Whatever momentum O's starter Scott Feldman had going in recent starts sure didn't last long tonight.
Feldman gave up eight runs and eight hits over just 2 1/3 innings as Boston beat the Orioles 12-3 in the first game of the last series of the year in front of 30,774 at Camden Yards.
Chris Davis hit a solo homer in the sixth, his 53rd of the year. Davis is the first player in the the majors with 53 homers and 138 RBIs since Alex Rodriguez in 2007. Davis also moved past Frank Robinson with...
It wasn't that long ago that the Orioles won just two games all year against the Boston Red Sox. They went 2-16 against Boston in 2009.
But if they win one game in this season-ending weekend series, the Orioles will have won back-to-back season series against the Red Sox for the first time since 1991-92.
The Orioles went 13-5 against Boston last year and are 9-7 in 2013, going 4-3 in Baltimore and 5-4 in Boston. Going further back, the O's are 28-15 over their last 43 games against Boston....
After a strong finish at Triple-A Norfolk that has carried over into a solid September with the Orioles, right-hander Josh Stinson hopes he has finally found a permanent major league home.
He pitched 13 innings for the Mets in 2011, 9 1/3 for the Brewers in 2012 and 16 for the Orioles this year.
Late in spring training in March, Stinson was with three teams in about the span of a week. On March 29, he was claimed by Oakland on waivers from Milwaukee and then on April 4, he was claimed by the...
Remember when Kevin Gausman made starts in May and June and gave up seven runs each in outings against the Nationals and Rays?
Gausman does and he says he's better for the experience.
"I had some struggles as a starter here and I'm thankful for that," he said yesterday. "That definitely kind of humbled me and I wanted to get back out and work on things to become consistent. Right now, I feel my delivery is as clean as its been all year and I have some great sink on my fastball. My stuff...
Miguel Gonzalez pitched the Orioles to a win tonight and he improved to 11-8 with an ERA of 3.78, allowing just two hits and one unearned run over seven innings against Toronto.
"Everything was working," Gonzalez said. "The splitty was great. I threw enough offspeed for strikes for them to swing at. Fell behind a couple of hitters but we made some great plays all around and finished great with J.J. (Jim Johnson) and (Tommy) Hunter.
"I'm happy I finished well. I'm healthy and that's the...
Miguel Gonzalez will be able to say he finished strong in 2013.
The right-hander capped a solid September with a sharp seven innings tonight in pitching the Orioles past Toronto 3-2 in front of 27,498 at Camden Yards.
With the win, the Orioles broke the 9-9 tie and won the season series, 10-9 over the Blue Jays. The O's improved to 34-39 in games against the AL East and to 18-31 in one-run games.
Gonzalez gave up just two hits and one unearned run, with one walk and five strikeouts. He...
Miguel Gonzalez is finishing this season well and, as he makes his last start of 2013 tonight, he'd like to add one more good outing to that.
Gonzalez is 10-8 with an ERA of 3.94 for the season over 29 games, 27 starts. In four September starts, he is 2-1 with a 2.96 ERA and a .198 batting average against.
He has been solid against the Blue Jays in 2013, going 2-1 with a 2.96 ERA over four starts. In seven career games, he is 3-2 with a 3.51 ERA against Toronto.
Lefty Mark Buehrle, who is...
Chris Tillman has had another good year for the Orioles. We just don't know yet if he's made his final 2013 start. He might pitch the O's season finale Sunday, but then again he may not. Tillman said today either way is fine with him and he'll do whatever Buck Showalter asks him.
What he has been doing this season is taking the ball every fifth day for the Orioles and when he pitched seven innings Tuesday night, Tillman became the fifth O's pitcher since 2001 to work 200 innings or...
I certainly didn't expect to ever link Jonathan Schoop, current Orioles infielder with Larry Haney, one-time Orioles catcher from the late 1960s.
But as of last night they are the only two Orioles to ever homer in their first major league games. Haney did it on July 27, 1966 against the Cleveland Indians. He was in a lineup that day that included Frank and Brooks Robinson, Boog Powell and Davey Johnson and he caught Dave McNally in a 7-1 O's win.
The 21-year-old Schoop homered in his third...
Jonathan Schoop singled in his first major league at-bat and homered in his third, helping the Orioles to a 9-5 win over Toronto tonight.
Schoop became the second Oriole to homer in his major league debut. Larry Haney was the first on July 27, 1966 against Cleveland.
