SEATTLE - In just the last week or so the Orioles pitching staff has seen Josh Rogers join the team again along with Jimmy Yacabonis and Sean Gilmartin. Today Branden Kline and Tanner Scott returned. Among those headed out to Triple-A Norfolk were Paul Fry and Evan Phillips to join David Hess. Josh Lucas went on the injured list.
It's recently been a continuing shuffle for a bullpen that has an ERA of 10.70 during a nine-game losing streak.
But in bringing back Kline and Scott today the...
SEATTLE - The Orioles road trip continues tonight with the second game of a four-game series against the Mariners at T-Mobile Park. Their losing streak reached nine with a 5-2 loss last night.
The Orioles are 21-54 and have lost 13 of 15 and 17 of the last 21 games. They have scored just nine runs while going 0-4 on this trip. Seattle is 33-46 and 15-24 at home.
The Birds have been outscored 80-28 during the losing streak, which is one loss shy of the longest in the majors this year.
The...
SEATTLE - It is kind of a cycle the Orioles can't seem to get out of right now. At some point, all the losing was bound to take a toll on everyone in Birdland - and that includes the players.
We have reached that point.
The losing streak has reached nine and the longest of the year in the majors by any team is 10. Can the O's win tonight to avoid that? It will be tough.
When John Means went to the injured list yesterday, that meant the Orioles were going to use a bullpen game tonight. Those...
SEATTLE - So the Orioles are due for a win. Will tonight be the night? They play the Seattle Mariners in Game 2 of a four-game set at T-Mobile Park.
Going into last night's series opener Seattle (33-46) had gone 33 games without winning two in a row, but that run ended with their 5-2 victory Thursday night. The Orioles have the longest run in the majors this year without back-to-back wins, a current streak of 40 straight games dating to May 4-6.
The Orioles (21-54) have now lost nine straight...
SEATTLE - Orioles right-hander Dylan Bundy looked like he was on his game. He gave up one run and three hits through five and had a 2-1 lead on Seattle. But the Orioles couldn't add to that lead and they finally fell behind in the sixth inning last night.
It was another night without much offense and without a quality start for the ninth time in 10 games as Seattle beat the Orioles 5-2 to open a four-game series. The losing streak reached nine in the opener of a four-game series at T-Mobile...
SEATTLE - With the Orioles offense not producing much lately, there is more pressure on the pitching staff on this road trip. For right-hander Dylan Bundy, who was throwing a gem, it came apart tonight in the last of the sixth.
Working with a lead, but just by a 2-1 score, Bundy and reliever Evan Phillips saw Seattle put up three to win 5-2 in the opener of a four-game series.
The Orioles extend their longest losing streak of 2019 to nine games to fall to 21-54 overall and 12-26 in road games....
SEATTLE - Lefty John Means, who was scheduled to start tomorrow night, was placed on the 10-day injured list today with a shoulder strain. So the Orioles need a starter for Friday night at T-Mobile Park.
"As of right now for tomorrow we have a bullpen day," manager Brandon Hyde said. "We're going to see how today plays out and kind of go from there. Nothing really is certain at this point."
Left-hander Sean Gilmartin would be one candidate to make the start. He's been stretched out a bit...
SEATTLE - After being outscored by 20 runs during a three-game series where they were swept in Oakland, the Orioles road trip moves to Seattle tonight. The O's (21-53) will by trying to snap a season-long eight-game win streak in tonight's series opener.
Baltimore has been outscored 75-26 during the season's longest losing stretch, topping the seven straight losses from May 18-24.
They lost by scores of 3-2, 16-2 and 8-3 in Oakland. The Orioles offense came up with only seven runs and 13...
SEATTLE - It seems the Orioles got fortunate yesterday with the injury news about Trey Mancini and it is similar today with left-handed starter John Means.
The Orioles top starting pitcher for the year - he's 6-4 with a 2.67 ERA - is certain he will return when his 10-day injured list stint is up on an off-day, the day before the O's host Cleveland June 28. He was placed on the IL today, retroactive to June 17, with a left shoulder strain.
Means said what he felt at the end of his last start...
SEATTLE - It appears the Orioles dodged a bullet yesterday when their best player, Trey Mancini, got hit by a pitch in the left elbow. But while there were no broken bones, there was a contusion and he should return to the lineup soon.
While Mancini is likely going to fall short of being voted an All-Star starter, it appears he has a good chance to wind up on the American League team for the first time next month. The preliminary voting for the game ends tomorrow at 4 p.m. Eastern time. At that...
