BALTIMORE—Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said that reliever Mychal Givens was going to face the New York Yankees big hitters, and he summoned him to start the seventh inning. Givens rarely pitches the seventh, but with Aaron Judge batting second, Hyde decided he needed his most trusted reliever in the game. Judge is...
BALTIMORE—After Sunday’s game, the Orioles optioned rookie right-hander Dillon Tate to Triple-A Norfolk. In his place, right-hander Tayler Scott gets his second call to the Orioles this season. Scott, who was claimed on waivers from Seattle on June 25, had a two-game audition with the Orioles last month. The only native South...
BALTIMORE—The Orioles continue to take baby steps in their long rebuild. After a 5-4 road trip, they lost the first two games of a four-game series with the Toronto Blue Jays and were outscored, 16-4. In the final two games, they won taut contests that featured gutty late-inning relief performances. On Sunday,...
BALTIMORE—Perhaps the most fascinating of all the new Orioles in 2019 is Hanser Alberto. His story has been told enough — claimed on waivers from the San Francisco Giants in January, lost on waivers the next month and quickly claimed back. It was surprising that Alberto made the Opening Day roster, and...
BALTIMORE-Jonathan Villar is in the starting lineup for Saturday night’s game, and he has played in each of the Orioles’ 109 games this season. Villar has started 106 games and entered in the late innings three times. Villar would like for the record to show that he played in all 162 games...
BALTIMORE—After their West Coast trip that resulted in five wins in nine games, manager Brandon Hyde was hoping that the Orioles’ strong offense would carry over to their homestand. So far, that hasn’t been the case. After scoring at least seven runs in each of their five wins on the trip, the...
BALTIMORE—Dillon Tate has allowed six runs in his first five major league innings for an ERA of 10.80. To manager Brandon Hyde, the 25-year-old right-hander has pitched much better than the stats indicate. “I don’t have a long track record with Dillon except for some innings in spring training and monitoring the...
BALTIMORE—The Orioles returned home after a winning West Coast road trip and their first non-losing month in nearly two years. They began August with a decisive loss. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit two home runs and drove in four as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Orioles 11-2 on Thursday night. Guerrero, whose...
BALTIMORE—Mike Elias was uncertain whether he’d be able to make a deal in the hours leading up to Wednesday’s trade deadline. In the end, he couldn’t. But he doesn’t sound disappointed. “I think there were some moments where it looked like something might happen,” the Orioles’ general manager said Thursday night. “We...
SAN DIEGO—Now that the trade deadline has come and gone, it’s time to look ahead to the last two months of this fascinating Orioles season. The team has shown improvement in the last month. Since they lost 10 straight and 13 of 14 on June 28, the Orioles are 14-13. They just...