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Another impressive outing by John Means with evolving pitch mix

Another impressive outing by John Means with evolving pitch mix
It was impressive last night when, over seven innings, left-hander John Means shut down a hot-hitting Boston Red Sox team. A Red Sox team that scored 30 runs the previous three games and was averaging 6.1 runs the previous 16. A Boston team that, while going 8-3 over its previous 11 games, led the majors in batting average (.295), OBP (.393) and OPS (.872). A Boston team that was facing Means for the second time this year. Last night, the first six hitters in their lineup saw Means three times....
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John Means shuts down hot Boston team as O's take series opener

John Means shuts down hot Boston team as O's take series opener
Maybe a question about Orioles left-hander John Means tonight was, after pitching well once this year against Boston, could he do it twice? And then tonight after going through the lineup once, could he do that twice? What about three times? Yep, yep and yep. At least as far as they let him go. Showing his strong changeup again with a nice early pitch mix with his slider, Means shut down a hot Boston team over seven innings as the Orioles beat the Red Sox 4-1 on a night where Jonathan Villar...
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Shawn Armstrong is settling in with his new team

Shawn Armstrong is settling in with his new team
New Orioles right-hander Shawn Armstrong has been an Oriole for a week and a day now. He was claimed off waivers from Seattle on April 28 and has made two scoreless appearances for the club, pitching two innings. He quickly got over feeling like the new kid in class and he said he had his teammates and really the entire organization to thank for that. "The guys have been the best," Armstrong said this afternoon. "(Paul) Fry and (David) Hess, as soon as I got here they kind of helped me out...
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O's game blog: John Means gets the start against Boston

O's game blog: John Means gets the start against Boston
After Sunday's rainout, the Orioles get back on the field tonight. The homestand, now down to eight games, continues as they open a three-game series with the Boston Red Sox. The Orioles (12-22) beat Tampa Bay 3-0 Saturday night behind Dylan Bundy's 7 1/3 innings. He threw 96 pitches in getting his first win of the year and first since Sept. 18. He snapped a career-long six-game losing streak. Boston (17-18) scored 30 runs in winning the last three games of a series in Chicago against the...
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A few Orioles thoughts heading into the Boston series

A few Orioles thoughts heading into the Boston series
A few Orioles thoughts and takes after Sunday's rainout at home with Tampa Bay. The Orioles are 12-22 and the homestand continues tonight with Boston in town for three games. Let's see more of Stevie Wilkerson in center field: He's made just four starts out there in pro ball, two this year in Triple-A with Norfolk and Friday and Saturday for the Orioles. He held his own out there and made a nice catch in deep center on Friday night and a nice throw home as well. Not nearly enough of a sample...
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No game today: O's-Rays rained out of series finale

No game today: O's-Rays rained out of series finale
Today's scheduled Orioles-Tampa Bay Rays game has been rained out. The contest will be made up on July 13 at Oriole Park as part of a split-admission doubleheader with games at 1:05 and 7:05 p.m. Read on for the earlier game blog notes had we had a game today, and feel free to leave any O's questions/comments here through the afternoon. We're back here Monday night when the Orioles host Boston. The Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays wrap up a three-game series that has featured two shutouts the past...
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A look at the last Oriole with a "Maddux" and other notes

A look at the last Oriole with a "Maddux" and other notes
At a time when teams are scrambling to get their starting pitchers to complete six innings, a complete game is becoming very rare. And one on under 100 pitches sounds almost impossible. But it happened at Wrigley Field Friday when the Cubs beat their rival, the St. Louis Cardinals, 4-0. Right-hander Kyle Hendricks pitched a four-hitter on just 81 pitches. That is known in the game as a "Maddux," as in something Hall of Famer Greg Maddux, but not many others, could do. Throw a shutout on under...
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Dealin' Dylan: Bundy pitches O's past Rays, 3-0

Dealin' Dylan: Bundy pitches O's past Rays, 3-0
He owned an ERA of 8.76 after his first three starts of this season. But right-hander Dylan Bundy seems to be slowly but surely making progress. He provided a big example of that tonight. Bundy produced the longest outing by an O's starter this year with 7 1/3 scoreless innings as the Orioles blanked Tampa Bay 3-0 at Camden Yards. It was the club's first shutout since the last game of last year, on Sept. 30 versus Houston. The game was swiftly played, taking just two hours and 19...
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Stevie Wilkerson adds center field to his defensive resume

Stevie Wilkerson adds center field to his defensive resume
The versatile Stevie Wilkerson added "center fielder" to his defensive resume last night in the Orioles' loss to Tampa Bay. He had started in center twice this year at Triple-A Norfolk and last night made his first-ever major league start at the position. And it went well, and he's back there tonight. He made a catch near the wall in the third inning Friday, and a strong throw home that was late on a sac fly in the sixth. Wilkerson has said that he loves defensive challenges, and he's now...
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O's game blog: Dylan Bundy faces first-place Tampa Bay

O's game blog: Dylan Bundy faces first-place Tampa Bay
With a walk-off loss and a blowout loss over their last two games, the Orioles (11-22) look to get back in the victory column tonight when they host the Tampa Bay Rays (21-11). It is the second game of a three-game series and a nine-game homestand. Coming off a 1-5 road trip, the Birds were shut out 7-0 last night. Right-hander Tyler Glasnow threw seven scoreless innings to improve to 6-0 with a 1.47 ERA. No Oriole reached second base, and the team was held without an extra-base hit for the...
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A look at a series-opening loss, Mountcastle's torrid bat and more

