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- Manny Machado's diving play in the seventh inning Friday saved the Orioles from a potentially big inning
- Orioles right-hander Dylan Bundy continued his spectacular start to the season, and overcame some of the bad baseball that defined the six-game losing streak he helped end in the process.
- Orioles left fielder Trey Mancini left Friday's game after crashing into the wall in foul ground in the eighth inning.
- Closer Zach Britton threw off a mound for the first time since his Achilles injury in December.
- Orioles shortstop Manny Machado had his second multihomer game in a contest that was mostly out of reach, a sign manager Buck Showalter thinks indicates a newfound maturity after 2017 struggles.
- After a second straight three-game sweep dropped the Orioles to 5-14, the sentiment around the club is that what they've produced thus far is not good enough.
- Orioles right-hander Alex Cobb didn't make it through the fourth inning for the second straight start to begin his career with Baltimore.
- Struggling Orioles catcher Caleb Joseph, who entered Thursday with three hits this season, sat Thursday and could face a spell on the bench to get things back on track with the Orioles facing four right-handers this weekend.
- Orioles closer Zach Britton will throw off a half-mound on Friday, a milestone in his path back from surgery to repair a ruptured Achilles tendon.
- Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman, constantly searching for a way to unlock some consistency in his fifth major league season, made a tweak the day before Wednesday's start against the Detroit Tigers.
- Orioles reliever Mychal Givens has had a slow start to the season, but manager Buck Showalter seems to be chalking the longest struggles of his career up to the weather.
- Orioles starter Andrew Cashner has pitched well when it's counted this year. Can the Orioles count on that all year?
- The Orioles lost their fourth straight game and sixth of their past seven.
- Orioles right-hander Chris Tillman was given an extra bullpen session between starts as he was moved out of turn in the rotation and will pitch Saturday against the Cleveland Indians.
- Orioles rookie catcher Chance Sisco has shared playing time with starter Caleb Joseph almost equally through the season's first 16 games.
- Dylan Bundy suffered the loss despite allowing just one earned run over 5 2/3 innings Sunday at Fenway Park.
- The Orioles made a roster move for the eighth consecutive game day, giving right-hander David Hess his first big league call-up.
- Pedro Álvarez is an unlikely No. 2 hitter, but he's shown an on-base capability he didn't in the past this season with the Orioles.
- Alex Cobb allowed eight runs (seven earned) in 3 2/3 innings in his first start with the Orioles on Saturday afternoon in Boston.
- The Orioles placed second baseman Jonathan Schoop — one of the team’s most durable players and top offensive contributors — on the 10-day disabled list with a right oblique strain before Saturday’s game against the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park.
- Chris Tillman failed to get an out in the third inning as the Orioles lost their series opener at Fenway Park.
- Twenty-four days after signing with the Orioles, right-hander Alex Cobb is ready to make his first start of the season for his new club.
- Facing a Red Sox lineup with a lot of lefties, the Orioles recalled Donnie Hart from Triple-A Norfolk.
- A tumultuous first two weeks that saw the Orioles require 55 innings of relief is through, and they hope the arrival of Alex Cobb and a week of good starts will mean things are settled down.
- Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman gave the Orioles three straight quality starts as they salvaged the series finale against the Toronto Blue Jays.
- The Orioles are halting Mark Trumbo's rehab assignment after just one game.
- The Orioles were no-hit by Aaron Sanchez for seven innings in Tuesday night's 2-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays.
- After breaking up Aaron Sanchez's no-hit bid in the eighth, the Orioles rallied to tie the game at 1 before Curtis Granderson's home run in the ninth gave Toronto the victory.
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Orioles notes: Rule 5 pick Cortes designated, Ramírez recalled; MRI for Rasmus; Harvey stays in 'pen
The Orioles ended their Rule 5 experiment with left-hander Nestor Cortes Jr., who was designated for assignment one day after he yielded a second grand slam within a week. - Second-year outfielder Trey Mancini is providing everything the Orioles need out of a leadoff spot that was a big question after the Chris Davis experiment to start the season went sour.
- Reliever Nestor Cortes Jr. gave up his second grand slam this week in the Orioles' 7-1 loss to the Blue Jays.
- Right-hander Hunter Harvey was recalled from Double-A Bowie before Monday's series opener against the Blue Jays.
- Cobb, who remained in Sarasota, Fla., to work up his innings count after signing with the team March 21, had his final tune-up Monday,
- Orioles left-hander Richard Bleier was a major part of a bullpen effort that covered 26 innings and helped the Orioles take three of four games from the New York Yankees this weekend.
- Orioles right-hander Mike Wright Jr. has bounced back from plenty of struggles as he looks to solidify himself as a major league starter. Sunday's nightmare against the Yankees might be one bridge too far.
- Orioles first baseman Chris Davis sat Sunday with an illness that manager Buck Showalter said kept him from getting much sleep.
- Chris Tillman didn't do much to answer questions about what he'll be for the Orioles in 2018 with a second straight loss, Saturday to the New York Yankees.
- The Orioles made their first roster move of the season Saturday to add Jimmy Yacabonis to a depleted bullpen, plus Buck Showalter spoke more about the controversial rundown that should have resulted in a double play but did not.
- Orioles manager Buck Showalter thought the Orioles should have had an inning-ending rundown double play Friday night against the New York Yankees, but the umpires thought otherwise.
- In the 14th inning, more than five hours after the game began, Pedro Álvarez broke a 3-3 deadlock with a grand slam to help the Orioles to a 7-3 win over the New York Yankees.
- Orioles right-hander Alex Cobb will make another start in extended spring training Monday instead of his Orioles debut that day, delaying his arrival to Baltimore by at least five days.
- Orioles prospect Branden Kline returned to the mound Thursday after nearly three years out with elbow injuries.
- A slow start hasn't helped, and last season's 75-87 record was the Orioles' worst since Showalter's first full season in Baltimore.
- With a five-run seventh inning against the New York Yankees, the Orioles offense finally put together a big inning after a week of trying.
- Orioles right-hander Andrew Cashner rode his cutter — at times his best pitch in 2017 — to his first quality start with the team Thursday against the New York Yankees.
- Orioles left fielder Trey Mancini takes over as the leadoff hitter after the six-game Chris Davis experiment to open the season failed.
- Chris Davis is 1-for-20 hitting in the leadoff spot this season for the Orioles, meaning it's likely time to end the experiment.
- Orioles right-hander Dylan Bundy has allowed just one earned run in 13 innings this season.
- In his second start of the season, Dylan Bundy delivered his second quality start, the only Orioles starting pitcher to go more than five innings.
- Chris Davis sat Wednesday after starting the season 1-for-20 in his first five games while hitting from the leadoff spot.