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Schmuck: The Orioles still have an uncertain future, but there's no sense looking back

The challenge facing the new Orioles front office is daunting and there are no guarantees, but anything will be better than last season.

By Peter Schmuck

Dec 28, 2018

• Sports

As Orioles begin similar rebuild to Astros', worth noting few players remained when dust settled for Houston title

Just a handful of Astros who won last year's World Series were with the team when their rebuild began, a signal to the Orioles and their fans that they might not see the current players around when the winning returns.

By Jon Meoli

Sep 28, 2018

• Sports

It won't be 2011, but Orioles hope late-season stretch against playoff contenders can boost momentum

The Orioles play the Yankees this weekend in a series that has playoff implications.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Sep 22, 2018

• Texas Rangers

Orioles on deck: Pregame roster move, plus what to watch Saturday vs. Rangers and more

Pitching matchups, TV, radio and more on Saturday's Orioles-Rangers game.

By Josh Land

Jul 14, 2018

• Sports

Orioles’ luck turns, if only for a day, as 8-2 win over Angels snaps seven-game skid

The Orioles used a fallen pop-up in the fourth inning to spark a six-run outburst and homered four times in an 8-2 win over the Angels Sunday at Camden Yards.

By Jon Meoli

Jul 1, 2018

• American League

Orioles on deck: What to watch Friday vs. Angels, plus lineups, broadcast info and more

Pitching matchups, TV, radio and more on the Orioles-Angels game.

By Josh Land

Jun 29, 2018

• Sports

Machado booed, O'Day injured as Orioles fall in frustrating fashion to Mariners, 3-2

The Orioles have dropped their first two games of their weeklong homestand.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Jun 26, 2018

• Seattle Mariners

Orioles on deck: Tim Beckham will start at 3B, plus what to watch Monday vs. Mariners

Pitching matchups, TV, radio and more about Monday's Orioles-Mariners game.

By Josh Land

Jun 25, 2018

• Sports

Schmuck: Bounce-back seasons for Davis, Trumbo could be key to improved year for Orioles

Chris Davis and Mark Trumbo are working to rebound from frustrating performances last season, and it’s impossible to understate what it would mean for the Orioles if both of them had big bounce-back seasons in 2018.

By Peter Schmuck

Mar 23, 2018

• Sports

Reassessing the Orioles' place in the AL playoff picture after Monday's trade deadline

The Orioles decided to add ahead of Monday's trade deadline, but so did many of the American League's contenders.

By Jon Meoli

Aug 1, 2017

• Sports

Avoiding sweep, Orioles start six-game trip hoping it's the road to the playoffs, not a dead end

The Orioles embark on a road trip to Tampa Bay and Texas that ends at the nonwaiver trade deadline.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Jul 23, 2017

• Sports

Orioles flummoxed by Astros' off-speed, will continue to see fewer fastballs this weekend

Orioles flummoxed by Astros' offspeed, but will see more this weekend

By Eduardo A. Encina

Jul 22, 2017

• Sports

Schmuck: In tense affair, Orioles' greatest strength becomes their weakness

Was there really anyone out there who doubted that the 20th game of the season between the Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays would be anything but tense?

By Peter Schmuck

Oct 5, 2016

• Baseball

Orioles on deck: What to watch Tuesday at Athletics

First pitch, broadcast info, starting pitchers, lineups and what to watch in the Orioles' game against the Athletics.

By Josh Land

Aug 9, 2016

• Sports

Orioles thoughts and observations on Brad Brach and looking at Wade Miley against the A's

In a late-inning situation that’s often been reserved for right-hander Brad Brach, Orioles manager Buck Showalter instead turned to newcomer Logan Ondrusek.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Aug 9, 2016

• Sports

Orioles hope to snap out of West Coast skid with Tillman on the mound Tuesday

Chris Tillman has been the Orioles' stopper before. He will try to be that Tuesday in Los Angeles.

