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Brandon Guyer ties it in ninth with a pinch-hit home run off closer Zach Britton, then Rays scratch across another run to win the game.

Don¿t think anybody really expected the Orioles to win all the rest of their games, but their lopsided defeat Wednesday night had to sting. It was just too resounding and the O¿s offensive performance was just too passive to take anything positive out of the experience.

It's still possible for the Orioles to go on the mother of all late-season winning streaks and climb over several other clubs to snatch the second American League wild card entry, but it's still not plausible.

Whether the Orioles' current surge will be enough to bring them back into the playoff race remains to be seen, but on Tuesday night, they played into extra innings with a definitive purpose.

OK, we get it. The Orioles aren't going to give up on the 2015 season until the last shred of mathematical possibility has been sucked out of this year's playoff picture. But shouldn't the organization also be making the most out of the waning weeks of the season and the club's exclusive bargaining window for retaining potential free agents?

In a 14-8 comeback victory over the Royals on Friday night in front of a sellout crowd of 45,420 at Camden Yards, it was as if the Orioles finally released some long-festering frustration on baseball's best bullpen.

The Orioles welcomed back one of their banged-up veterans to the starting lineup Friday, while another was out because of a lingering injury. Center fielder Adam Jones, who left Monday's game in the eighth inning with a sore right shoulder and hadn't played since, was in his customary third spot in the lineup Friday. Catcher Matt Wieters, who had been dealing with a sore left wrist for a week but started Tuesday, was out of the lineup with lingering wrist soreness.

Matt Wieters is one of six pending free agents on the Orioles¿ current roster. The others are Chris Davis, Wei-Yin Chen, Darren O¿Day, Gerardo Parra and Steve Pearce. An argument can be made to bring back each one.

After missing much of the last two seasons because of elbow surgery, will the Orioles be able to spend what it takes to keep catcher Matt Wieters?

Adam Jones expected to be in the lineup, but said he's not fighting the decision. His body can use rest.

Orioles pitcher Chris Tillman lasted one batter into the fourth inning and allowed a season-high three home runs at the hitter-friendly Rogers Centre.

Chris Davis' solo homer in the bottom of the 11th inning off Rays reliever Matt Andriese gave the Orioles a 7-6 walk-off victory, snapping their six-game losing streak. The Orioles entered the night having lost 11 of their last 12, their playoff hopes in need of major help.

The losses continue to pile up for the Orioles as September arrives. Their 6-3 loss to the Rays on Monday had its moments. The Orioles showed patience against Rays ace Chris Archer early, despite being unable to score on him. They rallied in the middle innings against the Tampa Bay bullpen, a sign of the fight these players insist they still have. But the result was the same, the Orioles¿ fifth straight loss and 11th in their last 12 games against a Tampa Bay team just as desperate in clinging to their postseason hopes.

Orioles center fielder Adam Jones left Thursday¿s game against the Royals in Kansas City after a violent collision with the outfield wall while chasing a batted ball in the bottom of the first inning.

J.J. Hardy said the sense is he could be OK in a day or two, but the club needs to fill his spot now.

During the dog days of late August, no baseball player considers himself 100 percent physically, but shortstop J.J. Hardy said he's trying to grind through multiple physical issues to remain on the field while attempting to break out of a funk at the plate.

Friday's loss to the Twins should have stung more than a lot of the other defeats in 2015.

As quickly as Camden Yards exalted following Gerardo Parra¿s go-ahead homer Friday night in the bottom of the sixth inning, the ballpark fell silent as the Orioles suffered through a nightmare eighth inning that sent them to a tough-to-digest 4-3 loss to the Minnesota Twins at Oriole Park.

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.

Steve Clevenger became the first Baltimore-born Oriole to homer at Camden Yards.

The Orioles had 26 hits for just the second time in franchise history.

The Orioles had 26 hits, tying the franchise record set in 1980 against the California Angels. Sunday¿s offensive display including a season-high 10 hits and nine runs in the fifth inning alone.

It was easy enough to round up the usual offensive suspects after the Orioles tied their all-time single-game record with 26 hits on Sunday afternoon against the Oakland Athletics, but it was the unusual suspects who carried the day.

The Orioles failed to adequately replace right fielder Nick Markakis last winter, but Gerardo Parra came better late than never. He gives the Orioles both the on-base potential and defensive ability that they lost when Markakis signed as a free agent with the Atlanta Braves.

Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette and manager Buck Showalter tried again to justify the club's offseason decision-making during a special Q&A session for the team's best customers Saturday afternoon. But it was hard to do that without leaving the impression that the same kind of thing is going to happen several times over this coming winter.

