BALTIMORE—The Orioles played small ball in the seventh inning, and bigger ball in the eighth. Eight late-inning runs sent them to a win and a series split with the Washington Nationals. Trailing 2-1 in the seventh, Nationals manager Dave Martinez called on Wander Suero to relieve Erick Fedde, who allowed just Trey...
BALTIMORE—It’s one of the hottest spells in Baltimore in years, and the forecast is for even warmer temperatures this weekend. For some of the Orioles who grew up in warm weather, there’s still no getting around a Baltimore summer. Renato Nunez knows about heat. He’s from Valencia, Venezuela, a beach area that’s...
BALTIMORE—The Orioles have scored two runs and had seven hits in their past two games. That’s not going to produce many wins. On Sunday, they didn’t have a single baserunner through eight innings. They managed three hits in the ninth and lost, 4-1. After an off-day, the bats were quiet again Tuesday...
BALTIMORE—The Orioles and the Washington Nationals are what passes for a rivalry in the Mid-Atlantic. Last year, the Orioles lost five of six to the Nationals. In 2019, they’ll play four games with the teams meeting at Nationals Park on August 27 and 28. Erick Fedde will start for the Nationals against...
BOWIE—A difficult start to the Bowie Baysox’s season is long in the past. Bowie, the Orioles’ Double-A affiliate, lost 17 of its first 21 games. On June 1, the Baysox fell a season-low 16 games below .500 at 19-35. Since then, the Baysox have won 30 of their last 38 games, finishing...
BALTIMORE—In this most challenging of Orioles seasons, the team was presented with a new challenge on Sunday. They wanted to avoid being part of history. For eight innings, Ryne Stanek and Ryan Yarbrough completely throttled the Orioles, not allowing a baserunner. There was nothing close to a hit, and only two relatively...
BALTIMORE—It was a day of two games and one big news story for the Baltimore Orioles. Starting pitcher Andrew Cashner, who was 9-3 on a team with a 24-68 record, was traded to the Boston Red Sox for 17-year-old international prospects Elio Prado, an outfielder, and Noelberth Romero, an infielder. It was...
BALTIMORE—With the trade deadline 18 days away, Orioles general manager Mike Elias moved decisively to reiterate that the Orioles are still in the early stages of their rebuild. Between games of Saturday’s doubleheader, the Orioles traded Andrew Cashner, who was scheduled to start Sunday’s game, to the Boston Red Sox for a...
BALTIMORE—On Friday night, Stevie Wilkerson was surprised when he was asked to pitch for the first time in his professional career. The Orioles were being blown out, and with a doubleheader coming up, manager Brandon Hyde wanted to preserve his bullpen. Wilkerson pitched a perfect ninth. On Saturday afternoon, in the first...
BALTIMORE—After the Orioles played crisply in their final 10 games before the All-Star break, a rocky first inning from Dylan Bundy started their second half horribly. Bundy allowed seven runs on eight hits, and was yanked after an inning when manager Brandon Hyde discovered that Bundy had knee soreness. The evening didn’t...