Denied a chance to turn around his season due to a quick ejection in Boston last Wednesday, O's right-hander Kevin Gausman instead did so against the majors' best offense tonight.
Facing a Washington Nationals team that was averaging 6.26 runs per game during a 21-10 start, Gausman allowed five hits and two runs over seven innings tonight as the Orioles beat the Nats 6-4 at Camden Yards.
In his first seven starts, Gausman had gone 1-3 with a 7.55 ERA and 1.935 WHIP. Then he retired the first...
Tonight's pitching matchup at Camden Yards features a pitcher that leads the National League in ERA against a pitcher that ranks last in ERA among all current 47 qualifying pitchers in the American League.
It's Kevin Gausman (1-3, 7.55 ERA) for the Orioles and Gio Gonzalez (3-0, 1.64 ERA) for the Washington Nationals. These clubs will play the next four nights, with the first two games in Baltimore and the next two in Washington.
Since the Nationals' first season in Washington in 2006, the...
After playing 882 games in an Orioles uniform, catcher Matt Wieters is back as a visiting player for the first time tonight. His new club, the Washington Nationals, and the Orioles begin the first of a four-game, home-and-home series.
Wieters played in four All-Star games and won two Gold Gloves as an Oriole. He was part of the core group of players that turned the franchise from a losing team into a winner. For that and many other reasons, O's center fielder Adam Jones hopes Wieters gets a...
A picture is emerging of the 2017 Orioles as a team that is playing .667 baseball at 20-10, even with a few things that have not gone nearly as expected during the first 30 games.
We know for instance, that opening day starter Kevin Gausman and Ubaldo Jiménez have struggled. That Zach Britton is now on the disabled list for the second time. That the middle of the order got off to slow start and just now seems to be heating up. That the club played 24 of its first 27 games within the tough...
Orioles right-hander Chris Tillman had to wait until the season's 30th game to make his first start. And then he threw seven pitches out of the strike zone and walked the first two White Sox batters this afternoon. Moments into his season debut he was in trouble. But he said he knew what to do at that point.
"For me, the first seven pitches were all the same mistake," he said. "It was kind of an easy adjustment. Because I wasn't all over the place, I just kept making the same mistake over...
When Orioles right-hander Chris Tillman threw his first seven pitches for balls today and walked the first two batters he faced, we could not have predicted how the rest of his day would go.
He went on to get out of a major jam, stranding the bases loaded in the first, and then threw five scoreless at the Chicago White Sox this afternoon as the Orioles won 4-0 to complete a series sweep in front of 31,806 at Camden Yards.
This is the Orioles' first three-game home sweep of the White Sox since...
He had a platelet-rich plasma (PRP) injection in his right shoulder in December and a cortisone shot in the middle of March. Now, after four minor league rehab starts, right-hander Chris Tillman finally makes his season debut here this afternoon, facing the Chicago White Sox.
Tillman made one start with Single-A Frederick, two for Double-A Bowie and one with Triple-A Norfolk. His tour of the affiliates produced an 0-3 record and ERA of 7.16. Over 16 1/3 innings he allowed 20 hits including...
No doubt just in the last week or so we've seen just how important pitching depth has been for the Orioles. Kevin Gausman got an early ejection, and Richard Bleier covered four innings and Ubaldo Jiménez three in relief. Wade Miley took two line drives in the first inning and Gabriel Ynoa pitched six scoreless. Logan Verrett was called to New York and pitched two scoreless in an extra-inning win. We've seen quality starts from Alec Asher, Jayson Aquino and Tyler Wilson.
As the Orioles now...
In an interview before last night's game, Trey Mancini spoke about seeing pitchers beginning to serve him a more steady diet of off-speed pitches. He also said he was adjusting to that and was feeling really good at the plate.
Then during the game last night those words rang true.
Mancini produced an RBI double in the first and drilled a 398-foot, two-run homer in the fifth in the manOrioles' 6-5 win over the Chicago White Sox. He has now driven in a run in four straight games. Over his past...
In the all-Dylan pitching matchup tonight, Dylan Bundy reigned supreme. The Orioles right-hander produced his seventh consecutive quality start to begin the year as the Orioles beat the Chicago White Sox 6-5 in front of 28,718 at Oriole Park.
The Orioles improved to 19-10, winning their third in a row and for the fifth time in seven games. They are 10-3 at home and can sweep the White Sox on Sunday afternoon.
