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Rutledge, Wager are latest O's draft picks to come to terms

Rutledge, Wager are latest O's draft picks to come to terms
The Orioles are expected to announce the signings today of between 10 and 12 picks taken last week in the First-Year Player Draft. The Orioles have begun contract negotiations with their second-round pick, University of Virginia right-handed pitcher Branden Kline, who I profiled in this story. They hope to begin talks with their top pick, LSU pitcher Kevin Gausman, by late this week. The most recent picks to come to terms with the club are Lex Rutledge, a left-handed pitcher taken in Round 6...
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Machado's average takes a tumble, but Baysox manager is not concerned

Machado's average takes a tumble, but Baysox manager is not concerned
Orioles 2010 top draft pick Manny Machado, a player rated by Baseball America as the sport's 11th-best prospect in February, is struggling badly at bat in the last few weeks. On May 21, Machado had a batting average of .279 and an OPS of .810. Now he is batting .234 with 15 doubles, two triples, three homers, 18 RBIs and a .695 OPS. Machado is batting just .134 at 9-for-67 over his past 17 games with no multi-hit games in that stretch. But Machado is the youngest player in the Eastern...
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O's come to terms with local products Hader and Beck

O's come to terms with local products Hader and Beck
He pitched on the mound at Camden Yards yesterday and tonight he agreed to a contract with the Orioles. The Orioles this evening came to terms with a local Baltimore product, 19th-round draft pick Josh Hader, a left-handed pitcher from Old Mill High in Anne Arundel County, MASNsports.com has learned. The 6-foot-3, 160-lb. Hader had tremendous stats this season, going 10-0 with an ERA of 0.39. and he fanned 125 batters over 72 2/3 innings. Hader pitched two shutout innings yesterday at Camden...
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Baseball has lost a true gentleman

Baseball has lost a true gentleman
There are so many great things about baseball and maybe at the top of the list is some of the people you meet along the way. I have met many memorable characters in this game and today I was sad to hear the news that one I met has passed away. Brooklyn Cyclones radio broadcaster Warner Fusselle died Sunday from an apparent heart attack. He was 68. I got to know Warner during the three years I was the radio play-by-play broadcaster for the Aberdeen IronBirds from 2004 through 2006. Warner was...
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The O's bullpen has been mighty indeed (draft update)

The O's bullpen has been mighty indeed (draft update)
The Orioles have now won nine extra-innings games in a row for the first time in team history. Here is what Matt Wieters said after yesterday's game when asked the key reason for the streak: "You know, it's the bullpen. The bullpen is doing a great job of just keeping teams where they are at. If you keep the other team from scoring, eventually someone will get the run. The bullpen has been great keeping us in games." If there is one segment of this team that has been rock solid...
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Wieters and Hammel size up another walk-off win

Wieters and Hammel size up another walk-off win
Not long after his third hit on the day ended today's game in the tenth inning, Matt Wieters talked about his walk-off RBI double off Joe Savery that gave the Orioles a 5-4 win over Philadelphia. "The first two (pitches) I was a little late on and a little behind, so I wanted to shorten up with two strikes especially and find something on the barrel," Wieters said. "I got something up and got it to that wall in right. I knew Jonsesy could score with his speed from first." The victory was...
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With roster move looming, Tolleson delivers big three-run shot for the Orioles

With roster move looming, Tolleson delivers big three-run shot for the Orioles
If Brian Roberts returns to the Orioles' active roster on Tuesday night, some player will have to go to make roster room. Steve Tolleson is very aware of the situation and that the player to leave could be him. If he does go, he made a nice last impression, (for now at least), hitting a game-tying three-run homer off Cliff Lee today in the Orioles' 5-4 win in ten innings over Philadelphia. Tolleson might have stated a case for himself with his three-run shot down the left-field line in the...
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Wieters walk-off: O's catcher drives in game winner in 10th

Wieters walk-off: O's catcher drives in game winner in 10th
For the second day in a row, the Orioles came up with a walk-off win over the Phillies. Today, Matt Wieters' RBI double off the scoreboard in right ended it, as the O's won 5-4 in ten innings. With one out, Adam Jones reached on an error by third baseman Ty Wigginton, and Wieters brought him in with his third hit of the day. The Orioles are now 9-2 on the year in extra innings with nine wins in a row, which is a new club record. The Orioles improve to 34-26 and stay within a game of...
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A few in-game notes

A few in-game notes
A couple of notes as this game gets into the middle innings with Philadelphia leading the Orioles 4-1 in front of another huge crowd at Camden Yards: * The first two games of this series drew a total of 87,070 fans, and last night produced the second sellout of the year with 46,611 on hand. Today looks to be another crowd of 40,000 plus, and of course there is once again a lot of red here, but we saw a lot of orange also when the Orioles took a 1-0 lead in the last of the first. * Coming into...
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Cliff notes

Cliff notes
Cliff Lee can relax. Josh Bell is not in the Orioles' lineup today. The last time Lee pitched against the Orioles, here with Texas on August 21, 2010, he got ripped for eight runs and 10 hits in 5 2/3. Bell hit two homers to right-center, driving in five runs off him. Ty Wigginton, his current teammate, and Luke Scott also homered off him that day. Today Lee can get his revenge when he faces Jason Hammel here in the series finale at Camden Yards. In his career against the Orioles, Lee is...
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Wieters on Roberts' possible return to the Orioles

