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Orioles need more variety on offense, but how do they get it?

Orioles need more variety on offense, but how do they get it?
What a bad four-day run for the Orioles on offense. On Thursday, John Lackey took a no-hitter into the seventh inning and two-hit the Orioles. On Friday, they failed to score in the last 11 innings of an 18-inning loss. On Saturday and Sunday, they were shut out until the ninth inning. Were it not for the Tropicana Field roof, they may be looking at a 29-inning scoreless stretch. But David DeJesus lost a Chris Davis fly ball on Saturday in the ninth and it went for a triple, and Matt Wieters...
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O's held scoreless until the ninth in 3-1 loss against Tampa Bay

O's held scoreless until the ninth in 3-1 loss against Tampa Bay
For the Orioles it was a matter of another day and another game with not much offense. By not much, they had a single by Manny Machado to lead off the game and just two hits after that in a 3-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays in a game started by a young pitcher making his major league debut. The Orioles were shut out on one hit heading to the ninth, but scored on a two-out, RBI double by Matt Wieters that hit the catwalk on the Tropicana Field roof and landed in play. Since the eighth inning on...
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Is Scott Feldman pitching his way into the Orioles future?

Is Scott Feldman pitching his way into the Orioles future?
As Scott Feldman takes the mound for the Orioles this afternoon, he is certainly a pitcher on a nice roll. He is 3-1 with a 1.77 ERA over his last seven starts. He is 5-4 with a 3.51 ERA in 13 starts with the Orioles since he was acquired in a July 2 trade with the Chicago Cubs. This year, between the Cubs and Orioles, Feldman is 12-10 with a 3.49 ERA over 28 starts. The 30-year-old right-hander has had a real solid season. But Feldman will be a free agent after this season. Will he be an...
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Sizing up one theory for the O's struggles on offense

Sizing up one theory for the O's struggles on offense
One theory for the Orioles' lack of offense late this season is that several players are tiring and that they've simply been asked to play too much this year. That theory makes some sense when you see a team struggling to score runs like the 2013 Orioles have been late this season. But as a counter point to that, I took a look at five key players that are basically playing about as much as they played last year, when the team was thriving late in the year. The 2012 Orioles went 19-9 in...
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Struggling O's offense gets shut out until ninth in loss to Tampa Bay

Struggling O's offense gets shut out until ninth in loss to Tampa Bay
The Orioles' flickering playoff hopes took another hit today and the issue, once again, was the club's inability to hit. Alex Cobb took a three-hit shutout with 12 strikeouts to the ninth before the O's pushed across a run in a 5-1 loss to Tampa Bay this afternoon. Cobb gave up just five hits over 8 1/3 to improve to 10-3 with a 2.90 ERA. The Orioles got a break when Chris Davis hit a fly to left in the ninth; David DeJesus lost track of the ball, and it went for a triple. An Adam Jones...
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A few notes as O's try to regroup after 18-inning loss

A few notes as O's try to regroup after 18-inning loss
Those of you who watched that entire game last night and awoke this morning were probably not any less frustrated about the O's lack of offense in the 5-4, 18-loss to Tampa Bay. In going 2-for-35 after the seventh inning, the offense came up short again at a time when the O's bullpen was picking up big out after big out. In what was the equivalent of two full games, the Orioles scored just four runs on 12 hits. It was a huge swing game, one where the O's went from being one game out of...
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The longest game in O's history ends with a loss in the 18th

The longest game in O's history ends with a loss in the 18th
It was the longest game in Orioles history, but it didn't end well for the O's. David DeJesus came up with an RBI single with one out in the last of the 18th as Tampa Bay beat the Orioles 5-4 at Tropicana Field. It was a bitter loss for the Orioles, who would have been one game back of both Tampa Bay and Texas for the AL's second wild card berth with a win. But they didn't get it. The Orioles bullpen kept the Rays off the board from the eighth through the 17th, but the O's offense came...
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A look at Jason Hammel, David Price and a poor stat from the Boston series

A look at Jason Hammel, David Price and a poor stat from the Boston series
Here is a stat the Orioles would like to, and probably need to change tonight: In the the first four innings of the Boston series, O's batters were 1-for-37 and the one hit was an infield hit. Talk about getting off to a slow start. I like the new-look lineup Buck Showalter broke out tonight with Manny Machado batting first and Adam Jones second. With this offense struggling, he needed to try something. The Orioles face David Price tonight, the 2012 American League Cy Young Award winner....
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A look at the recent struggles for the Orioles offense

A look at the recent struggles for the Orioles offense
The Orioles have been getting some solid pitching lately. We can't say the same about the hitting. What has happened to the Orioles on offense? The Orioles managed to win series' at Toronto and Boston even though they scored just 11 runs in three games at the Rogers Centre and nine in three games at Fenway Park. The Orioles have now gone 16 consecutive games scoring five or fewer runs, easily their longest stretch of the year. They have scored four or less in 12 of those games. Before this...
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A look at Chris Davis and the pursuit of 100 extra-base hits

A look at Chris Davis and the pursuit of 100 extra-base hits
It is something that has happened just 15 times in Major League Baseball history and has been achieved by just 12 players. It is the nice round figure of 100 extra-base hits in a single season. That is a massive number, but a number within reach for Chris Davis with just 10 games to play. Davis has 41 doubles and 51 homers totaling 92 extra-base hits. He is currently tied with Brady Anderson for the O's club record. Anderson had 92 in 1996. Davis is on a pace to finish just short of 100,...
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Lackey takes no-hitter to seventh, pitches Boston past the Orioles

