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Hurricane Irma delayed the start of the Orioles' fall instructional league. The storm couldn't deny it.
Games will be held at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota beginning on Monday and running through Oct. 10. They're free and open to the public.
The instructional league program focuses on specific individual development while providing additional playing time to accelerate a player's progress through the minor league system.
The staff includes director of player development Brian Graham,...
He was just 1-for-9 with the Orioles since they called up him up Sept. 1 from Triple-A Norfolk. But in a 10-8 loss to the Red Sox in 11 innings last night, Pedro Ãlvarez batted five times and reached base five times.
Batting eighth as the designated hitter, he walked in the second and third innings, homered to right in the fifth and singled in the seventh and 10th innings. That is a 3-for-3 night with a pair of bases on balls for the veteran who re-signed with the club on March...
Left-hander Sammy SolÃs has been pitching well the last few games. He hopes this run to the finish line will be enough to prove he deserves a spot on the postseason roster.
SolÃs has a 1.35 ERA in his last seven games. But he did not pitch in May or June, making only 11 appearances before Aug. 1. SolÃs was on the disabled list with left elbow inflammation from April 19 to July 1.
He appreciates the medical staff taking it slow with him before he returned to pitching, making no...
Last night's game at Camden Yards was September baseball at its most obnoxious.
The Red Sox used 26 players, including four second basemen and nine relievers. The Orioles used eight relievers.
It's no longer baseball as we know it while teams are fighting for playoff spots. Makes no sense to me.
Miguel Castro took the loss last night, retiring the side in order with two called third strikes in the 10th inning but walking the bases loaded in the 11th and surrendering Andrew Benintendi's...
The Boston Red Sox picked up a win important to their AL East title hopes. The Orioles just added another loss and more frustration.
Boston trailed by five runs in the fifth inning tonight, but rallied to tie the game and then won it 10-8 in 11 innings over the Orioles. Now 86-64, they stay three games ahead of the Yankees for first place. The Orioles fall to 73-78 with their 10th loss in the last 12 games. This was the start of the final homestand of the year.
After he pitched a 1-2-3 tenth,...
Coming off a 2-8 road trip that pushed them 5 ½ games back for the second wild card, the Orioles jumped on the first-place Red Sox early tonight and built a five-run lead through four innings.
They got rid of Doug Fister, who didn't retire a batter in the third. They seemed to get back a little of their swagger. They were determined to win back-to-back games for the first time since Aug. 29-30.
That was before a cruel season delivered another shot to the solar plexus, with the Red Sox...
Manager: Brian Snitker (2nd season)
Record: 67-81
Last 10 games: 6-4
Who to watch: 1B Freddie Freeman (.318 with 27 HR, 69 RBIs), CF Ender Inciarte (.305 with 190 hits, 23 2B), RF Nick Markakis (.276 with 150 hits, 36 2B), LHP Sean Newcomb (3-8, 2.73 ERA), RHP Arodys VizcaÃno (5-3, 11 saves)
Season series vs. Nationals: 8-8
Pitching probables:
Sep. 19: RHP Max Scherzer vs. LHP Luiz Gohara, 7:35 p.m., MASN2Sep. 20: LHP Gio Gonzalez vs. RHP Lucas Sims, 7:35 p.m., MASN2Sep. 21: RHP Tanner Roark...
The Orioles are not officially a spoiler yet - their wild card hope is still mathematically possible - but they could make life more difficult for the AL East leading Boston Red Sox the next three nights at Camden Yards.
Boston leads the division by three games over New York, but the Red Sox have not won a series against the Orioles this year. The Orioles lead the season series 10 wins to six. The clubs have split a series of two games and two series of four games each. The Orioles won a...
The rain has stopped at Camden Yards, the sun is shining and the tarp is peeled back off the infield. It remains folded in the outfield.
I'd feel better if it were rolled up.
Adam Jones is back in the lineup tonight after missing two of the last three games with "general soreness," as manager Buck Showalter put it. Mostly in his legs.
"Better," Showalter said. "He's ready to go. We'll see. He got shortened up a couple games in New York, so I'm hoping he's over some of that Toronto...
Pedro Ãlvarez is the designated hitter tonight and Austin Hays is in right field, as the Orioles begin their final homestand with a three-game series against the Red Sox.
Adam Jones has returned to the lineup and is batting cleanup.
Xander Bogaerts is 7-for-20 (.350) with two doubles and a home run against Dylan Bundy.
Doug Fister had allowed two runs or fewer in four consecutive starts before surrendering six in four innings against the Athletics on Wednesday. He held the Orioles to two...