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McLouth is making it happen on the bases

McLouth is making it happen on the bases
Nate McLouth stole two more bases for the Orioles in the series-opening game at Oakland on Thursday night. He now has seven steals on the year in eight attempts. McLouth is tied for second in the AL right now with those seven steals with Oakland's Coco Crisp, trailing only Jacoby Ellsbury of Boston with 10. At that pace, he would steal 51 bases this season. The club record is 57 by Luis Aparicio in 1964. While McLouth may not keep up this pace or threaten Aparicio's single-season record,...
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O's tie season high for runs scored and start road trip with win at Oakland

O's tie season high for runs scored and start road trip with win at Oakland
Jason Hammel picked up his third win. Chris Davis hit his eighth homer with two RBIs, while Nick Markakis and Nate McLouth drove in two runs each tonight as the Orioles beat Oakland 10-2 in the opener of a four-game series. The win was impressive for a few reasons: * It started badly for the Orioles, who allowed two unearned runs to fall behind 2-0 in the second inning. That inning saw J.J. Hardy and Manny Machado both commit errors and Adam Jones misplay a fly ball into a double. The...
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The Orioles are still searching for a starter to go seven innings or more (updated)

The Orioles are still searching for a starter to go seven innings or more (updated)
Will this be the night that the Orioles see one of their starting pitchers go seven innings or more? Will Jason Hammel become the first in 2013 to do that? Hammel may be the most likely of the O's starters to get that done. The longest outing by an O's starter is 6 2/3 innings, with Hammel doing that on April 7 against Minnesota. Chris Tillman equaled that on Monday against Toronto. The Orioles remain the only team in Major League Baseball yet to have a starter go seven or more. Hammel is...
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The Houston factor

The Houston factor
The Orioles begin a four-game series tonight and 11-game road trip against the Oakland A's. The A's have a 13-9 record while the Orioles are 12-9. But while Oakland has lost five of its last six games in series against Tampa Bay and Boston, Oakland has gone 6-0 against the Houston Astros who are in their first season in the American League. Later this year it could be that the Orioles will be battling with Oakland for a wild-card berth. This season the A's will play Houston 19 times and...
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Some pretty amazing Manny Machado stats

Some pretty amazing Manny Machado stats
When I looked at a particular Manny Machado stat, I had to do a double take. But there it was staring back at me on my computer screen. When he is hitting with runners in scoring position and two outs this year, Machado is batting .750. He is 6-for-8. But he doesn't just deliver clutch singles in those spots. He has a double, a triple and two homers along with 11 RBIs. That is good for an OPS of 2.653. Turns out this kid is pretty good. Wonder how good he'll be after he turns 21? In the...
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Jim Johnson: "Kind of lost the feel, that's a terrible way to lose a game" (plus Stinson and Hardy quotes)

Jim Johnson: "Kind of lost the feel, that's a terrible way to lose a game" (plus Stinson and Hardy quotes)
Jim Johnson was pitching for the third day in a row. He got a win here Monday, throwing 14 pitches against Toronto and a save last night, throwing 13. Today, after getting the last out of the 10th, he quickly got the first two outs of the 11th. But two singles and a hit batter followed. Then a bases-loaded walk on four pitches to Maicer Izturis put Toronto ahead and the Blue Jays won 6-5 over the Orioles. Buck Showalter was hoping he didn't have to use him today. But he did. Johnson said...
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Toronto pushes across a run in the 11th to avoid sweep, beat O's 6-5

Toronto pushes across a run in the 11th to avoid sweep, beat O's 6-5
An impressive Orioles comeback attempt came up short today when the Toronto Blue Jays pushed across a run against closer Jim Johnson in the top of the 11th this afternoon, to beat the Orioles 6-5 and avoid a sweep. The result snapped the Orioles' 17-game winning streak in regular season extra-inning games. After the potential winning run for the Orioles was thrown out at the plate in the last of the 10th, Toronto went ahead against Johnson. With two outs and none on, two straight singles and...
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Darren O'Day talks about the streak that is now at 100 games

Darren O'Day talks about the streak that is now at 100 games
With last night's win, the Orioles have now won 100 straight regular season games when leading after seven innings. Their last loss was on Aug. 8, 2011. It is the second-longest streak for any club during the expansion era (since 1961), trailing just the 1998-99 Yankees at 116 games. No doubt it is impressive for the entire team, but especially for the bullpen to have held those leads. Buck Showalter said the streak was impressive, but figured most of his players didn't even know about it....
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Orioles and their fans get their first look at right-hander Josh Stinson (updated)

Orioles and their fans get their first look at right-hander Josh Stinson (updated)
So what happens when a pitcher and catcher have to work together for the first time and have to do it in a major league game? We'll find out shortly when Taylor Teagarden catches Josh Stinson as he makes his first appearance for the Orioles. The 25-year-old right-hander went 1-0 with an ERA of 0.77 in two starts at Triple-A Norfolk. He is 0-2 with a 4.43 ERA over 22 1/3 major league innings the last two seasons with the Mets and Brewers. "It is a challenge, but it is also a challenge for...
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Impressive stat: O's are 3-0 this year in games started by 2012 Cy Young winners

Impressive stat: O's are 3-0 this year in games started by 2012 Cy Young winners
Is there any team in baseball that has played three games already this season against 2012 Cy Young Award winners? The Orioles have and they are a very impressive 3-0 in those games, scoring 21 combined runs. On opening night, April 2, they faced David Price and beat the Rays 7-4. On April 18, they faced Price again and beat the Rays 10-6 in 10 innings. Last night they faced R.A. Dickey and beat the Blue Jays 4-3. Even though they didn't pin a loss on Price's record, they did hand Dickey a...
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Jim Johnson talks about the streak that has reached 100 games (plus Machado and Gonzalez quotes)

