bundy's bullpen role (plus minors updates)
The Orioles have made an adjustment in how they plan to use rookie right-hander Dylan Bundy out of their bullpen. The plan going forward is to have Bundy work with more rest between games and pitch longer outings. If you look at his last five appearances, he pitched May 24 with one day of rest, May 27 with two days' rest, May 31 with three days' rest, June 4 with three days' rest and June 9 with four days' rest in between appearances. Over his first 14 games this year, Bundy pitched two...
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O's minor league notes from around the organization (updated)

O's minor league notes from around the organization (updated)
Here are a few notes from around the Orioles minor leagues, including a quick look at the Orioles' two teams in the Dominican Summer League. NORFOLK Right-hander Yovani Gallardo makes his third minor league rehab start tonight, pitching for the Triple-A Tides at Charlotte. Gallardo is 1-1 with a 6.75 ERA in his first two starts, pitching once for Single-A Frederick and once for the Tides. He is expected to rejoin the Orioles rotation on Saturday. Gallardo threw 85 pitches for Norfolk last...
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Chris Davis on the offense that kept coming back, plus other O's-Jays notes

Chris Davis on the offense that kept coming back, plus other O's-Jays notes
Before yesterday, the last time an Orioles starting pitcher lasted just 1/3 of an inning was on July 20, 2011 and that pitcher was Zach Britton. Sunday, right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez got just one out in the shortest start of his career as the Orioles lost to Toronto 10-9. The Orioles scored six runs Saturday and lost and scored nine yesterday and lost. They scored 24 runs and hit 12 home runs at Rogers Centre but lost the last three games of the series after Thursday's 6-5 win. The Orioles and...
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Buck Showalter, Ubaldo Jimenez and more after O's loss in Toronto

Buck Showalter, Ubaldo Jimenez and more after O's loss in Toronto
TORONTO - Orioles manager Buck Showalter was not going to make any decisions or announce them today. If right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez will lose his rotation spot after his latest poor outing, Showalter was not going to make that call today. But today Jimenez got hammered and got just one out, allowing six hits and five runs as the Orioles lost 10-9 to Toronto. It was a day where they hit five homers and lost for the first time when scoring nine or more runs since July 27, 2012 versus Oakland. It...
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Jimenez knocked out in first inning (O's hit five homers, but lose 10-9)

Jimenez knocked out in first inning (O's hit five homers, but lose 10-9)
TORONTO - Orioles right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez faced seven batters and got just one out. The Orioles trailed by five after an inning. Mark Trumbo was called out on batter interference in the top of the second. How is your day going? Pounded 11-6 by Toronto on Saturday, Jimenez picked a bad time to have the shortest start of his career today. But it went this way - double, RBI double, RBI single, strikeout, single, RBI double, two-run double. At that point, Vance Worley came on and got two...
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Showalter: Hardy getting close, Bundy's bullpen role and more

Showalter: Hardy getting close, Bundy's bullpen role and more
TORONTO - Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy last played for the team on May 1. He has been out since then with a fractured left foot. But his return to the club is now finally getting close. In the next few days, Hardy may be playing on a minor league rehab assignment. He could need just a few games there to get ready to rejoin the Orioles. "Yeah, he's close," manager Buck Showalter said today in his pregame media session. "I'm not going to jinx it. See how today and tomorrow goes, but he's...
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O's game blog: Jimenez faces Toronto in series finale

O's game blog: Jimenez faces Toronto in series finale
TORONTO - The winning team has trailed at some point in each of the first three games of the series between the Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. So the key today is to fall behind? For the Orioles, the key is probably to get a much better pitched game than yesterday when they lost 11-6 and allowed a season-high tying 11 runs. O's pitchers have allowed 20 runs and 31 hits in the series. They didn't yield a homer in Thursday's win, but have given up five the past two games. The...
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O's notes, more with Gallardo, the draft and praise for Flaherty

O's notes, more with Gallardo, the draft and praise for Flaherty
TORONTO - It didn't seem it took that long for the Orioles to go from the feel-good postgame clubhouse after Thursday's win to a mini crisis with their pitchers after allowing 11 runs in Saturday's loss at Rogers Centre. The Orioles now have now lost three times when scoring six or more runs and Toronto has won twice when allowing six or more after yesterday's 11-6 win by Toronto. They have taken two of three in the series which concludes this afternoon. The Orioles went 3-6 at Rogers...
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Showalter on the loss, Wright and McFarland on outings against Jays

Showalter on the loss, Wright and McFarland on outings against Jays
TORONTO - For the Orioles today, it started with their starter. Right-hander Mike Wright walked a season-high five batters and O's pitching never could recover. Even after the Orioles rallied from 3-0 down to lead 4-3 in the sixth on Manny Machado's homer, the Toronto Blue Jays kept teeing off. O's pitchers fueled that with eight walks and a hit batter. For one day at least, Rogers Centre was once again a house of horrors for O's hurlers. On a day where manager Buck Showalter said he had...
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O's again draft Bobby Bonilla's son (Orioles lose 11-6)

