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The starting rotation takes a turn for the better (updated)

The starting rotation takes a turn for the better (updated)
When Miguel Gonzalez gave up just one run over eight innings last night, it was the Orioles' latest good outing from a starting pitcher. The starters have been inconsistent most of the year. Don't look now, but they have been on a recent nine-game roll. Over those nine games - beginning with Kevin Gausman's outing where he allowed one run in six innings June 2 against Detroit - O's starters have produced seven quality starts over the last nine games. In those seven games, the starters...
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Once again, Manny Machado made a major impact in an O's win

Once again, Manny Machado made a major impact in an O's win
He didn't hit any homers or rip any doubles in the gap, but Manny Machado once again had a huge impact on an Orioles win last night. There were too many defensive plays to mention, but let's just the say the kid is playing third base at a level not seen in these part since a man wore No. 5 over there. I didn't think I'd ever say that. But yes, Machado is playing third base at a Broooks Robinson level. "That is what we preach about with Bobby (Dickerson) and Buck (Showalter). Defense...
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Gonzalez, Hardy and Markakis comment after O's beat Angels

Gonzalez, Hardy and Markakis comment after O's beat Angels
Since he returned from the disabled list, Miguel Gonzalez has been pitching well for the Orioles. Tonight, he gave up two runs or less for the fourth time in five starts, pitching the Orioles past the Angels 3-2 at Camden Yards. Gonzalez gave up just four hits and one run over eight innings. His ERA is 2.85 over his last five starts since his return from the DL on May 21. "Pretty comfortable, yeah, and pretty confident about it," he said simply about his last five starts overall. "I made...
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Gonzalez on mound, Markakis at plate lead O's past Angels

Gonzalez on mound, Markakis at plate lead O's past Angels
Just get Nick Markakis to the plate with the bases loaded. When the O's right fielder came to bat with the sacks full in the last of the seventh of a 1-1 tie, he was 2-for-2 this year with the bases loaded. After his clutch two-run single to center off Scott Downs, you can make that 3-for-3. And that big hit and a strong outing from Miguel Gonzalez lifted the Orioles to a 3-2 win over the Angels. Over eight innings, Gonzalez gave up just four hits and the one run with one walk and five...
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Some Orioles and Angels mid-game notes

Some Orioles and Angels mid-game notes
The Angels took a 1-0 lead in the top of the fourth on Mike Trout's homer to center field. It was his 12th of the year and came on a Miguel Gonzalez 1-1 pitch. That makes Trout 7-for-22 this year against O's pitching with four homers and seven RBIs. Of Trout's last 53 hits, 27 have gone for extra bases. Gonzalez kept the Angels off the board on just 33 pitches over the first three innings, throwing 11 pitches in the first, 10 in the second and 12 in the third. The Angels enter this game...
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After DL stint, Strop looks for command and consistency

After DL stint, Strop looks for command and consistency
The Orioles and their fans are hoping Pedro Strop will soon show a return to the form he showed much of last season when he had an ERA of 1.43 in late August. A pitcher with a history of some control issues, Strop walked 5.0 batters per every nine innings last season and that figure is up to 6.8 this year. He just came off the disabled list on Saturday and pitched a scoreless inning on just 12 pitches in the game that day against Tampa Bay. He said the DL stint provided him time to work on...
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Chris Davis: "I think I am missing pitches that I was hitting earlier"

Chris Davis: "I think I am missing pitches that I was hitting earlier"
American League pitchers take note. Chris Davis' bat may have cooled off for now. How long that lasts, we'll see. Davis is in an 0-for-16 drought and is hitless over his last four games, his longest hitless stretch since June 15-24, 2012, when he went eight straight games without a base hit for an 0-for-28 stretch. "I think I am missing pitches that I was hitting earlier," Davis said this afternoon in the Orioles clubhouse. "There was a time I was seeing a lot of off-speed and pitches...
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From Delmarva to Frederick, Christian Walker's bat keeps rolling

From Delmarva to Frederick, Christian Walker's bat keeps rolling
He is the leading hitter in the Orioles minor leagues and he's been doing very well at two levels this season. Christian Walker, the club's fourth-round pick last June out of the University of South Carolina, began this season pounding baseballs for low Single-A Delmarva. Moved to high Single-A Frederick May 12, he picked up in the Carolina League right where he left off in the South Atlantic League. "He just needs to continue the process and the day-to-day grind," O's director of player...
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With bullpen success, Hunter looking ahead only and pushing for more

With bullpen success, Hunter looking ahead only and pushing for more
Seeing Tommy Hunter now thriving in a bullpen role, it is hard to remember he used to be a starting pitcher for this team. But he was in the club's season opening rotation last year and made a start as late as Aug. 22. But he went 3-0 with an ERA of 0.71 out of the bullpen last September and he has carried that success into this year. His latest impressive outing was last night. He gave up a run against the Angels, but he also struck out Albert Pujols with one out and the bases loaded and...
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Comments from Hunter, Jones and McLouth after O's outlast Angels

Comments from Hunter, Jones and McLouth after O's outlast Angels
Tommy Hunter said it was simple. He issued what he called a couple of bad walks that put him in what he called a pretty sticky situation. But with the O's up 4-2, the bases loaded and one out in the seventh, he got Josh Hamilton to hit a ground ball, but Chris Davis threw late to second as a run scored to make it 4-3. The situation, as he said, was still pretty sticky as Hunter faced Albert Pujols with the bases still loaded. He got ahead 0-2 in the count and threw a high fastball right by...
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Orioles outlast the downpour and Angels to win 4-3

Orioles outlast the downpour and Angels to win 4-3
It was not exactly a routine win, and it ended a long time after it started, but the Orioles topped the Los Angeles Angels tonight, 4-3, to take the series and homestand opener at Camden Yards. The teams, and a some hearty fans, waited out a rain delay of two hours and 14 minutes in the last of the sixth, and the O's grounds crew got this field playable when at times that task looked almost impossible. For the fourth time in five starts, Freddy Garcia gave up two earned runs or less. He went...
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Will underachieving Angels be a tough opponent for the Orioles? (play to resume at 11 p.m.)

