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Mark Brown

Orioles get big innings early and late for comfortable win over Mariners

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John Means was pretty good too in a 9-2 victory

The slumping May Orioles lineup going up against a strong Mariners pitching staff seemed like it could be a bad combination. Maybe the Mariners staff only looks so strong because they haven’t had to face the O’s yet. Gunnar Henderson led off with a home run as the O’s hosed down Seattle for five runs in the first, and he delivered a triple later on as the Orioles tacked on four more to make it a...

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Mark Brown

Friday Night Orioles Victory GIF Party: O’s beat Mariners, 9-2

Gunnar Henderson’s family came to the game and he had a big night. Adorable! | Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images

You know what must be done

It is Friday night.

The Orioles have taken down the Seattle Mariners in the opener of a three-game series. Gunnar Henderson led off the bottom of the first inning with a home run, the first of five runs that the O’s scored in the first. John Means had a good six-inning outing and the O’s offense piled on extra-base hits to make it a...

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Mark Brown

Friday night Orioles game thread: vs. Mariners, 7:05

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Hoping for a John Means Business kind of night

The Orioles offense has not been very good so far in May. Despite this, the team has won two out of every three games played in the month. This is not a set of circumstances that feels like they can continue to coexist. One will change, or the other will. O’s fans are obviously hoping that it’ll be better offense rather than starting to lose more often.

The series beginning tonight is not one that offers...

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Andrea SK

Orioles-Mariners series preview: A pitching powerhouse arrives in town

Hopefully a slumping Cedric Mullins can regain his home-run stroke this series. Here he hits a two-run home run in Seattle in August 2023, the last time these two teams played. | Photo by Alika Jenner/Getty Images

The Mariners have one of the best rotations and one of the worst offenses in the league

Hello! It’s the Seattle Mariners. A team that doesn’t really bother anyone around these parts, since they play far out West, and the memories between the two teams have been mostly...

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Mark Brown

Survey results: O’s fans see Kimbrel back as closer before too long

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Kimbrel needs 12 more saves to get into the top five on the career leaderboard

Early in the past offseason, the Orioles went out and signed Craig Kimbrel with the idea that he would be the closer. If you wanted to be excited about the signing, there was plenty to be excited about. Guys with his experience who are not hanging on to their careers by a thread don’t show up on the Orioles very often. If you wanted to be nervous, you could be that too,...

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Alex Church

Orioles minor league recap 5/17: Jackson Holliday gets Mike Elias’s attention, Coby Mayo exits early

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Jackson Holliday recorded a pair of extra-base hits, and Coby Mayo left the game “as a precaution.”

Triple-A: Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Phillies) 8, Norfolk Tides 6

Jackson Holliday drove in the tying run with a double in the eighth, but Lehigh Valley struck for two more in the ninth. Bryan Baker allowed a solo homer and another run on a two-out single. The rough inning brought Baker’s ERA to 8.78 over 14 games.

Holliday did his best Jordan...

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Paul Folkemer

Friday Bird Droppings: Taking stock of the Orioles after the first quarter

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The O’s have played roughly one-fourth of their schedule. It’s gone quite well so far.

Good morning, Camden Chatters.

For the second time in three days, the Orioles didn’t play a game yesterday, although unlike Tuesday’s rainout, this one was a scheduled idle date. And with the O’s having reached the 40-game mark (actually 41, but who’s counting?), they’re now roughly one-quarter of the way through the 2024 regular season.

Our own John...

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Orioles Rally Past Blue Jays Avoiding in Historic Walk-Off Fashion

For the first time in exactly two years, the Baltimore Orioles came close to losing in a sweep. But Adley Rutschman had other plans. Rutschman has still never been swept in the regular season since making his major league debut two years ago.

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A look at Cedric Mullins' offensive downfall

 In 2021, Cedric Mullins was a star player on an absolutely terrible team. That breakout did not prove to be a sign of things to come, and Mullins' production has continued to sink lower in 2024.

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Andrea SK

Aggressiveness at the plate looks good on Adley Rutschman

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The Orioles star catcher is doing damage by swinging more than ever before.

Adley Rutschman’s ninth-inning walkoff home run on Wednesday afternoon was another demonstration that the Orioles’ switch-hitting catcher is on a tear. And the hits have come, in part, thanks to a more aggressive approach at the dish.

