BALTIMORE—The Orioles and Boston Red Sox will play in next year’s Little League Classic game in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The game, on August 23, 2020, will be played at Bowman Field, the home of the Williamsport Crosscutters of the New York-Penn League. Bowman Field, which is the second-oldest minor league ballpark in the...
BALTIMORE—Manager Brandon Hyde was frustrated and candid after a second straight night of watching the New York Yankees hit multiple home run against his Oriole pitchers. After surrendering five home runs to the Yankees on Monday night, the Orioles gave up six more in their 9-4 loss on Tuesday. “It sucks. It’s...
BALTIMORE—DJ Stewart suffered a freak injury when he was was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk on May 28. In his seventh game, a nasty collision in foul territory with Hanser Alberto sent him to the 10-day injured list on June 6 with a sprained right ankle. On Tuesday night, in his first game...
BALTIMORE—Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said that reliever Mychal Givens was going to face the New York Yankees big hitters, and he summoned him to start the seventh inning. Givens rarely pitches the seventh, but with Aaron Judge batting second, Hyde decided he needed his most trusted reliever in the game. Judge is...
BALTIMORE—After Sunday’s game, the Orioles optioned rookie right-hander Dillon Tate to Triple-A Norfolk. In his place, right-hander Tayler Scott gets his second call to the Orioles this season. Scott, who was claimed on waivers from Seattle on June 25, had a two-game audition with the Orioles last month. The only native South...
BALTIMORE—The Orioles continue to take baby steps in their long rebuild. After a 5-4 road trip, they lost the first two games of a four-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays and were outscored, 16-4. In the final two games, they won taut contests that featured gutty late-inning relief performances. On Sunday,...
BALTIMORE—Perhaps the most fascinating of all the new Orioles in 2019 is Hanser Alberto. His story has been told enough — claimed on waivers from the San Francisco Giants in January, lost on waivers the next month and quickly claimed back. It was surprising that Alberto made the Opening Day roster, and...
BALTIMORE-Jonathan Villar is in the starting lineup for Saturday night’s game, and he has played in each of the Orioles’ 109 games this season. Villar has started 106 games and entered in the late innings three times. Villar would like for the record to show that he played in all 162 games...
BALTIMORE—After their West Coast trip that resulted in five wins in nine games, manager Brandon Hyde was hoping that the Orioles’ strong offense would carry over to their homestand. So far, that hasn’t been the case. After scoring at least seven runs in each of their five wins on the trip, the...
BALTIMORE—Dillon Tate has allowed six runs in his first five major league innings for an ERA of 10.80. To manager Brandon Hyde, the 25-year-old right-hander has pitched much better than the stats indicate. “I don’t have a long track record with Dillon except for some innings in spring training and monitoring the...