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O's game blog: Looking to avoid a sweep at Fenway

O's game blog: Looking to avoid a sweep at Fenway
The Orioles will fall into a tie for fourth place in the American League East with Boston if they lose to the Red Sox tonight. They began this series three games ahead of the Red Sox in the standings. But after 8-3 and 9-1 losses, they could find themselves even with another defeat. The Orioles (23-33) have scored one run or less nine times in the last 14 games after Wednesday's loss. The team is in an extended slump, but it wasn't always this way. It wasn't always this way even this month....
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Pat Valaika finishing strong even as team has not

Pat Valaika finishing strong even as team has not
Orioles utility player Pat Valaika had an uncertain offseason, one where he was claimed by the Orioles, then Arizona, then the Orioles again. He was outrighted off the club's 40-man roster on Feb. 11. But one day before the shortened season was set to begin, his contract was selected by the club on July 23. It was bumpy ride in the winter, but has been a much smoother one during this season for Valaika. He's been on the roster all year. Over 50 games, the 28-year-old has hit .263/.300/.451...
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Another rough night in Boston for the Orioles

Another rough night in Boston for the Orioles
This is not the way the Orioles wanted to play to end the 2020 season. There are four games to go, but they need to clean a few things up and fast. They've lost the first two games of their series at Boston. If they get swept tomorrow, these clubs will be tied for fourth place with three to play. A last-place finish is within reach. Just a week or two weeks ago there were playoff hopes and talk. After last night's 8-3 loss at Fenway Park, they got smoked 9-1 tonight. The Orioles have gone...
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These three on O's farm looked to improve even without games

These three on O's farm looked to improve even without games
The summer was rolling on and the Orioles' 60-game season was underway. Some, but not all, of the club's top minor league players, were getting great work in at the alternate site in Bowie. But what about the rest of the minor league players? There are more than 100 of them. In this recent entry, pitchers Drew Rom and Brenan Hanifee provided updates about how they have been getting their work in and their innings in without games to play. Today I check in with three position players on the...
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O's game blog: Dean Kremer faces the Red Sox at Fenway

O's game blog: Dean Kremer faces the Red Sox at Fenway
After Tuesday's 8-3 loss to Boston, the Orioles are back at Fenway Park tonight to play the second game of a three-game series. There are only five games remaining in the 2020 season. The Orioles (23-32) had a run of good pitching come to an end last night. But in fairness, they also made three errors, scored just three runs and went 3-for-15 with runners in scoring position. They earned that loss. But in the homestand against Tampa Bay and Atlanta before this trip, the Orioles allowed three...
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A look at a few slumping bats as the season's end nears

A look at a few slumping bats as the season's end nears
When you think about the Orioles offense in 2021 you think about getting Trey Mancini back and letting him hit in the middle of an order that includes a healthy Anthony Santander and a young Ryan Mountcastle playing in the bigs for a full season. It you can add in a healthy year for Austin Hays, that would be a real plus. If a couple of the players that have been here since the start of the 2019 season can get their bats going again, that would be a real plus as well. Those players include...
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O's game blog: The final road trip begins

O's game blog: The final road trip begins
As the Orioles begin their final road trip of the season tonight, they have clearly played much better on the road in 2020 than in 2019. Of course, there have been many fewer road games to play. But last year's O's club went 29-52 (.358) and won just five of 26 road series, going 5-17-4. This year's club is 10-11 (.476) on the road and has won three of seven road series, going 3-3-1. The Orioles will play the next three nights at Fenway Park in Boston and will end the year over the weekend...
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Could O's fans be getting behind this team in playoffs?

Could O's fans be getting behind this team in playoffs?
When the Orioles made the American League playoffs in 2012, they ended a 14-season drought with no playoff baseball. On Sunday, the San Diego Padres clinched their first playoff berth since 2006. That ends a run of nine consecutive losing seasons and 13 straight seasons without seeing the postseason. O's fans can relate to how Padres fans must feel this year, ending the long postseason drought. Sadly for them, it comes at a time when they can't even go to beautiful Petco Park to watch their...
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Reaching for the record book as the O's beat Tampa Bay

Reaching for the record book as the O's beat Tampa Bay
It was a game that had some of us - OK, me - checking the record book on several occasions. At various times Sunday I wondered about the O's record for consecutive strikeouts, about the record for strikeouts by a pitcher in one game and the team record for strikeouts in one game. On Wednesday night, lefty Keegan Akin fanned six straight Atlanta Braves. It was on that night we were reminded the team record for consecutive strikeouts was seven. That was done by Sammy Stewart on Sept. 1, 1978 in...
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A look at John Means' big strikeout day against the Rays

A look at John Means' big strikeout day against the Rays
Most days, Orioles left-hander John Means features a solid fastball. He throws it about 49 percent of the time and averages around 94 mph. Today, the velocity was there as usual, but the results were not usual at all. Means was showing an at times elite fastball as the Orioles edged Tampa Bay 2-1 to take the final game of this five-game series. Means usually uses that fastball to set up his quality secondary pitches. Today, that heater was helping him rack up a career-best 12 strikeouts over 5...
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O's game blog: Out to avoid a five-game sweep