Lackey takes no-hitter to seventh, pitches Boston past the Orioles
Boston right-hander John Lackey entered his start tonight with both modest stats in his recent starts this year and modest numbers on the season against the Orioles. But Lackey took a no-hitter into the seventh inning in pitching Boston past the Orioles 3-1 at Fenway Park. The Orioles come up a win short in their attempt to become the first team to sweep three in Boston this year. They are now 4-2 on this trip and will take an 81-71 record into their four-game series against Tampa Bay. The...
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Orioles go for Fenway sweep, plus other notes

Orioles go for Fenway sweep, plus other notes
The Orioles will try to do something tonight that no team has done this year: Sweep a three-game series from the Red Sox at Fenway Park. In fact, Boston has only been swept twice this year and that counts a one-game series. They got swept May 3-5 at Texas and their loss July 29 at home against Tampa Bay officially counts as a series sweep. Boston entered this series with a home record of 50-25 and was 8-1 in its previous nine home games before losing back-to-back nights to the...
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Kevin Gausman on pitching in relief, his strong finish at Norfolk and more

Kevin Gausman on pitching in relief, his strong finish at Norfolk and more
When Kevin Gausman fanned five Boston batters in a dominating two-inning outing last night, it was the latest chapter in what has been a busy and interesting season for the Orioles' 22-year-old pitching prospect. The club's top draft pick last season began 2013 in Double-A Bowie's rotation. He was called up to pitch as a starter for the Orioles in late May, then sent back to the minors at Triple-A Norfolk and returned to Baltimore to pitch out of the bullpen. Three teams and two different...
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Counted out a few times, O's showed character the last two nights in Boston

Counted out a few times, O's showed character the last two nights in Boston
So anyone have any nails left after the last two nights? This playoff race got serious in a hurry. After last night's game, I found myself remembering a quote from Nate McLouth. It came in the extreme quiet of the Orioles clubhouse after they had lost for the third night in a row to the Yankees last week. It felt like the lowest point of the O's season and McLouth's comments then didn't seem so significant. "We still have the full schedule to play out and a lot can change in two or three...
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Chris Davis drives in two in the 12th as O's win at Boston again

Chris Davis drives in two in the 12th as O's win at Boston again
Chris Davis to the rescue. The struggling Orioles offense needed its top homer and RBI man to come through in the 12th inning tonight and he did. Davis delivered a two-out single to score a pair of runs with the bases loaded as the Orioles beat Boston 5-3 in 12 innings. The Orioles improved to 9-6 against Boston this season and ended the Red Sox's eight-series winning streak. With one out in the 12th, J.J. Hardy and Brian Roberts singled against lefty Franklin Morales. After a wild pitch...
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Wei-Yin Chen looks to avoid Fenway repeat tonight

Wei-Yin Chen looks to avoid Fenway repeat tonight
It was about three weeks ago and it was at Fenway Park. Wei-Yin Chen had the worst start of the 52 he has made in his two seasons with the Orioles. To say the least, he needs to avoid a repeat tonight. On Aug. 27 in a 13-2 loss to the Red Sox, Chen went just 3 2/3 innings, allowing eight hits, eight runs and two homers. A fair question to ask is why Chen has struggled recently. At the end of July, he was 6-3 with a 2.87 ERA. In eight starts since, he is 1-4 with a 5.83 ERA. I don't think it...
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After exciting win at Boston, now O's need to do it again

After exciting win at Boston, now O's need to do it again
So what if we had a conversation right before the game last night? What if I had mentioned that I knew the Orioles would make a season-high three errors and go 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position? That their starter would go just five innings and walk six? That they'd have just six hits? That they'd fall behind 2-0? That they would have runners on second and third with no outs in the eighth and not score? That to win, they'd have to beat Koji Uehara, who had gone 30 1/3 consecutive...
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O's score in ninth to break tie and beat Boston 3-2

O's score in ninth to break tie and beat Boston 3-2
When Koji Uehara took the mound in the ninth of a 2-2 game tonight, he had pitched 30 1/3 consecutive scoreless innings and retired 37 straight batters, eight off a major league record. But seconds later, both streaks ended as the Orioles picked up a heart-stopping 3-2 win at Boston to start this big three-game series. Earlier, Chris Davis hit his club-record 51st homer as the O's improved to 80-70 on the year and 8-6 against Boston with 10 games to go. Danny Valencia led off the ninth with...
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A look at the Orioles-Boston season series and other notes

A look at the Orioles-Boston season series and other notes
Here is a look at this year's season series stats between the Orioles and Boston. The Orioles lead the series, seven wins to six, going 4-3 at home and 3-3 on the road. Average: Orioles .229, Boston .230 Runs per game: Orioles 3.5, Boston 4.1 Homers: Orioles 15, Boston 16 OPS: Orioles .682, Boston .693 Errors: Orioles 2, Boston 9 ERA: Orioles 4.04, Boston 3.21. Manny Machado has hit .370 this year (20-for-54) in those 13 games with six doubles, three homers and 12 RBIs. Chris Davis is...
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Orioles' offense is in need of a breakout game

Orioles' offense is in need of a breakout game
If it seems like the Orioles have not put up a big number on offense lately, it's because they haven't. Since scoring seven runs in back-to-back games Sept. 1-2, the Orioles have scored five or fewer runs for 13 consecutive games. They scored four or fewer in 10 of the 13 games and exactly five runs three other times. This is the longest stretch of the year scoring five or less. The O's went nine games in a row in July, but this stretch has reached 13 games and they are 6-7 in those games....
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