OAKLAND - Well, the Orioles lost another game and got swept in a series today for the seventh time. But they very likely didn't lose their best player to the injured list, and while Trey Mancini could miss a game or two, it shouldn't be much more than that.
Mancini - batting .304/.359/.558 with 18 doubles, two triples, 16 homers and 35 RBIs - left today's game in the top of the first. A 3-1 pitch by Oakland right-hander Chris Bassitt came up and in on him and plunked him in the left elbow....
OAKLAND - They lost their best player in the first inning and didn't get a hit until the sixth. And while they made this game close after initially falling behind, in the end, it was another loss for the Orioles.
The Athletics beat the Orioles 8-3 to complete a three-game home sweep. At 21-53, the Orioles now have an eight-game losing streak, which is a season high.
Baltimore has lost 12 of 14 and 16 of the last 20. The Orioles finish the season series going 1-6 against Oakland, allowing 62...
OAKLAND - If you were wondering what else could go wrong for the Orioles, we found out in the top of the first inning today at Oakland. Potential All-Star Trey Mancini was hit by a pitch and left the game as Chris Davis pinch-ran for him and took over at first base.
A's right-hander Chris Bassitt threw a 3-1 sinker that didn't sink. It came up and in on Mancini at 92 mph. He tried to get his arm up while attempting to avoid the pitch, but it plunked him. An O's trainer came out to look at...
OAKLAND - Orioles manager Brandon Hyde used the word "embarrassing" again to describe last night's 16-2 loss at Oakland and he said some changes could be coming when the Orioles play in Seattle starting tomorrow night.
"We have some potential roster moves coming in the next few days," Hyde said before today's game. "One, Smitty (Dwight Smith Jr.) probably will be there in Seattle. That went well in Scranton (in a rehab game last night). He felt good after the game. Smitty will be there...
OAKLAND - This was not the way to start a road trip. The Orioles lost 3-2 at Oakland on Monday night when they allowed two unearned runs and were held to just three hits. They got blasted 16-2 last night, allowing six homers and a 10-run inning in the worst loss of the year.
The Orioles have no series sweeps this year, but they have been swept six times, most recently at home by the Boston Red Sox.
The Orioles have matched a career-high with seven straight losses. The current run of defeats has...
OAKLAND - It wasn't actually the first time this year the Orioles had allowed 16 runs in a game. But when it happened Tuesday night at Oakland, a manager who has had to handle interviews so many nights about a pitching staff that came up short, seemed to be exasperated to have to do it again.
Who could blame Orioles skipper Brandon Hyde?
That was indeed hard to watch. O's pitching allowed 16 runs to tie a season-high first set April 20 versus Minnesota, giving up 10 of them in the last of the...
OAKLAND - It was not hard to analyze this loss. There were no key throwing errors, late leads lost or controversial video reviews. Orioles pitching just got blasted.
The Oakland A's scored 10 runs in the last of the sixth on eight hits and hit three homers that inning on their way to a 16-2 romp over the Orioles.
Three O's pitchers were hit hard that inning, which began with the A's leading 4-2 and the Orioles still very much in this game. But Robbie Grossman's two-run homer off starter...
OAKLAND - Barring something unforeseen, the Orioles will use an opener tomorrow, and they intend to send right-hander Jimmy Yacabonis to the mound to start the Wednesday afternoon series finale in Oakland.
Yacabonis had an impressive two-inning scoreless outing in last night's game, when he walked two and fanned three pitching the seventh and eighth innings of Oakland's 3-2 win. He pitched 1/3 of an inning on Sunday, throwing nine pitches. So starting tomorrow would have him on the mound...
OAKLAND - The Orioles started a losing streak on the East Coast and it continued on the West Coast with Monday's 3-2 loss at Oakland. The Orioles were held to just three hits as they lost their sixth in a row.
The Orioles (21-51) now have seven losing streaks of at least four games. They have five of four games, one of seven and the current run of six. A loss tonight would tie the season-high loss streak of seven in a row from May 18-24.
With the win, Oakland (37-36) moved a game over the .500...
OAKLAND - Several Bay area media outlets were in the Orioles dugout before Monday's game in Oakland. They wanted to interview a local product who is now a major league manager. Orioles skipper Brandon Hyde grew up in Santa Rosa, about 50 miles north of Oakland.
He is enjoying a homecoming here this week. He's been in this area previously many times for games, but never as big league manager. He's got plenty of family and friends in the stands for the games in Oakland and will have some...