Bowie right-hander Bobby Bundy will have knee surgery, miss rest of season

Bowie right-hander Bobby Bundy will have knee surgery, miss rest of season
Bowie right-hander Bobby Bundy, Dylan Bundy's older brother, is going to have right knee surgery on Monday and will miss the rest of the 2015 season. Bobby Bundy was pitching in a game May 5 against Akron when he fielded a ball to the third base side of the mound and felt something in the knee. He had ACL surgery on that same knee in high school.This is tough news for Bundy, who overcame three procedures to return to pitch this year for the Baysox and he was 1-0 with a 4.20 ERA in eight games....
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Chen was good again, but the offense has headed south (plus minor league notes)

Chen was good again, but the offense has headed south (plus minor league notes)
So what has happened to the Orioles offense? After their 3-1 loss Friday night to the Los Angeles Angels, the Orioles have scored three runs or less in seven of their last 13 games, going 5-8. On May 1, the Orioles began a home series on the road against Tampa Bay. At that point they led the major leagues, averaging 5.6 runs per game. They had scored six runs or more in 10 of their first 20 games. That has happened just twice in the last 13 games. O's offense this season: April: .286 average,...
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Clubhouse quotes after the Orioles' 3-1 loss to the Angels

Clubhouse quotes after the Orioles' 3-1 loss to the Angels
The Orioles saw their starter give up just five hits and two runs in seven innings tonight. But it didn't lead to a win. Jered Weaver allowed just three hits and one run over 7 1/3 innings as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Orioles 3-1 at Camden Yards, dropping the O's record to 15-18. "He's the same guy he's been for a number of years," Chris Davis said. "He moves the ball around and throws a lot of strikes. Tough guy to face, man. "He's a guy that if you go up there and try to get...
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Pujols homers and Weaver holds O's to three hits as Angels take series opener

Pujols homers and Weaver holds O's to three hits as Angels take series opener
Heading into his start last Friday night, Los Angeles Angels right-hander Jered Weaver had an ERA of 6.29 through his first six starts of this year. But whatever he found in his most recent start, a six-hit shutout of Houston, carried into tonight as Weaver pitched the Angels to a 3-1 win over the Orioles in front of 35,470 in the series opener at Camden Yards. Weaver went 7 1/3 innings, allowing just three hits and one run with one walk and three strikeouts to improve to 2-4 and lowering his...
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O's game blog: Wei-Yin Chen on mound for series opener with the Angels

O's game blog: Wei-Yin Chen on mound for series opener with the Angels
The Orioles host the Los Angeles Angels tonight to start a three-game weekend series. This will be just their fourth game all year against a non-American League East opponent and just their second against an AL team not from the east coast. The Angels are 17-17 and have allowed just four runs total in winning their past three games. They are 6-2 since beginning the season at 11-15. The Angels went 19-14 versus AL East teams in 2014. The O's, though, won the season series, 4-2 against Los...
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Darren O'Day on the bullpen improvement and more

Darren O'Day on the bullpen improvement and more
The Orioles' bullpen has gotten on a bit of roll and is putting up numbers that fans have come to expect from the pitchers after a slow start. Since April 29, the bullpen ranks second in the majors (behind Detroit) with a 1.41 ERA and ranks first in opponent batting average at .161. Right-hander Darren O'Day got the save Wednesday, getting the last four outs. He has not allowed an earned run over his last 11 appearances and 10 innings and has an 0.69 ERA for the year. After that slow start,...
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Talking strikeouts with Chris Davis

Talking strikeouts with Chris Davis
Chris Davis led the American League in strikeout rate in 2014, and he leads the league again in 2015, with the whiffs coming even more frequently. But along with his 50 strikeouts, he is batting .246 with eight homers and 21 RBIs. He is slugging .509 with an .821 OPS. Through Wednesday's games, he was tied for sixth in the league in homers and tied for 12th in RBIs. I asked Orioles manager Buck Showalter if the strikeouts were more acceptable because they are coming with a decent level of...
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Minor league notes on Triple-A Norfolk's strong pitching and more

