Patton waits for his chance

Patton waits for his chance
Troy Patton has been with the Orioles for more than a day this time. Patton was called up for just one day and one game on July 21st, but he's been back with the club now since last Sunday in Kansas City. He is still waiting to get into his first O's game on the mound. When he does it will be out of the bullpen and the 24-year-old lefty has made just two relief appearances in 125 pro outings. His last one, on September 7, 2007 was memorable, but not for a good reason. "Funny story, my...
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Showalter's first loss: O's lose lead and game vs. the Sox

Showalter's first loss:  O's lose lead and game vs. the Sox
Even with Buck Showalter as manager, the Orioles can't win them all. Saturday night they took an early 2-0 lead, but then saw it evaporate in a 4-2 loss to the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox in front of 24,929 at Camden Yards. After an Adam Jones homer in the second and Ty Wigginton RBI single in the third, Chicago came back. Kevin Millwood left a start with a lead for just the fifth time in 22 outings, but did not get the win as Jason Berken could not hold a 2-1 edge. Buck Showalter...
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Comparing Mahoney & Wieters

Comparing Mahoney & Wieters
The reader that calls himself "eagleeye" had an interesting question earlier today. He wanted to know how Joe Mahoney's great start with Double-A Bowie compared to Matt Wieters torrid start when he tore it up at Bowie in 2008. An interesting question and, after a little research, here are the numbers for Mahoney and Wieters in their first 24 games at Bowie. Wieters in 2008: .333-3-11......13 runs.....6 doubles.....419 OBP......519 slugging.......938 OPS. Mahoney in 2010: .413-7-20....21...
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Lending a hand to Bell

Lending a hand to Bell
The education of Josh Bell continues. He's learning on the job now in the Major Leagues, while at the same time, trying to impress Buck Showalter enough to play himself into a spot in the Orioles future. All of this with just 81 Triple-A games under his belt. Bell went 0 for 4 last night. After producing five hits in his first 19 big league at bats, now he is just two for his last 19 trips. For sure, that's way too small a sample size to form any real opinion about his shot to be the...
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Checking the stats before and with Buck

Checking the stats before and with Buck
Considering the Orioles had a record of 3-14 post All-Star game before Buck Showalter took over, the fans seem pretty excited about the club's 4-0 mark with Showalter. Beating a struggling Angels team was nice, but knocking off the first-place White Sox was more impressive. Chicago was a Major-League best 38-13 over its last 51 games when they got to town. They were scoring 5.4 runs per game over the the last 33 games before getting shutdown by Brad Bergesen, Koji Uehara and Alfredo Simon...
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Bergy: "I'm fighting for my job."

Bergy:  "I'm fighting for my job."
Brad Bergesen did not get a win tonight, but his pitching helped the Orioles to have a chance to get one. Bergy matched John Danks of the first-place White Sox and the Orioles eventually won in ten innings, 2-1 on Adam Jones' RBI single for a second straight, walk-off victory. Bergesen admitted after the game that he wanted to not only show his new manager what he could do, but also to put forth a good effort to keep his spot in the rotation. Brad Bergesen discusses his solid outing after...
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Well, the O's do lead the league when it goes extras

Well, the O's do lead the league when it goes extras
The Orioles have the most extra-inning wins and best extra-innings winning percentage in the AL. Best AL records in extra-innings: .727 - Baltimore, 8-3 .700 - KC, 7-3 .667 - NYY at 4-2 and Minnesota at 6-3 The White Sox are 3-4 in extra-inning affairs, tied for 9th best in the AL.
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Another walk-off win: O's top the first-place Sox in 10

Another walk-off win:  O's top the first-place Sox in 10
Oriole baseball is getting fun with Buck Showalter at the helm. Tonight, the O's improved to 4-0 under their new manger and won in walk-off fashion for the second night in a row. Adam Jones RBI single to left with two outs in the 10th gave the O's the 2-1 win over Chicago. Nick Markakis singled with one out in the tenth and advanced to third on a Luke Scott single. Jones' first hit of the night gave the O's an extra-innings win. Buck Showalter talks with the media following the O's...
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Big play on defense

Big play on defense
Ty Wigginton and Matt Wieters combined on a good defensive play in the top of the seventh tonight to keep the game with the White Sox tied, 1-1. After a triple, Mark Kotsay was on third with one out. The infield came in and Alexei Ramirez hit a slow roller up the first base line. Wigginton charged and made a bare-handed pickup. His throw to home was in time to get Kotsay and Wieters did a nice job blocking the plate. Wigginton's throw was also to the third base side of home which made...
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Not good news on Erbe

Not good news on Erbe
The Orioles did not get good news on right-hander Brandon Erbe. While O's president Andy MacPhail would not confirm exactly what was found during an MRA exam yesterday, Erbe's season is over and he is heading for further examination. "It's not good," one team official said. He has been out with a sore right shoulder and MacPhail said Erbe will head to Birmingham, Alabama to see Dr. James Andrews next week. The injury is with Erbe's shoulder and not elbow, which would eliminate the...
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One more to go for Izturis