Hitting a baseball is not a one-size-fits-all activity, of course. Take free-swinging first baseman Ryan Mountcastle, who’s currently...

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From Orioles Waiver Claim To Potential All-Star

Sent to waivers in 2023, Jacob Webb seemed to be out of major league options. But then the Orioles claimed him, and he has since become a star. Webb was taken by the Braves in the 18th round of the 2014 MLB draft by the Atlanta Braves and spent the first 8 years of his professional career there.

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Tyler Young

Orioles minor league recap 5/16: Heasley extends scoreless innings streak

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Bowie were the lone winners down on the farm while Aberdeen was rained out and offenses struggled throughout the system.

Triple-A: Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Phillies) 4, Norfolk Tides 3 - Game 1

Chayce McDermott’s day got off to a rough start as he allowed a lead-off home run and gave up two total runs in the top of the first inning. But he settled down a bit from there to go five innings, allowing four runs on eight hits, no walks, and eight...

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Mark Brown

Thursday Bird Droppings: The Orioles sweepless streak survived in dramatic fashion

Adley wasn’t sure it would go over the fence, and neither were we. | Photo by Mitchell Layton/Getty Images

Yesterday marked two years since the last time the Orioles were swept, and amazingly, they kept the streak going

Hello, friends.

The Orioles...? Somehow, they’re still doing this thing in the month of May even as they are putting up largely putrid numbers on offense. The team is batting .220 for the month, dropping a .284 OBP, and despite these facts, the O’s have an 8-4 record up...

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Orioles Perched Atop the AL: The Secrets of Their Success

The American League East has always been a tough division, but the Baltimore Orioles are off to another hot start this season, owning the best record in the entire AL by a narrow margin.

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Paul Folkemer

Adley plays hero with walkoff HR, keeps sweepless streak alive in 3-2 Orioles win

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For eight innings, the Orioles offense did everything possible to lose the game. But Rutschman would not be denied in the ninth.

The 2024 Orioles, ladies and gentlemen. Even when they play one of the worst games of their lives, they somehow end up winning.

With the O’s three outs away from suffering their first sweep in exactly two calendar years, Adley Rutschman blasted a two-run, walkoff homer in the bottom of the ninth to pull out the...

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Adley Rutschman's 2-run HR in 9th lifts O's past Jays

Adley Rutschman hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Baltimore Orioles a 3-2 victory against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday afternoon.

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How the Orioles Former No.1 Pick is Fairing After Demotion

On April 10, 2024 baseball fans around the world tuned in to watch 20-year-old Jackson Holliday‘s Major League debut. Holliday notched his first RBI as an Oriole and took his first step toward the Hall of Fame.

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Paul Folkemer

Wednesday afternoon Orioles game thread: vs. Blue Jays, 12:35 PM

A day later than planned, Kyle Bradish makes his third start of the year. | Photo by Patrick Smith/Getty Images

The sweepless streak is suddenly on the line as the O’s conclude a rain-shortened two-game series with the Jays.

Don’t look now, but the Orioles’ sweepless streak of 104 is once again in jeopardy.

After the O’s lost the opener to the Blue Jays and last night’s game was rained out, the Orioles must win today’s finale of the (suddenly two-game) series to keep the...

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Alex Church

Sizing up the Orioles’ outfield after the latest developments

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The arrivals of Austin Hays and Kyle Stowers serve as the latest loop on an outfield roller coaster for the Orioles.

The Orioles shuffled their outfield earlier this week by optioning Heston Kjerstad and designating Ryan McKenna for assignment. Baltimore made the moves prior to recalling Kyle Stowers and activating Austin Hays from the injured list.

At the beginning of the year, the outfield felt like a puzzle with too many pieces. The...

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John Beers

Orioles minor league recap 5/14: Nuñez ties career high with 9 Ks in Aberdeen win

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The IronBirds were the only winners Tuesday, as Bowie was shut out and Norfolk and Delmarva were both rained out

Triple-A: Norfolk Tides vs. Lehigh Valley IronPigs (Ppd.)

The game between the Tides and IronPigs was postponed due to rain. The two teams will play a doubleheader of two seven inning games tomorrow.

Double-A: Binghamton Rumble Ponies (Mets) 2, Bowie Baysox 0

Pitchers Ryan Long and Cameron Weston each had excellent outings for Bowie, but the bats...

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