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Alex Cobb left Sunday's game in the sixth inning with a blister on his right index finger.

The Orioles were swept out of Minnesota in four games after a 10-1 loss to the Twins, completing their six-game road trip to Philadelphia and Minneapolis without a win.

The Orioles scored three runs in the first inning but little after that in a 5-4 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Saturday.

Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman was working with the slowest fastball of his major league career Sunday as the Minnesota Twins teed up off on him and hit three home runs.

An Opening Day that seemed scripted for disaster Thursday at Camden Yards ended with the longest-tenured Oriole — center fielder Adam Jones — the hero.

A roundup of firsts from the Orioles' Opening Day game against the Minnesota Twins.

Dylan Bundy threw seven scoreless innings in the Orioles' Opening Day game against the Minnesota Twins at Camden Yards.

Gates will open at noon Thursday for Orioles Opening Day, and more details fans need to know for the team's season opener against the Minnesota Twins.

Another important offseason deadline will approach at the end of this week as teams must tender contracts to their arbitration-eligible players by Friday at 8 p.m., otherwise making them free agents. Last year, the Orioles signed catcher Welington Castillo after he was nontendered.

When things start to go as bad as they now are for the Orioles, you’re looking for anything to pull a positive from.

The Orioles face the Twins in Minnesota.

The Orioles rallied late against the Minnesota Twins on Wednesday afternoon, but couldn’t avoid being swept at home for the first time this season, losing 4-3.

Yovani Gallardo made his Orioles debut on Wednesday night and gave up just two hits over five innings to get the decision in a 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Twins before 12,622 shivering fans at Camden Yards. Chris Davis hit his first homer.

Britton was one of the top closers in baseball last year. He struggled as a starter early in his career, but embraced his sinker for success.

Orioles right-hander Tyler Wilson threw three scoreless innings of relief after the rain delay on his first Opening Day.

The Orioles entered their night split-squad home game Saturday night still searching for their first Grapefruit League win of the spring following an ugly 13-2 afternoon road loss to the Minnesota Twins at Hammond Stadium.

Two errors, including one by Manny Machado in his first inning as a big league shortstop, gave the Twins a 4-3 win in 12 innings, sending the plummeting Orioles to their fourth straight loss before an announced 35,144.

In dropping three games to the Minnesota Twins this week, the Orioles have received a clinic in manufacturing runs.

By the time the Orioles¿ 15-2 loss to the Twins ended well after midnight, only about 200 of the announced 20,109 remained to witness the entire battering. The PA announcer¿s voice echoed through the seating bowl. Fans chased for foul balls through empty rows of green seats.

The wind was blowing out of Ed Smith Stadium, but it was the Minnesota Twins who took greater advantage of the homer-friendly conditions on the way to a wild 10-9 victory over the Orioles on Tuesday.

As Orioles catcher Matt Wieters takes his place behind the plate in a non-controlled game today for the first time since last May 4, he has now overcome the biggest hurdles in his recovery from last season's Tommy John surgery.

Orioles Rule 5 pick Jason Garcia, who hasn¿t pitched in a week after tweaking his left hamstring, is slated to throw a live batting practice session today.

FORT MYERS, Fla. -- Following Ubaldo Jimenez¿s first spring training start, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said Jimenez had had nowhere to go but up in his next outing.

In their three-game series against the Minnesota Twins this weekend at Target Field, the Orioles scored just six total runs -- and four of those came on a pair of mammoth two-run home runs by left fielder Nelson Cruz.

After an unsightly April in which he was winless and struggled with control while pitching to a 6.59 ERA, Jimenez turned the calendar to a new month Friday night and dominated a Twins team he¿s had much success against in his career.

Oakland Athletics closer Jim Johnson struggled once again Wednesday, but the offense bailed him out in extra innings in a 7-4 win over the Minnesota Twins at Target Field.

Wei-Yin Chen became the first Oriole to go four innings this spring and Henry Urrutia¿s first homer helped contribute to a 2-2 tie with the Minnesota Twins.

Wei-Yin Chen is hoping that the pain in his right side that caused him to leave Sunday's 6-0 Orioles win after five shutout innings was a simple cramp and not a right oblique strain as it was initially diagnosed by the team.

Steve Johnson may have been the best feel-good story in an Orioles season filled with them last year. His 2013 hasn¿t been as smooth.

Chris Davis' eighth-inning grand slam gave the Orioles a memorable 9-5 win over the Minnesota Twins on Opening Day at Camden Yards.

The Orioles are down 4-2 to the Twins after four innings in today¿s home opener at Camden Yards.

The Baltimore Orioles will face the Minnesota Twins today at Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers

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.

Trayvon Robinson's two-run homer in the eighth inning gave the Orioles a 5-3 win over the Minnesota Twins in their Grapefruit League opener at Ed Smith Stadium.