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Josh Hamilton's stats and position are a definite fit for the Orioles. The money Hamilton likely will command and the baggage that goes with him is not.

The Baltimore Orioles are heading back to the postseason for the first time since 1997. After beating the Boston Red Sox 6-3 on Sunday afternoon in their regular-season home finale, the Orioles sealed at least a

The Baltimore Orioles took a significant step toward their first postseason berth in 15 years, beating the Red Sox 5-4 at Camden Yards, and putting themselves into a first-place tie with the New York Yankees atop the American League East with just four games to play in the regular season.

The Orioles stranded the bases loaded in the top of the ninth inning -- the tying run just 90 feet away -- for a 2-1 loss to the Red Sox in front of an announced sellout crowd of 37,310.

The Pesky Pole got the best of the Orioles on Sunday afternoon. In the Orioles' 2-1 loss to the Red Sox at Fenway Park, the 100-year-old ballpark's fabled right-field corner played a huge part in two key plays.

They call the right-field foul pole at Fenway Park the "Pesky Pole" after Red Sox great Johnny Pesky, who was honored after the game with a ballpark memorial service that drew about a thousand admirers and featured several dozen former Red Sox players, including Roger Clemens, Jim Rice and Carlton Fisk.

A big inning against Clay Buchholz may have changed the course of the Orioles' 6-3 loss to the Red Sox on Thursday night.

The Orioles (64-54) lost just their fourth game in 12 against the Red Sox this season. With the loss, the O's remained six games back of New York. They also stayed within the two AL wild-card spots.

There was a lot more orange in the announced crowd on 25,848 at Camden Yards for the Orioles' 7-1 win over the Red Sox on Tuesday.

Mark Reynolds had his 15th career multi-homer game as the Orioles continued their recent dominance of the Red Sox, taking their seventh game out of 10 this season, 7-1 at Camden Yards.

Right-hander Tommy Hunter had his shortest outing of the season today in the Orioles' series finale against the Red Sox at Fenway Park.

Orioles ride seven-run third inning to an 8-2 win over Red Sox. Jones and Reynolds homer as Orioles clinch back-to-back series wins in New York and Boston for the first time in 20 years.

Orioles' bullpen shuts down the Red Sox in extra innings

Right-hander Armando Galarraga, who is hoping to make the Orioles after missing much of last season because of injury, tired after a solid early performance and ended up allowing four runs in four innings as the Boston Red Sox beat the Orioles, 7-4, in a split-squad game at JetBlue Park.

Pre-game: Orioles vs Red Sox (split squads)

Right-hander Chris Tillman pitched three scoreless innings Sunday in the Orioles¿ 6-1 Grapefruit League loss to the Boston Red Sox before a sellout crowd of 8,316 at Ed Smith Stadium.

Three recovering Orioles pitchers were feeling good after a simulated game Tuesday. Tommy Hunter, Zach Britton and Jim Johnson combined to pitch four innings, and all are eyeing their next steps.