Most couples in their mid-to-late 20s don’t have to deal with life-and-death issues. Trey Mancini and Sara Perlman are not one of those couples. Mancini, the Orioles’ 28-year-old outfielder/first baseman who underwent colon cancer surgery on March 12, has had a caring companion in Perlman. The 25-year-old Perlman, who was MASN’s sideline...
BALTIMORE—This will be remembered as the series in which the Orioles made the strategic mistake of continuing to pitch to a red-hot Randal Grichuk, compounding their own mistakes on the field. Grichuk homered twice on Wednesday, including a two-run shot in the sixth that turned a 2-1 Orioles lead into a 3-2...
BALTIMORE—In the top of the 10th inning, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde decided to insert Chris Davis as a defensive replacement for Renato Nuñez at first base. In a 2020 innovation, teams are given a runner on second base to start each extra inning, and that was key in the Orioles’ 8-7 loss,...
BALTIMORE—The Orioles placed shortstop José Iglesias on the 10-day injured list because of a strained left quadriceps muscle on Tuesday. The move is retroactive to Sunday. Iglesias has been dealing with this injury since the first series of the season, and the Orioles have been reluctant to make the move because he’s...
BALTIMORE—The Orioles finally got a lengthy start. Unfortunately for Alex Cobb, his stat line outweighed his pitching performance. Cobb was undone by three infield singles in the third, and the Orioles did virtually nothing to support him offensively in a 7-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday night at Camden...
BALTIMORE—The Orioles are hoping for a long start from Alex Cobb on Monday night against the Toronto Blue Jays. They’ve had only one extended start, when Tommy Milone pitched six scoreless innings against Washington on August 7th. Manager Brandon Hyde said he’s confident the Orioles will start seeing longer starts. “I’m not...
BALTIMORE—It was a difficult day for John Means. Returning to the mound 12 days after the death of his father, Means was hoping to pitch two innings. Instead, Means threw 34 pitches and faced only seven batters in the first inning. He retired just two of them and allowed three runs in...
BALTIMORE—Andrew Velázquez is one of the most anonymous of the surprising Orioles. Velázquez, a 5-foot-8 26-year-old utilityman from the Bronx, is playing for his fourth major league organization and has finally gotten some playing time. First, he started at shortstop when José Iglesias was slowed by a quadriceps injury. Lately, he’s been...
BALTIMORE—The Orioles placed centerfielder Austin Hays on the 10-day injured list with a non-displaced rib fracture on Saturday. Hays was hit by a pitch on August 6th against Miami, got X-rays, which were negative, but the condition got worse, manager Brandon Hyde said. Hays made two difficult catches in the Philadelphia series,...
BALTIMORE—Earlier on Friday night, the Orioles had completed their suspended game from five days before with a victory over the Washington Nationals and had their longest winning streak in nearly three years — six in a row. They’d also swept consecutive road series for the first time in 15 years and were...