A look at a series-opening loss, Mountcastle's torrid bat and more
It was another night when the Orioles got a short outing from a starting pitcher, but the way Tampa Bay's Tyler Glasnow was throwing it was not going to matter. Glasnow was dominant last night as Tampa Bay beat the Orioles 7-0 to take the series and homestand opener. It's not a bad combination for a pitcher when you throw 99 mph, as Glasnow did in the first inning, and combine that with a curveball that three batters took for called third strikes. It didn't get much better for Baltimore...
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Tyler Glasnow tosses seven dominant innings as O's drop series opener

Tyler Glasnow tosses seven dominant innings as O's drop series opener
In his first start since being named the American League Pitcher of the Month for April, Tampa Bay right-hander Tyler Glasnow proved to be a worthy recipient of the honor. And it didn't take long to note that. Staked to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first, Glasnow struck out the side in the home first. He showed a 99 mph fastball and then a big curveball that produced looking strikeouts of Jonathan Villar, Trey Mancini and Dwight Smith Jr. He was off and running toward his fifth win of the...
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O's game blog: Orioles face first-place Rays in homestand opener

O's game blog: Orioles face first-place Rays in homestand opener
The Orioles, following a 1-5 road trip, return home tonight to begin a 10-day, nine-game homestand. They'll host Tampa Bay, Boston and the Los Angeles Angels each for three games. Tampa Bay (20-11) is leading the American League East by 2 ½ games over the New York Yankees. The Rays are 9-7 at home and 11-4 on the road, including a 4-2 mark on their current nine-game trip that ends with this series. Rays pitchers lead the American League with an ERA of 3.07 and have allowed two runs or less...
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Hanser Alberto on his hot bat, facing Glasnow tonight and more

Hanser Alberto on his hot bat, facing Glasnow tonight and more
Orioles infielder Hanser Alberto keeps getting chances to start and keeps hitting. Or maybe he is starting because he's hitting. Either way he takes a plus .300 average into tonight's game. In 23 games and 79 plate appearances he is batting .329/.342/.382 with one double, one homer, 21 singles and seven RBIs. He doesn't quite have enough plate appearances for league leaders (he's 20 short) or his batting average would rank ninth in the AL. Alberto has said a few times that getting regular...
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A look at short outings, Delmarva's start and a new top 100

A look at short outings, Delmarva's start and a new top 100
I'm not sure how it is going to happen, but the Orioles need to make it happen. They need to start getting more innings from their starting pitchers. The sooner the better. In 32 games during an 11-21 start, the Orioles' starting pitchers have thrown six innings or more just four times and have made only four quality starts. The starters' ERA is 5.54 and they have gone 5 1/3 or fewer innings 26 times, including in each of the last seven games. It was not a good road trip for getting deep...
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Finally healthy, Cody Sedlock is once again flashing first-round talent

Finally healthy, Cody Sedlock is once again flashing first-round talent
Any player that has had to deal with injuries can develop an even greater appreciation for the sport of baseball when they can't play it for a time. Single-A Frederick right-hander Cody Sedlock had his last two seasons impacted by injury. So being healthy and pitching so well this year, he said, is all the more meaningful. "Absolutely," Sedlock said in an interview on MASN's "O's Xtra." "When something is taken away from you, it makes it so much sweeter when you are able to compete and...
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O's Game 2 game blog: Andrew Cashner faces the White Sox

O's Game 2 game blog: Andrew Cashner faces the White Sox
Maybe the Orioles will have it going again tonight on offense when they once again face Chicago White Sox right-hander Iván Nova (0-3, 8.42 ERA). He gets the start for the Sox in Game 2. Last Tuesday in Baltimore, they hit him hard in a 9-1 win. The Orioles produced 11 hits and nine runs over four innings against Nova at Camden Yards. They hit four homers, with Renato Núñez hitting a solo shot, Joey Rickard and Chris Davis each getting a two-run shot and Dwight Smith Jr. collecting a...
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O's Game 1 game blog: Looking for a road win in Chicago

O's Game 1 game blog: Looking for a road win in Chicago
After Tuesday's rainout, the Orioles play a doubleheader today and tonight in Chicago against the White Sox. Monday's 5-3 loss leaves the Orioles winless in four games on this road trip. In those games, the Orioles (10-20) are batting .216 with seven runs on 29 hits with two home runs. They have scored one, two, one and three runs at Minnesota and Chicago. The Orioles have been outscored 24-7 on this trip and their record has fallen to 10 games under .500. They've lost 8 of 10 and 10 of 13,...
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Driven to win: After fast start, Mancini works to do more

Driven to win: After fast start, Mancini works to do more
He hasn't been in the Orioles lineup since the first inning on Saturday, when he got hit by a pitch on his right index finger. He suffered a painful bruise but luckily for the team, it wasn't worse than that. He should be able to return for today's doubleheader in Chicago. In Trey Mancini, the Orioles have a homegrown player who provides clubhouse leadership, is great in the community and is driven to succeed. He's having a fantastic start to his 2019 season. In 28 games and 121 plate...
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Dwight Smith Jr. on new coaches and team, his power and more

Dwight Smith Jr. on new coaches and team, his power and more
When the Orioles acquired outfielder Dwight Smith Jr. on March 8 from Toronto, it looked like a relatively minor move by the club to add some outfield depth. They gave up international bonus pool slots they likely were not going to use anyway. They added a still young player at 26, one that was taken No. 53 overall in the 2011 draft. They added a lefty bat and a player that had hit .293/.365/.467 with an .833 OPS over 104 big league plate appearances in 2017 and 2018. The Blue Jays had...
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