Jim Johnson talks about the streak that has reached 100 games (plus Machado and Gonzalez quotes)
When it was over, reporters wanted to talk to Jim Johnson. He has been a big part of the Orioles now winning 100 consecutive regular season games when leading after seven innings, even if he was not even aware of the streak that is now at triple digits. "I didn't know honestly," Johnson said after recording his eighth save in eight tries. "But obviously it means guys are throwing the ball well in the bullpen and getting put in good opportunities and doing what they are supposed to...
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O's win their 100th straight game when leading after seven innings

O's win their 100th straight game when leading after seven innings
The last time the Orioles faced R.A. Dickey he pitched a one-hit shutout with 13 strikeouts against them. Tonight they used a big inning to beat the knuckleballer and the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 in front of 13,272 at Camden Yards. The win was the Orioles' 100th consecutive in the regular season when leading after seven innings. The last loss came on Aug. 8, 2011. Jim Johnson pitched the ninth to record his eighth save in eight chances this year and his 29th consecutive save dating to last July...
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After shutout against O's last June, R.A. Dickey faces them again tonight (updated)

After shutout against O's last June, R.A. Dickey faces them again tonight (updated)
The last time the Orioles faced R.A. Dickey, it didn't go well for them. He pitched a one-hit shutout against them last June 18 for the Mets with just two walks and 13 strikeouts. He was on a real roll then. After that start, he improved to 6-0 with an ERA of 0.18 over his previous six starts. That is right, 0.18 as he had allowed just one earned run over 48 2/3 innings on his way to the National League Cy Young Award. Dickey is 2-2 with a 4.30 ERA through four starts in 2013 with Toronto....
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After hectic few weeks, Stinson arrives in Baltimore to start Wednesday

After hectic few weeks, Stinson arrives in Baltimore to start Wednesday
Josh Stinson is back in Baltimore and this time, he gets to stay and pitch in a game. The 25-year-old right-hander, who has only been part of the Orioles organization for just over two weeks, will start Wednesday afternoon's game here against Toronto. Stinson flew into Baltimore today after being told last night in Myrtle Beach, S.C., at 11 p.m. that he was headed back to Baltimore. In recent days, Stinson has been claimed off waivers by the Orioles, spent time with Triple-A Norfolk, came...
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The Orioles are playing .615 ball in AL East games

The Orioles are playing .615 ball in AL East games
It's a good thing the Orioles are playing well early on in games against the AL East because they sure seem to play a lot of games against AL East opponents right now. In fact, this series with Toronto will end a stretch where the Orioles have opened the season playing 15 of their first 21 games against teams from the division. Their 2-1, walk-off win over Toronto Monday night improved the O's record to 8-5 in the East. They have back-to-back walk off wins in division games after Matt...
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Postgame quotes from Tillman, Wieters and Markakis

Postgame quotes from Tillman, Wieters and Markakis
After pitching a total of 14 innings over his first three starts, Chris Tillman needed to start getting deeper into games and he did that tonight in the Orioles' 2-1 win over Toronto. Tillman didn't get a decision, but gave his team a strong start, allowing just four hits and one run over 6 2/3 innings to lower his ERA from 7.07 to 5.23. "He had all of his pitches working," catcher Matt Wieters said. "He had four pitches he could throw for strikes. We really didn't even break out the...
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Markakis with a walk-off RBI single as O's beat Jays 2-1

Markakis with a walk-off RBI single as O's beat Jays 2-1
There's another walk-off win for the Orioles. Nick Markakis looped an 0-2 pitch from Aaron Loup safely into left field with the bases loaded and two outs in the last of the ninth as the Orioles beat Toronto 2-1 in front of 11,168 chilled fans at Camden Yards. The lefty Loup came on in the ninth and hit Chris Davis with the inning's first pitch. An intentional walk issued to Nolan Reimold and a two-out error by shortstop Munenori Kawasaki kept the inning alive, and the O's made the Jays pay...
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Orioles rank fourth in AL East in starting pitchers' innings and ERA

Orioles rank fourth in AL East in starting pitchers' innings and ERA
Throughout this season, the amount of innings, or at times, the lack of innings, Orioles starters are pitching right now has been an issue. Here is a look at the average innings per start by each team in the AL East: 6.24 - Tampa Bay 6.13 - Boston 6.00 - New York 5.54 - Orioles 5.40 - Toronto How they rank in starting pitchers' ERA: 2.53 - Boston, first in AL 3.44 - New York, fifth in AL 3.77 - Tampa Bay, sixth in AL 4.97 - Orioles, 10th in AL 5.61 - Toronto, 13th in AL How many times O's...
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Orioles pitching coach Rick Adair talks about Jake Arrieta and his struggles

Orioles pitching coach Rick Adair talks about Jake Arrieta and his struggles
There are plenty of people rooting for Jake Arrieta to perform better consistently at the big league level, including those who have worked the most and closest with him. Like Orioles pitching coach Rick Adair. What does he want Arrieta to accomplish when he joins Triple-A Norfolk after being optioned to the minors today? "I don't think there is any one thing," Adair said this afternoon. "Just get to the point where he can get out there like he did in the third yesterday and do damage...
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Pitcher Alex Burnett is here and talks about joining the Orioles

Pitcher Alex Burnett is here and talks about joining the Orioles
The newest Oriole is Alex Burnett, who joined the club today from Triple-A Norfolk. He takes the roster spot of Jake Arrieta, who was optioned to the Tides. The Orioles claimed the 25-year-old right-hander off waivers from Toronto on April 12 and he had pitched in three games with the Tides, going 3 2/3 innings, allowing no runs on two hits with no walks and four strikeouts. It has been a whirlwind few weeks for Burnett. He was with the Twins the last three seasons, but was claimed off...
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