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- The Orioles faced the Tigers at Camden Yards.
- The Orioles face the Tigers at Camden Yards.
- The Orioles used their defense and base-running acumen to help steal a win from the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday.
- The Orioles sealed their 5-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays with one of their most dramatic endings of the season Friday night.
- 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.
- The Orioles were unable to pull off their first three-game road sweep of the season, falling 7-6 to the Tampa Bay Rays in Wednesday afternoon’s series finale at Tropicana Field.
- Orioles right-handed pitching prospect Hunter Harvey, who has been dealing with arm injuries for more than a year, has been shut down with a reoccurrence of discomfort in his right elbow and forearm area while pitching on the first day of instructional league in Sarasota, Fla., according to manager Buck Showalter.
- By the end of the year, Mike Wright - who opened the season losing nine of his first 10 decisions at Norfolk and posting a 6.42 ERA in 19 starts - had turned around his season, and ended itwith back-to-back near-no-hit bids. In the offseason, he was rewarded when the Orioles added him to the organization's 40-man roster.
- It was obvious that Cubs catcher John Baker made a clean tag Friday on Chris Davis. What wasn¿t clear was whether he was blocking home plate.