• Orioles

Excellent at home, Orioles must maintain momentum on the road

The Orioles reluctantly packed up for a long road trip on Sunday and left the friendly confines of Camden Yards, where they have piled up more home victories than any other major league team and own the sport's second-best home winning percentage. It didn't hurt that they took advantage of a couple of soft opponents to close out their recent homestand with a five-game winning streak or that they have played more home games than any other team, but winning more than 70 percent of your home games

By Peter Schmuck

Jun 28, 2016

• Sports

After first home series loss of season, Orioles head west to start unusual three-city trip

On Friday, the Orioles will open their longest road trip of the season thus far: a three-city, nine-game, 10-day trip that will take them to face the Los Angeles Angels, Houston Astros and Cleveland Indians, forcing them to play games in three different time zones.

By Eduardo A. Encina

May 19, 2016

• Sports

Orioles recap: Mariners pound Ubaldo Jimenez, Brian Matusz for 10-0 win

The first game of the three-game series between the first-place Orioles and the Seattle Mariners turned out to be anything but a classic showdown.

By Peter Schmuck

May 17, 2016

• Baltimore Orioles

Orioles on deck: What to watch Tuesday vs. Mariners

First pitch, broadcast info, starting pitchers and what to watch in the Orioles' game against the Mariners.

By Josh Land

May 17, 2016

• Major League Baseball

MLB gets in sync for last day of regular season

Major League Baseball tried something a little different this year, syncing up all games on Oct. 4 to potentially ramp up excitement in case any playoff races could be decided or tiebreakers forced on the final day of the regular season.

By Josh Land

Sep 30, 2015

• Sports

Taking a look at the Orioles and their wild-card contenders over the season's final 10 days

With 10 days left in the regular season, the Orioles¿ playoff hopes are now more than a pipe dream.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Sep 25, 2015

• Sports

Orioles win again, but they can't do it alone

It's still possible for the Orioles to go on the mother of all late-season winning streaks and climb over several other clubs to snatch the second American League wild card entry, but it's still not plausible.

By Peter Schmuck

Sep 16, 2015

• Sports

Could the Orioles be no-hit twice within a week?

The Mets' Jacob deGrom is scheduled to face the Orioles Tuesday at Camden Yards. Is he the next pitcher to no-hit the O's?

• Sports

Starting pitching, home runs help Orioles to 3-2 win over Mariners

Orioles starting pitcher Wei-Yin Chen allowed just one run in 7 1/3 innings pitched, Adam Jones and Chris Davis hit home runs and closer Zach Britton held on during a touch ninth inning to beat the Seattle Mariners, 3-2.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Aug 11, 2015

• Sports

Orioles waste chance to gain ground in playoff race, trounced 8-4 by Angels

Although they were playing 3,000 miles away from home and against an American League West opponent, the Orioles had a chance to make some serious headway in their playoff hunt beginning Friday.

By Dan Connolly

Aug 8, 2015

• Sports

Orioles notebook: Chris Tillman won't start Friday, could start Sunday instead

Orioles were hoping they'd get right-hander Chris Tillman back on the mound Friday against the Los Angeles Angels. The best-case scenario now is that Tillman returns from a sprained left ankle in time for Sunday's series finale in Anaheim, not far from where he grew up. If not there, he'll likely start Monday's opener in Seattle against the Mariners, the club that drafted him in 2006.

By Dan Connolly

Aug 5, 2015

• Sports

Taking a look at the Orioles' important West Coast road trip

Minutes after the Orioles¿ week-long homestand ended with a 6-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers, manager Buck Showalter¿s mind was already on to the team¿s next challenge, their nine-game, 10-day West Coast road trip to Oakland, Anaheim and Seattle.

By Eduardo A. Encina

Aug 3, 2015

• Orioles

Manny Machado helps AL win All-Star Game, 6-3

Mike Trout flashed the skill that puts him at the front of baseball's new generation, just moments after four of the all-time greats walked off the field.

• Orioles

Ex-Oriole Nelson Cruz, an All-Star starter, is bright spot for Mariners

The last time the voting populace elected a Seattle Mariners designated hitter as an All-Star Game starter, the club won 93 games and finished in second place in the American League West.

• Major League Baseball

MLB Power Rankings for June 16

A set of hot streaks catapulted some long-gone teams back into the rankings this week, including a pair of American League East teams. Were the Orioles one of them? As always, these rankings are completely subjectively, yet still objectively correct.

