BALTIMORE—Oriole starter Keegan Akin had pitched six hitless innings against the Toronto Blue Jays. There were no hard-hit balls, no great plays, and because the game was scheduled for seven innings, it wouldn’t have qualified as a no-hitter. Akin’s performance for the first six innings against the hard-hitting Blue Jays had been...
BALTIMORE—The Orioles scored 10 runs and had 14 hits in the first six innings of a doubleheader and entered the top of the seventh with a three-run lead and Tyler Wells on the mound. Wells, who had pitched well his new role as a closer, surrendered four runs in the seventh as...
BALTIMORE—On a night that was was full of tension, Anthony Santander’s three-run home run in the seventh inning broke a 3-3 tie and led the Orioles to a 6-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays before an announced crowd of 11,751 at Camden Yards on Friday night. There was yelling between Orioles...
BALTIMORE—Chris Ellis has gone from organization to organization, six in all, looking for a team he can call his own. Since 2014, when the 6-foot-5 right-hander was the third-round draft choice of the Los Angeles Angels, Ellis moved on from the Angels to the Atlanta Braves, St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Royals,...
BALTIMORE—The Orioles were looking for their second consecutive series win and had their best starter on the mound in John Means. He did his job, but the hitters didn’t do theirs in the Kansas City Royals’ 6-0 win before an announced crowd of 5,087 on Thursday night. Means allowed a home run...
BALTIMORE—Matt Harvey’s season with the Orioles might be over. The Orioles placed the 32-year-old right-hander on the 10-day injured list because of right knee inflammation and recalled infielder Richie Martin from Triple-A Norfolk on Thursday. Harvey, who started Wednesday night’s 9-8 Orioles win, has a 6-14 record with a 6.27 ERA. His...
BALTIMORE—Entering the eighth inning, the Orioles looked lifeless. They hadn’t scored and had just five hits against the Kansas City Royals. The 5-0 deficit looked insurmountable, but 12 batters, 69 pitches and a dropped fly ball later, the Orioles had managed to score nine runs and held on for an improbable 9-8...
BALTIMORE—Trey Mancini and Ramón Urías are not in the starting lineup for the third straight game. Manager Brandon Hyde said Wednesday neither is ready to play. After Monday’s game, Hyde said Mancini was out because of “general soreness,” and that Urías had upper leg soreness. “Trey’s is in the oblique area, so...
BALTIMORE—When the Orioles decided to recall Mike Baumann from Triple-A Norfolk to fill the spot of the injured Jorge López, they decided to put him in the bullpen. Before he sprained his right ankle on Monday, López had found success in the bullpen. Baumann also found success there on Tuesday night in...
BALTIMORE—Jorge López was placed on the 10-day injured list because of a sprained right ankle on Tuesday, and the Orioles called up one of their top pitching prospects, right-hander Mike Baumann, from Triple-A Norfolk. López, who had been throwing in relief in the past few weeks, injured the ankle when receiving a...