Minor league notes on Triple-A Norfolk's strong pitching and more
The Triple-A Norfolk squad has the best record of the Orioles' full-season minor league affiliates at 19-14. The Tides beat Scranton 3-1 on Wednesday afternoon when Dariel Alvarez hit a two-run homer in the eighth to break a 1-1 tie. Norfolk completed a 5-1 homestand with that win, and has won three straight series. The Tides' pitching has been outstanding this year, and Norfolk's 2.48 team ERA ranks second in the 14-team International League behind Buffalo at 2.37. Right-hander Mike Wright,...
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Slump breaker: Alejandro De Aza has two hits in O's win over Toronto, plus other notes

Slump breaker: Alejandro De Aza has two hits in O's win over Toronto, plus other notes
After batting .293 in 20 games for the Orioles last season after they acquired him Aug. 30, outfielder Alejandro De Aza got off to a fast start this year. He hit safely in his first six games of the season, batting .333. But his bat soon trailed off and he came into last night's game batting just .211 for the year, and just .122 (5-for-41) over his last 12 games. But De Aza's bat finally got going a bit in last night's 6-1 win over Toronto. He went 2-for-3 with a run scored and an RBI...
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Gonzalez and Joseph on the pitching, Navarro on his first big league homer

Gonzalez and Joseph on the pitching, Navarro on his first big league homer
Against a Toronto team averaging 7.4 runs per game against the Orioles this year, Miguel Gonzalez stepped up big time tonight. He shut out Toronto on 75 pitches through his first seven innings, and gave up just one unearned run and three hits over 7 2/3 innings in the Orioles' 6-1 win. "Just being aggressive in the zone the whole time and not trying to do too much," Gonzalez said of his pitch efficiency. "My last outing wasn't the greatest, but this time around I worked hard and it paid...
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Gonzalez with a gem as O's beat Toronto to win the series

Gonzalez with a gem as O's beat Toronto to win the series
Given a chance to gain a win and begin to erase the memory of last night's poor performance, the Orioles accepted the challenge tonight. Miguel Gonzalez led the way. Gonzalez buzzed through the Toronto lineup without allowing a run over the first seven innings on just 75 pitches. He pitched the Orioles to a 6-1 win and a series victory tonight in front of 24,654 at Camden Yards. He was replaced in the eighth but went 7 2/3 innings, allowing just three hits and one unearned run. He walked three...
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O's game blog: Orioles look for series victory over Toronto

O's game blog: Orioles look for series victory over Toronto
The Orioles can begin to erase the bad feelings about last night's 10-2 loss to Toronto with a win tonight, which would give them their first series win this year against the Blue Jays. The Orioles are 2-6 versus Toronto, 0-2 in two series, and have been outscored 59-40 on the season series. The O's staff has an ERA of 7.17. Toronto batters are hitting .295 with an OPS of .886 against the Orioles with 27 doubles and 12 homers in the eight games. The Orioles are 4-3-1 this season in series...
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Mike Wright talks about his first call-up to the major leagues

Mike Wright talks about his first call-up to the major leagues
When he got added to the Orioles' 40-man roster in November, you had to figure Mike Wright's chance to pitch in the big leagues would come at some point during this 2015 season. Well, the time is now. Ranked as the club's No. 8 propsect according to Baseball America, Wright got his first call to the major leagues today. It comes a day after he was scheduled to start for Triple-A Norfolk but was scratched. "It's exciting," he said. "It's really exciting. It is what I've dreamed of my...
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Ugly loss leads to more questions about defense for the Orioles