By Jon Meoli

Jun 16, 2015

• Sports

AL East a beast no more: 88 victories enough for crown at current pace

A decade ago, it was nicknamed the "American League Beast," the biggest, baddest division in all of baseball. It featured the sport's two free-spending behemoths and three other talented but inferior teams that seemingly prayed for the gift of realignment to win a title. But the American League East has become — gasp — anyone's race each season, with four clubs winning the division title in the past five years. Only the Toronto Blue Jays haven't captured the crown recently.

By Dan Connolly

Jun 14, 2015

• Sports

Pair of two-run home runs help end two-game skid, give Orioles 4-3 win over Astros

The Orioles (20-22) snapped a two-game losing streak as the Astros, surprising leaders in the American League West, dropped to 29-17.

By Dan Connolly

May 25, 2015

• Orioles

From glory to heartache and back, Orioles and Royals have traveled similar roads to ALCS

As the Orioles and Royals prepare to meet in the ALCS, Kansas City and Baltimore have traveled similar roads as baseball towns.

• Sports

Derek Jeter's walk-off RBI single sends Orioles to 6-5 loss to New York Yankees

New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter beat the Orioles one last time, hitting a game-winning single in the bottom of the ninth inning for a 6-5 walk-off win Thursday.

• Maryland

Hard to play 'what if' with 1994 strike

• Orioles

Orioles players say addition of Andrew Miller 'just makes us better'

The Orioles' trade with the Boston Red Sox on Thursday that added left-handed reliever Andrew Miller to the bullpen was received with positive reviews in the clubhouse, both for what he does on the mound and what he won't be doing anymore.

• Sports

Trade for Jon Lester shows Oakland A's are all in this season

If reports are true that the Oakland Athletics have made their second blockbuster deal of the summer and sent Cuban slugger Yoenis Cespedes to the Red Sox for Jon Lester and Jonny Gomes, then there¿s really only one way to look at the situation: A¿s president Billy Beane has decided that it¿s now or never.

• Sports

Orioles' West Coast success already 'a memory' as team opens homestand

The Orioles just finished a grueling 10-game road trip against three powers of the American League West with a 6-4 record and series wins in Anaheim and Seattle.

• Sports

Chris Davis hits a solo homer in top of 10th as Orioles beat the Mariners, 2-1

• Sports

Adam Jones hits a pair of two-run home runs in Orioles' 4-2 victory over Angels

In Monday night's series opener against the Los Angeles Angels, Adam Jones hit a pair of two-run homers for his fifth career multihomer game, providing the Orioles with all the offense they needed in a 4-2 victory at Angel Stadium of Anaheim.

• Sports

Orioles option Steve Clevenger, recall Bud Norris for tonight's start vs. Angels

The Orioles had to make a roster move in order to recall right-hander Bud Norris from Double-A Bowie to make tonight's start, and they optioned catcher Steve Clevenger back to Triple-A Norfolk before the game.

• Baltimore Orioles

Orioles look to replicate past success out west

The Orioles have fared well out west under Buck Showalter, including a 7-4 road trip in California and Washington last year.

• Sports

Orioles fall behind early, can't recover in 10-2 loss to Oakland Athletics on Sunday

The Orioles might have the chance to play the Oakland Athletics again in October, with much higher stakes on the line. But following a humbling, 10-2 loss Sunday afternoon, the Orioles couldn't escape Oakland quick enough.

• Orioles

Orioles open second half with grueling stretch of games

The Orioles, currently four games up on the second-place Toronto Blue Jays in the American League East, will lead off the second half by playing 29 consecutive games against teams with a record of .500 or better.

• Sports Analysis

Can the Orioles beat the best of the American League West?

The three-city West Coast road trip that starts Friday night in Oakland will be a major test of the legitimacy of the Orioles as the top team in the American League East.

• Opinion

The Orioles' perch [Editorial]

The view from the top of the American League East looks mighty fine as Baltimore looks forward to a high-flying second half

• Opinion

The Orioles' perch [Editorial]

• Sports

Orioles' homestand uneven like season has been so far

• Sports Analysis

It's a different team, but the Orioles are starting to resemble the 2012 squad

This isn't the same Orioles team that went to the playoffs in 2012, but there is some resemblance between this year's squad and that one.