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Pitching matchups, TV, radio and more on Friday's Orioles-Rangers game. - While the focus has been on trading the Orioles' pending free agents before this month's nonwaiver trade deadline, the focus is likely to shift to its top long-term assets, Kevin Gausman and Dylan Bundy.
- The Orioles rallied from a 5-1 deficit to beat the Texas Rangers, 9-7, and sweep their four-game series at Camden Yards.
- First pitch, broadcast info, starting pitchers, lineups and what to watch in the Orioles' game against the Rangers.
- The Orioles have lost two games in a row, which would not be particularly alarming if they didn't look so much like last year's team.
- Chris Tillman pitched well for five innings but was knocked out during a five-run sixth that helped the Rangers beat the Orioles 6-3.
- Orioles center fielder Adam Jones returned to the lineup Thursday for the series opener against the Texas Rangers after dealing with a rib injury.
- Spring training competition is nothing new for Orioles right-hander Vance Worley. Every year, it seems, he's trying to prove his worth. This spring, the 28-year-old Worley finds himself with his fourth team in five years, once again fighting for a spot on the 25-man roster.
- Cole Hamels was good, but the Orioles just keep striking out.
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- Orioles right-hander Jason Hammel will make his first career Opening Day start this afternoon against the Tampa Bay Rays
- 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.
- The Orioles weren't willing to give up what it would take to land Zack Greinke or Hanley Ramirez.
- The Orioles' first-half statistics aren't pretty, but they hold one statistical trump card. The only one that really, truly matters right now: .529. That's the fifth best winning percentage in the American League.
- If there's anything fans will remember about the eighth inning of Tuesday night's All-Star Game in Kansas City, it'll probably be seeing flamethrowers Craig Kimbrel and Aroldis Chapman light up the radar gun one after the other for the National League.
- Orioles notes on arbitration hearings, Edwin Jackson and Brooks Robinson
- Right-handed pitcher Edwin Jackson, the best free agent remaining on the market, is much more likely to accept a one-year deal and test free agency again after the 2012 season than to ink a multi-year contract, according to an industry source.
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- Boras and Fielder did not meet with Angelos on free agent tour
- Baseball's big three look like the only teams with legitimate shots at World Series because of pitching and hitting
- Long a solid center fielder and one of baseball's best baserunners, Curtis Granderson has turned into a beast at the plate since working with New York Yankees hitting coach Kevin Long to rework his swing.
- Yankees ace CC Sabathia, scheduled to pitch the Sunday before the break, won't be able to play in the All-Star Game
