Rich Dubroff
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August 25, 2019 at 5:24 pm
Villar joins Orioles’ 20/20 club; Santander has five hits; injury concerns for Alberto, Nunez
BALTIMORE—Jonathan Villar joined a special Orioles club on Sunday. Villar clubbed his 20th home run, his third in as many games, and became the sixth Oriole to hit 20 home runs and steal 20 bases in a season. Villar set a career high for home runs. He’s stolen 28 bases. His home...
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Orioles’ Means regains command; Severino paces offense with grand slam; Harvey dominates again
BALTIMORE—The Orioles’ only All-Star, John Means, proved again why he was worthy of that selection. Means, who had lost four straight and five of six, allowed just a run in seven innings and received plenty of offensive support as the Orioles beat the Tampa Bay Rays, 7-1, on Saturday night. It was...
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August 24, 2019 at 5:46 pm
Will Ryan Mountcastle be among Orioles’ September additions?
BALTIMORE—In eight days, the Orioles and the other major league teams can expand their rosters from 25 to 40. Manager Brandon Hyde has said he’s not in favor of gross roster expansion, so don’t expect the Orioles to add the full 15 players. This is the final season teams will be able...
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Orioles’ Blach gives up 7 runs in 2nd and gets a demotion; offense struggles; Armstrong goes on IL
BALTIMORE—It was difficult to discern who the Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays were. It’s Players’ Weekend in Major League Baseball, and for the occasion, the Rays were outfitted in home whites with names and numbers nearly impossible to read The Orioles, who usually wear black tops on Fridays, wore all-black uniforms,...
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August 23, 2019 at 6:06 pm
Orioles dismiss 11 members of front office, scouting departments
BALTIMORE—The Orioles continued the restructuring of their front office and scouting departments by firing 11 members of those departments. After news of the dismissals became public knowledge, general manager Mike Elias addressed the issue on Friday afternoon, when he confirmed that the team had fired 11 people. The most prominent was Tripp...
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Orioles lose after long delay; home run record falls; Rays’ relievers dominate
BALTIMORE—Just before play resumed at 10:59 p.m., the Orioles announced the attendance for Thursday’s game as 8,153. As a reward for waiting out a two-hour, 16-minute rain delay, the 200 or so fans who remained could sit in any unoccupied seat. For a fan who was visiting Oriole Park for the first...
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August 22, 2019 at 5:13 pm
Hyde says that Chris Davis’ playing time could be limited for rest of season
BALTIMORE—For the fourth straight game, Chris Davis is not in the starting lineup, and manager Brandon Hyde said that he didn’t expect Davis to play as often as he did early in the season. Davis is batting .179 with nine home runs and 32 RBIs. Since he got into the dugout dispute...
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Orioles tie dubious homer record, hit four of their own; Harvey’s workload; Rutschman’s Delmarva debut
BALTIMORE—The Orioles tied a dubious record on Wednesday night. However, most of the modest crowd of 9,872 focused on a second straight victory after enduring an eight-game losing streak. Whit Merrifield, the Kansas City Royals’ excellent second baseman, homered against starting pitcher Aaron Brooks in the third inning. That was the 258th...
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August 21, 2019 at 5:22 pm
Wojciechowski aiming for a spot in the 2020 Orioles’ rotation
BALTIMORE—Entering this season, Asher Wojciechowski stood out primarily because of the length of his last name. Wojciechowski was signed by the Orioles as a minor league free agent for spring training in 2018. Wojciechowski was an early cut, and went to Triple-A Norfolk. He pitched creditably for the Tides, going 5-4...
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Harvey’s first major league win; Orioles end losing streak; Alberto’s big blast
BALTIMORE—After eight consecutive losses, the Orioles finally broke their second-longest slide of the season with none other than Hunter Harvey getting the win. A week ago, it would have been a stretch to think that Harvey would get a win in the big leagues after six years of injuries and struggles in...