Will underachieving Angels be a tough opponent for the Orioles? (play to resume at 11 p.m.)
At 27-36, the Los Angeles Angels are not at all where they expected to be. Where they are is third place in the American League West, but 10 ½ games out of first as they open a series at Camden Yards tonight. The Angels are eighth in the AL in runs scored and 10th in team ERA. Los Angeles ranks 10th in starting pitcher ERA at 4.49 and the Orioles are 12th at 4.88. Los Angeles dug an early hole with a 2-8 start. The Angels recently had an eight-game win streak that pulled them within...
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Ryan Flaherty making some progress with bat since return to the Orioles

Ryan Flaherty making some progress with bat since return to the Orioles
Is Ryan Flaherty swinging and hitting better since he returned from Triple-A? The stat sheet says yes, but he didn't have much to out-perform of course. Flaherty was batting .133 when he was sent to the minors after the game on May 18. In nine games since returning to Baltimore, he is batting .276 (8-for-29) with two multi-hit games, two doubles and two RBIs. Does Buck Showalter see signs of progress for Flaherty on offense since his return? "Little bit," Showalter said. "He has hit...
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Brian Roberts talks about returning to Camden Yards and the next step in his rehab

Brian Roberts talks about returning to Camden Yards and the next step in his rehab
Brian Roberts was back in the home clubhouse at Camden Yards today. It has been a while. He hasn't played in a game since the third day of the season and underwent surgery May 9 to repair his right hamstring. He made it clear how important it was to rejoin the team over the weekend during the Tampa series and how that provides him a nice mental lift in the final stages of his latest rehab. "It's great to be back," Roberts said. "You feel kind of isolated on an island down there (in...
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An interview to wrap up the draft with O's scouting director Gary Rajsich

An interview to wrap up the draft with O's scouting director Gary Rajsich
In the midst of selecting 41 players in 40 rounds over three days of the First-Year Player Draft, Orioles scouting director Gary Rajsich also made himself available for an interview after each day, which was much appreciated as we all got a better understanding of what the Orioles did and why they did it. Here is the Q and A we did Sunday to wrap up three days of the O's draft selections. How did you feel about the three days of the draft? "Well, after reviewing what we had done the first...
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Orioles bats break out and O's win series finale 10-7

Orioles bats break out and O's win series finale 10-7
After the offense was shut down by Tampa Bay pitching in the first two games of this series, the Orioles made sure that didn't happen for a third straight day. And they did so against a pitcher in Matt Moore, who was 8-1 with a 2.95 ERA. Held to one run on six hits with just one extra-base hit for two games, the Orioles scored eight runs over the first three innings this afternoon in a 10-7 win over Tampa Bay. The Orioles are 35-28, now 14-14 against the AL East, and went 3-3 on this road...
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A look at two pitchers the Orioles drafted who could be tough to sign

A look at two pitchers the Orioles drafted who could be tough to sign
Among yesterday's draft picks by the Orioles were two high school pitchers that may be tough to sign. The Orioles like the duo, however, and may even be willing to go over their allocated draft pool money to get them. They are Daniel Ayers, a left-handed pitcher from Columbus, Ind., who was drafted in Round 25, and right-hander Robert Tyler from Cordele, Ga., taken in Round 28. Ayers was taken with the draft's 759th overall selection but was ranked as the nation's 177th-best player by...
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What is with recent lack of offense and what is with all those tall pitchers?

What is with recent lack of offense and what is with all those tall pitchers?
Remember all the O's offense we were talking about just a few games ago? It has taken a vacation recently. Coming into the Detroit series last weekend, the Orioles were batting .311 in their previous 19 games and scoring 5.6 runs per game in that stretch. In the eight games since then, the O's are batting just .235 and scoring only 3.6 runs per game. They have scored four runs or less in six of their last seven games. Remember all the runs the O's had been getting against Tampa Bay? They...
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Today's Orioles draft picks

Today's Orioles draft picks
The third and final day of the First-Year Player Draft is here. All teams have picks today starting in Round 11 and going through the 40th and last round. So far of the Orioles' 11 picks, they have selected six high school players and five from college. They have taken a total of eight pitchers and catchers and one first baseman, third baseman and outfielder. Among some later round picks that worked out pretty well: Albert Pujols and Jim Thome in round 13, Don Mattingly in round 19, John...
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O's scouting director Gary Rajsich on the final day of the draft and more

O's scouting director Gary Rajsich on the final day of the draft and more
For the Orioles scouting staff, the home stretch has arrived. Months of scouting, watching video, talking to coaches and players, and writing reports culminates in what has happened the last two days with the actual drafting of players. Ten rounds of this draft is in the books and the draft concludes today, starting at 1 p.m., with rounds 11 through 40. In an interview last night after day two was in the books, O's scouting director Gary Rajsich looked ahead to today. He said the deeper...
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