O's game blog: Out to avoid a five-game sweep
The Orioles (22-31) will play their final home game of the 2020 season this afternoon when they host the Tampa Bay Rays (35-18) to wrap up a five-game series. The Orioles need a win to avoid a five-game sweep after Saturday night's 3-1 loss. The Birds are 11-9 against National League teams, but 11-22 against the American League, facing only East Division teams this season. They swept Tampa Bay very early in the year, but have since lost six in a row to the Rays. Five of the nine games between...
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As offense struggles, the starting pitching continues to impress

As offense struggles, the starting pitching continues to impress
The Orioles rotation has gotten younger, but the best news is that it has gotten better in recent weeks. Three rookies have made their debuts in Keegan Akin, Dean Kremer and Bruce Zimmermann. Akin and Kremer have combined to go 2-1 with an ERA of 2.01 in their seven starts. And even at a time when the Orioles are not scoring much, they are 4-3 in those games. Zimmermann gave up five runs in his major league debut. But even adding in that start, the rookies have an ERA of 3.15 over eight starts...
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O's game blog: Trying to break through in series with Tampa Bay

O's game blog: Trying to break through in series with Tampa Bay
The Orioles' last homestand of the 2020 season got off to a promising start. They took two of three games from Atlanta and held the very strong Braves offense to seven runs. But the Orioles have lost the last three games by 3-1, 10-6 and 2-1 to the Tampa Bay Rays. Tonight the clubs play the fourth game of a five-game series that ends Sunday. The Orioles were held to one run or none for the seventh time in the last 10 games in Friday's loss. They are 22-30 with eight games remaining. Baltimore...
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Find a way: Farm pitchers get their work in even without games

Find a way: Farm pitchers get their work in even without games
Simply put, they are making the best of a rough situation. In a year without minor league baseball games, two Orioles top 30 prospect pitchers are still getting some innings in and trying to advance their careers. They have to work on their own but the Orioles are keeping tabs on them closely. This week I spoke with 20-year-old lefty Drew Rom and 22-year-old right-hander Brenan Hanifee. The Orioles took both out of high school in the fourth round of their respective drafts. Hanifee was drafted...
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O's game blog: Alex Cobb faces his former team

O's game blog: Alex Cobb faces his former team
The Orioles (22-29) have nine games remaining in the 2020 regular season. Their last home series of the year continues tonight as they host the Tampa Bay Rays (33-18) in the third game of a five-game series. The Rays swept Thursday's doubleheader by 3-1 and 10-6 scores. The Orioles fell to 3-4 on the season against the Rays. The clubs are 6-6 in the last 12 meetings. The O's lost the season series 7-12 to the Rays in 2019. The Orioles are 11-20 versus American League East teams this season...
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Remembering 1970: Powell and Buford on World Series win

Remembering 1970: Powell and Buford on World Series win
When the Orioles and Cincinnati Reds met in the 1970 World Series, we didn't know it then but we were seeing something rare: a World Series between two clubs that won 100 or more games. It would not happen again until 2017. The Orioles have three World Series wins and this was their second one. The 108-win Birds beat the 102-win Big Red Machine, four games to one, winning Game 5 in Baltimore 9-3. For the second time in five seasons, the Orioles were champions. The Orioles are celebrating the...
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Hunter Harvey sizes up his 2020 season, plus other notes

Hunter Harvey sizes up his 2020 season, plus other notes
No doubt the Orioles view right-hander Hunter Harvey as a valuable pitcher late in games in their bullpen both this year and beyond. But they also know they have to try to keep him healthy. He was out with a right forearm strain for more than half of this shortened season and was not activated until Aug. 30. The Orioles had already played 32 games. Harvey was called up in mid-August last year. If you look at his stats in 2019 and now for this season, he threw 6 1/3 innings then and now. But...
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The rookies took the mound, but O's got swept in doubleheader

The rookies took the mound, but O's got swept in doubleheader
Who could blame left-hander Bruce Zimmermann if there were some nerves when he took the mound in the first inning tonight. He was not only making his big league debut, but doing it for his hometown team. Doing it on the same mound where he once pitched in the Brooks Robinson High School All-Star Game in 2013. And Zimmermann fell behind 3-0 after his first major league inning. He overthrew a slider and hit the second batter he faced, then walked the third, not getting some close pitches. Then he...
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O's game blog: Kremer and Zimmermann start in doubleheader

O's game blog: Kremer and Zimmermann start in doubleheader
The Orioles will send two rookie pitchers to the mound today as they host the Tampa Bay Rays in a doubleheader. This begins the last home series of the year for the Orioles, as the clubs will play five games in the next four days. Right-hander Dean Kremer (1-0, 1.64 ERA) will start Game 1 and Baltimorean Bruce Zimmermann will make his major league debut as the lefty starts Game 2. Zimmermann will become the fifth Oriole to make his major league debut in 2020 when he takes the mound. Since this...
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As Bruce Zimmermann arrives, add another young arm to rotation

As Bruce Zimmermann arrives, add another young arm to rotation
The Orioles' improving rotation will see another young starter get his chance tonight. Left-hander Bruce Zimmermann, an Ellicott City product who grew up rooting for the Orioles, will get the start in Game 2 of the doubleheader with Tampa Bay. That is after another young pitcher, right-hander Dean Kremer, starts Game 1. And after another young pitcher, homegrown lefty Keegan Akin, threw five scoreless last night against a very strong lineup and first-place team in the Atlanta Braves. Akin is...
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