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The Orioles began today with a team batting average of .231 and just 22 runs scored over their first seven games.
But their offense broke out in a big way this afternoon, as the Orioles routed the Yankees 14-5 to even this series at a win each.
The Orioles had hit just three homers on the season until Adam Jones, Delmon Young and Matt Wieters connected for two-run homers today. The O's 14 runs and 20 hits were easily season highs, topping the previous bests of six runs and 10 hits.
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NEW YORK - Before today, Ryan Flaherty's last three-hit game occurred on Aug. 2, 2013 against the Mariners.
Before today, Delmon Young's last three-hit game also occurred on Aug. 2, 2013, while playing for the Phillies.
Hold me.
Chris Davis led off the eighth inning with a single for the Orioles' 17th hit today. Matt Wieters was the only starter without a hit, though he lifted a sacrifice fly in the sixth.
That was before Wieters belted a two-run homer off left-hander Vidal Nuno to...
Ryan Zimmerman is out of the Nationals lineup for a second straight day, as the team tries to decide a course of action regarding the third baseman's swollen right shoulder.
Zimmerman left Saturday's game after the fifth inning when he hurt his shoulder on a throwing error. He pinch-hit on Sunday, but did not play the field.
Anthony Rendon is starting at third with Danny Espinosa at second as Washington opens a series against the surprising Marlins. Bryce Harper is back in the Nats lineup and...
NEW YORK - The Orioles gave left-hander Wei-Yin Chen a six-run lead today and he handed back three runs in the bottom of the fourth.
It's never easy in the Bronx.
Chen has allowed nine hits in five innings today, increasing his total to 21 over 10 2/3 frames. He's thrown 102 pitches, 65 for strikes.
Josh Stinson had been warming in the bullpen with the Orioles holding a 7-4 lead, but he took a seat after Brian McCann grounded out to end the fifth and strand Jacoby Ellsbury at third.
Chen...
NEW YORK - The Orioles jumped on Yankees starter Ivan Nova for three runs in the first inning today, another fast start for a team that's lost five of seven games.
The Orioles have scored six runs in the first inning and eight in the ninth.
Nick Markakis and Delmon Young opened with singles and Chris Davis lifted a sacrifice fly. Adam Jones followed with a two-run homer, his first of the season, on a 92 mph fastball.
Jones had been 7-for-35 against Nova.
Young is 8-for-13 with two homers,...
The Orioles may have returned north to start their season, but the team's presence is still strong at the team's spring training home in Sarasota, Fla.
This past Sunday, teams donning black and orange took the field at the Orioles' Ed Smith Stadium for the All-American Family Day & Concert softball game, hosted by the Baltimore Orioles.
The Sarasota All Stars, made up of local celebrities including media members and politicians, squared off against the Manasota Military All Stars, and...
The Orioles are just 1-5 since winning on opening day and today they face right-hander Ivan Nova (1-0, 3.18 ERA) in New York. Wei-Yin Chen (0-1, 6.35 ERA) starts for the Orioles in the second game of the three-game series.
We've talked a lot about the starting pitching here already in the first eight days of the season. Let's take a look at the offense so far.
The Orioles have scored just 22 runs in seven games and have scored three runs or less in five of those games. They have hit just...
NEW YORK - The sun is out and the Orioles are taking batting practice and doing infield drills. The temperature actually is rising. Imagine the possibilities.
Orioles manager Buck Showalter told reporters this morning that shortstop J.J. Hardy is feeling "a lot better" despite being out of the lineup for the fourth time in five games with lingering tightness in his lower back.
Showalter indicated that Hardy should be available today, though he would make the same claim if it weren't true...
NEW YORK - It's another rainy and cold morning in the Bronx. Still waiting for baseball weather to kick in and no longer make me feel as though I should be waiting for a coin toss and the opening kickoff.
Much more of this and I'll be setting up an interview with the Orioles' special teams coach.
J.J. Hardy is again out of the lineup, as he's sidelined for the fourth time in five games because of spasms and tightness in his lower back. Ryan Flaherty is at shortstop with Steve Lombardozzi...