It was some night for the 21-year-old infielder and O's 2011 minor league Player of the Year.
"For me, that is the first one ever in my career, my major league debut. It's an experience I'll never forget," Schoop...
The offense finally showed up for the Orioles.
Jonathan Schoop homered in his third major league at-bat and Ryan Flaherty hit a pair of two-run homers as a lineup that featured several Orioles reserves beat Toronto 9-5 in front of 23,698 at Camden Yards.
With the win, the Orioles improved to 82-76 and clinched a second straight winning season for the first time since 1996-97. The Orioles also ended a six-game losing streak that had tied a season high.
Flaherty went 2-for-2 with a hit by...
Baltimore native Steve Clevenger has played at Camden Yards before, just not as a Baltimore Oriole. Tonight he will, making his home debut, batting seventh and catching.
Clevenger, a graduate of Baltimore's Mount St. Joseph's high school, played at Camden Yards in 2004 in the Brooks Robinson high school All-Star game.
"First time I will play in Camden Yards besides in high school. It will be fun and exciting," Clevenger said.
He is 2-for-7 with a double and two RBIs in two starts for the...
Some changes are under way at Harbor Park in Norfolk, the home of the Orioles' Triple-A International League affiliate.
Very much a pitcher's park where it is tough to hit a homer, the fences are being moved in 10 feet in center field and the left- and right-field power alleys. In addition, they are completely redoing the playing field with new turf and dirt.
The Orioles had input into the move and Norfolk manager Ron Johnson, who is with the Orioles this month, said moving the fences in...
As Chris Davis puts the finishing touches on a tremendous season, he does so knowing he is under team control and will be an Oriole through the 2015 season.
But he said today if the club chooses to explore a contract extension with him this offseason, he is open to that.
"I would love to stay in Baltimore," Davis said. "This has been like a second home for me. This has been a place where I've really felt like I've been accepted, been loved and really appreciated. That's rare in this...
The questions will come up a lot over the next few days and weeks: Was the 2013 season a failure for the Orioles, and should fans be disappointed?
The answers to those questions will be yes and yes for many of you, I would expect. After making the playoffs and winning 93 games last season, a playoff berth was a fair and realistic expectation for the 2013 Orioles, and they didn't make it.
But where does that leave the Orioles as fans begin to look to the future? One writer believes they're...
In a way, it was somewhat symbolic of the 2013 season. In the defeat that officially eliminated the Orioles from the playoffs, they lost a lead, didn't score enough runs and came up one run short.
They are going to come up short of the playoffs and not make it back-to-back postseason trips. They have lost six in a row and still need at least one win to be able to say they've had consecutive winning seasons.
In the quiet of the Orioles clubhouse just minutes after last night's game, Nate...
After the loss that officially eliminated them from playoff contention, J.J. Hardy was asked if tonight's 10-inning loss to Toronto kind of summed up the whole year for the Orioles.
"You could look at it like that. We look at our team as we have a good team and we still believe that, but this just wasn't our year," Hardy said.
"We played all the way from Feb. 15 or whenever we started to get to the playoffs. You know, it is hard to think that, after however many games we have played...
The Orioles' losing streak is now six games to match a season high after they lost 3-2 in 10 innings to Toronto tonight to begin the final homestand of the 2013 season.
Coupled with Cleveland's comeback win tonight, the loss officially eliminates the Orioles from playoff contention.
Mark DeRosa singled in the go-ahead run off Francisco Rodriguez in the 10th. It scored Jose Reyes from third. Moments earlier, on a pickoff play at second, Reyes was ruled safe. Brian Roberts had the ball in...
Without Manny Machado available, it is Ryan Flaherty who gets the start at third base tonight for the Orioles.
"It's nice to be in there, but under the circumstances, losing one of the most promising players in the game and one of the best teammates I've had, that is not fun to see," Flaherty said.
"I feel comfortable over there. I'll do some early work and I feel good there. The throws are different, but defense is defense."
Flaherty becomes the first player, other than Machado, to...
Even the most optimistic Orioles player or fan knows the club's odds of making the playoffs are an extreme long shot at this point.
"We just have to win six straight and hope all the other teams lose six straight," Adam Jones said. "I don't know what the odds of that are. But there are no sad faces in here.
"Our fans are frustrated that the last week played out the way it has. We haven't played the best baseball, we haven't hit. I know they are frustrated, but it's better than...
