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- With six two-run innings Wednesday, Orioles right-hander Andrew Cashner has a 3.25 ERA in eight starts since struggling at Yankee Stadium on Opening Day.
- Dylan Bundy's home run problems last year were all his own. This year, they fit alarmingly well with the rest of the Orioles' pitching staff.
- David Hess pitched six scoreless innings and Trey Mancini tied a career high with five RBIs in the Orioles’ 7-0 win over the Blue Jays on  Monday night at Camden Yards.
- The Orioles wasted David Hess' strong start, managed just two hits and right-hander Miguel Castro couldn't find the zone in a 6-0 loss
- The Orioles aren't expected to bring up too many players for September looks, because auditions for next season are already underway.
- For his third straight start, Dylan Bundy allowed seven earned runs and didn't get through the sixth inning.
- The Orioles are 0-8 in Toronto this season after losing, 5-3, in Monday's series opener.
- The Orioles allowed two two-run homers in the eighth inning in their third straight loss after the All-Star break.
- An overturned play at second base led to three unearned runs off right-hander Alex Cobb in the Orioles’ 4-1 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre.
- After two days off, Chris Davis returned to the Orioles starting lineup Sunday against the Blue Jays in Toronto.
- Trey Mancini made two unsuccessful diving attempts this weekend in Toronto.
- The Orioles leave Canada with the worst record in baseball, reaching 26 games below .500.
- The Orioles haven't been charged with any errors in their three games in Toronto, but their defense has cost them in three straight losses.
- The Orioles found a new way to lose Saturday afternoon at Rogers Centre, sinking to a season-worst 25 games below .500 after dropping a 4-3 decision to the Toronto Blue Jays on reliever Mychal Givens’ bases-loaded walk in the 10th inning.
- Orioles reliever Brad Brach squandered a three-run lead in the ninth inning in Toronto.
- Kevin Gausman pitches a strong game, Zach Britton gets the job done in the ninth and the Orioles score just enough runs to end their losing streak.
- Zach Britton allowed two runs in the ninth in the Orioles' 3-2 loss to Toronto on Tuesday night, his first save opportunity since Aug. 30.
- Orioles closer Zach Britton escapes a jam not of his own making in the eighth inning but can't hold off the Blue Jays in the ninth.
- Misplays are costly as the Orioles' losing streak reaches five games with a 4-3 setback in Toronto.
- The Orioles needed badly to split the series with last-place Toronto and showed the resilience required to get the job done.
- The Orioles grind out a rare low-scoring win in their series opener against the Toronto Blue Jays with a 3-1 victory at the Rogers Centre.
- There's no question that right-hander Alec Asher pitched well enough in his Orioles debut Saturday to earn another start. But several moving parts will likely
- An Orioles offense that hit nine homers in its previous three games struggled to scrape together any offense Saturday, and fell victim to the long ball in a 2-1
- The Orioles hit four homers, including three off starter Aaron Sanchez, earning their fourth win over the Blue Jays in as many meetings with a 6-4 victory
- Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman navigated through the end of his longest start of this young season Thursday night relying on the pitch that got him that
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NATIONAL HARBOR — In forgoing the free agent frenzy and blockbuster trades of baseball's winter meetings over the years, the
- As free agency kicks off, how will the Orioles' AL East rivals operate this offseason?
- Orioles starter Mike Wright made the most of the opportunity presented to him, earning his first win in nearly three weeks in the Orioles' 4-1 comeback victory over Kansas City. Wright allowed a sole unearned run over seven innings of work, tying his longest start of the season, while holding Kansas City to five hits — four of them singles.
- The Orioles¿ rotation issues grew deeper on Friday night as right-hander Yovani Gallardo suffered his shortest outing in nearly four years, lasting just two innings in the Orioles¿ 4-2 loss to the defending World Series champion Kansas City Royals.
- After bouncing around for years, infielder/outfielder Steve Pearce found a home with the Orioles and manager Buck Showalter.
- The Royals were coming off their first World Series appearance in decades and clearly were more focused on taking another step forward rather than just trying to get back to the playoffs with the same team.
- An Orioles team muddling below .500 with just 20 games left in the regular season -- still six games back of the second American League wild-card spot -- took two of three from a Royals team with the best record in the AL this weekend at Camden Yards.
- It was interesting how Friday's game played out -- and that no brawls occurred.
- The Orioles bashed five homers Wednesday ¿ three off Kansas City¿s prized trade-deadline acquisition, Johnny Cueto ¿ in an 8-5 victory over the Kansas City Royals that snapped their season-worst six-game losing streak in front of an announced crowd 33,003 at Kauffman Stadium.
- Following another sub-par performance from right-hander Miguel Gonzalez in the Orioles¿ 3-2 loss to the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday night, Orioles manager Buck Showalter indicated that Gonzalez will remain in the team¿s starting rotation.
- The All-Star Game will have a Kansas City flavor, just not as much as it appeared last month. And the hometown Reds can celebrate a starter, too, despite Cincinnati's sorry season.
- The Orioles decided not to intentionally walk Robinson Cano, and he hit a three-run homer.
- The Orioles margin for error this season has been razor thin. They know it, and the statistics back it up. That streak was snapped in a 6-3 Orioles loss before an announced crowd of 36,508 at Camden Yards.
- On Friday, in the Orioles¿ 2-1 win against the Seattle Mariners, Wei-Yin Chen pitched into the eighth in one of his more impressive outings of the season, allowing just five hits and one walk while striking out a season-high eight batters.
- He needed 14 pitches to record two outs and escape the eighth inning in what became a 2-1 Orioles victory.
- The Orioles just finished a grueling 10-game road trip against three powers of the American League West with a 6-4 record and series wins in Anaheim and Seattle.
- He he's still optimistic he will be able to return at some point during this series.
- Now that the Ervin Santana derby is over and the Orioles still have the money they reportedly offered him, it's fair to point out that $13 million would probably knock out the first year of a contract extension for Silver Slugger shortstop J.J. Hardy.
- Players union chief Tony Clark concerned about qualifying offer process