To make room for catcher Steve Clevenger on the big league roster, the Orioles designated outfielder David Lough for assignment Friday ¿ another member of the Opening Day squad, and specifically the outfield - that has been jettisoned during this season.

Seattle Mariners right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma no-hit the Orioles in a 3-0 loss, ending their nine-game West Coast road trip in the worst way possible.

Seattle Mariners right-hander Hisashi Iwakuma pitched the game of his life Wednesday afternoon, but the Orioles were a no-hitter waiting to happen.

The Orioles tied the game with three runs in the eighth on back-to-back homers by Adam Jones and Chris Davis, but ultimately lost to the Mariners 6-5 in 10 innings on Austin Jackson¿s bases-loaded walk-off single in front of an announced 24,863 at Safeco Field.

Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman said the stat line from his last start didn't tell the entire story of how he pitched in Friday's 8-4 loss to the Los Angeles Angels. Gausman, 24, was charged with six runs on nine hits over 5 2/3 innings, allowing the second-most runs in his seven big league starts this season.

The Orioles (56-54) have dropped three games behind the Angels (59-51) for the second American League wild card and remain five games behind the first-place New York Yankees in the AL East. The Orioles head to Seattle for the last leg of their three-city West Coast swing with a 3-3 record on this trip.

Although they were playing 3,000 miles away from home and against an American League West opponent, the Orioles had a chance to make some serious headway in their playoff hunt beginning Friday.

After just four games with Triple-A Norfolk, Junior Lake was promoted to the Orioles on Friday when the club designated left-handed outfielder Travis Snider for assignment.

Before last Friday's deadline, the O's traded pitching prospect Zach Davies to the Milwaukee Brewers for outfielder Gerardo Parra and sent reliever Tommy Hunter to the Chicago Cubs for outfielder Junior Lake.

After rookie right-handers Tyler Wilson and Mychal Givens combined to allow just two runs in a win against the Oakland A's on Monday night, Orioles manager Buck Showalter made a point to reporters that he has stressed several times over the last year or so.

Team chemistry is a largely undefinable concept. It's sort of like modern art, in that most people can tell whether it's good or bad, but not many can actually tell you why. During the past several years, the Orioles have gotten a lot of mileage out of their positive clubhouse environment and the eclectic array of players who have melded together to transform the organization from perennial loser to regular playoff contender.

The Orioles rode starter Kevin Gausman and offense to seventh win in eight games, 6-2 over the Detroit Tigers.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter said he doesn¿t expect right-hander Chris Tillman to make his scheduled start Monday in Oakland. Tillman sprained his left ankle in the ninth inning of his start Wednesday, and while it is getting better, he missed his scheduled work day.

He had been in the Orioles clubhouse for less than a day, but trade-deadline acquisition Gerardo Parra had already made a positive impression on manager Buck Showalter.

Now that the much-anticipated midseason trade deadline has passed, it's probably a good time to take stock of what happened over the past week and consider how it might impact the Orioles and the American League East.

Mike Wright has a strained left calf and will have a MRI Saturday.

The Orioles¿ 8-7 win over the Detroit Tigers on Friday night wasn¿t the way you typically draw them up, but they couldn¿t argue with the result.

When the dust settled following Friday afternoon's nonwaiver trade deadline, the Orioles had filled their most glaring need by dealing for an established, hot-hitting outfielder while dealing away one of the core members of their bullpen in a separate move. On Friday morning, the Orioles acquired 28-year-old outfielder Gerardo Parra from the Milwaukee Brewers for minor league pitcher Zach Davies. Then, at the 4 p.m. deadline, the Orioles sent right-handed reliever Tommy Hunter to the Chicago

The Orioles' acquisition of outfielder Gerardo Parra in Friday's trade-deadline deal with the Milwaukee Brewers marked the end of Bud Norris' time with the team. The Orioles designated the veteran right-hander for assignment shortly after announcing the Parra trade, parting ways with a key piece of their 2014 rotation.

Manager Buck Showalter said newly-acquired outfielder Geraldo Parra had to fly into Washington D.C., so he will have to fight rush hour traffic on the beltway en route to Camden Yards. Showalter expects him to arrive at the park around game time.

Tommy Hunter throws in the high 90s and has been a big part of the Orioles bullpen for the past three years. Junior Lake is a 4A outfielder who has not distinguished himself in parts of three major league seasons.

The Orioles have recalled right-handed reliever Mychal Givens from Double-A Bowie to take newly acquired outfielder Gerardo Parra's open spot on the roster.

The Orioles have landed the outfielder they wanted in Gerardo Parra