Rich Dubroff
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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...
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April 16, 2021 at 6:33 pm
Hyde hopes Hays is back by Sunday, believes Oriole offense will break out; Kremer gets Saturday start
Manager Brandon Hyde hopes that outfielder Austin Hays, who has been on the 10-day injured list because of a strained right hamstring since April 5th, can return to the team on Sunday in its final game of the three-game weekend series in Texas or on Tuesday in Miami. Hyde said that Hays...
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Observations on Orioles’ hitting and starting pitching through first 2 weeks
The Orioles ended the first two weeks of the season with a 5-8 record. Few conclusions can be drawn from less than 10 percent of the 162-game season. A year ago, the Orioles ran off to a 12-8 start. That was vastly different. It was one-third through a 60-game season, and there...
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April 15, 2021 at 6:51 pm
Orioles swept in doubleheader; Zimmermann allows 2 home runs; Offense gets just 3 hits
BALTIMORE—The first Orioles homestand of the season is over. It’s one they’d like to forget. They lost six of seven games, including both ends of a doubleheader to the Seattle Mariners on Thursday. They scored just three runs in the two games, wasting solid starting pitching from Matt Harvey in Game 1...
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Orioles score 2 runs early, Mariners score 4 runs late to win Game 1; Scott allows two runs in 6th
BALTIMORE—The Orioles had a fast start in the first inning of the first game of Thursday’s doubleheader against the Mariners, but their offense sputtered after that. Trey Mancini hit a two-run home run in the first, and the Orioles did nothing offensively after that. Reliever Tanner Scott gave up two runs in...
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Orioles’ Mountcastle hopes he’s over slump; Urías impresses Hyde; Ruiz in tailspin
BALTIMORE—It’s still early enough in the season that Ryan Mountcastle saw his batting average rise significantly after going 3-for-6 in Tuesday’s doubleheader. Entering the first game of the Orioles’ doubleheader against Seattle, Mountcastle was batting .184. He’s now he’s at .227. Mountcastle, who had hit fourth in eight of the first nine...
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April 14, 2021 at 5:25 pm
Orioles-Mariners postponed; Sceroler goes on injured list, Lakins recalled; Mancini frustrated
BALTIMORE—The Orioles’ game against the Seattle Mariners was postponed on Wednesday. It’s the second rainout for the teams in three days. Monday’s game was rained out and made up as part of a doubleheader on Tuesday. The Orioles lost Game 1, 4-3, in eight innings (seven innings are played in doubleheaders) after...
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April 12, 2021 at 8:46 pm
Orioles-Mariners postponed by rain; Tuesday doubleheader will start at 4:05
The Orioles’ scheduled game against the Seattle Mariners was postponed by rain on Monday night. The Orioles and Mariners will play a doubleheader on Tuesday, beginning at 4:05 p.m. John Means, who was supposed to start on Tuesday will pitch Game 1. Dean Kremer, the scheduled starter on Monday night, will pitch...
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Orioles drop Mountcastle in batting order; No changes to pitching staff; Situational hitting
BALTIMORE—Manager Brandon Hyde moved Ryan Mountcastle to sixth in the batting order for Monday night’s game against the Seattle Mariners. In his first nine games, Mountcastle is batting .184 with a home run and five RBIs. He leads the major leagues in strikeouts with 17. Mountcastle has hit fourth in eight games,...
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Orioles hope Kremer can get week off to better start; Traditional rivalries return
BALTIMORE—Dean Kremer will be the final Orioles pitcher to get his second start on Monday night against the Seattle Mariners. Of the first nine games, Kremer has the shortest start, a three-plus inning effort against the New York Yankees on April 6th, but it was not without its moments. Kremer gave up...
