Nathan Ruiz is an Orioles and sports reporter for The Baltimore Sun. A 2017 Oklahoma State graduate, Nathan joined The Sun in 2019 after covering his alma mater for The Oklahoman, where he interned previously. He also interned at his hometown Reno Gazette-Journal in Nevada, The Dallas Morning News and MLB.com, covering the San Diego Padres.
Back in his native California, Dean Kremer supplied a quality start that became a winning effort thanks to Gunnar Henderson’s seventh-inning home run in the Orioles' 3-2 win over the Giants.
After Mychal Givens spent most of the first two months of the season on the injured list with left knee inflammation, right shoulder inflammation has landed him back on the 15-day IL. The Orioles called up Ellicott City native Bruce Zimmermann in his place.
For Yennier Cano to achieve his breakout season in Baltimore, it took not only determination from the Cuban right-hander but collaboration between several members of Orioles leadership.
The Orioles won their first game after placing Cedric Mullins on the injured list. But the weeks to come without their All-Star center fielder figure to challenge them more than their daunting May schedule did.
The Orioles signed outfielder Aaron Hicks, who the New York Yankees released last week, as a replacement for All-Star center fielder Cedric Mullins, who has been placed on the 10-day injured list.
The Memorial Day game had been a duel between Orioles right-hander Tyler Wells and Guardians lefty Logan Allen before Cleveland notched four straight one-out hits off Cionel Pérez in a four-run seventh inning to pull away for a 5-0 win.
Orioles center fielder Cedric Mullins pulled into first base slowly on a ground ball to shortstop, stutter-stepping into the bag behind Amed Rosario’s throw in the eighth inning Monday against the Guardians. He exited the game with a trainer at his side.
After garnering a reputation as injury-prone early in his career, Orioles outfielder Austin Hays is approaching two years since his last injured list stint, playing through severe cuts, bruises and muscles tears in that time. He enters this week ranked third in the American League in batting average.
Kyle Bradish allows just one run in 6 2/3 innings and Austin Hays and three hits and two RBIs, including a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning, as the Orioles beat the Texas Rangers, 3-2, to avoid being swept for the first time this season.
Asked whether August is now his target to rejoin the Orioles, left-handed starter John Means said, “Something like that,” saying he “absolutely” will pitch for Baltimore at some point this year.