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Blue Jays fan Ken Pagan is sentenced for throwing a beer can at Orioles outfielder Hyun Soo Kim. - Orioles slugger Chris Davis continues to struggle at the plate. He was 2-for-22 with eight strikeouts in the six games in Chicago this past week.
- In what has been a personal nightmare of a season, Orioles first baseman Chris Davis may have had his most frustrating game of 2014 on Friday.
- With Opening Day just around the corner -- and the Orioles' 25-man roster being finalized over the next few days -- Delmon Young's story might be the best of the bunch.
- How would I rank the five American League teams in position of finish for 2013? Certainly, rosters aren¿t set yet.
- At the end of a regular season in which they overcame obstacles and resuscitated baseball in Baltimore, the Orioles finished with a whisper.
- Manny Machado's key defensive play and Nate McLouth's walk-off single gave the Orioles a thrilling victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night.
- Orioles pitcher Tommy Hunter pitched well against the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday, falling just one out short of a quality start. But he made two fatal mistakes, a pair of solo home runs that proved to be the difference in a 2-0 Orioles¿ in front of an announced crowd of 18,410 at Tropicana Field.
- This weekend's series is important for both teams. The Orioles and Rays share identical 55-50 records and are both 1 1/2 games out of the AL Wild Card.
- Despite having not won a game in nearly a week, the Orioles woke up Friday morning somehow still in first place in the American League East. By the end of the night, their struggles would finally catch up with them.
- The Baltimore Orioles' 9-8 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays -- which ended with the game-winning run on second base -- ended this series in bittersweet fashion.
- The first-place Orioles used a catcher¿s interference call to ignite a fifth-inning rally and took advantage of an overall abysmal defensive showing to slip by Tampa Bay, 5-3.
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- Brian Matusz lasted just 1 1/3 innings Sunday and retired only three of the 13 hitters that he faced, and Evan Longoria hit a two-run, inside-the-park homer in the Orioles' 9-6 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays before an announced 22,032 at Camden Yards.
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