HOUSTON—After Saturday’s 4-1 victory over the Houston Astros, the Orioles hoped to win consecutive games for the first time since May 4-6, their first series since April 22-24 and their first road series since April 1-3. None of those streaks came to an end as the Orioles were shut out by the...
HOUSTON—Last week, Mike Elias took another step toward making the Orioles his team with his first draft. It will be several years before the results of that draft can be fully analyzed. In the interim, Elias will trade and pick up players on waivers, as he’s been doing since he took over...
HOUSTON—Andrew Cashner had one of his best stat lines of 2019 thanks to Anthony Santander. Cashner allowed one run on four hits in six innings, but it could have been far worse. Cashner allowed just two singles in the first five innings and had a 1-0 lead on Saturday against the Houston...
HOUSTON—The Orioles’ bullpen was stout. Shawn Armstrong, Richard Bleier and Mychal Givens combined for four scoreless innings. In the 11th inning, Branden Kline allowed a one-out single to Yuli Gurriel, and with two outs, Robinson Chirinos doubled to left. Stevie Wilkerson threw to cutoff man Jonathan Villar, and his relay throw home...
HOUSTON—The Major League Baseball draft is over, and Orioles general manager Mike Elias felt free enough to see his team on the road. It might have something to do with the opponent, the Houston Astros, the team Elias worked for from 2012-18. Elias has plenty of work to do, starting with getting...
ARLINGTON, Texas—The hurts just kept coming for the Orioles. Beginning Thursday night’s game against the Texas Rangers with just one healthy reserve position player, manager Brandon Hyde was forced to use Keon Broxton after Dwight Smith Jr. left the game in the fifth inning. Smith caught Rougned Odor’s drive to end the...
ARLINGTON, Texas—DJ Stewart’s right ankle was wrapped on Thursday, and he was placed on the 10-day injured list. Stewart was clipped by second baseman Hanser Alberto as both raced for a foul ball in the sixth inning Wednesday night, and the rightfielder sprained his right ankle in the collision. After Wednesday’s 2-1...
ARLINGTON, Texas—By the time the sixth inning ended, the Orioles were left with no reserve position players. They didn’t know it at the time, but the game was only halfway over, with the Orioles eventually losing to the Texas Rangers, 2-1, in 12 innings that were painful in many ways. The Orioles’...
ARLINGTON, Texas—Mychal Givens recorded his first save since May 6 on Tuesday when he struck out the final two batters in the Orioles’ sloppy 12-11 win over the Texas Rangers. Givens stopped the Rangers from tying or winning game after they had entered the ninth trailing, 12-5. “The only feeling is just...
ARLINGTON, Texas—Wins have been few and far between for the Baltimore Orioles. Most have been enjoyable for first-year manager Brandon Hyde, but the fun was taken out of Tuesday night’s 12-11 win over the Texas Rangers. The Orioles entered the ninth inning with a 12-5 lead. They managed to give up six...