Kansas City scores 10 in the first in rout of Orioles (Bundy quotes added)

Kansas City scores 10 in the first in rout of Orioles (Bundy quotes added)
Coming home off a second straight winless road trip and with a record 18 games under .500, the Orioles had to hope things would get better on this homestand. Tonight hope went out the window not long after the first pitch. Right-hander Dylan Bundy gave up four homers and failed to get an out in the first inning as the Kansas City Royals hammered the Orioles at Camden Yards. The Royals scored 10 runs on nine hits in the opening inning on the way to a 15-7 blowout of Baltimore. Just when it...
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O's game blog: Dylan Bundy on the mound in homestand opener

O's game blog: Dylan Bundy on the mound in homestand opener
The Orioles have won just one of five home series this year. But after 12 straight road losses, Oriole Park should feel very friendly to the team tonight in the opener of a three-game series with Kansas City. Tonight begins a three-team, nine-game homestand that includes Saturday's single-admission doubleheader with Tampa Bay. The Orioles went 0-6 on a road trip to Anaheim and Oakland, and they scored just one run in losing the last two games versus the Athletics. The Orioles are 2-18 when...
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Jonathan Schoop on his return to the Orioles

Jonathan Schoop on his return to the Orioles
The Orioles will happily welcome back one of their key players tonight. Second baseman Jonathan Schoop returns to the lineup, batting fourth at second base against Kansas City. Yep, he goes right into the cleanup spot. Schoop has been out since he got injured April 13 at Boston. He suffered a right oblique strain and the Orioles went 3-17 without him. He played in rehab games since Friday at Double-A Bowie, Triple-A Norfolk and Single-A Frederick, going 2-for-13. "I'm real excited. Excited to...
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Would Birdland be on board with a rebuild?

Would Birdland be on board with a rebuild?
The Orioles have only played 21 percent of their season. In an NFL season, we would be in week four. But they have fallen so far, so fast, they seem to have left team management little choice. At some point - and maybe it will be very soon - they are probably left with one clear move: Rebuild, and begin the process of trying to put together the next great Orioles team. Maybe that effort will eventually come up short, but the current effort to contend is failing big. The Orioles were mostly a...
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During another winless road trip, O's offense came up way short

During another winless road trip, O's offense came up way short
The Orioles seem like a boat taking on water right now and every hole that gets plugged just seems to open another. Or two others. The rotation has been inconsistent, the bullpen worse than expected, the defense has been at times just terrible and other times very mediocre. Good has not been part of the equation many nights on defense. But the Orioles offense has under-performed in a big way. For several years the Orioles have been around or just above a league-average run-scoring offense in...
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O's game blog: Alex Cobb faces the A's in road trip finale

O's game blog: Alex Cobb faces the A's in road trip finale
The Orioles are a loss away from a second straight winless and 0-6 road trip. They lost 2-0 in 12 innings at Oakland last night when Khris Davis hit a two-run homer to end it off Pedro Araujo. The Orioles are 8-25 overall and have now lost 11 consecutive road games. The team record is 13 in a row on the road in 1988. The Orioles have been swept in three-game series at Houston, Boston, Detroit and Anaheim. A loss today and they can add Oakland to that list. The Orioles went 3-1 in a road series...
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Minor league notebook: Mountcastle's return, props for Peralta & more

Minor league notebook: Mountcastle's return, props for Peralta & more
Orioles third base prospect Ryan Mountcastle is expected to join Double-A Bowie sometime in the next several days. He's played four games at extended spring training in Florida with two games in the field. He will probably head north after another three or four games in Florida and join the Baysox. Mountcastle had been out since mid-March when he was hit by a pitch in a minor league spring game and suffered a hairline fracture in his right hand. He is ranked as the No. 65 prospect in baseball...
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O's game blog: Orioles try to snap 10-game road losing streak

O's game blog: Orioles try to snap 10-game road losing streak
The Orioles have lost four in a row, not winning since Sunday at home versus Detroit. They have lost 10 straight road games, not winning since Sunday April 8 at New York. Tonight they try to end both streaks at Oakland in the second of three games in this series. The road trip started with the Orioles being swept three at Anaheim, as they were outscored 25-12 by the Angels. Last night they trailed 4-1 after one inning, tied the game in the sixth, only to lose 6-4 at Oakland. The Orioles have...
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O's latest loss had familiar look (plus last night on the farm)

O's latest loss had familiar look (plus last night on the farm)
Once again, the Orioles lost the first inning. Once again, their defense let them down. Once again, they lost. It's May 5 and the Orioles have won road games in one venue all year and that was Yankee Stadium, their 2017 house of horrors. They went 3-1 there from April 5-8 and that was great. But that series is the season highlight. In Houston, Boston, Detroit, Anaheim and now Oakland, the Orioles are a combined 0-13. They've now lost 10 consecutive road games. They allowed two unearned runs...
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O's game blog: Andrew Cashner pitches Oakland series opener

O's game blog: Andrew Cashner pitches Oakland series opener
The Orioles last road win came on Sunday, April 8 at Yankee Stadium. They have lost nine road games in a row since, going 3-13 on the year away from Camden Yards. When they lost to the Angels last night, it marked the fourth time this year the Orioles have gone 0-3 in a road series. They've been swept in Houston, Boston, Detroit and Anaheim. Tonight they try again to improve on what is now an 8-23 record with losses in four of five, nine of 11 and 17 of 21 games. The Orioles begin a three-game...
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Another look at Chris Tillman's struggles as O's get swept