Wieters on Roberts' possible return to the Orioles
Today is the last game of the series between the Orioles and Phillies, but it is also possibly the last game the Orioles will have to play without Brian Roberts. His injury rehab assignment ends Monday, and it's possible Roberts could be in the Orioles' lineup here Tuesday for the first time since last May 16. If Roberts is back Tuesday, catcher Matt Wieters said it could provide a big lift to this team in several ways. "It's big," Wieters said. "One, to have a veteran guy in the...
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Adam Jones' late-game stats and Hunter on Saturday's start

Adam Jones' late-game stats and Hunter on Saturday's start
Adam Jones entered Saturday's game with just three hits in his last 24 at-bats and with just one RBI over his last eight games. He was also in a season-long, 14-at-bat hitless stretch that reached 18 at-bats when he finally got a base hit with a single in the last of the ninth. Three innings later, Jones did better than that. He hit the second walk-off homer of his career, a two-run shot, to give the Orioles a 6-4, 12-inning win over the Phillies. Jones also hit a walk-off shot on May 24,...
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Jones talks about his walk-off homer that beat Philly

Jones talks about his walk-off homer that beat Philly
Adam Jones hit a game-winning homer in the last of the 12th today as the Orioles beat the Phillies and won another extra-inning game. The Orioles are now 8-2 on the year in extras with eight wins in a row, which ties the team record for most consecutive extra-inning wins. The 1997 and 2010 teams also won eight in a row. "I think we just enjoy playing longer than nine innings," Jones said. "We enjoy the overtime. I don't know man, think we have played the most innings by any team. If we...
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Jones with a two-run walk-off homer as O's top Philly in 12

Jones with a two-run walk-off homer as O's top Philly in 12
Adam Jones entered his at-bat in the bottom of the ninth today in an 0-for-18 drought. He broke that with a two-out single. Jones topped that in the last of the 12th today when he hit a two-run homer to end the game as the Orioles beat the Phillies, 6-4, in 12 frames. The Orioles are now 8-2 in extra-inning games with eight consecutive wins in extras. Jones hit an 0-1 pitch from righty B.J. Rosenberg out of the Yard after Chris Davis drew a leadoff walk. It is his second career walk-off...
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A couple mid-game notes

A couple mid-game notes
By getting an out in the fifth inning today, Tommy Hunter has lasted longer than O's starters have the past two games when Brian Matusz and Jake Arrieta combined to give up 13 earned runs over six total innings. Hunter is, at least, throwing many fewer pitches than that pair. Matusz needed 67 in two-plus innings on Thursday, and Arrieta threw 83 in four innings last night. Hunter today needed just 19 pitches to get through the first two innings and 26 more for the next two frames, for 45...
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Jake Arrieta talks about moving to the bullpen

Jake Arrieta talks about moving to the bullpen
After he met with manager Buck Showalter and was told he was staying in the big leagues for now but being moved to the bullpen, Orioles right-hander Jake Arrieta told reporters he was embracing the move. Was he surprised to get that news? "Not really," Arrieta said a few minutes ago in the Orioles clubhouse. "Being in a situation like going to the 'pen right now will do a lot of things for me. One, it's going to allow me to get some of the thoughts and emotions out of my head. When I...
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A look at Arrieta, the rotation recently & Wieters

A look at Arrieta, the rotation recently & Wieters
Checking in some Orioles topics after the Birds lost Game 1 of a weekend series with the Phillies, 9-6, last night. Arrieta's struggles: It is hard to believe the pitcher I saw pitch seven shutout innings on opening day in Baltimore in April was the same guy on the same mound last night. But he was, and Jake Arrieta has struggled badly since beginning the year with a 2.66 ERA in his first three starts. Then, he looked like a young pitcher starting to blossom and finally realizing his...
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Arrieta's struggles continue as Phillies top Orioles

Arrieta's struggles continue as Phillies top Orioles
For struggling Orioles starter Jake Arrieta, it went from bad to worse tonight, as he got an early exit against the Philadelphia Phillies in a 9-6 loss to start the weekend series at Camden Yards. It is almost hard to remember that Arrieta looked so great on opening day in Baltimore, pitching seven shutout innings against Minnesota, or that he had an ERA of 2.66 over his first three starts. Tonight, he got the first two hitters out before three straight Philly singles made it a 1-0 game. Then...
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Playing catch-up tonight, can O's get to Blanton? (Bundy tonight)

Playing catch-up tonight, can O's get to Blanton? (Bundy tonight)
If ever there were a game where the Orioles could get behind by seven runs and still have hope, this might be it tonight. That is, if Jake Arrieta can start putting up some zeroes after giving up seven runs in the first two innings. It would be hard to imagine many pitchers coming into a start against the Orioles struggling as much as Phillies right-hander Joe Blanton. On the year, he is 4-6 with a 5.27 ERA, but over his past four starts he is 0-3 with an ERA of 10.98. Before that, he was 4-2...
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From Pirates to Yankees to Orioles, Steve Pearce starts over in Baltimore

From Pirates to Yankees to Orioles, Steve Pearce starts over in Baltimore
Steve Pearce was drafted in round eighth by Pittsburgh in 2005 and that was the only organization he knew between the 2005 and 2011 seasons. But he moved this year to the Yankees organization and was batting .321 with 15 doubles, 11 home runs, 30 RBIS and a .996 OPS in 52 games for Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre when some things changed last weekend. He could have opted out of his contract a week ago today and did, fully prepared to find a job with another team. But then the Orioles acquired...
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