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MINNEAPOLIS - The Orioles finish up their three-game series against the Minnesota Twins this afternoon and head back home. If you blinked, you may have missed this road trip.
Their starters in the last two games have each lasted four innings. They're looking for left-hander Wei-Yin Chen to give them some length today and spare the bullpen, though they're adding another reliever as insurance.
Chen lasted only four innings in a May 1 start in Seattle, but he went 6 1/3 against the Royals in...
BOWIE, Md. - It was not the easiest night to play or pitch. There was on-and-off rain. And, for a rare occasion, Kevin Gausman saw his command a bit on and off, too.
The Orioles' 2012 first-round pick still pitched well, giving up just one run, but after walking just one batter in his first six starts over 35 2/3 innings, Gausman walked three last night in Double-A Bowie's 2-1 loss to Erie, going to a three-ball count nine times.
"For the conditions, I felt pretty good," Gausman said. "I...
MINNEAPOLIS - The Orioles optioned pitcher Steve Johnson to Triple-A Norfolk following tonight's game. They will announce a corresponding roster move Sunday morning. They need to add a reliever who can pitch multiple innings.
Making his first start for the Orioles this season, Johnson was changing speeds effectively over the first two innings while keeping the Twins off the scoreboard and protecting a 3-0 lead.
And then?
"I just kind of lost it," he said.
Johnson wouldn't use the cold...
MINNEAPOLIS - The Orioles appear to be leaning toward making a roster move that would add a reliever for Sunday afternoon's game against the Minnesota Twins.
"We're looking at it," said manager Buck Showalter following tonight's 8-5 loss to the Twins.
Showalter needed Troy Patton to go two innings in relief of Steve Johnson, who allowed six runs and seven hits in four innings on a cold and windy night at Target Field. Brian Matusz and Pedro Strop each tossed a scoreless inning.
The...
MINNEAPOLIS - Steve Johnson's 2013 debut with the Orioles lasted only four innings and could lead to another roster move following tonight's game.
Johnson allowed six runs and seven hits in four innings, with four walks (one intentional), three strikeouts and a wild pitch. He threw 88 pitches, 48 for strikes.
The fourth inning got away from him. The Twins sent nine batters to the plate and scored four runs to take a 6-4 lead. Brian Dozier had a two-run double, and Justin Morneau had a...
Stephen Strasburg retired 12 of the first 13 hitters he faced today.
He then retired just one of his last eight hitters before being pulled after five innings of work.
Strasburg started off dominant, then faded after Ryan Zimmerman's throwing error with two outs in the fifth inning. Following that error, Strasburg walked the Cubs' No. 8 hitter, Darwin Barney, who came into today hitting .153 on the season. He then allowed a two-run double to Edwin Jackson, the opposing pitcher, who didn't...
For a while, it looked like this afternoon's outing was going to be Stephen Strasburg's best of the season. Through his first 4 2/3 innings, he'd allowed just two Cubs baserunners and had struck out seven. He was mowing hitters down with a fastball that topped out at 98 mph and worked in dazzling off-speed pitches.
By the time the fifth inning ended, Strasburg had allowed five hits, two walks and four runs, and the Nationals suddenly trailed 4-0. A Ryan Zimmerman error with two outs and...
The Nationals' 8-2 loss to the Cubs Saturday was difficult to take on a couple of levels.
Right-hander Stephen Strasburg unraveled following a throwing error by Ryan Zimmerman with two outs in the fifth.
It was Zimmerman's sixth error of the season.
In the seventh, Zimmerman allowed a hard-hit grounder by Alfonso Soriano to get past him at third base into left field. That was Zimmerman's second error of the game and seventh of the season.
But the first error is the one that will be...
BOWIE, Md. - Throwing a steady diet of upper 90s fastballs, Kevin Gausman has pitched two scoreless innings tonight here at Bowie, and the Baysox have a 1-0 lead after the second frame.
The game was scheduled to start at 6:35 p.m., but began 55 minutes late due to a rain delay.
After seeing several pitches register at 97 mph on the stadium radar gun, one pitch was clocked at 100 mph during the top of the second. Whether is a true reading or not, I'm not sure, but I am sure I saw triple...
MINNEAPOLIS - The Orioles have decided to double their pleasure again tonight.
Manny Machado and Adam Jones doubled in the first inning, giving the Orioles nine in the first two games of this series. Nick Markakis and Chris Davis, who didn't get the memo, had RBI singles and Matt Wieters lifted a sacrifice fly.
Orioles 3, Twins 0.
Davis did Twins starter Vance Worley a favor by getting thrown out at second base on Wieters' fly ball to left field.
Markakis is 24-for-44 vs. the Twins since...