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The Orioles optioned outfielder Jordyn Adams earlier today to make room for Daniel Johnson, a waiver claim yesterday from the Giants.
Johnson had one at-bat with the Orioles in 2024. He was 5-for-29 with the Giants this season.
Adams is 0-for-5 in 10 games with the Orioles and was used more for defense.
Albert Suárez is making his first injury rehab start tonight with Double-A Chesapeake. He hasn’t pitched for the Orioles since his lone appearance on March 28 in Toronto.
Johnson isn’t in tonight’s lineup against the Mariners at Camden Yards. Ryan Noda is in right field, Dylan Carlson in left and Greg Allen in center. Carlson is trying to snap an 0-for-35 streak.
Coby Mayo stays at first base tonight and Ryan Mountcastle remains the designated hitter, as the Orioles try for their third win in a row.
Mayo has a .460 slugging percentage at home this season.
Jeremiah Jackson is in right field, Dylan Carlson is in left and Greg Allen is in center.
Brandon Young is making his 10th major league start after registering a 5.88 ERA and 1.669 WHIP in 41 1/3 innings. He’s allowed two earned runs and four total in 10 2/3 innings in his last two starts.
Athletics right-hander Jack Perkins is making his second start among 10 appearances in his rookie season. He’s recorded three saves.
Jordan Westburg is leading off and playing second base for today’s series finale against the Rockies. Jackson Holliday is on the bench.
Coby Mayo is at first base, pretty much assured against left-handed starters. Dylan Carlson is in left field, Ramón Laureano is in right and Tyler O’Neill is the designated hitter.
Colton Cowser and Ryan O'Hearn join Holliday on the bench.
Tomoyuki Sugano makes his 20th major league start. He’s posted a 4.54 ERA and 1.350 WHIP in 103 innings.
Sugano had a 3.00 ERA through April, but a 3.48 ERA in five starts in May, but he registered a 6.20 ERA, 1.743 WHIP and .330 opponents’ average in five June starts and has allowed 12 earned runs (13 total) and 20 hits this month in 14 1/3 innings over three outings.
Cade Povich has received a second opinion on his left hip and he threw in the bullpen a few days ago. He’s scheduled for two ups in another session this afternoon.
The resumption of an injury rehab assignment is getting close. The Orioles happily will take positive news.
Povich was pulled from his first assignment at Triple-A Norfolk in late June due to recurring soreness in his hip. He hasn’t pitched for the Orioles since tossing 3 2/3 scoreless relief innings on June 15.
“Everything’s feeling good,” he said today. “I think we kind of had the idea that when I went to Norfolk everything was pretty good. In the first inning, just tried to make a play. It was kind of a freak thing. My foot kind of caught and twisted in a way that I think put a little pressure on the hip. So it could have been the same thing, it could be something a little different, but we’re just trying to work back and everything’s feeling good right now.”
Povich saw a hip specialist in Nashville to get his second opinion.
ARLINGTON, Texas – Jordan Westburg is out of the lineup tonight for the fourth consecutive game with a sore left index finger.
Westburg could be available to pinch-hit, but the Orioles don’t want to risk worsening his condition. They also are hesitant to put him on the injured list. So, he sits.
Ramón Laureano is batting second as the designated hitter. Gary Sánchez is catching.
Dylan Carlson, recalled earlier today, is in right field and batting ninth.
Charlie Morton is playing long toss in the outfield to test his right elbow.
Coby Mayo is batting ninth tonight as the Orioles designated hitter, facing Rays right-hander Ryan Pepiot to begin the three-game series at Camden Yards.
Jordan Westburg is starting at third base and batting second. Ramón Laureano is in right field, Cedric Mullins in center and Colton Cowser in left.
Gary Sánchez is catching.
Tomoyuki Sugano has allowed four runs or fewer in each of his first 15 career starts, tied for the third-longest opening streak in franchise history behind Jim Hardin (19 games in 1967-68) and Tyler Wells (18 games in 2022).
Gunnar Henderson is a career .339/.405/.619 (40-for-118) hitter with five doubles, two triples, eight home runs and 15 RBIs in 30 games against Tampa Bay.
Pitcher Brandon Young and infielder/outfielder Terrin Vavra are on the taxi squad from Triple-A Norfolk.
The Orioles haven’t listed a starter for Wednesday and Young could fill the role or be used in bulk relief. Either way, interim manager Tony Mansolino indicated that Young will pitch.
Young allowed six runs and 11 hits with eight walks and nine strikeouts in 8 2/3 innings in two starts with the Orioles this season, but he’s registered a 3.29 ERA and 0.841 WHIP in five outings with Norfolk. He pitched in Memphis on Friday and allowed one run and two hits in five innings in his return from right shoulder soreness.
