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There are two kinds of teams that attend the annual baseball winter meetings – the ones that come to hunt and the ones that come to gather information for.

Ventura also ignited tension in three straight starts, spanning two weeks, last April.

Zach Britton hurt in Orioles' 8-7 loss to White Sox.

Nolan Reimold has opened the O's homestand with back-to-back multi-hit games and launched a tie-breaking three-run home run off the top of the right field scoreboard to carry his team to a 6-3 victory before 19,912 Friday night at Oriole Park.

The recent numbers aren¿t encouraging, but the Orioles believe right-hander Miguel Gonzalez¿s uneven performances recently are not a concern despite another abbreviated outing in Tuesday¿s 5-0 loss to the Oakland Athletics.

A father in Thailand who moved his family from Pittsburgh wrote about how the Travis Snider trade to Baltimore impacted them.

First baseman Chris Davis returned to the No. 5 spot in the Orioles' batting order for tonight's game against the Toronto Blue Jays.

Counting Saturday afternoon's 3-2 victory against the Toronto Blue Jays, the Orioles have registered six consecutive quality starts, padding their season high. That's a huge turnaround for a rotation that entered the week with the fourth-worst ERA in the AL.

Ubaldo Jimenez still is searching for his first home win as an Oriole.

While Ubaldo Jimenez delivered a quality start ¿ albeit a wobbly one in which he battled his control ¿ the Orioles still dropped a 4-0 decision to the division-leading Toronto Blue Jays in front of an announced sellout crowd of 44,031 at Camden Yards.

Chris Davis drove in three runs on a pair of opposite-field singles against the shift as the Orioles plated 11 straight runs in an 11-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays in front of an announced crowd of 16,283 at Rogers Centre.

Nothing has been easy for the Orioles lately, and a familiar script played out in their 10-8 victory over the Blue Jays as the teams combined for seven homers in front of an announced crowd of 15,202.

If you just look at the 9-3 final score from the Orioles' loss Tuesday night in Toronto, you'd never know that the club is riding a strange wave of reversible momentum.

Orioles left-hander Brian Matusz is available for today's series finale against the Toronto Blue Jays after being bedridden the past two days with an illness that included a brief stay in a local hospital.

But the Orioles' faint postseason hopes died with their 3-2 10 inning loss combined with the Cleveland Indians' 5-4 walkoff win over the Chicago White Sox. It was the sixth consecutive loss for the Orioles, tying a season high.

Closer Jim Johnson blew his fourth save in his past five opportunities, allowing four runs, four hits and a walk in the inning as the Orioles were unable to preserve a three-run ninth-inning lead with a 6-5 loss to the Blue Jays.

It has been a tough couple of weeks for closer Jim Johnson, who blew three straight save opportunities right after setting an Orioles record with his 35th consecutive save.

Veteran pitcher Freddy Garcia was able to hold off that scary Toronto Blue Jays lineup for five innings on a bright Saturday afternoon when the ball was flying out of Rogers Centre, which is a testament to his ability to move the ball around and make the most of what¿s left in his 36-year-old arm. But don't give him too much credit.

In their third victory in four games, the Orioles hit four homers, including J.J. Hardy's three-run blast to left off Blue Jays rookie Sean Nolin just three batters into the game.

Kevin Gausman, who made his major league debut on Thursday, will remain in the Orioles¿ starting rotation for the time being. If anything, the poise he showed on the mound in his first start gives the Orioles greater confidence that he can help the team win at the big league level.

Each Wednesday, Baltimore Sun blogger Matt Vensel will highlight five statistics that really mean something for the Baltimore Orioles.

The primary goal of any leadoff man is to get on base, and Orioles left fielder Nate McLouth is beginning to fill that role nicely.

Right fielder drives in Chris Davis with two outs for one-run victory over Toronto

Stephen Strasburg surrendered three hits over two innings -- including a single and home run to the first two batters he faced -- in his first action since Sept. 7.

Toronto's new manager discusses his job, his Blue Jays and what he thinks of the Orioles

The industry was watching what the Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays would do this winter because they are viewed as the potential new guard in the AL East with the New York Yankees aging, the Boston Red Sox rebuilding and the Tampa Bay Rays hampered by payroll.

As the regular season winds down, the Orioles insist they aren't sneaking glances at the out-of-town scoreboard in right field of Camden Yards to see how the division-leading New York Yankees are doing.

It's on that table where J.J. Hardy, the undisputed pingpong champion of the Orioles clubhouse, hones his game in the off-season.

The Orioles couldn't get out of Canada any faster Wednesday night. The first leg of their three-city, nine-game road trip couldn't have gone any worse.

Jake Arrieta is now 0-4 with a 8.00 ERA since throwing a gem against the Yankees, and his Orioles are reeling.

Matusz has first quality start since 2010 as Orioles sweep Blue Jays

On Wednesday night, Jason Hammel shut down a Blue Jays lineup that has scored the fourth-most runs in the American League, dancing mid-90 fastballs through the strike zone and missing Toronto bats all night, leading the Orioles to a 3-0 win at Camden Yards.

Orioles squeeze out 2-1 win against Toronto

Orioles secure another late comeback with 6-4 win against Blue Jays