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Adam Jones, Dylan Bundy and Joe Saunders comment after O's loss to Blue Jays

Adam Jones, Dylan Bundy and Joe Saunders comment after O's loss to Blue Jays
After a loss which featured a few bobbled balls in the field and the Orioles going 0-for-4 with runners in scoring position, Adam Jones was asked if pennant race pressure was finally getting to the Orioles? "No, for what. Ain't nobody in here like that," Jones said. "We're still enjoying ourselves and still having fun. That is what we've been doing since the first day of spring training. It's a cool position to be in and we just have to come through, pretty much. We got shutout, but...
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O's AL East title chances take a hit with 4-0 loss to Blue Jays

O's AL East title chances take a hit with 4-0 loss to Blue Jays
The Toronto Blue Jays are taking a page out of the Orioles' book from last September and trying to play the role of spoiler. But it's the Orioles' party they are trying to throw cold water on. Toronto beat the Orioles 4-0 tonight to put a dent into the O's AL East title hopes. The Orioles fall to 88-67 on the year and were shutout for the ninth time. The Orioles began the day 1 1/2 games behind New York for the division lead and 1 1/2 games ahead of Oakland for the AL's top wild...
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Maryland native Laffey takes the mound against the O's tonight (updated)

Maryland native Laffey takes the mound against the O's tonight (updated)
A Maryland native will be the starting pitcher against the Orioles tonight as the Blue Jays and Birds play Game 3 of this series at Camden Yards. Toronto lefty Aaron Laffey is from Cumberland, Maryland and was drafted in Round 16 out of Cumberland's Allegany High School by Cleveland in 2003. The Blue Jays are his fourth team and he's also been with the Indians, Mariners and Yankees. The 27-year-old Laffey, who spent some time this season at Triple-A, is 3-6 with a 4.80 ERA. His last three...
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Dylan Bundy and L.J. Hoes talk about their minor league awards

Dylan Bundy and L.J. Hoes talk about their minor league awards
Dylan Bundy will get an award tonight at Camden Yards. To no one's surprise, he was the easy choice as this season's winner of the Jim Palmer Award, which goes to the Orioles' minor league Pitcher of the Year. "It's a good honor and I'm blessed to have that," Bundy said. "I'll take that award with honor. It's a huge honor for an award being named after Jim Palmer. Not really sure what the words are for that, but it's exciting. "My goal at the beginning of the year was to be in...
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LJ Hoes talks about a special man and a very important home run

LJ Hoes talks about a special man and a very important home run
When LJ Hoes hit a home run on Aug. 19 for the Triple-A Norfolk Tides against the Charlotte Knights, it was not just another key hit for the Orioles' 22-year-old prospect. It was a home run dedicated by Hoes to his grandfather, Charles Eguster Hoes, who died from ALS three days earlier after battling the disease for about two years. Yeah, that run around the bases was special and had plenty of meaning. "The last time I talked to him, among his last words were, he told me to hit him a home...
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Chen, Davis and Jones talk after the O's Game 2 loss

Chen, Davis and Jones talk after the O's Game 2 loss
After giving up five runs over five-plus innings in Game 2 tonight, Wei-Yin Chen talked about his outing against Toronto. "I can just tell you I don't have really good stuff tonight," Chen said through his interpreter. "I didn't pitch well today. After the first batter in the first inning, I walked the guy and started feeling like it's not a good day for me. I tried to fight through it, but it's not my day." Chen has an ERA of 5.90 in five September starts, and was asked if fatigue is...
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Chen struggles, Arencibia slams one as O's lose Game 2

Chen struggles, Arencibia slams one as O's lose Game 2
Wei-Yin Chen struggled in another start, and Jake Arrieta came up short in his bid to get out of two straight jams. All that added up to a Toronto Blue Jays' 9-5 win tonight in Game 2 of a doubleheader. The Orioles won the opener 4-1, but fall to 88-66 with this loss. The Yankees beat the Twins 6-3 to drop Baltimore to 1 1/2 games behind New York. The Orioles have not been more than one game out since they were two games behind on September 2. Chen allowed four runs over the first two...
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Steve Johnson: "This is what you live for"

Steve Johnson: "This is what you live for"
A few minutes after he got the win here in Game 1 against Toronto, pitching five shutout innings in the Orioles 4-1 victory, Steve Johnson was asked about pitching in pennant race pressure. "This is what you live for," Johnson said. "Pitching in a playoff race and just wanting the team to win. Pitching in a big game. This is a lot of fun. "It was a big win for the team. I had real good stuff, but just wasn't able to command the ball well at least for the first couple innings. Got my...
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Steve Johnson with five scoreless as O's beat Toronto in Game 1

Steve Johnson with five scoreless as O's beat Toronto in Game 1
To say that Steve Johnson has pitched well for the Orioles this year would be an understatement. He's done something even better than that. Today, he pitched the first five innings without allowing a run and wriggled out of a few jams as the Orioles beat Toronto 4-1 in Game 1 of a doubleheader. In Game 2, Wei-Yin Chen (12-9, 3.98 ERA) pitches against lefty Ricky Romero (8-14, 5.72 ERA). With the win, the Orioles have won seven of their last eight games and 33 of their last 47 contests. They...
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Long road through the minors could culminate in a big award for L.J. Hoes

Long road through the minors could culminate in a big award for L.J. Hoes
Since his callup to the major leagues on September 11, L.J. Hoes has not appeared in one game for the Orioles although tomorrow could be a very big day for him at Camden Yards, even if he doesn't play in the game. Hoes is considered the favorite to win the Brooks Robinson Award, which goes to the O's minor league Player of the Year. Between Double-A Bowie and Triple-A Norfolk this season, the 22-year-old Hoes batted .287 with five homers, 54 RBIs and an OPS of .759. His stats actually got...
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Dylan Bundy: "Telling everyone in my hometown about it was fun"