Another look at Chris Tillman's struggles as O's get swept
ANAHEIM, Calif. - For the Orioles, from the clubhouse to the manager's office, it has to be brutal to watch Chris Tillman struggle so badly. He was good for the team for a long time, but it is becoming harder by the day to envision those days returning. He throws seven scoreless against the Tigers and then gets just three outs last night. Tillman allowed seven hits and seven runs in one inning plus two batters as the Los Angeles Angels routed the Orioles 12-3 to complete a three-game...
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Chris Tillman allows seven runs as O's are swept (quotes added)

Chris Tillman allows seven runs as O's are swept (quotes added)
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Pitching six days after his best start of the 2018 season, Chris Tillman tonight had his worst. The Los Angeles Angels scored five runs off the right-hander in the last of the first and knocked him out two batters into the second inning as they routed the Orioles 12-3 at Angel Stadium. Albert Pujols went 1-for-4 tonight with a two-run double in the second and he ended the night at 2,999 hits. His chase to become the 32nd player in major league history to get 3,000 hits will...
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Buck Showalter on Chris Davis' comments and more (game update)

Buck Showalter on Chris Davis' comments and more (game update)
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Orioles manager Buck Showalter today was asked to weigh in on Chris Davis' postgame comments after last night's 10-7 loss to the Los Angeles Angels. For the second night in a row, the Orioles had little offense until the ninth inning, when they scored five runs. Davis said the team needs to become less reliant on homers to consistently score. "I felt like we kind of singled them to death in that last inning," Davis said last night. "That has to be our approach, day in and...
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O's game blog: Chris Tillman pitches series finale in Anaheim

O's game blog: Chris Tillman pitches series finale in Anaheim
ANAHEIM, Calif. - As the Orioles take the field tonight, some questions come to mind. Can they get their offense going before the ninth inning? Is Chris Tillman really beginning to pitch better? Will the Orioles ever win another road game? The Orioles have lost eight straight on the road and are 3-12 away from Camden Yards this year. They went 3-1 at Yankee Stadium and are winless everywhere else. A loss tonight and they will have been swept three straight for the fourth time in 2018. Tillman...
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For three Orioles, Angels series provides California homecoming

For three Orioles, Angels series provides California homecoming
ANAHEIM, Calif. - While the Orioles roster contains players from all over the United States - in addition to players from the Dominican Republic and Venezuela - three Orioles are enjoying a homecoming of sorts during this series against the Angels. Not only are outfielder/designated hitter Mark Trumbo, catcher Chance Sisco and pitcher Chris Tillman from California, but all three were born 30 miles or less from Angel Stadium. Trumbo was born in Anaheim and played high school ball at Villa Park...
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Chris Davis calls for a change in the offensive approach (plus other notes)

Chris Davis calls for a change in the offensive approach (plus other notes)
ANAHEIM, Calif. - For two nights in a row in Anaheim, the Orioles offense did little until the ninth inning. The Orioles lost 10-7 last night but scored five in the ninth to make the final more respectable. They entered the final inning behind 10-2. In this series they've scored two runs on six hits in innings one through eight and seven runs on eight hits in the ninth Tuesday and Wednesday. When Chris Davis was asked why it took so long to score, he had this answer: "I don't know. I don't...
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Dylan Bundy allows three homers as Angels beat O's (quotes added)

Dylan Bundy allows three homers as Angels beat O's (quotes added)
It was just 12 days ago that Orioles right-hander Dylan Bundy had an ERA of 1.42 that ranked fourth-best in the American League. But for the second game in a row, he got hit hard tonight as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Orioles 10-7 at Angels Stadium. The Orioles are 8-22 and have lost eight straight road games. They start this six-game road trip at 0-2. The Orioles have lost eight of 10 and 16 of their last 20 games. Bundy tied a career high by allowing three homers tonight and now has...
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Showalter on Brach and Trout's intentional walks (game update)

Showalter on Brach and Trout's intentional walks (game update)
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Orioles manager Buck Showalter will seldom, if ever, publicly express how he will use - or not use - his relievers. So if he is making any changes involving struggling reliever Brad Brach, he didn't say so today. In fact, the skipper expressed confidence in Brach, who took the loss last night. Over his past four games, Brach has allowed 10 hits and six runs in 3 1/3 innings. His ERA in the ninth inning is 14.73. "He's going to get (more) opportunities," Showalter said....
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After collision last night, Chance Sisco is ready to play tonight

After collision last night, Chance Sisco is ready to play tonight
ANAHEIM, Calif. - Less than 24 hours since last night's collision with third baseman Pedro Álvarez's left arm, Orioles catcher Chance Sisco has soreness near his nose, but nothing worse. No concussion, no cuts. Officially, he suffered a facial contusion. Pretty remarkable since the collision - as Sisco went running to chase a foul pop along third base - left him on the ground for several minutes looking like a boxer that had just been knocked out. Sisco said today he is fine and available...
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O's game blog: Dylan Bundy faces the Angels in second game of series

O's game blog: Dylan Bundy faces the Angels in second game of series
ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Orioles have lost seven consecutive road games and will try to break that streak tonight in the second game of a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels. The Orioles were held to one hit and no runs last night through eight innings. Then they tied the game 2-2, scoring twice in the top of the ninth. But they lost 3-2 in walk-off fashion in the last of the ninth on Justin Upton's bases-loaded single off right-hander Brad Brach. The Orioles have won two in a row...
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