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Justin Upton's grand slam in the eighth stuns O's (quotes added)

Justin Upton's grand slam in the eighth stuns O's (quotes added)
That one was tough to take. Orioles starter Kevin Gausman had outdueled Justin Verlander through seven innings and the Orioles turned the game over to their bullpen to protect a one-run late lead. They turned to right-hander Mychal Givens, who has been outstanding, with a 1.86 ERA for the season. He had pitched to a 0.60 ERA over his past 26 games. But he couldn't do it this time. Detroit left fielder Justin Upton hit a first-pitch grand slam to left in the eighth, and the one-run lead and the...
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O's game blog: Gausman faces Verlander at Camden Yards

O's game blog: Gausman faces Verlander at Camden Yards
A five-game winning streak now over after Thursday's series opener, the Orioles will try to start a new one tonight. They host the Detroit Tigers in the second game of a four-game series. The Orioles (53-55) last night missed a chance to get back to the .500 mark for the first time since June 29, when they were 39-39. But an early 7-0 deficit was too deep a hole to get out of, and they lost 7-5 to fall to 33-22 at home, 1-3 versus Detroit and 2-1 in August after a 12-14 month of July. Despite...
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Catcher Welington Castillo on Miguel Castro's strong outing

Catcher Welington Castillo on Miguel Castro's strong outing
On a night when Chris Tillman struggled again, the Orioles fell behind 7-0 and a winning streak ended, Miguel Castro's performance stood out big time last night. Touching 100 mph with a fastball that averaged 96.3 mph, Castro threw a career-high six innings and allowed just one hit and no runs. He did give up an inherited run, but also settled down to pitch four perfect innings to end his outing. He needed seven pitches in a 1-2-3 fifth and averaged 98.6 mph on his fastball. He got through the...
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Adam Jones on criticism O's got over trade deadline moves

Adam Jones on criticism O's got over trade deadline moves
Winning five in a row and 11 of 16 games was not going to undo what two-plus months of poor baseball brought about: a losing record for the Orioles. They have been an under .500 team every day since June 30. But losing last night by a 7-5 score to the Tigers is also not going to wash away the turnaround that the Orioles started to make about two weeks ago. But the team and its management have gotten some criticism for not trading off key players at the non-waiver trade deadline. They are...
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Chris Tillman allows seven runs as Detroit wins (quotes added)

Chris Tillman allows seven runs as Detroit wins (quotes added)
As right-hander Chris Tillman struggled badly again tonight and the Orioles trailed 7-0 in the third inning, two questions came to mind: Would this outing knock Tillman from the rotation, and could the team come back from so far down? The first answer will have to wait and the second is no, not tonight. Not quite. Detroit held off the Orioles 7-5 to snap the club's five-game win streak. It was the opener of a four-game series. Tillman's miserable season continued, as he allowed six hits and...
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O's game blog: Chris Tillman faces Detroit in series opener

O's game blog: Chris Tillman faces Detroit in series opener
For the first time in more than a month, the Orioles can reach the .500 mark tonight. They were 39-39 on June 29 and have been an under-.500 team since. But a five-game win streak and 11 wins the past 16 games have them at 53-54 heading into tonight's series opener with Detroit. The five-game streak is one shy of a season high. They won six in a row from May 4-9 with one win versus Boston, three against the Chicago White Sox and two against Washington. The Orioles and Tigers open a four-game...
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Adam Jones: "The word 'rebuild' is not in my vocabulary"

Adam Jones: "The word 'rebuild' is not in my vocabulary"
It is probably obvious, but as the non-waiver trade deadline approached on Monday, one group that didn't necessarily want the Orioles to look to the future is the current group of players. Some players have told me that they would have understood if the team had started to look to the future. The Orioles were seven games under .500 about two and a half weeks ago. But even after a long stretch of losing baseball, the players insisted they could still make a playoff push. Executive vice...
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Notes and quotes after the Orioles' sweep of Kansas City

Notes and quotes after the Orioles' sweep of Kansas City
So, with an impressive three-game sweep of the hottest team in the league, the Orioles seem to have pumped some big-time life into their 2017 season. While they are still an under-.500 team at 53-54, they are now just 2 1/2 games back for the second American League wild card spot. It no longer looks out of reach and they still have 55 games to play. Their rotation, which once looked like it was going to set team records for being historically bad, suddenly has taken a turn for the better. In...
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Hellickson with seven scoreless, O's sweep K.C. (quotes added)

Hellickson with seven scoreless, O's sweep K.C. (quotes added)
Well, that was some debut. In his first game on the mound for the Orioles, right-hander Jeremy Hellickson pitched seven scoreless innings of five-hit ball as the Orioles blanked the Royals 6-0 at Camden Yards. This completes a stunning three days of pitching by the club, which gave up just three runs in this series. O's starting pitchers allowed just one earned run in 22 innings against Kansas City, as the Orioles moved to within 2 1/2 games of the Royals for the second American League wild...
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O's game blog: Jeremy Hellickson makes Orioles debut

O's game blog: Jeremy Hellickson makes Orioles debut
Right-hander Jeremy Hellickson tonight joins an Orioles rotation that has pitched to an ERA of 0.94 the last four games and 3.18 the past eight. He will make his Orioles debut as the O's look to complete a three-game sweep of the Royals. At 52-54 and with four wins in a row and 10 wins the past 15 games, the Orioles could move to within 2 ½ games of the Royals with a win. The Royals (55-50) currently hold the second American League wild card spot, leading that by 1 ½ games over the...
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Givens on Britton staying, his big year and more

