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- Judging solely by the results, there's no denying that going to Mychal Givens in the fifth inning as Chris Tillman ran into trouble was the right move.
- First pitch, broadcast info, starting pitchers and lineups for the Orioles' wild-card game against the Blue Jays.
- Hyun Soo Kim – the South Korean import whose spring training struggles had the Orioles trying to send him to the minors to open the year – might have saved the
- Orioles-Blue Jays games in Toronto no longer your typical slugfests
- The unpredictable Orioles came to Rogers Centre with the chance to reclaim the first American League wild-card spot with a strong showing against the
- It's too early for the Orioles to breathe a sigh of relief after Yovani Gallardo delivered a very solid five innings in his first start back in the rotation.
- Right-hander Mike Wright allowed a career-high eight runs over 3 2/3 innings against the Toronto Blue Jays, and finished on the wrong side of a 13-3 rout.
- The Orioles hit five homers Sunday afternoon - clawing their way back from a deep five-run hole they faced in the first inning - and missed what could have been
- Orioles manager Buck Showalter is miffed by spike in fielding error by Orioles' pitchers.
- Edwin Encarnacion hit a home run in the 10th inning to lift the Toronto Blue Jays over the Orioles, 4-3.
- The Orioles escaped Toronto having won two of three after scoring four runs in the ninth to beat the Blue Jays, 13-9.
- After taking a tie game into the bottom of the eighth, the Orioles were on the brink of disaster as reliever Darren O¿Day loaded the bases with no outs. Somehow, O¿Day escaped the inning without allowing a run, and the Orioles rallied for three runs in the top of the ninth to give them a 5-3 win over the Jays in front of a sellout crowd of 46,018.
- What has made right-hander Miguel Gonzalez so valuable to the Orioles in the past three years is how well he competes against the American League East. He's never been scared to pitch in Yankee Stadium and he's won five of six decisions against the Boston Red Sox in his career. But he seems to crank it up another notch versus the usually formidable Toronto Blue Jays' offense – especially lately. Gonzalez did it again Wednesday, allowing just three hits and one unearned run as the Orioles