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- Chris Tillman remained undefeated against his former team, improving his record against the Mariners to 7-0 with a 2.96 ERA. He has six quality starts in nine career starts against Seattle.
- Kevin Gausman's gritty performance in Wednesday's 3-0 loss to the Seattle Mariners was overshadowed by right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma's no-hitter, but the Orioles right-hander's mettle was critical to preserving an overworked bullpen.
- After throwing more pitches than he has all season in Monday's 3-2 win over the Seattle Mariners, Orioles closer Zach Britton's arm was heavily wrapped in ice. Britton threw a season-high 36 pitches in recording a five-out save against the Mariners — an outing that was extended because of a rare J.J. Hardy error and a Caleb Joseph passed ball on a strikeout that would have ended the game but instead yielded an unearned run.
- Manny Machado spoke very openly Monday about how much he misses having Nelson Cruz around the in the Orioles clubhouse.
- Orioles starting pitcher Wei-Yin Chen allowed just one run in 7 1/3 innings pitched, Adam Jones and Chris Davis hit home runs and closer Zach Britton held on during a touch ninth inning to beat the Seattle Mariners, 3-2.
- It was just a matter of time before Adam Jones picked up his 30th homer of the season. Jones hit a full-count slider over the left field wall in the 11th inning on Wednesday to give the Orioles a 3-1 victory and their first sweep in Seattle since May, 1997.
- New York Mets switch-hitter is a proven midseason acquisition for playoff contenders, and he's really hot right now