SALISBURY–The best season in Delmarva Shorebirds history is over. In a game that was scoreless heading into extra innings, the Hickory Crawdads scored the only run in the top of 10th inning and swept the Shorebirds on Friday night to advance to face the Lexington Legends in the South Atlantic League Championship...
BOWIE– The Bowie Baysox had moments of brilliance in Game 2 of their division series. But it wasn’t enough to overcome their sloppy play throughout the game, leading the Harrisburg Senators to a series-tying 5-4 victory in 12 innings on Thursday night. Harrisburg first baseman Dante Bichette Jr., son of former major...
BOWIE—The Bowie Baysox, whose improbable second-half run gave them an unexpected place in the Eastern League playoffs, got off to a good start in their first playoff game since 2015. Bowie, which beat out Erie for the second playoff spot in the Western Division, scored three eight-inning runs to break a 2-2...
Minor league season wrap-up, Part 2: On Monday, I took a look at Bowie, Delmarva and Aberdeen, three Oriole minor league teams that either qualified for the playoffs or just missed. In Part 2 of the minor league season recap, we’ll examine High-A Frederick and Triple-A Norfolk, teams that didn’t compete for...
Minor league season wrap-up, Part 1 Labor Day doesn’t just mean September callups. It also means the end of the minor league regular season. All five Oriole affiliates wrapped up their regular seasons Monday, with the system as a whole producing a mixed bag. Low-A Delmarva and Double-A Bowie are headed to...
SALISBURY-As Adley Rutschman stepped into the left-handed batter’s box for pregame batting practice, it took a few swings for everyone in the press box to start watching. It was more than 2 1/2 hours before the start of Thursday night’s game against the Greensboro Grasshoppers, and Rutschman didn’t have his number 37...
BOWIE-Michael Baumann didn’t know something special was happening until about the fifth inning. The 6-foot-4 right-hander was on the mound for the Bowie Baysox, making just his fifth appearance for the Orioles’ Double-A team since being called up from High-A Frederick. By that point on July 16, Baumann hadn’t allowed a hit...
ABERDEEN-About 40 years ago, Randy Rutschman was in Maryland working for a private airline company. He coached his boss’s son’s baseball team, finding time to catch a game at Memorial Stadium and take the team to Washington D.C. for a day. That was the last time he was in the Baltimore area...
ABERDEEN-On a day when the Orioles are hoping this is the first step in a long and successful career in orange and black, Adley Rutschman is just looking forward to playing baseball. The No.1 overall pick has had to wait a little longer than he expected to make his minor league debut...
Nearly a year after he was the centerpiece of the Zack Britton trade, Dillon Tate has finally found his groove in the Orioles’ minor league system. While his 3.74 ERA entering Wednesday’s game doesn’t look too impressive on the surface, it has continued to drop since the 25-year-old right-hander transitioned away from...