O's again draft Bobby Bonilla's son (Orioles lose 11-6)
TORONTO - The Orioles today drafted left-handed pitcher Brandon Bonilla for the second time. They drafted the 22-year-old Bonilla this afternoon in round 13 out of Hawaii Pacific University. They also selected him in round 25 in 2014, but failed to sign him then and he went back to school. Bonilla is the son of former Oriole Bobby Bonilla and the godson of Barry Bonds. The sides never came too close on a deal in 2014. Brandon Bonilla was the closer this year and earned a spot on the National...
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Gallardo on next rehab start and pregame notes from Rogers Centre

Gallardo on next rehab start and pregame notes from Rogers Centre
TORONTO - After two minor league rehab starts - one at Single-A Frederick and one at Triple-A Norfolk - the Orioles decided that right-hander Yovani Gallardo, on the DL with right shoulder tendinitis, would need a third before he is expected to return to their rotation on June 18 when the Orioles host Toronto. Gallardo will leave here tomorrow and fly to Charlotte. He'll pitch there for the Tides on Monday night. "You know, I'm OK with it," Gallardo said this morning. "It was a group...
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O's game blog: Mike Wright faces Toronto in Game 3 of series

O's game blog: Mike Wright faces Toronto in Game 3 of series
TORONTO - When the Orioles face the Toronto Blue Jays this afternoon at Rogers Centre, we will find out if rookie right-hander Mike Wright can build on his best start of the 2016 season. On Monday at home against Kansas City, Wright gave up one unearned run on five hits over seven innings with two walks and four strikeouts. He threw shutout ball the first six innings of that game. The game followed by just days Wright being optioned to the minors. But he quickly returned to the roster when...
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A look at close Orioles-Blue Jays games, plus plenty of other notes

A look at close Orioles-Blue Jays games, plus plenty of other notes
TORONTO - The Orioles and the Toronto Blue Jays played yet another close game last night. The Orioles trailed and won on Thursday night. Toronto trailed 3-2 and won 4-3 in 10 innings last night. Edwin Encarnacion's fifth career walk-off homer gave the Blue Jays the victory, sending most of the crowd of 44,439 home happy. Orioles right-hander Brad Brach gave up just his second homer of the year over 33 1/3 innings. The Orioles bullpen had a run of 16 2/3 scoreless innings over the past six...
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Brach on the home run pitch (plus other quotes)

Brach on the home run pitch (plus other quotes)
TORONTO - Orioles reliever Brad Brach had no margin for error tonight. He entered in the bottom of the ninth of a 3-3 game at Rogers Centre and retired Toronto in order to send the game to the 10th. But after the Orioles could not take the lead in their half of the 10th off Drew Storen, Toronto's Edwin Encarnacion homered to right field off Brach to give the Blue Jays a 4-3, walk-off win. The teams have played five games this year and all have been decided by one run, with two in extra...
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Donaldson's single gives Jays lead (Jays with 4-3, walk-off win)

Donaldson's single gives Jays lead (Jays with 4-3, walk-off win)
TORONTO - For the second night in a row in this series, the Toronto Blue Jays had the lead after the first inning against the Orioles. It was 3-1 last night and 1-0 tonight on an unearned run. Right fielder Ezequiel Carrera, playing for the injured Jose Bautista (right thigh tightness), led off with a bunt single and advanced to third on Kevin Gausman's errant pickoff throw, which was low and past first base. Josh Donaldson then lined a single to right and, two batters into the game, Toronto...
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Showalter defends O's farm during pregame media session

Showalter defends O's farm during pregame media session
TORONTO - Orioles manager Buck Showalter today took the occasion of the baseball draft to defend his team's farm system. As teams all around the majors are looking to add players in the draft right now to one day help their big league team, Showalter feels the O's system has been productive for the big league team, a team that leads the American League with 391 wins since 2012. "I look at last night and I do think about this," Showalter said. "We've got two rookie pitchers - Tyler Wilson...
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Dylan Bundy on his strong outing last night and increased velocity

Dylan Bundy on his strong outing last night and increased velocity
TORONTO - Orioles reliever Dylan Bundy had been scored on in five of his six previous outings when he took the mound in the sixth inning at Rogers Centre last night. The Orioles were trailing 5-4 and if Bundy could keep Toronto off the board, they might have a chance to post another comeback win. He did just that with one of his best outings in the majors. Over 2 1/3 scoreless innings and 47 pitches (his second most this year), Bundy allowed just one hit - a bunt single - and fanned three...
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