The Orioles begin another series tonight against another team that’s above .500. And this is where the similarities slam into a closure. The Pirates arrive having lost nine of their last 10 games, but they remain atop the National League Central. Try doing that in the American League East. Go ahead. Letdown games and series aren’t permissible, and

The Orioles have made the following roster move: Optioned LHP Drew Rom to Triple-A Norfolk after yesterday's game.

Drew Rom’s major league debut remains on hold. So close, but unable to capture it. The Orioles announced that they optioned Rom to Triple-A Norfolk following last night’s 2-1 win over the Rays at Camden Yards. A corresponding move is coming Friday when they begin a three-game series against the Pirates that’s situated in the middle of their homesta

The best news was, yes, the Orioles won a series against a Tampa Bay Rays team that brought a record of 28-7 (.800) into Baltimore on Monday night. The next best news was how they did it: with stunning pitching. When the O’s began a series in Atlanta Friday, their rotation ERA was 5.65 for the season. But in the six games versus Atlanta and Tampa B

SAN FRANCISCO – Riley Adams doesn’t find himself in this position very often, greeted by teammates in the dugout after launching a three-run homer, so why wouldn’t the Nationals’ backup catcher crack a wide smile and don the colonial wig that has become this team’s new home run celebration? “Just to be able to drive in some runs in that situation w

The lead was large and the plan was in place. Terrin Vavra found out in the top of the seventh inning of an April 29 game in Charlotte that he’d switch from playing third base to catching for the first time as a professional. Take your at-bat, put on the gear and replace starter Maverick Handley with Triple-A Norfolk ahead 16-1. In a weird coincide

Dean Kremer didn’t allow a hit tonight until one out in the fourth inning. Nine batters in a row retired since his back-to-back walks in the first. Then came another single and the possibility of his start eroding. Isaac Paredes slapped a sinker on the ground. Good for Kremer. The ball was aimed at shortstop Jorge Mateo. Even better. Mateo began th

The Orioles (23-13) tonight have a chance for another series victory – it would be their eighth series win in the last nine tries – and a chance to become just the third team in 2023 to take a series from the Tampa Bay Rays (29-8). The Rays are 9-2 in 11 series for the season, going 1-2 to lose series against both Toronto and Houston. They have won

SAN FRANCISCO – Run support is a funny thing. It comes and goes, often without rationale or explanation. Some guys get tons of it. Some never get it. Some have no idea what they’re going to get from one game to the next. Josiah Gray had been the biggest victim in the Nationals rotation, really in the major leagues, through much of April, the recipi

Orioles manager Brandon Hyde made out tonight’s lineup assuming that right-hander Yonny Chirinos will get the bulk of the innings after left-hander Jalen Beeks, who’s serving as the opener. Beeks has appeared in 13 games, 11 in relief, and totaled 16 innings. Ryan O’Hearn is in the lineup as the left-handed designated hitter. “With Beeks, not sure