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- There are All-Star snubs every year, but Trey Mancini's absence from the American League team is particularly galling.
- Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said he's "disappointed a lot" that star outfielder Trey Mancini was left off the American League All-Star roster.
- Left-hander John Means pitched six strong innings and the Orioles hit four home runs to beat the Los Angeles Angels and avert a three-game sweep.
- The Angels defeated the Orioles in the rain-interrupted opener of a three-game series at Camden Yards. Mike Trout hit a two-run home run in the third inning.
- The 89th MLB All-Star Game took place July 17, 2018 at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C.
- Manny Machado will likely be wearing an Orioles uniform for the final time in Tuesday night's All-Star Game.
- Orioles shortstop Manny Machado will bat seventh in a loaded American League lineup.
- After winless June, Orioles RHP Kevin Gausman hopes to overcome run support woes.
- “I’m grateful for the position I’m in,” Machado said. “I’m 26 years old and I’m going into free agency.”
- The Orioles lost for the sixth time in a row and the Angels ended a six-game losing streak on Friday night at Camden Yards.
- After winning his MLB debut May 12, the rookie right-hander has stumbled over a rocky June,
- Chris Tillman gave up five runs and allowed eight of the 11 batters he faced reach base Thursday night in Anaheim.
- Dylan Bundy was great in his first five starts this season, but not so much in his past two.
- Brad Brach's struggles to put hitters away with two strikes continued Tuesday in Anaheim.
- Instead of going quietly Tuesday night, the Orioles rallied in the bottom of the ninth inning before losing on Justin Upton's walk-off single against Brad Brach.
- Chris Tillman continues to struggle, but he hopes to turn a corner before season's end.
- Kevin Gausman struggled against the Angels on Saturday.
- The Angels hit four home runs in the first two innings against Orioles pitcher Jeremy Hellickson
- Machado "reached out and made that sure we were all right,” Kansas City first baseman Eric Hosmer told The Kansas City Star on Monday.
- Zach Britton should have been a finalist for the Cy Young Award
- To make baseball more attractive, we don't need to bring it into the 21st century. We should instead take it back to what it was.
- Ventura also ignited tension in three straight starts, spanning two weeks, last April.
- Matt Wieters homered with two outs in the ninth to give the Orioles a 3-1 win over the Angels.
- Thanks to all the things they do well -- hit home runs, play defense, and provide shutdown relief outings -- the Orioles weren't burned Friday by their efforts
- The Sun staff makes its picks for the upcoming baseball season.
- Tonight at 11:59 p.m. is the deadline for the Orioles to set their 40-man roster ahead of next month¿s Rule 5 draft, and the club likely will protect a couple of additional minor leaguers since their roster is currently at 37.
- Manny Machado finished behind Chris Davis in local MVP balloting, but finished well ahead of him in the American League MVP vote.
- The only possibility was if Manny Machado or Chris Davis would be in the Top 3 in AL MVP voting. Neither was.
- The traded Tommy Hunter hadn't allowed a hit in 12 combined at-bats against Trout and Pujols.
- 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.
- Keep in mind Buck Showalter once ordered an intentional walk to Barry Bonds with the bases loaded, so the decision on Sunday to walk Mike Trout and Albert Pujols to load the bases with two outs in the 11th inning shouldn't have shocked anyone. That doesn't mean I agree with it.
- Orioles right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez threw one of his best games of the season Saturday night, when he and his team really needed it in a 5-0 win over the Los Angeles Angels.
- The Orioles were hoping they were getting to Anaheim at just the right time, since the Angels entered the series in a 3-10 slump. Of course, the trouble with slumping teams is that they have to break out at some point.
- 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.
- Mike Trout flashed the skill that puts him at the front of baseball's new generation, just moments after four of the all-time greats walked off the field.
- This week's "What they're saying about the Orioles" has a lot of Manny Machado love.
- 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.
- What they're saying about Manny Machado and the Baltimore Orioles
- Mike Wright was nothing short of brilliant, mixing in a 97-mph fastball, with a low-90s sinker, and a sharp slider and curve to help the Orioles (16-19) avoid a sweep in a three-game series against the Angels (19-18).
- "It's just the way I've always liked to compete," Norris, 30, said. "I think with me, it helps me, but I also think my teammates feed off it, knowing that I'm out there every day".
- Nelson Cruz was selected third on six Most Valauble Player ballots and left completely off 13.
- A day after Orioles manager Buck Showalter finished second in the Sporting News' American League Manager of the Year voting, none of the team's players were selected for the publication's AL All-Star team.
- No matter how well the Orioles do this season, perhaps the most improbable moment of 2014 for those who have followed this club over the past several years occurred in the third inning of the All-Star Game in Minnesota in July -- and it had little to do with the current Orioles.
- Rookie right-hander Kevin Gausman's bid for perfection ended in the fifth inning, but he still was pretty good Wednesday night in the Orioles' 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Angels at Camden Yards.
- A nail-biter against the Los Angeles Angels stretched into extra innings before the Orioles prevailed with a 7-6 victory in the 12th on a walk-off homer by third baseman Manny Machado.
- The Orioles bullpen couldn't hold the lead handed to it by right-hander Chris Tillman, though, as the Angels rallied for two runs in the eighth for their major league-leading 31st comeback win.
- On Tuesday night, Orioles right-hander Miguel Gonzalez shut down the highest scoring lineup in the major leagues for seven innings and fell one out short of his third straight eight-inning outing in a 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels in front of an announced 35,353.
- Sometimes shadows at certain ballparks play a factor depending on game time. The way a batted ball carries can be different whether it is day or night. And in Monday's 4-2 win over the Los Angeles Angels, the Orioles learned about a certain nuance of Angel Stadium of Anaheim the hard way.
- Orioles right-hander Bud Norris celebrated one of his eight strikeouts in last night's win over Anaheim with particular vigor.