BALTIMORE—Oriole pitchers are struggling to keep the ball in the ballpark. In their 8-5 loss to the Oakland Athletics on Thursday, the Orioles gave up five home runs for the second straight game. They set a franchise record by allowing a home run in each of their first 13 games and are...
BOWIE, Md.—Hunter Harvey is scheduled for his second start on Friday in what he hopes will be his first complete professional season. Harvey, the Orioles’ No. 1 draft choice in 2013, has never thrown as many as 90 innings in a season. He had a difficult first start against Harrisburg last Friday,...
BALTIMORE—Oriole pitchers are giving up home runs at an alarming rate. After surrendering five to the Oakland Athletics, they’ve given up 32 in just 12 games. They’ve allowed at least one in each game. According to STATS, that ties a franchise record. In 1994, the Orioles allowed home runs in their first...
BALTIMORE—Manager Brandon Hyde was hoping starter John Means could give the Orioles four or five innings on Tuesday. Instead, he got three, and the Orioles lost to the Oakland Athletics, 13-2. Means allowed the first Oakland run on three infield singles, and after Josh Phegley reached on an error by third baseman...
BALTIMORE—The Orioles placed Alex Cob on the 10-day injured list for the second time this season on Tuesday. The 31-year-old right-hander, who began the season on the injured list because of a sore right groin, was put back on the list because of a lumbar strain — five days after pitching in...
BALTIMORE—Chris Davis didn’t have a hit in five at-bats on Monday and established a major league record for position players with 49 consecutive at-bats without a hit. Davis’ streak goes back to last season, and he’s one short of the major league record for most consecutive plate appearances without a hit. Tony...
BALTIMORE—Chris Davis has a record he doesn’t want. When he flied out to left field in the fifth inning on Monday night against the Oakland Athletics, he set a major league mark for position players with 47 consecutive at-bats without a hit. Davis, who is 0-for-24 this season, was hitless in his...
BALTIMORE—Orioles manager Brandon Hyde likes talking about the positive. On Sunday, he resorted to talking about an infielder who gave up two runs and walked two batters in the ninth inning of a 15-3 loss to the New York Yankees. The Orioles had already given up 13 runs before Hyde walked out...
BALTIMORE—Before Saturday night’s game began, the Orioles celebrated the life of Frank Robinson. One of baseball’s all-time greats, Robinson led the Orioles to their first World Series championship in 1966. He died on February 7 at age 83. Robinson was saluted by Jim Palmer, Boog Powell and Brooks Robinson while Eddie Murray...
BALTIMORE—Dan Straily’s addition to the Orioles’ pitching staff makes it likely the team will do away with its experiment with the opener, at least for the foreseeable future. Straily, a 30-year-old right-hander the Orioles signed on Friday, hasn’t pitched since March 22, three days before the Miami Marlins released him. “I thought...