Dylan Bundy: "Telling everyone in my hometown about it was fun"
On Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park, Dylan Bundy threw seven pitches, getting two outs in his major league debut. On Sunday night, when the team arrived back home in Baltimore, he was still pretty excited about that debut and the two key outs he got for the Orioles in the last of the eighth inning. "I didn't go to bed last night until about 12 or 1, which is late for me," Bundy said today in the O's clubhouse. "It was an exciting day. Telling everybody in my hometown and my family about...
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Then there were 10

Then there were 10
The Orioles and Yankees remain separated by just one game with 10 regular season games remaining. New York plays three at Minnesota, four at Toronto and then three at home with Boston. The Orioles play four against Toronto and three against Boston at home and then three on the road versus Tampa Bay. Here is how close things are: The Orioles just saw a six-game win streak snapped while New York had a seven-game streak end Sunday. The Yankees are 13-8 in September. The Orioles are 14-7. The...
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Tough loss at Fenway: Sox win 2-1, O's win streak ends at six

Tough loss at Fenway: Sox win 2-1, O's win streak ends at six
For the Orioles, a good road trip had a tough ending that produced a rare one-run loss. They fell 2-1 to Boston, but remained one game out of first place as the Yankees lost 5-4 to Oakland. The Orioles fall to 87-65 and their six-game win streak comes to an end. They are now 27-9 in one-run decisions. In the top of the ninth, the Orioles loaded the bases with one out, but Manny Machado grounded into a forceout at home and pinch-hitter Ryan Flaherty was called out on strikes to end the...
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Some stats and notes as the O's go for a Fenway sweep

Some stats and notes as the O's go for a Fenway sweep
The Orioles are 10-4 against the Red Sox this season, outscoring them 76-59 in those games. In games between the teams decided by two runs or less or that went to extra innings, the Orioles are 7-2. The Orioles will have a winning record at Fenway Park for the first time since going 5-4 in 2005. The Orioles are 7-1 on the season there and are 9-1 over their last 10 games in Boston. From 2008-11, the O's went 10-26 at Fenway. The Orioles have won 14 of the last 19 and 16 of the last 21 games...
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In chase for AL East, who will blink first?

In chase for AL East, who will blink first?
So after Saturday's game, the Orioles are 16-2 in extra-inning games and Boston is 2-9. The Red Sox are 0-7 in extra-inning games at home while the Orioles are 11-0 on the road. That is just very, very impressive. The Orioles are now 23 games over .500. That is rather impressive. The Orioles have won six in a row. Also impressive. When this streak began, the Orioles were one game out of first and now they are ... one game out of first. The Yankees have seen that six-game win streak and...
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Orioles' minor leagues got job one done this year

Orioles' minor leagues got job one done this year
The fact is that the Orioles' minor league teams combined to play just .459 ball in 2012 when you add up all the records, going 353-416. That ranks 28th in baseball, ahead of only Milwaukee and San Diego. You certainly can't tell much about the club's farm system from that stat. It is a very debatable topic, but I have always felt that winning in the minor leagues is not that important. Of course, you play to win, you want to win and who doesn't get encouraged when an O's farm club does...
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A look at the player that may be the biggest surprise on a team full of them

A look at the player that may be the biggest surprise on a team full of them
How does a pitcher go from a record of 0-7 and 5.40 ERA in the minors to a mark of 7-4 and 3.52 ERA in the major leagues and win key games for a team in a pennant race? I don't know, but Miguel Gonzalez has done it. The right-hander that the Orioles signed as a minor league free agent on Feb. 28 - after spring training had already started - has become one of their most reliable starting pitchers a year after he didn't win a single game in the minors. On a team that has likely been...
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Wieters, Gonzalez lead the way as O's beat Lester, Boston 4-2

Wieters, Gonzalez lead the way as O's beat Lester, Boston 4-2
Matt Wieters has been on an RBI surge for the Orioles recently and it continued tonight in Boston. Wieters knocked in three of the Orioles' four runs as they posted a 4-2 win over the Red Sox in Game 1 of a weekend series. Wieters came up with a two-run single in the top of the fourth after a J.J. Hardy single and Adam Jones double. Two innings later, with the game tied 2-2, Wieters came up with an RBI double for a 3-2 edge and scored on a Mark Reynolds single. In 17 games in September,...
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A surprising Red Sox stat

A surprising Red Sox stat
The Red Sox are stealing bases? Who knew. Since Aug. 5, Boston's 44 steals leads the American League and yes, that is surprising. Since the All-Star break, Boston leads the major leagues in stolen base percentage at 85.6. The Red Sox have stolen 55 of 65 attempts in that time. Boston has at least one steal in 19 of its last 21 games. It looks like Pedro Ciriaco has been a big boost there, as he is 15-for-15 in steal attempts since his call-up July 7. He's batting leadoff tonight even...
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Orioles are 3-0 vs. Boston in last three games vs. Lester

Orioles are 3-0 vs. Boston in last three games vs. Lester
We've asked this a few times before, but will this be the night that the Orioles finally pin a loss on Jon Lester? He is 14-0 with an ERA of 2.49 in 20 career starts against them. That is the longest win streak ever against the O's franchise to begin a career. It also marks the longest current win streak by any active pitcher versus any team. But while the Orioles have been unable to pin a loss on Lester, they have beaten the Red Sox the last three times Lester has started against them....
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