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With Memorial Day Weekend approaching, the Orioles have announced their season-long efforts to honor members of our Armed Forces. The club is fortunate to be surrounded by dedicated military personnel throughout the region, and grateful for all of those who risk their lives each day for our country. More than 6,800 members of our military have died, and more than 50,000 have been wounded, during combat since 2001.
Again this season, the club is offering a variety of programs that offer support...
Because of the rain, today's game will start a few minutes late as the Orioles have announced a start time of 12:45 p.m. for the series finale.
The Mariners' Nelson Cruz was a teammate of Jimmy Paredes last year with the Orioles and saw him do pretty well. This year he is seeing more of the same, maybe even better.
Cruz and Paredes are from the Dominican Republic and they trained together this winter in a group that also included the Mariners' Robinson Cano.
Cruz has been a bit of a mentor...
A light rain continues to fall at Camden Yards and the tarp is on the field while kids learn about the weather on their Field Trip Day.
Nice timing.
Manager Buck Showalter isn't confident that the game will start at 12:35 p.m., but he said the forecast is "a little better."
"I think we'll play at some point," he said, "I don't think we'll play in good conditions necessarily.
"It beats having to play on an off-day in 27 straight games. It doesn't work for either team. But right now...
Chris Tillman is set to face the Mariners at rainy Camden Yards.
Steve Pearce goes back to second base after starting in left field last night, and Ryan Lavarnway is behind the plate.
For the Orioles Manny Machado 3B Jimmy Paredes DH Adam Jones CF Delmon Young RF Chris Davis 1B Steve Pearce 2B J.J. Hardy SS Alejandro De Aza LF Ryan Lavarnway C
Chris Tillman RHP
For the Mariners Seth Smith RF Brad Miller LF Robinson Cano 2B Nelson Cruz DH Kyle Seager 3B Welington Castillo C Logan Morrison 1B...
When your favorite team has lost four of their last seven games, it's easy to be nitpicky. When they're in fourth place in the AL East on May 21, it's even more easy to just be flat out negative. Watching Nelson Cruz blast a three-run homer in his return to Charm City was painful, not only because of the dozens of replies I received on Twitter from angry O's fans, but also because the Birds have lacked a bit of the power they've had over the past few seasons.
As a team, the Orioles have...
Last week it was a new career high in strikeouts.
This week it's his first high Single-A victory.
His teammates took care of that for him with a nice comeback.
Right-hander Lucas Giolito (1-2) also went a season-high seven innings and fired 87 pitches. This is a rarified air for the kid the Nationals have been uber careful with since he recovered and returned from Tommy John surgery.
Giolito notched nine strikeouts and allowed three earned runs, walking none. He threw 63 of his 87 pitches for...
The Orioles' offense returned to scuffling last night, one night after plating nine runs. In 17 games this month, the Orioles have scored just 55 runs or 3.2 per game.
They have scored three runs or less nine times in the last 14 games. In the Orioles' last five losses, they have scored two, two, one, one and two runs.
On May 11, the Orioles began a stretch in which they would play 17 of their next 20 games at home. They are 4-4 in this stretch that continues this afternoon at Camden...
The second ejection of star Bryce Harper in the past week overshadowed the Nationals' 12th come-from-behind win in tonight's 3-2 triumph over the Yankees.
Harper, the current back-to-back winner of the National League's Player of the Week honors, was tossed by home plate umpire Melvin Hudson in the third inning during his second at-bat. Hudson had just called Yankees starter Adam Warren's first pitch to Harper a strike. It looked low. There was objection from Nationals manager Matt Williams...
The Orioles' lineup for today's series finale against the Mariners isn't expected to include first baseman Chris Davis. Manager Buck Showalter hinted yesterday that Davis would sit against left-hander J.A. Happ after he started last night against lefty Roenis Elias.
Pick your southpaw poison.
Davis was 1-for-22 in his last seven games before doubling last night in the seventh inning. He struck out twice to raise his total to 57 in 36 games.
Chris Tillman is making his first appearance since...
When the Nationals signed Max Scherzer to a seven-year, $210 million contract, they signaled that they were not only going for it in 2015 but where going to be competitive for a long time. Unfortunately, many ignored the fact that it was a multi-year contract and labeled it a win-now move. The Nationals are very interested in winning in 2015 and general manager Mike Rizzo has shown a willingness to do what it takes to construct a roster capable of doing just that, but he also wants to be able...