Post-game Notes: Sox make it two in a row over O's
For the second game in a row, the Orioles out-hit the White Sox, but lost the game. They entered this series with a record of 30-6 on the year when they had more hits than their opponent. That mark is now 30-8.
The O's fall to 11-10 in one-run games and are now 21-19 in games decided by two runs or less.
The error on first baseman Ty Wigginton in the last of the 5th led to four runs scoring, two were unearned. Brad Bergesen allowed six straight hits after the error.
In six innings,...
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Orioles (40-50) at Chicago (47-43)
After ending the first half on a positive note, with two straight series wins, the O's have begun the second half with two straight losses.
They need a win today at 2:05 p.m. to avoid being swept three straight by the White Sox.
Jeremy Guthrie (6-8, 5.35) pitches for the Orioles vs. Chicago's Jose Contreras (4-7, 4.54).
The O's have been swept three straight four times this season, all on the road. They were swept by Toronto, the Yankees,...
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Orioles (40-50) at Chicago (47-43)
After ending the first half on a positive note, with two straight series wins, the O's have begun the second half with two straight losses.
They need a win today at 2:05 p.m. to avoid being swept three straight by the White Sox.
Jeremy Guthrie (6-8, 5.35) pitches for the Orioles vs. Chicago's Jose Contreras (4-7, 4.54).
The O's have been swept three straight four times this season, all on the road. They were swept by Toronto, the Yankees,...
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Orioles (40-50) at Chicago (47-43)
After ending the first half on a positive note, with two straight series wins, the O's have begun the second half with two straight losses.
They need a win today at 2:05 p.m. to avoid being swept three straight by the White Sox.
Jeremy Guthrie (6-8, 5.35) pitches for the Orioles vs. Chicago's Jose Contreras (4-7, 4.54).
The O's have been swept three straight four times this season, all on the road. They were swept by Toronto, the Yankees,...
RHP Jeremy Guthrie (6-8, 5.35) today makes his 19th start of this season, his 9th on the road and his 2nd this year vs. Chicago.
Guthrie has not pitched since July 7th at Seattle. That night he felt ill and left the game after just 2 1/3 innings. He gave up two hits and three runs. Doctors determined Guthrie had a virus and he missed his last start before the All-Star break.
Last season, Guthrie allowed 2ER or less 17 times in 30 starts. This year he has done that just 3 times in 18...
Jeremy Guthrie allowed just two runs over eight innings as the O's beat Chicago 10-2 Sunday to take the final game of the series.
Guthrie improved to 7-8, 5.12. In eight innings he allowed just three hits, but two of them were solo homers to Dewayne Wise and Chris Getz.
Guthrie, who improved to 1-3 in five career starts vs. the Sox, had pitched to an ERA of 6.23 over his previous seven starts.
Brian Roberts led off the game with a single. He stole second, went to third on an error and...
The O's scored five in the 5th and four in the 9th on the way to Sunday's 10-2 win over the White Sox. The Orioles out-hit Chicago in all three games of this series.
In the series, the O's scored 21 runs on 37 hits. They had a team average of .319 (37 for 116) over the weekend with 12 doubles and three homers. They out-hit the Chisox in all three games in the series.
The O's improve to 1-2 on their nine-game, ten-day road trip. They are now 9-21 in series finale games and 5-10 on...
When it comes to the Orioles and Dominican shortstop Miguel Angel Sano, two things remain pretty clear at this point.
The O's still are very interested in pursuing Sano, who is an international free agent. But, like every other team in the Majors right now, that pursuit is in a holding pattern as the clubs await the results of MLB's investigation to determine if Sano is, in fact, 16 years old.
A report surfaced over the weekend that MLB had completed its investigation and was about to...
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Orioles (41-50) at NY Yankees (54-37)
After winning the final game of their series in Chicago, the Orioles begin a series in New York tonight. They'll look to end a seven-game losing streak at New York and begin to turn around their recent terrible record in AL East road games.
While the O's are 12-8 at home this season vs. AL East opponents, they are just 1-11 on the road vs. the East.
It gets worse than that. The Orioles are just 2-22 in the last 24 road games vs. the...
RHP David Hernandez (2-2, 3.94) tonight makes his 6th start of this season, his 4th on the road and the 1st of his career vs. the Yankees.
Hernandez was optioned to the minors on July 10th when Cesar Izturis was activated off the DL.
Hernandez made his last start, last Monday for Double-A Bowie vs. Altoona. In four innings, he allowed two hits and one run.
With Triple-A Norfolk this year he went 3-2, 3.30 in 11 starts. In 57 1/3 innings he struck out 79.
Hernandez made his last Major...
Hideki Matsui hit a 2-2 pitch from Jim Johnson over the wall in right in the last of the 9th and the Yankees picked up a 2-1 win over the Orioles Monday night.
It was his 15th of the year.
New York has now won eight home games in a row over the Orioles, who fall to 1-12 on the year in AL East road games.
New York has won four in a row and is 17-5 over its last 22 games.
The O's lost a game in which they gave up just four hits.
The Orioles took a 1-0 lead in the first on a Nick Markakis...