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Brian Ward: "This will never happen again"

Brian Ward: "This will never happen again"
The 2011 season was sure a good one for Orioles minor league catcher
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A night featuring a big win and some strange calls

A night featuring a big win and some strange calls
Once the Orioles got the Nats to extra innings, they had them right where they wanted them. The Nick Markakis homer in the top of the 11th and the Pedro Strop escape act in the bottom half helped the Orioles to a 2-1 win Friday night at Nats Park. Coupled with a loss by Tampa Bay, the Orioles moved to 26-14 and out to a two-game lead atop the AL East. They have now won four in a row, six of eight and 12 of their past 17 games. The Orioles are 18-7 over their last 25 games. They are winning so...
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The O's are playing .950 ball when they get a quality start

The O's are playing .950 ball when they get a quality start
Here is a pretty stunning stat: The Orioles have gotten a quality start this year from their pitchers 20 times and they are 19-1 in those games. That is a winning percentage of .950. But lately, Jake Arrieta has struggled to do that for the Birds. If two starts qualifies as a slump, Arrieta may be in one. Since that dominant start May 2 at Yankee Stadium where he pitched eight scoreless against the Yankees, Arrieta did not pitch well against Texas and Tampa Bay. Over those last two starts,...
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This time around, O's against Nats needs no hype

This time around, O's against Nats needs no hype
When the Orioles and Nationals play, no hype for this series is needed for the first time. The teams have taken care of that and both are playing so well that they've turned this into a big series with the winning. The Orioles lead the American League East at 25-14. They have the best record in the AL, are 17-7 over the last 24 games and are 11 games over .500 for the first time since June 24, 2005. The Nationals feature two of the game's best young players in Bryce Harper and Stephen...
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Is Chris Davis a streaky player?

Is Chris Davis a streaky player?
I said streaky player, not sneaky player. Although when he got on the mound, Chris Davis proved to be sneaky fast. If you go back over his last 29 games, you can see two real hot streaks and two real cold streaks at the plate for the Orioles first baseman. Davis may be about to make that three hot streaks in getting five hits the last two days in Kansas City. Here is the last month for Davis: * In three games from April 14-16, he went 8-for-12 with three doubles and a homer. * In seven...
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J.J. and J.J. are getting it done for the Orioles

J.J. and J.J. are getting it done for the Orioles
I guess we could say this about Jim Johnson and J.J. Hardy: They are who we thought they were. Somewhat overlooked in the Orioles' amazing run to first place by the sometimes surprising contributions of others, we can no longer look past the All-Star caliber seasons the O's are getting from that duo. Johnson has taken the drama out of the ninth inning. That is a good time for there to be no drama. He now has saved 14 games in 14 chances with an ERA of 0.48. Yes, that is pretty...
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Another comeback win in K.C. as O's sweep two-game series

Another comeback win in K.C. as O's sweep two-game series
For the second day in a row, the Orioles fell behind in the game at Kansas City. But, for the second day in a row, the Orioles won. The Birds beat the Royals 5-3 today as they rallied from a 3-0 deficit to sweep the brief two-game series. The Orioles, who began the day tied for first with Tampa Bay at 24-14, have now won three in a row, five of seven and 11 of their past 16 games. The Orioles are now 17-7 over the last 24 games. At 25-14, the Orioles are 11 games over the .500 mark for the...
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Will the O's have luck against Luke today?

Will the O's have luck against Luke today?
To say the least, it has been a strange year for Kansas City right-hander Luke Hochevar. He enters today's start against the Orioles with a record of 3-3 and an ERA of 7.20. On the stat sheet, it looks like the O's have a great chance to score a bunch of runs today. Yet, in four of his seven starts, Hochevar has allowed two earned runs or less and he pitched seven scoreless his last time out against the White Sox. In the two games before that start against Chicago, he gave up 19 hits and 16...
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As Jones emerges as a star, time has come for O's to sign him

As Jones emerges as a star, time has come for O's to sign him
What is it about Adam Jones and extra-inning homers? He bashed the three-run shot in the 17th at Fenway Park and hit the solo blast in the 15th inning that just landed somewhere in Kansas City last night. According to Elias, Jones is first player to hit two game-winning homers in the 15th inning or later in the same season since Mark McGwire in 1988. In 38 games, Jones is now batting .295 with 12 homers, 24 RBIs, a .590 slugging percentage and .931 OPS. Jones has hit nine of his 12 homers...
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Kansas City comeback: Down to last out, O's rally to beat Royals

Kansas City comeback: Down to last out, O's rally to beat Royals
Entering tonight's game, the Orioles were 10-1 when Adam Jones hit a home run this season. Make that now 11-1. And it only took 15 innings. The Orioles have produced some impressive comeback wins and they can now add tonight's in Kansas City to the list. Jones hit a long homer to left off Nate Adcock in the top of the 15th to give the Orioles a 4-3 win over the Royals. Jones was 0-for-6 on the night when he came to bat in the 15th. But he crushed a 2-2 pitch for his 12th homer of the...
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Making it happen in the early innings this year