Ugly loss leads to more questions about defense for the Orioles
Tuesday night was an ugly loss for the Orioles as they lost a 2-1 lead in the sixth inning and saw a 2-2 tie turn into a 10-2 loss last night against Toronto. It got quite ugly in the seventh and eighth innings as the Orioles made three errors and had a passed ball that scored a run. They gave up two-run homers each inning. It was ugly, disheartening, depressing and a lot of other negative words you could probably think of. It only counted as one loss but felt like more than that. Whatever...
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Machado: "We collapsed and they took advantage of it" (Hunter Harvey to have MRI)

Machado: "We collapsed and they took advantage of it" (Hunter Harvey to have MRI)
In the quiet of the Orioles clubhouse, Manny Machado talked about the latest loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. Tonight's 10-2 defeat was marked by three errors, a passed ball and four unearned runs. "That wasn't us. That wasn't us," Machado said. "Then it kept rolling. That was an inning where we lost the game. We collapsed and they took advantage of it. We have to keep our head up high and come out tomorrow. "They are swinging the bat well and we are not. They are hitting in key...
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Ugly loss: Down 2-0 early, Toronto scores eight late runs to beat the Orioles

Ugly loss: Down 2-0 early, Toronto scores eight late runs to beat the Orioles
It started well for the Orioles. They had a 2-0 lead and Chris Tillman needed just 29 pitches over the first three innings. But that feel-good vibe didn't last and it did a 180. Toronto scored four runs in the seventh to break a 2-2 tie and added four more in the eighth amid more Orioles errors and mistakes. In the end, Toronto had an easy 10-2 win to improve to 17-17. In losing for the sixth time in eight games, the Orioles fell to 14-17 for the season and to 2-6 against the Blue Jays....
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O's game blog: It's Tillman against Buehrle in second game of series

O's game blog: It's Tillman against Buehrle in second game of series
Will tonight's game be high-scoring? Chris Tillman (2-4, 6.25 ERA) pitches for the Orioles against Toronto's 36-year-old left-hander, Mark Buehrle (4-2, 6.00 ERA). Tillman has an ERA of 18.00 this year against the Blue Jays, while Buehrle has allowed a batting average against this year of .371. In two starts against the Blue Jays this season, Tillman has allowed seven runs over 2 2/3 innings and seven runs in 4 1/3 innings. His WHIP is 2.86 as Toronto has 12 hits in seven innings, including...
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Jimmy Paredes talks about his red-hot bat for the Orioles

Jimmy Paredes talks about his red-hot bat for the Orioles
In 37 games as an Oriole since last year, Jimmy Paredes is batting .337 with 10 doubles, two triples, seven homers and 23 RBIs. He has a .602 slugging percentage and an OPS of .964. His bat has been red-hot this year. In 19 games since he was activated from the disabled list, he is batting .363 with six doubles, two triples, five homers and 15 RBIs. His slugging percentage is .675 and OPS is 1.061. "I feel great because I've gotten an opportunity and have taken advantage of it. Been trying to...
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Jimenez on his success against Toronto, Davis on his power numbers and more

Jimenez on his success against Toronto, Davis on his power numbers and more
Here is a crazy stat: Ubaldo Jimenez has made three starts this year against the Toronto Blue Jays and has an ERA of 2.84. Orioles starters in four other games against Toronto have an ERA of 22.62. Yep, told you it was crazy. Chris Tillman and Bud Norris have combined to make four starts versus Toronto this year. In the four games, they have combined to pitch just 12 1/3 innings, allowing 25 hits, including four homers and 31 runs. Jimenez is now 2-1 against Toronto and the Orioles are 2-5 as a...
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Manny Machado: "To have that across our chest today meant a lot"

Manny Machado: "To have that across our chest today meant a lot"
Manny Machado said it meant a lot to take the field tonight wearing the white jersey with "Baltimore" in script across the chest. The Orioles finally returned home and a vocal crowd provided support before, during and after their 5-2 win over Toronto, as they wore specially designed jerseys to show support for Baltimore. "It was awesome," Machado said. "Definitely a tough couple of weeks. Great to get back home and get Baltimore the win we needed. A great team win and we did it for the...
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