Just 19 days until Orioles pitchers and catchers report, folks! Until then, sit back with your second (or third) cup of coffee this morning and join us for a few more "Orioles Classics" moments to get you through the rest of the offseason.
After Nationals ace Max Scherzer struck out 11 O's over eight innings on May 9, it looked as though a loss was imminent when the Birds were trailing 4-2. But they were able to pull even in the ninth inning with singles from Adam Jones and Manny Machado, an intentional walk to Chris Davis, Jonathan Schoop's RBI double and an RBI single from J.J. Hardy.
In the 12th, Mark Trumbo singled in the winning run and the O's extended their winning streak to six games. It was their second straight series sweep and Baltimore improved to 38-24 all-time in the Beltway Series.
You can relive the O's epic comeback win over their Beltway rival on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 7 p.m. on MASN. Don't forget to check out the following "Orioles Classics" coming up throughout the week:
Thursday, Jan. 25, 1 p.m. - In his Baltimore debut on April 8, 2012, right-hander Jason Hammel took a no-hitter into the eighth inning of the Orioles' 3-1 win over the Twins to complete a three-game sweep. Per Elias, Hammel was the first pitcher to throw seven or more hitless innings in his team debut since Hideo Nomo no-hit the Orioles in his first appearance with the Red Sox in 2001.
Friday, Jan. 26, 9 a.m. - The 1988 Orioles season got off to a rocky start. For the first two weeks of the season, the O's gained national and international attention when they lost 21 straight games in their first 26 games of the season. After appearing on the covers of nearly every sports publication and sympathetic phone calls from President Ronald Reagan, Baltimore's nightmare ended on April 29 when the Orioles won their first game against the White Sox.
When the team returned home on May 2 they were 1-23 and had reached the major league record for consecutive losses to start a season. Besides beating the Rangers 9-4 in front of a surprisingly packed house at Memorial Stadium, there were other positive moments that fans can cherish. That was also the date that Gov. William Donald Schaefer and Orioles owner Edward Bennett Williams announced they had reached terms on a 15-year lease for a stadium at Camden Yards. So they had that going for them, which is nice.
Monday, Jan. 29, noon - In the O's 7-1 win against the Royals on Aug. 10, 2012, Machado homered twice (both to the same fan!) for his first two career homers (in his second major league game). At 20 years, 35 days old, Machado became the youngest Oriole to hit a home run since Jim Palmer homered on May 16, 1965 (19 years, 213 days old). He also became the youngest Oriole to hit multiple home runs in a game and (according to Elias) became the first player in modern major league history (since 1900) with two homers and a triple through his first two career games.
Since 1918, only 11 players younger than Machado have recorded a multi-homer game, with the most recent coming on Aug. 30, 2011, when Angels superstar Mike Trout was 20 years, 23 days old.
Tuesday, Jan. 30, 9 a.m. - On July 31, 1991, four O's pitchers combined to no-hit the A's in their 2-0 win at O.Co Coliseum. Bob Milacki went six innings until he was struck by a line drive, then Mike Flanagan, Mark Williamson and Gregg Olson went an inning apiece to preserve the no-hitter and tie the major league record for most pitchers to combine for a no-hitter (last done by the A's Vida Blue, Glenn Abbott, Paul Lindblad and Rollie Fingers on Sept. 28, 1975 against the Angels).
Wednesday, Jan. 31, 6:30 p.m. - The O's 10th walk-off win of the season came at the hands of the Blue Jays on Sept. 1 in a thrilling one-run 13-inning game at Camden Yards. Machado led off the 13th with an infield hit, his fourth of the game, and Schoop followed up with a line drive to center field that brought Manny home to end the 4 1/2-hour contest.
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