Rich Dubroff
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April 24, 2021 at 7:00 am
Orioles fall, 3-1, to red-hot Athletics; Offense doesn’t deliver; López loses control in 2nd
BALTIMORE–The Orioles fell victim to baseball’s hottest team on Friday night, even if the Oakland Athletics were hardly playing at their best. Oakland won its 12th straight game, as the Orioles failed to capitalize on numerous scoring chances and lost, 3-1, before 7,574 at Oriole Park. The Orioles are 8-11 and 1-7...
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April 23, 2021 at 6:02 pm
Hyde says Orioles soon will meet 85 percent vaccination rate; Roberson new voice; No decision on Saturday starter
The Orioles soon will have 85 percent of their players and staff vaccinated for Covid-19, manager Brandon Hyde said Friday. Major League Baseball will allow teams that meet the 85 percent rate to no longer wear masks in dugouts or bullpens or wear contact tracing devices in team facilities. They also can...
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The surprising success of the Orioles’ bullpen
The Orioles’ bullpen enters Friday’s game against the Oakland Athletics with an ERA of 3.38. How good is that? In 2016, the Orioles’ most recent winning and playoff-qualifying season, the bullpen’s ERA was 3.40. That was the year Zack Britton reeled off 47 successful save conversions, and Brad Brach had a career-best...
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April 22, 2021 at 7:00 am
Santander’s injury changes dynamic of Orioles’ outfield
Austin Hays had been activated from the 10-day injured list for Tuesday’s game in Miami. However, he wasn’t in the starting lineup and, although he hoped to play, he didn’t think it would be in the first inning. The game’s second batter, Anthony Santander, singled to center but was forced to leave...
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April 21, 2021 at 5:17 pm
Oriole offense missing in 3-0 loss to Marlins; Zimmermann blames himself on bunt play
For the fourth time this season, the Orioles had a chance to reach .500 with a win. Each time, they’ve come up short. In the final game of their five-game road trip, they were shut out for the third time this season, getting just four hits and seeing just 99 pitches in...
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Ankle sprain puts Orioles’ Santander on injured list; McKenna recalled
The Orioles placed rightfielder Anthony Santander on the 10-day injured list because of a sprained left ankle on Wednesday. Manager Brandon Hyde said Santander is expected to miss two-to-four weeks. Santander injured the ankle in the first inning of Tuesday night’s game in Miami when he rolled the ankle trying to get...
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April 20, 2021 at 7:00 am
Mancini’s rough start; Making sense of Orioles’ outfield; Urías’ solid week
With 16 games played, the Orioles’ 2021 season is about 10 percent complete. That means, if you extrapolate, Trey Mancini’s three home runs and 11 runs batted in would be 30 homers and 110 RBIs, numbers that might be expected of him. On the other hand, his 19 strikeouts extrapolate into 190,...
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April 19, 2021 at 7:00 am
Orioles’ Hyde explains Kremer’s option to the alternate site
The most surprising Oriole news this weekend wasn’t that the team won its second series of the season after losing six of seven at home. Nor was it that they’re 6-3 on the road and that they were a run away from a .500 record after 16 games. No, it was that...
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April 18, 2021 at 6:22 pm
Orioles’ lose, 1-0, in 10 innings to Rangers; Means dominant; Hitters struggle with shadows
Nate Lowe’s 10th-inning bases-loaded single gave the Texas Rangers a 1-0 victory over the Orioles on Sunday at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. In the bottom of the 10th, Charlie Culberson, the Rangers’ automatic runner at second, was thrown out when Eli White’s bunt was fielded by Travis Lakins, the Orioles’...
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April 17, 2021 at 7:00 am
López gets 1st win as Orioles beat Rangers; Ruiz, Stewart homer; Bullpen strong
Orioles starter Jorge López entered Friday night’s game against the Texas Rangers with an 11.42 ERA in his first two starts. López pitched five strong innings and was backed by home runs from DJ Stewart and Rio Ruiz in the Orioles’ 5-2 win over the Texas Rangers in Baltimore’s first game at...