One more to go for Izturis
No, they are not counting down with banners on the Warehouse, but the next hit for O's shortstop Cesar Izturis will be the 1,000th of his career. He said he found out recently he was closing in on the milestone hit because his 10-year-old son, Daniel, was keeping track. "My son has kept me up to date on it. He tells me you need eight more, seven more and so forth." Hit number 999 will be memorable as well as it was an Izturis single in the last of the ninth Thursday night that gave the...
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The process of evaluating Josh Bell

The process of evaluating Josh Bell
After sitting out last night, Josh Bell returns to the Orioles lineup tonight at third base. Bell is doing better after leaving Wednesday's game due to hamstring cramps in his left leg. It's an important time for Bell to show the organization and new manager Buck Showalter that he can be a part of the team's future at third base. Even though first impressions can mean a lot, Showalter is experienced enough to know how he evaluates Bell might be a little different from evaluating a veteran...
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Join us for monthly video chats with Guthrie and Jones

Join us for monthly video chats with Guthrie and Jones
Did you catch Jeremy Guthrie and Adam Jones live on MASNsports.com Friday afternoon? The O's teammates joined us for a couple of live chats today, and even though their lunch hour chats are over, there's plenty to pass along. Guthrie arrived early after biking to the Warehouse - would you have expected anything else? - and fell right in chatting with the MASNsports.com staff as we finalized our preparations for the first of today's two live chats. During Guthrie's half hour, he...
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Orioles lineup

Orioles lineup
Brian Roberts 2B Nick Markakis RF Ty Wigginton 1B Luke Scott DH Adam Jones CF Julio Lugo SS Matt Wieters C Felix Pie LF Josh Bell 3B Brad Bergesen RHP Lugo sixth? According to Elias, Buck Showalter is the fourth manager to win his first three games with the Orioles, joining Hank Bauer (1964), Earl Weaver (1968) and Davey Johnson (1996).
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The balancing act of developing young pitchers at the big league level

The balancing act of developing young pitchers at the big league level
With the abundance of young starters on the Orioles' staff, Jim Hunter talked with Rick Kranitz about developing young pitching at the big league level. Jim asked Rick about the balancing act between ego and stubbornness, and Kranitz talked about the importance of a pitcher's approach. Watch the video below to hear one way Kranitz says young pitchers can let the game get away from them and how they can recover from adversity.
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Adam Jones on outfield positioning

Adam Jones on outfield positioning
Several interesting topics were addressed today earlier in our MASNSports.com web studio when I hosted live chats with pitcher Jeremy Guthrie and outfielder Adam Jones. During my time with Adam, we talked about where he positions himself in the outfield. "I play the hitter. I'm not going to play Torii Hunter like I play Reggie Willets. I necessarily don't want to play too shallow or too deep to let everything sit and drop in front of me." Adam said there were discussions earlier where...
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Erbe & Mahoney updates and a look ahead

Erbe & Mahoney updates and a look ahead
The Orioles have to be somewhat concerned about right-handed pitcher Brandon Erbe of the Norfolk Tides at this point. The 22-year-old from Baltimore has not pitched since a July 24 injury-rehab start with Aberdeen and underwent an MRA exam on Thursday. Erbe has been dealing with right shoulder soreness and was on the road back to Triple-A when he was sent to Aberdeen. The O's won't know the next move with Erbe until they get the results of that exam. Erbe was expected to make three...
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Notes and quotes after an Orioles' walk-off win

Notes and quotes after an Orioles' walk-off win
Some notes and quotes from Jake Arrieta, Jason Berken and Matt Wieters after the Orioles 5-4 win over the Angels that provided them a series sweep and 3-0 record for Buck Showalter as manager. *This was the O's first three-game home sweep of the Angels since July 23-25, 1999. Their last three-game sweep of the Angels was in Anaheim from September 17-19, 1999. It was the fourth series sweep of the year following earlier sweeps over Boston, Washington and Texas. It was the O's first series...
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Walk-off win as O's go to 3-0 under Showalter

Walk-off win as O's go to 3-0 under Showalter
For the Orioles, it was a blown lead, but not a blown game. When Torii Hunter drilled a three-run homer to left off Jason Berken in the 8th, the Angels had rallied from 4-0 down to tie the game, 4-4. The homer kept Jake Arrieta from getting a win on a night he took a no-hitter into the fifth and gave up just one hit through six. But the Orioles won it in the last of the ninth. Matt Wieters led off with a double to left center and Julio Lugo came in to run for him. After a Corey Patterson...
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Will the homers come more often now for Markakis?

Will the homers come more often now for Markakis?
Nick Markakis hit his eighth homer of the year in the 6th tonight to break up the 0-0 tie. He drove a Dan Haren pitch 416 feet to right field. It is good to see Markakis turn on the ball and drive the inside pitch to right. It seems he gets a lot of his doubles gap to gap, but he sure does have the punch to turn and drive the ball over that scoreboard in right field here at Camden Yards. Some wonder why he doesn't do it more often. Markakis may come up with a flurry of homers this month. ...
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