On the first day of Zach Britton's second 2017 trip to the disabled list, Darren...
The Orioles host the Chicago White Sox tonight in the second game of a three-game series at Camden Yards. The Orioles (18-10) begin play a half-game behind the New York Yankees in the American League East, while the White Sox (15-13) start the night in a four-way tie for first in the AL Central.
Tonight's game is not starting on time ,but the delay is expected to be brief. As of 7 p.m., the tarp was on the field with a light rain falling. Just after 7 p.m., the O's announced a start time for...
After last night's game, Orioles left-hander Wade Miley felt his left wrist contusion was not going to be much of a problem. And today, even though he had a wrap on his left wrist, he said he fully expects to make his next start on Wednesday.
"Yeah, I feel fine," Miley said. "I could pitch tonight if they needed me. I feel like my wrist is fine. I think it is one of those things where they are trying to be cautious.
"I've never been hit twice. I've never seen it. I wrapped it last night...
In just the last few days, the Orioles have had Kevin Gausman ejected in the second inning and Wade Miley knocked out after being hit by two line drives in the first inning.
Nothing like a few challenges during a long season.
The Orioles seem to be getting a new test nightly. Right now, they'd probably give their kingdom for a routine and comfortable 6-2 win where nobody gets thrown at, ejected, or takes a liner off the wrist or butt.
Since Gausman's early ejection on Wednesday, O's starters...
During a season that has featured a steady stream of pitching roster moves, the Orioles could again be busy tomorrow on the transactions wire.
During tonight's 4-2 win over the Chicago White Sox, one starting pitcher got hit by two line drives, the pitcher that relieved him had a leg issue and an All-Star closer was unavailable altogether.
As the Orioles added to a 2-1 lead and made it 4-1 in the last of the eighth, right-hander Brad Brach - and not closer Zach Britton - was warming. Brach...
Given an unexpectedly big opportunity tonight by the Orioles, 23-year-old right-hander Gabriel Ynoa took it and ran with it.
Called on to pitch with just two outs in the top of the first, Ynoa got out of a two-on jam and then pitched scoreless ball into the seventh against the Chicago White Sox as the Orioles won 4-2 to start a five-game homestand.
The Orioles are 18-10 for the season, 9-3 at home and remain half-game behind the Yankees for first in the American League East.
Acquired for cash...
Two nights after the Orioles lost a starting pitcher who was ejected after recording just three outs, they lost their starter tonight after just two outs.
Left-hander Wade Miley was hit twice by line drives in a three-pitch span in the top of the first tonight against the Chicago White Sox. It was just Wednesday night in Boston when Kevin Gausman was ejected pitching to the first batter he faced in the second inning. This time, Miley was knocked out after being drilled by back-to-back...
The Orioles have finally moved into a stretch of the season where they will face some non-American League East opponents. But that doesn't necessarily mean their schedule gets easier.
After playing 24 of the first 27 within the division (and going 15-9), their next seven games are against the Chicago White Sox and Washington Nationals. Both teams currently reside in first place in their respective divisions.
The Orioles host the White Sox for three games this weekend at Camden Yards. Chicago...
It was one of those plays that, as manager Buck Showalter said today, can "change the game." With the Orioles leading the Red Sox 8-3 last night, Boston had a rally going with the bases loaded in the last of the seventh.
In the top of the seventh, Seth Smith singled to right for a 4-for-4 game. But in the bottom of the inning, Joey Rickard came in for Smith as a defensive replacement in right field.
A few moments later, he Rickard made a leaping, sprawling catch of Andrew Benintendi's liner...
For young right-hander Cody Sedlock, the Orioles' top draft pick last June, it was memorable, very exciting and it seemed to happen real, real fast.
After the Orioles drafted Sedlock with the 27th pick in the first round out of the University of Illinois, he got his feet wet in pro ball last summer throwing 27 innings and pitching to an ERA of 3.00 at short-season Single-A Aberdeen.
Fast forward to 2017 spring training. It was Feb. 28 and the Orioles were playing their fifth exhibition game,...
A rather eventful road trip for the Orioles through New York and Boston comes to an end tonight at Fenway Park. The Orioles went 1-2 at Yankee Stadium and are 1-2 at Boston as the four-game series ends tonight.
The trip began with the Orioles leading New York by one game for first place in the American League East. They begin play tonight at 16-10, one game behind New York (17-9). The trip began with the Yankees scoring 26 runs and winning last Friday and Saturday over the Orioles in the Bronx....