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- 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 trailed the Minnesota Twins by three runs just six batters into the bottom of the first inning. They never got any closer.
- The Orioles’ fate has long been determined, but Thursday night’s series-opening 5-2 loss to the Twins at Target Field – their 10th defeat in their past 11 games — offered some positives, but also more reasons for frustration.
- Andrew Cashner allowed three homers in his first Orioles start, giving up five runs — four earned — on six hits and two walks in five innings.
- An Opening Day that seemed scripted for disaster Thursday at Camden Yards ended with the longest-tenured Oriole — center fielder Adam Jones — the hero.
- 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.
- Season previews of the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays.
- Making his first Grapefruit League start of the spring, Chris Tillman walked six of the 14 batters he faced.
- The Orioles have broached several familiar — and low risk — names in pursuing a left-handed bat
- The club has just three left-handed hitters and one switch hitter on the 40-man roster.
- The Orioles hit just .222 against right-handed pitching in September
- The Orioles start their last series of the season with a dud against the Rays.
- Ubaldo Jimenez pitched for the last time at Camden Yards on Friday, and as ever, Buck Showalter looked for positives.
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So near and yet so far: Camden Yards warehouse an inviting target, just not within striking distance
The iconic structure at Oriole Park at Camden Yards has been struck on the fly by one home run, by Ken Griffey Jr. at the 1993 All-Star Home Run Derby - Dominant Kevin Gausman and offensive surge are formula the club hopes to build on.
- Everybody knows something is going on with this year’s baseballs, and fans at Camden Yards got a look at the supposedly juiced ball in action Saturday, though
- If there was any lesson within the Orioles’ unsettling 6-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night, it was the damage that late-inning walks in close games can cause.
- Orioles right-hander Chris Tillman pitched well for five innings Friday night, but he ran into another middle-inning road block in the opener of a three-game
- The Orioles get big contributions from Caleb Joseph, Joey Rickard and Paul Janish in beating the Tampa Bay Rays with help from breakout players Trey Mancini and Jonathan Schoop.
- Orioles right-hander Chris Tillman felt better about his performance Sunday than he has about some of his previous ones.
- Embattled Orioles right-hander Ubaldo Jiménez’s bid to end the club’s stretch of 19 straight games of allowing at least five runs lasted all of two innings, and
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Orioles recap: After squandering lead, O's rally in 11th to beat Rays, 5-4, on Smith's walk-off walk
The Orioles mustered little offense for most of the night Wednesday, going scoreless for eight straight innings before getting an 11th-inning walk-off 5-4 win – - The Orioles have remained atop the American League East standings despite an offense that has yet to truly find its footing this season. Yes, they’ve had their
- Right when it appeared as though right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez had righted his season, the Orioles were given a reminder of Jimenez’s dizzying inconsistency.
- The Orioles seemed dead-set on losing another game to the last-place Tampa Bay Rays — and losing more ground to the first-place Boston Red Sox — but the Rays would not allow it to happen.
- On Friday night, Orioles right-hander Yovani Gallardo looked like he might not get out of the first inning against a light-hitting Tampa Bay Rays lineup.
- The Orioles' game against the Tampa Bay Rays at Camden Yards was postponed due to inclement weather.
- Looking at the key additions, key losses and outlooks for the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays.
- Orioles right-hander Chris Tillman rued a pair of mistakes that left Ed Smith Stadium at the hands of the heart of the Tampa Bay Rays order, but otherwise felt great about his longest spring training outing of the season Sunday.
- 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.
- The last time the voting populace elected a Seattle Mariners designated hitter as an All-Star Game starter, the club won 93 games and finished in second place in the American League West.
- Once play resumed in the bottom of the third, the Orioles bullpen couldn¿t preserve a three-run lead, and the Orioles needed a two-out RBI single from J.J. Hardy in the eighth inning for a 5-4 victory.
- It is currently steadily raining at Camden Yards and the tarp is still on the field less than one hour before the Orioles are slated to play their series finale against the Seattle Mariners this afternoon.
- The Orioles will open their three-game series against the Mariners tonight at Camden Yards.
- 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.
- A CBSSports.com report surfaced Wednesday evening that the club made offers to closer Grant Balfour and Nelson Cruz. An industry source said while the Orioles' discussions with Balfour were progressing on Wednesday night, their reported pursuit of Cruz was exaggerated.
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- Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette suppressed speculation that the club was nearing a deal with a free-agent closer on Tuesday at baseball's winter meetings.
- The Orioles are focusing on a group of five or six outfielders as trade targets, among them Marlins outfielder Logan Morrison.
- The Orioles came to the winter meetings with their eyes on acquiring a left-handed hitter to help fill the void in left field and also at designated hitter.