O's game blog: Chen faces Yankees, plus a look at minor league playoffs

O's game blog: Chen faces Yankees, plus a look at minor league playoffs
The road trip has moved on to Yankee Stadium,where the Orioles and New York open a three-game series this afternoon. The Orioles (65-71) have lost 14 of 17 games and another loss today would put them a season-high seven games under .500. The Orioles are 14-18 in American League East road games. They are 5-8 versus New York and just 1-6 with four straight losses at Yankee Stadium. They are 0-4 at New York when the game is decided by one run. Left-hander Wei-Yin Chen (8-7, 3.36) gets the start...
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Machado on playing shortstop, Chen on his outing after O's loss to Tampa Bay

Machado on playing shortstop, Chen on his outing after O's loss to Tampa Bay
When he took the field tonight, playing shortstop for the first time in the majors, Manny Machado said he tried to take it as just another game. When he batted in the last of first inning, however, more frustration set in for Machado and the Orioles. Rays Center fielder Kevin Kiermaier robbed him of a homer as Tampa Bay went on to a 6-3 win over the Orioles. "Oh, man, that's just icing on the cake," Machado said he thought at the time. "That is how things are going around here. This is how...
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David Lough hits walk-off homer in 10th as O's stun Red Sox 5-4

David Lough hits walk-off homer in 10th as O's stun Red Sox 5-4
A bitter defeat turned into an amazing victory. Down 4-3, the Orioles scored twice off Boston closer Koji Uehara in the last of the tenth for a remarkable 5-4 victory over the Red Sox to end their five-game losing streak. Adam Jones led off the 10th with a triple to right and scored on a Chris Davis sac fly. Then, David Lough hit a game-winning homer to right to send Camden Yards into a frenzy. It was his first career walk-off homer. It looked like the Orioles let one get away when they blew a...
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