Renee Blair gave a virtual rendition of the national anthem at Oriole Park at Camden Yards before Sunday afternoon's matchup with the Rays.

Valaika's single in the bottom of the 11th inning pushed the Orioles over the Rays 5-4.

The Orioles took down the Rays 5-4 in 11 innings on Saturday.

LeBlanc threw 5.1 innings and allowed just 1 run in the win over the Rays on Saturday.

Though he's throwing off a mound without pain in his right hand, Stephen Strasburg won't be rejoining the Nationals rotation in time for this week's series against the Mets. Strasburg threw 31 pitches off the bullpen mound today before his teammates participated in a simulated game at Nationals Park. Manager Davey Martinez said the right-hander's next step will be to throw a "regular" bullpen session Wednesday. "Right now, he says he feels really good," Martinez said on a Zoom call with...

With a win today, the Orioles can do something they didn't do once in 2019: sweep a series. Last year the Orioles had zero series sweeps, but they were swept 13 times by other clubs. So today, after winning this weekend by scores of 6-3 and 5-4 in 11 innings, the Orioles can sweep the Tampa Bay Rays. In the 2018 season the Orioles had two sweeps. They swept a two-game series on the road against the New York Mets June 5-6. They also swept three in a row from the Toronto Blue Jays at home Aug....

Rio Ruiz has been scratched from the lineup today for unspecified reasons. He was supposed to play third base and bat cleanup. Pat Valaika, who delivered the walk-off single last night in the 11th inning, has replaced Ruiz at third. Orioles manager Brandon Hyde is sitting Austin Hays today, a decision based on performance rather than health. The center fielder isn't in the same category as first baseman Chris Davis and shortstop José Iglesias, who are out of the lineup again due to...

Chris Davis and José Iglesias remain out of the Orioles' lineup this afternoon as they go for their first series sweep since August 2018. Iglesias pinch-hit last night but didn't play in the field. Austin Hays also is on the bench today, with Hanser Alberto leading off. Cedric Mullins is playing center field. Rio Ruiz is batting cleanup and Andrew Velazquez is the shortstop. Renato Núñez replaces Davis at first base. Chance Sisco is the designated hitter. Left-hander Tommy Milone is...

By striking out 10 Tampa Bay batters last night, the Orioles tied a team record. Their staff has now fanned 10 or more hitters in four straight games. This is the fourth time they've done this since 1954. They would not have been able to tie the mark without last night's game going extra innings. Birds pitchers had eight strikeouts through nine innings. But Tanner Scott got one in the 10th and Travis Lakins Sr., on the way to his first MLB win, got one in the 11th. Records are nice, but...

The Orioles chose to walk off the field after last night's 5-4 win and leave their roster alone. They didn't execute a post-midnight trade and spring a Zoom conference call on an unsuspecting media. How boring. Digesting a Richard Bleier trade requires multiple stomachs. Only cows got it right away. My surface reaction went something like this: "What?" Bleier was a trade chip for sure and July 31 made sense in a normal season, but not necessarily in 2020 after six games. A team in desperate...