Tickets for potential Orioles-Yankees tie-breaker to go on sale tomorrow

Left-hander Wei-Yin Chen (pictured) was on his way to his second strong performance in a row when he grabbed at his side and exited Sunday's game with a right oblique strain. That's very bad news for a team that already has called on four Triple-A starters to fill in the fifth slot in the rotation and replace injured Miguel Gonzalez. It was a tough week already, after so-so outings by Jason Hammel, Freddy Garcia and Steve Johnson, and that was reflected in the combined numbers. The rotation posted a 2-2 record with a 6.03 ERA and averaged just five innings per start. Even though the team managed to go 4-2 in those games, this is starting to get scary.
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<b>Grade</b>: D

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Left-hander Wei-Yin Chen (pictured) was on his way to his second strong performance in a row when he grabbed at his side and exited Sunday's game with a right oblique strain. That's very bad news for a team that already has called on four Triple-A starters to fill in the fifth slot in the rotation and replace injured Miguel Gonzalez. It was a tough week already, after so-so outings by Jason Hammel, Freddy Garcia and Steve Johnson, and that was reflected in the combined numbers. The rotation posted a 2-2 record with a 6.03 ERA and averaged just five innings per start. Even though the team managed to go 4-2 in those games, this is starting to get scary.

Grade: D (Hannah Foslien / Getty Images /May 12, 2013)

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By Childs Walker The Baltimore Sun

1:49 p.m. EDT, October 1, 2012

Tickets for a potential divisional tie-breaker Thursday between the Orioles and New York Yankees will go on sale Tuesday on Orioles.com, the club announced.

Tickets will first be available to season ticket holders between 10 a.m. and noon at a discount rate applicable only during that time window. Between noon and 2 p.m., tie-breaker tickets will become available to fans in the MASN viewing area, which includes Maryland, Virginia, Washington and parts of North Carolina, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. This regional sale is an attempt to pack the stadium with Orioles fans rather than make the tickets available to buyers in the New York area.

Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 2 p.m. The game would be broadcast on TBS, though Major League Baseball has yet to announce a potential start time.

Full and 29-game season-ticket holders already had a chance to buy tickets for the potential game if they bought an overall postseason package.

If the Orioles, tied with the Yankees for the American League East lead with three games to go, should lose a tie-breaker Thursday, they would then face a wild card showdown on Friday. That game could be in Baltimore, Oakland or Arlington, Texas.

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reality at 3:36 PM October 02, 2012

Next thing is the you must submit a brief on whaythe Orioles should let you buy tickets, get interviewed to prove you alway liked Angelos and when you enter the ballpark, your clothing must be approved be approved by the Orioles .

pjs_21030 at 7:38 AM October 02, 2012

Hey Delaware Fans, or any fans for that matter. Call the Orioles, at 888-848-Bird. They may be able to work something out for you. I certainly can't speak for the team, but this is not the INS we are talking about. The rules cannot be that strict

If you can prove you have been to several games (especially if they were not Boston/New York) the Orioles will probably hook you up. For fans that buy tickets from the Orioles Box Office, there is an account created. They would know if you have been to several games this year. Of course if you buy most of your tickets from a Broker or 3rd party vendor, then all bets are off.

It can't hurt to call and try.

Dew Jones at 11:20 PM October 01, 2012

No need, we have a great bullpen and Buck refuses to use it with Chen in the game. That said it's SHAMEFUL that Delaware is not included in the viewing area as i get billed for MASN just like everyone else, maybe i will ask them to take it off my bill. Me and a friend drove up to see them play friday and it took us about 1:45 to get there, quicker than most of the eastern shore of MD could get there. Shame Orioles, shame for not including Delaware.

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