Mike Preston's Report Card

Marriotts Ridge sophomore Mukundh Boopathi was undefeated No. 1 singles player for the Mustangs, winning the Howard County Cup and a regional championship before finishing as Class 3A state runner-up. Bookpathi is the 2022 Howard County Times boys tennis Player of the Year.

After Rougned Odor's two-out homer tied the game in the bottom of the ninth, Cedric Mullins' two-out double in the 10th lifted the Orioles to a 10-9 victory over the Texas Rangers, their second walk-off win in as many days in Baltimore.

Eddie Murray, Chris Davis, Robert Andino, Rick Sutcliffe, Jay Gibbons, Chris Hoiles, Rodrigo López and Jeff Reboulet are among former players who will participate in the Orioles' August celebration of Camden Yards’ 30-year anniversary.

A week after one son’s lawsuit described her as isolated and indecisive, the wife of ailing Orioles owner Peter Angelos and her other son met with Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred, who was reassured about her oversight of the team as part of her control over her husband’s assets, people with knowledge of the meeting told The Baltimore Sun.

Each week, The Baltimore Sun breaks down five of the top performers in the Orioles’ prospect ranks and hands out some superlatives for those who didn’t make that cut.

Until recently, there were only a handful of known signatures of Archibald "Moonlight" Graham, a baseball player and 1905 University of Maryland School of Medicine graduate who earned folk hero status for being depicted in the movie "Field of Dreams." In an old building on the school's Baltimore campus, four more have been discovered.

“I think there’s a long way for us to go as far as female representation in the sport," said Wilde Lake's new JV head football coach Chantal Ridlon Thacker, "but I think we’ve also come a long way from where we started.”

The Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays lined up along the foul lines before first pitch Sunday for a moment of silence. Rays manager Kevin Cash said his team was “heartbroken.”

Rookie catcher Adley Rutschman tied the game at 6 with a two-out RBI double in the bottom of the ninth before Jorge Mateo was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the 10th to lift the Orioles to a 7-6 come-from-behind victory over the Texas Rangers on the Fourth of July in Baltimore.

On Monday, the Orioles will play their 81st game of the season, officially signifying the 2022 campaign’s midpoint. Manager Brandon Hyde has “mixed emotions” as his club approaches that benchmark.

After the retirement of Sam Koch, rookie punter Jordan Stout is tasked with holding for star kicker Justin Tucker. Now he's trying to "catch up on 16 years worth of hard work and continuity" with the help of some video equipment.

Tyler Wells held the Minnesota Twins to one run in six innings Sunday to lead the Orioles to a sweep-avoiding 3-1 victory at Target Field. He’s completed six innings in four of his past seven starts, posting a 1.66 ERA in that span.