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In his first full year exclusively as a reliever in 2014, Zach Britton provided the Orioles with nearly everything they could have asked for. After Tommy Hunter flamed out as the team's closer (and was placed on the disabled list in late May), Britton seized control of the closer's role and never looked back. He posted a 1.65 ERA (and 3.13 FIP) in 76 1/3 innings, finished with a phenomenal groundball percentage of 75.3 (highest among all major league pitchers with at least 20 innings by a...
Manager: John Gibbons, third year Record: 6-7 Last 10 games: 4-6 Who to watch: 2B Devon Travis (.356/.408/.644, 4 doubles, 3 HR, 12 RBIs, 9 R); 3B Josh Donaldson (.314/.368/.549, 3 doubles, 3 HR, 10 RBIs, 10 R); LHP Mark Buehrle (2-0, 3.75 ERA, 1.50 WHIP); RHP Roberto Osuna (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 0.750 WHIP, 8 IP) Season series vs. O's: 2-1, 23 runs scored, 19 runs allowed
Pitching probables April 21: LHP Mark Buehrle vs. RHP Bud Norris, 7 p.m., MASN2 April 22: RHP Aaron Sanchez vs. RHP Ubaldo...
The next time Kevin Gausman takes the mound in a relief role, check whether he's pitching from the stretch instead of a windup with no runners on base.
Gausman has done it in his last two appearances, most recently on Sunday afternoon, when he tossed two scoreless innings against the Red Sox to complete the Orioles' 8-3 victory at Fenway Park. He entered the game at the start of the eighth inning, the bases clean, and worked from the stretch.
Gausman said he made the change after talking to...
Longtime Baltimore baseball fans may remember the 1993 season. Baltimore was home for a season to two baseball teams. The Orioles played at shiny, new Camden Yards, while the Double-A Bowie Baysox played at old Memorial Stadium.
It was the first year for the Baysox franchise and, despite horrendous weather on the eve of the season and a big league team taking attention away from them, the Baysox made a nice go of it.
They faced more challenges the next season. Their first 30 or some home games...
BOSTON - The Orioles had to settle for a split of their four-game series with today's rain-shortened 7-1 loss to the Red Sox.
The Orioles committed three errors, the first time they've had more than one this season.
Adam Jones' hitting streak ended at nine games. This is the second time in 13 games that Jones and Chris Davis were held hitless in the same game.
Wei-Yin Chen surrendered a career-high five unearned runs in 4 1/3 innings. Before today, he allowed four unearned runs since...
BOSTON - Third baseman Melvin Mora and outfielders Gary Roenicke and John Lowenstein have been elected into the Orioles Hall of Fame. Roenicke and Lowenstein, the popular platoon duo, will be enshrined as selections of the Veterans Committee.
Long-time Orioles scout Fred Uhlman Sr. will be inducted as this year's Herb Armstrong Award winner.
Mora, Roenicke, and Uhlman will be honored at a luncheon at Camden Yards sponsored by the Oriole Advocates on Friday, Aug. 14 at noon, and again during an...
The Orioles today announced that former Orioles third baseman Melvin Mora has been elected to the Orioles Hall of Fame. Additionally, the former left field platoon duo of John Lowenstein and Gary Roenicke will be enshrined as selections of the Veteran's Committee, and long-time Orioles scout Fred Uhlman Sr. will be inducted as this year's Herb Armstrong Award winner. Mora, Roenicke, and Uhlman will be honored at a luncheon at Oriole Park sponsored by the Oriole Advocates, founders of the...
With a chance to win the series and move into first place in the American League East, the Orioles fell flat today. They allowed five unearned runs on three errors and had just four hits in a rain-shortened 7-1 loss to Boston.
Play was halted before the bottom of the seventh and the game was not resumed after a 1-hour, 42-minute rain delay. So, it is an official game that lasted 6 1/2 innings.
The Red Sox are 8-5 while the Orioles fall to 7-6 after a split of this four-game series.
The bottom...
BOSTON - Ryan Flaherty dreamed of playing in Fenway Park while growing up in Maine.
Now he practically owns the place.
Getting another start at second base today, Flaherty doubled off the Green Monster in left field in the second inning to score Travis Snider and tie the game 1-1.
Snider led off with a triple, the ball scooting past center fielder Mookie Betts and rolling to the deepest part of the ballpark. Manny Machado lined to short, but Flaherty knotted the score.
Flaherty is 6-for-12 with...
In the Red Sox's series against the Washington Nationals last week, they scored 22 runs in taking two of three games. The Red Sox have scored seven runs in losing two of the first three against the Orioles.
After the O's bullpen was scored upon in each of the season's first 10 games, creating some concern, the club's relievers have pitched scoreless ball in back-to-back games.
That is 7 2/3 innings with no runs and two hits given up the past two games at Fenway Park. The relievers gave up...