BALTIMORE—Oriole Park was as beautiful as ever. The empty stands are still jarring, and the overly loud crowd noise for routine outfield fly balls needs toning down. On the field, the New York Yankees, the surprise opponents for Wednesday night’s home opener, resumed their tormenting of the Orioles with a 9-3 win...
As the Orioles prepared for their home opener Wednesday night, they found out they would be without first baseman Chris Davis. Manager Brandon Hyde declined to elaborate on Davis’ absence, saying he was “not here today. He’s unavailable, not in the lineup.” Davis, who’s the Orioles’ player representative, had said Tuesday that...
Less than 24 hours before the most unusual home opener in Orioles history, there was little talk of baseball. After the Orioles’ two scheduled games with the Miami Marlins weren’t played because of a Covid-19 outbreak, manager Brandon Hyde used the beginning of his video conference call on Tuesday night to announce...
Instead of playing the Miami Marlins in their home opener on Wednesday night, the Orioles will face the New York Yankees at Camden Yards. Because of a Covid-19 outbreak on the Marlins, Major League Baseball has put their season on hold through Sunday. The Orioles’ games in Miami on Monday and Tuesday...
Monday was a day of anxiety for the Orioles, Miami Marlins and the rest of Major League Baseball. After an outbreak of Covid-19 on the Marlins, MLB postponed the Orioles’ scheduled games against them in Miami on Monday and Tuesday nights. It also postponed the Yankees-Phillies game in Philadelphia. The visiting locker...
The Orioles’ scheduled game on Monday and Tuesday night with the Marlins in Miami have been postponed because of an outbreak of Covid-19 on the Marlins. According to the Miami Herald, 11 of the 33 players on the Marlins have tested positive. Two coaches have also reportedly tested positive. Miami, which completed...
The Orioles opened this challenging season with a lopsided loss that was reminiscent of their past two seasons. They followed it up, though, with two solid performances, including Sunday’s 7-4 victory over the Red Sox in Boston to win the three-game series. Wade LeBlanc provided an effective start and was backed by...
After nearly two years, pitcher Alex Cobb has another win, and the Orioles got their first of the 2020 season. Cobb, who missed nearly all of 2019 after hip and knee surgeries, won for the first time since September 4, 2018, allowing one run on four hits in 5 1/3 innings in...
The excitement about Opening Day disappeared when the Boston Red Sox scored four runs in the third inning and six more in the fourth on the way to a 13-2 trouncing of the Orioles on Friday night in Boston. In this most different of seasons because of Covid-19, the Orioles began it...
It’s Opening Day, and Trey Mancini isn’t with the Orioles. He said he’s doing well in his chemotherapy treatments after his March 12 surgery for colon cancer. That was the same day baseball was halted because of Covid-19. Mancini has five treatments left. His last scheduled chemotherapy session is September 21, six...