Tomoyuki Sugano will be pushed back from his scheduled turn Wednesday. Mansolino said Sugano isn't a candidate for the injured list.
Vavra is on the medical taxi squad as insurance in case infielder Jordan Westburg goes on the IL with a sprained left index finger that’s kept him out of the lineup since Saturday in New York. However, Mansolino said "all indications" are that we'll see Westburg in the lineup Wednesday or Friday.
Infielder Jordan Westburg remains out of the Orioles lineup for tonight’s series opener against the Rangers at steamy Camden Yards.
Westburg is day-to-day with a sprained left index finger.
Gary Sánchez is the designated hitter and batting fourth. That’s sort of like getting a break.
Coby Mayo is starting at first base.
Ramón Laureano is batting second for the first time this season.
Left-hander Trevor Rogers has joined the Orioles in Tampa and is on the taxi squad.
The Orioles need a starter on Wednesday and Rogers appears to be the choice. He tossed 6 1/3 scoreless innings against the Red Sox in Game 2 of a May 24 doubleheader in Boston.
Coby Mayo is out of the lineup again tonight, as the Orioles try to bounce back from last night’s 7-1 loss to the Rays. Ryan O’Hearn is playing first base and Cedric Mullins is the designated hitter.
Colton Cowser is in center field. Jordan Westburg is the third baseman and cleanup hitter.
Gunnar Henderson has a 10-game hitting streak. He’s slashing .322/.402/.411 (29-for-90) in his last 24 games.
Colton Cowser and Ryan O’Hearn are back in the Orioles’ lineup for tonight’s game against the Rays in Tampa. Cowser hasn’t played since slamming into the center field fence on Thursday and O’Hearn didn’t play in the last two games because of a sore left ankle. He was scratched from Saturday's lineup.
Jordan Westburg is batting cleanup and serving as designated hitter. O’Hearn follows as the first baseman, and Cowser is batting eighth and playing left field. Dylan Carlson is in right.
Jackson Holliday is leading off again. Coby Mayo is on the bench.
Gunnar Henderson is slashing .326/.408/.419 (28-for-86) with five doubles, a homer, seven RBIs, 15 runs scored and 11 walks in his last 23 games since May 21. He has a nine-game hitting streak.
Orioles relievers have posted a 1.91 ERA (17 earned runs in 80 innings) in the last 21 games since May 24, the third-lowest mark in the majors.
The Orioles’ 2025 season is more than just a disappointment. It’s also a drip. A forecast calling for rain throughout the day and most of the night has threatened a sixth postponement and the third in a week, but the Orioles are hoping to squeeze in the game and preserve Thursday’s off-day.
The teams played in a steady shower last night, but the game went on uninterrupted. They have an open date on the schedule Thursday before the Cardinals fly to Texas. The Orioles host the White Sox over the weekend.
An April 11 game against the Blue Jays at Camden Yards was moved to July 29. The Orioles were swept in Detroit on April 26 and by the Twins on May 14. They split with the Red Sox Saturday in Boston after postponements on consecutive days in between a 19-5 loss. They could use a break in the weather.
If the Orioles play tonight, Adley Rutschman will serve as designated hitter and Cedric Mullins will start in center field. Rutschman left Sunday’s game in Boston after taking a foul ball off the mask. Mullins has sat out three of the last four games.
Mullins stayed on the bench last night in a 7-4 loss. Interim manager Tony Mansolino let catcher Chadwick Tromp bat to lead off the bottom of the ninth with Rutschman also unavailable.
Cedric Mullins is out of the Orioles’ lineup today, with Dylan Carlson getting the start in center field.
Interim manager Tony Mansolino kept Mullins and Jackson Holliday on the bench Saturday in Game 2 and said, “Just over the course of the season, there’s little nick-nack things that kind of happen. We were doing the best we could to stay away from them.”
Mullins started Sunday.
Holliday is leading off today, followed by Ramón Urías as the designated hitter. Gunnar Henderson is third.
Ryan Mountcastle is batting cleanup, Ryan O’Hearn is in right field and batting fifth, and Heston Kjerstad is in left field and batting seventh.
The Orioles are back home today, trying to snap an eight-game losing streak at Camden Yards, after going a combined 3-4 in Milwaukee and Boston. They haven't posted a lineup against the Cardinals, but catcher Adley Rutschman apparently won't be in it.
Rutschman was nailed on the mask yesterday by Rafael Devers’ foul ball in the third inning and Maverick Handley pinch-hit for him in the fifth. Triple-A Norfolk catcher Chadwick Tromp is on the medical taxi squad.
Interim manager Tony Mansolino didn’t provide an update on Rutschman or specify whether the catcher is in concussion protocol.
Ryan Mountcastle is 9-for-18 with seven runs scored in four career games played on Memorial Day. He collected four hits in 2022.
