Conventional wisdom is that teams have an advantage playing at home. They’re not traveling and presumably know the ins-and-outs of their home field better than their opponent. That’s not the case with the 2019 Orioles. Their 9-28 record at home is easily the worst in baseball, and their team earned run average...
BALTIMORE—The Orioles headed to the West Coast after teasing the fans on Sunday. After scoring two runs in the eighth to take a one-run lead over the Boston Red Sox, reliever Mychal Givens allowed a ninth-inning home run to Marco Hernandez, tying the score, and a leadoff home run to Rafael Devers...
BALTIMORE—Trey Mancini All-Star fever is spreading. Oriole players are wearing orange T-shirts imploring fans to vote for Mancini. Perhaps you’ve seen the video with Mancini’s teammates asking for your vote. Check your email inbox because you may have gotten an email from Orioles manager Brandon Hyde, who also sports one of those...
BALTIMORE—Even though the Boston Red Sox are not as good as the team that won 108 games and the World Series, the Orioles still aren’t close to being competitive with them. This year’s Orioles are only marginally better than the team that lost a franchise-record 115 games in 2018 and are just...
BALTIMORE—It felt like old times at Oriole Park on Friday night — a lively crowd on a beautiful late spring evening. Trey Mancini put the Orioles on the board with his 15th home run in the first to give the Orioles a 1-0 lead. Then the pummeling began. Before it ended, the...
BALTIMORE—Mark Trumbo still wants to play for the Orioles, but he’s not sure if he will. Trumbo, who had surgery on his right knee last September, halted his rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk and had a platelet-rich plasma shot on his knee on Thursday. “I’ve given what I’ve had so far,” Trumbo...
BALTIMORE—The Orioles had hoped to win a series for the first time since late April on Thursday night against the Toronto Blue Jays. For a while, it appeared possible. Anthony Santander’s second RBI single of the night tied the score, 2-2, in fifth. But in the sixth, the Toronto Blue Jays scored...
BALTIMORE—Mark Trumbo walked through the Orioles’ clubhouse on Thursday afternoon, a day after he was scratched from Norfolk’s starting lineup. Trumbo, who had been in the final stage of his 20-day rehabilitation assignment, felt soreness in the right knee that had been surgically repaired last September. He had the knee examined and...
BALTIMORE—Back on April 1, David Hess was upset when Orioles manager Brandon Hyde removed him from a start in Toronto after he had no-hit the Blue Jays for 6 1/3 innings. The Orioles barely hung on to win that game, and more than two months later, Hess got to face Toronto again....
BALTIMORE—Since joining the Orioles on April 30, Shawn Armstrong has been an indispensable part of the bullpen. While other relievers have been inconsistent, Armstrong has been outstanding with a 1.69 ERA in 15 appearances. In 16 innings, Armstrong has a 1.000 WHIP, allowing just nine hits. “I think what we’re doing right...