Givens on Britton staying, his big year and more
When the non-waiver trade deadline passed Monday and closer Zach Britton was still an Oriole, his teammates were certainly pleased that he was still among them. But not just because he is one of the best late-inning pitchers in the game. For 27-year-old right-hander Mychal Givens, Britton has been a mentor and a friend. Someone to help him with whatever he might need - on or off the field. "He's helped me deal with my transition (from position player to pitcher)," Givens said. "He had to...
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Notes on the rotation, Schoop chases Cruz, Santander rakes

Notes on the rotation, Schoop chases Cruz, Santander rakes
The Orioles rotation, much maligned this year for obvious and deserved reasons, is making a brief resurgence. Now we await the next few games and weeks to find out if it is merely a small sample of good pitching or a bigger turnaround. The Orioles have won four straight games. Over that stretch we've seen Kevin Gausman throw 8 2/3 scoreless innings. Then Wade Miley allowed two runs over five innings. Then Ubaldo Jiménez allowed one run over seven innings and last night Dylan Bundy gave up...
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Bundy on his outing, Schoop on the RBIs and the win

Bundy on his outing, Schoop on the RBIs and the win
The Orioles have not had a pitcher throw a complete game since Ubaldo Jiménez against the Rays on Sept. 5, 2016. Dylan Bundy had a real chance tonight. He was rolling with 93 pitches and with a big lead through eight innings. But manager Buck Showalter has to think long-term and went to Brad Brach to pitch the ninth to complete the Orioles' 7-2 win over the Royals. Bundy, as you would expect, would have liked the chance to finish the game. "Yeah, I did," he said. "But I understood. That...
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Dylan Bundy pitches a gem in the Orioles' 7-2 win

Dylan Bundy pitches a gem in the Orioles' 7-2 win
The Orioles offense had a good night. But right-hander Dylan Bundy had a better one. It added up to a lopsided win over a red-hot team, as the Orioles beat the Royals 7-2 at Camden Yards. Bundy went a career-high eight innings, allowing three hits and one unearned run in the win. He walked one and fanned five, throwing 93 pitches, 64 for strikes. Bundy is now 10-8 with an ERA of 4.24. At a time when the club is watching his season-innings limit closely, Brad Brach pitched the ninth and allowed...
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O's game blog: Dylan Bundy on the mound against K.C.

O's game blog: Dylan Bundy on the mound against K.C.
The Orioles came up with their seventh walk-off win of the year last night and it was also the Royals' seventh walk-off loss. The Orioles won 2-1 in the ninth inning, getting singles by Caleb Joseph, Rubén Tejada and Craig Gentry, whose hit ended the game. The win was the Orioles' third in a row and ninth in the last 14 games since they started the second half going 0-3 versus the Cubs. The Orioles are 1-3 versus the Royals and 31-21 at home. They are 51-54 for the season. Kansas City is...
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Tim Beckham looks forward to "new beginning" with Orioles

Tim Beckham looks forward to "new beginning" with Orioles
Just over 24 hours after the Orioles acquired Tim Beckham from the Rays, he will make his Orioles debut at shortstop, batting sixth. He joins a team that added at the trade deadline and is still gunning for a playoff spot despite being 4 ½ games back of the second American League wild card and 6 ½ games out in the AL East race. "I love it. Love it man," Beckham said in his first press session as an Oriole. "That is what we play the game for. To compete and win every game we touch the...
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O's get post-trade deadline win and now try to build on it

O's get post-trade deadline win and now try to build on it
The Orioles' first game after the non-waiver trade deadline came and went was a success. They won 2-1 in walk-off fashion over one of baseball's hottest teams, the Kansas City Royals. Coming into this series, Kansas City had won two of three in Fenway Park and was 10-1 in its last 11 games. The Royals' 33-18 record since June 1 was second-best in the majors to the Dodgers at 41-10 and the Royals were 14-8 versus American League East teams, including 3-0 against the Orioles. So, yeah, that...
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Zach Britton on trade deadline passing, plus other clubhouse quotes

Zach Britton on trade deadline passing, plus other clubhouse quotes
Zach Britton's day began with him yet again at the center of trade rumors. He ended it yet again doing a solid job for the Orioles. He pitched a scoreless ninth tonight and was the winning pitcher in the Orioles' 2-1 walk-off win over Kansas City. It was a nice start to a three-game series and weeklong homestand on a day where Britton went through a range of emotions. "I just tried to treat it like a normal day," Britton said after his 10-pitch outing. "I understood there was stuff flying...
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Walk-off win: Craig Gentry's single in ninth provides 2-1 victory

Walk-off win: Craig Gentry's single in ninth provides 2-1 victory
This was a nice way to start a homestand. Ubaldo Jiménez gave his team an outstanding start. He didn't get the win, but his team did with a walk-off victory in the last of the ninth. The Orioles beat Kansas City 2-1 in front of 20,663 at Oriole Park in the opener of a three-game series. Joakim Soria came on for the ninth for Kansas City and Caleb Joseph singled to center with one out. He advanced to second on Rubén Tejada's two-out single, which snapped an 0-for-19 stretch. That brought...
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O's game blog: Tonight's game and trade notes

O's game blog: Tonight's game and trade notes
It appears the Orioles added a solid starting pitching prospect today when they acquired 23-year-old right-hander Yefry Ramírez from the New York Yankees for international bonus slots. From Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Ramirez is having a good year for Double-A Trenton, going 10-3 with an ERA of 3.41 in 18 starts. Ramirez was added by the Yankees to their 40-man roster last winter in advance of the Rule 5 draft. He ended the 2016 season ranked as New York's No. 23 prospect by Baseball...
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