Gunnar Henderson needs two more hits to reach 400. He’d join Manny Machado, Eddie Murray, Brooks Robinson, Cal Ripken Jr. and Boog Powell as Orioles to do it before age 24.
The Orioles have put pitcher Chayce McDermott on their taxi squad tonight in Milwaukee, which likely makes him Tuesday night’s starter against the Brewers. The spot is listed as TBA.
McDermott was the 27th man in Game 2 of Wednesday’s doubleheader against the Twins and allowed four runs in three innings before the Orioles returned him to Triple-A Norfolk. He walked three batters and struck out five.
Being the 27th man allows him to return to the majors without waiting the minimum 15 days.
Jackson Holliday is leading off tonight and Ramón Laureano is the cleanup hitter. Ramón Urías is playing third base, Dylan Carlson is in left field and Maverick Handley is catching.
Adley Ruschman is on the bench.
If the Orioles are going to make a run and escape last place in the division, this would be an ideal time to start.
They’re 12 games below .500 for the first time since the conclusion of the 2021 season and 9 ½ out of first place. The Nationals, in town for a weekend series, are 18-27 and in fourth place in the National League East after losing eight of their last nine.
Tonight’s game sets up a rematch between left-handers Cade Povich and MacKenzie Gore.
The pair started on April 24 in D.C. Povich allowed one run in 6 2/3 innings and Gore allowed two runs with eight strikeouts in six innings. The Orioles won 2-1 to avoid a sweep.
Povich hasn’t pitched since May 6 in Minnesota. He’s allowed eight runs in his last two starts totaling 10 2/3 innings.
MINNEAPOLIS – The Orioles haven’t been nine games below .500 since July 2, 2022. A loss tonight would take them down to that mark.
They’ve dropped their last three games and 10 of 14. The most recent four-game skid came within a five-game streak from July 9-13, 2024.
Charlie Morton returns to the rotation tonight after three relief appearances and is trying to lower a 9.76 ERA and 2.205 WHIP. His 30 earned runs and 21 walks lead the American League.
Morton has a 4.50 ERA in four career starts against the Twins and a 4.50 ERA in two starts at Target Field. Christian Vázquez is 3-for-22 with two doubles, a home run and nine strikeouts.
Coby Mayo is out of the lineup after going 0-for-3 with three strikeouts last night and committing two errors. Emmanuel Rivera is starting at third base.
The Orioles have posted their lineup but didn’t announce a roster move.
Coby Mayo is in Baltimore.
Ramón Urías isn’t in the lineup after the Orioles scratched him yesterday with a sore hamstring. Emmanuel Rivera is starting at third base and Jorge Mateo is at second versus Royals left-hander Kris Bubic.
Ramón Laureano is in left field and Heston Kjerstad is in right.
For the Orioles
Jackson Holliday moves up to sixth in the order for tonight’s series opener against the Royals at Camden Yards.
Heston Kjerstad is in right field and Ramón Laureano is in left. They occupy the last two spots in the lineup.
Dean Kremer is trying to lower a 7.04 ERA and 1.565 WHIP over six starts. He’s surrendered 40 hits in 30 2/3 innings.
Kremer faced the Royals on April 4 and allowed two earned runs (three total) and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings. He owns a 3.98 ERA in four career starts against them.
Bobby Witt Jr. is 4-for-11 with a home run. Salvador Perez is 3-for-11 with a double and homer.
Jackson Holliday is playing second base and batting sixth tonight and Heston Kjerstad is in left field and hitting eighth, as the Orioles try to win the three-game series against the Yankees.
Ramón Laureano remains in right field. Ryan Mountcastle is batting seventh.
Cade Povich has a 5.04 ERA and 1.720 WHIP in five starts. He held the Nationals to one run in 6 2/3 innings in D.C.
Left-handers are batting .220 with a .680 OPS in his brief career, and right-handers are batting .292 with an .861 OPS. Povich has faced the Yankees twice and allowed four runs in 10 innings, and he’s walked 10 batters.
Per STATS, Povich is throwing his sweeper 44.9 percent of the time against lefties, resulting in a .200 average. When facing right-handers, he has a 14.1 sweeper usage rate that results in a .375 average.
Jordan Westburg is leading off tonight and playing third base as the Orioles begin their series against the Guardians.
The lineup is heavy in right-handed bats against Guardians left-hander Logan Allen.
Gary Sánchez is catching, with Adley Rutschman serving as designated hitter. Ramón Laureano is in left field and Jorge Mateo is playing second base.
Gunnar Henderson slides down to the cleanup spot. Cedric Mullins is in center field and batting seventh as the other left-handed bat.
Jackson Holliday, Heston Kjerstad and Ryan O’Hearn go to the bench. Ramón Urías also is out of the lineup.
