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The Orioles have won back-to-back games just once this season. They beat the Yankees on April 5-6 at Yankee Stadium. A win today over Cleveland and they would double that total.
The Orioles (6-14) host Cleveland (9-8) at Camden Yards in Game 2 of a four-game series and 10-game homestand. Baltimore won 3-1 last night behind right-hander Dylan Bundy.
Today, Chris Tillman is set to make his fourth start. The right-hander has faced three teams that made the playoffs last season in his first three...
We often hear Orioles manager Buck Showalter say that for a pitcher sometimes less is more. He is usually referencing velocity with that comment. That seems to be the case right now for left-hander Tanner Scott, who was recalled to the big leagues for the second time this season yesterday.
Scott has a fastball that can touch 100 mph and did last year in the big leagues, when he got into two games in September. He made his big league debut Sept. 20 vs. Boston and his first two major league...
Trey Mancini said his right knee is swollen and he's having difficulty flexing the leg, which suggests that he's probably unavailable for today's game against the Indians at Camden Yards.
Mancini underwent a CT scan to confirm that he hadn't suffered any structural damage. He has a couple of sutures in the knee to close the gashes he sustained last night while sliding into the brick wall in foul territory.
"It's really sore today," he said. "Just four inches or so under the wall that...
Trey Mancini is out of the Orioles lineup today after injuring his right knee last night in the eighth inning.
Craig Gentry is leading off and playing left field.
Mancini banged the knee against the brick wall in foul territory while attempting to make a sliding catch. He received a couple of stitches after undergoing an x-ray.
Another update is coming later today.
Pedro Ãlvarez continues to bat second as the designated hitter and rookie Chance Sisco stays behind the plate.
Among American...
LOS ANGELES - Though he was the clear winner of Friday night's vaunted showdown with Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer wasn't exactly in peak form for the Nationals.
The reigning back-to-back National League Cy Young Award winner allowed only one run over six innings and emerged with the win in the Nats' 5-2 victory over Kershaw and the Dodgers, but he found himself pitching out of jams all night, with a heavy workload.
Los Angeles put at least one runner in scoring position in five of...
LOS ANGELES - Ballplayers don't like to make a big deal out of any one individual game, especially the 20th game of a 162-game season. There are, however, exceptions, and Max Scherzer versus Clayton Kershaw certainly qualified.
Only 12 times before in major league history had two pitchers with three Cy Young Awards apiece gone head to head, none in the last dozen years. So even the principal participants tonight were willing to concede they had some extra juice when they took the...
So the Orioles got a much-needed win over a good team with Friday's 3-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians. They ended an 11-game losing streak. Yes, I know they had lost their previous six games. But they had also lost their previous 11 games when scoring three runs or fewer. The Orioles were 1-11 on the year in such games. The only previous win was opening day, 3-2 over Minnesota.
It had to be nice for the team and its fans to get a win and at least a small glimmer of hope that they might...
The left side of the infield has been a red-hot topic of conversation during the Orioles' frigid start to the 2018 season. Returning Manny Machado to shortstop upon his request, experimenting with Tim Beckham at third base, the plays that haven't been made while the losses piled up.
Manager Buck Showalter said at FanFest that the change could be reversed in spring training, though the commitment made to Machado didn't figure to come with a March expiration date. The Orioles will stick with...
Trey Mancini underwent an MRI on his right knee tonight and his spot in the lineup and atop the order is in jeopardy for Saturday afternoon's game against the Indians.
Mancini sustained a couple of "punctures" in the knee, according to manager Buck Showalter, and he's likely to receive stitches to close the wounds. Nothing more serious was included in the update following a 3-1 Orioles victory at Camden Yards.
Yonder Alonso's fly ball into foul territory drove Mancini near the left field...
LOS ANGELES - How do you beat Clayton Kershaw, Davey Martinez was asked this afternoon.
"You've got to be aggressive," the Nationals manager said. "He's going to be in the strike zone. So get a good pitch you can hit."
How about three pitches to three batters? Is that aggressive enough?
The Nats came out swinging tonight against the Dodgers' three-time Cy Young Award winner, and they were greatly rewarded for the no-holds-barred approach, scoring two runs in the top of the first to give...