Making it happen in the early innings this year
If it feels to you like the Orioles have been getting off to better starts in games this year, you are right and there are the stats to prove it. The Orioles have a plus-15 run differential this year - that is, they have scored 15 more runs than their opponents - and that figure is a plus-14 over the first three innings of their games. The Orioles have outscored the opposition by a 56-42 margin in the opening three innings coming into this Kansas City series. Last year, they were outscored by...
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K.C. is playing good ball as the Orioles hit town

K.C. is playing good ball as the Orioles hit town
After the end of the 15-game run of playing against Boston, New York, Tampa Bay and Texas, tonight the Orioles begin a two-game series with the Royals in Kansas City. To some it may seem like a brief break from a rough schedule and that tonight the Orioles are stepping down in class a bit in taking on K.C. But the Royals are playing good baseball right now and feature some of the game's top young talent in players like Mike Moustakas and Eric Hosmer. Hosmer has struggled, batting just .182,...
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Orioles answered another challenge with win over New York

Orioles answered another challenge with win over New York
Just about 24 hours after we wondered if the Orioles were teetering on the brink, we return this morning to pass out the deserved accolades to the club. I thought going into this 15-game stretch against Boston, New York, Tampa Bay and Texas that the Orioles would go about 6-9 against the four high-level opponents. Playing them consecutively over a two week run was just going to be a brutal stretch of one tough game after another and another and so on. But the Orioles went 9-6 against four...
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Billy Rowell says positive marijuana test led to 50-game suspension

Billy Rowell says positive marijuana test led to 50-game suspension
Orioles 2006 first-round draft pick Billy Rowell told MASNsports.com tonight that he failed a drug test for marijuana and that is what led to his 50-game suspension after a second violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program for a drug of abuse. The suspension was announced by MLB on Monday. Rowell said he also had a positive test for marijuana in 2009. Rowell, who is allowed to take part in workouts in Sarasota as he is converting from an outfielder to a pitcher, said...
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Checking in on a busy day of O's minor league transactions

Checking in on a busy day of O's minor league transactions
The Triple-A Norfolk Tides put infielder Ryan Adams and pitcher Joel Pineiro on the disabled list today. Adams, who got into 29 games with the Orioles last year, is expected to miss three to five weeks with a fractured right thumb. He was batting .210 this year for the Tides. Pineiro was 1-1 with an ERA of 3.65 over his first two starts for Norfolk and gave up 10 hits and five runs with no walks and nine strikeouts in 12 1/3 innings. He is dealing with shoulder soreness. All the roster...
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Are the Orioles teetering on the brink?

Are the Orioles teetering on the brink?
Like some of you, I am having a feeling that the Orioles are teetering on the brink a bit right now. You have to wonder if the club hasn't hit a bump in the road that might turn into a longer tailspin now that the starting pitching has started to struggle and the team has had to make so many recent roster moves. Some of that just has to be catching up with this club. In the last nine games, the Orioles have just two quality starts and a starting pitcher ERA of 7.25 in that stretch. Yet we...
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O's can't hold lead, lose series opener to New York

O's can't hold lead, lose series opener to New York
The Orioles have a 12-7 record against the American League East this year. That includes a mark of 10-2 against every team but New York and a 2-5 record against the Yankees. Mark Teixeira hit a two-run, tie-breaking homer off Luis Ayala in the top of the seventh tonight, as New York beat the Orioles 8-5 in front of 16,492 wet fans at Camden Yards. The Orioles fell to 0-4 at home against New York. The Orioles scored three runs in the fifth to take a 5-3 lead. They tied the game at 3-3 on a...
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Dylan Bundy pitches five innings for first time as a pro

Dylan Bundy pitches five innings for first time as a pro
For the first time in his pro career,
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Can the O's pin another loss on Nova?

Can the O's pin another loss on Nova?
The last time the Orioles faced Yankee right-hander Ivan Nova they beat him and that was significant. It was Nova's only loss over his last 22 starts dating to last June 3. Tonight they face Nova in Game 1 of this brief two-game series at Camden Yards. When Nova took the mound May 2 at Yankee Stadium against the Orioles he had gone 15-0 with an ERA of 3.61 over his previous 20 starts. He took the loss that night to end his winning streak, giving up five runs and nine hits over 6 1/3. Nova...
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Avery talks about his first game and the added pop in his bat

Avery talks about his first game and the added pop in his bat
Xavier Avery has played a lot of baseball games in his young career and has not been nervous during many of them. But he admits that he was Sunday when he made his major league debut, going 0-for-4 in the leadoff spot while playing left field against Tampa Bay. "It was great in that I got my feet wet. But I was nervous for about the first five innings, mostly on defense. Offensively, I was OK swinging the bat. But you don't want to mess up on the defensive side. Swinging the bat, I felt good...
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