It was "Turn Back the Clock Day" in Seattle and the Orioles were wearing the uniform of the winningest O's in team history, so they ended their losing streak.
After the Orioles took a 3-2 lead in the ninth inning, closer Mychal Givens allowed home runs in the ninth and 10th innings and Boston secured a series sweep.
Mychal Givens walked two and allowed a sacrifice fly in Colorado's two-run ninth inning, making moot the Orioles' comeback from a 5-1, seventh-inning deficit.
It wasn't the usual shower of home runs, but the outcome remained the same. The Yankees ran their winning streak at Oriole Park to 12 with a 6-5 victory.
Although Mychal Givens’ past four outings have ended in saves, three of them of at least four outs, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde has emphasized this week that Givens’ responsibility is not the ninth inning, but the game’s biggest outs.
Orioles left-hander John Means continued his upstart beginning to his rookie campaign with seven innings of one-run ball in Monday night’s 4-1 victory over the Boston Red Sox at Camden Yards.
When asked to pinpoint one thing that stood out from over eight hours of baseball, manager Brandon Hyde's response was a positive on the most frustrating aspect of his team.
Left-hander John Means pitched five strong innings to continue his rotation case as the Orioles held on for a 4-3 win over the Chicago White Sox, clinching their first home series win of the season.
Joey Rickard paced the Orioles to a 6-5, 11-inning victory against his former organization Thursday as Baltimore salvaged the finale of the three-game series.
Mychal Givens isn't getting a bunch of saves because he's not playing the traditional closer role, but he's the guy that manager Brandon Hyde brings on in "high-leverage" situations and he has delivered.
Monday night's 12-4 win over the Oakland Athletics, in manager Brandon Hyde's mind, was the proper response to a sweep, one in which the Orioles defended well, ran like mad and collected 15 hits to pull back to .500 at 5-5.
The Orioles staged a poignant pregame ceremony for the family, former teammates and fans of Frank Robinson, the team icon who died in February at the age of 83.
The Orioles did so much that defined what made them successful on the road in their home opener Thursday at Camden Yards, but the shaky bullpen didn't execute its part in an 8-4 loss to the New York Yankees.
If there's one drawback to the Orioles' 3-1 start entering Tuesday night's game against the Toronto Blue Jays, it's the amount of relief pitching manager Brandon Hyde has needed to secure those wins.
If there's anything worth taking away from the Orioles' series win in New York to start the season, it's not how often they'll be able to replicate it, but that they're unburdened from anything but that day's game and can actually enjoy it.
Saturday's Orioles win showed that it wouldn't be impossible. Sunday's 7-5 win over the New York Yankees only confirmed that it wouldn't be easy, either.
Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said using Mychal Givens in an important part of the lineup like he did Saturday would be more important than using him as a traditional closer.
Before the opener was a popular modern baseball concept, Mike Wright would have just started Saturday's 5-3 Orioles win over the Yankees. Brandon Hyde's first major league win came where the modern tactics being thrust upon him intersected with the trust he's granted his team.
The two Orioles relievers that filled in for Alex Cobb on Saturday night allowed four runs each in an 8-7 loss to the Minnesota Twins. Chris Davis hit his second homer of the spring.
On a day when manager Brandon Hyde spoke pregame about how in-game decisions regarding whether starting pitchers would get to face a batting order a third time when they're statistically shown to be more vulnerable, Andrew Cashner dazzled.
Austin Hays had a three-run double as the Orioles scored a bunch of runs early to take a big lead over the Yankees, who would later rally to win the Grapefruit League game at George M. Steinbrenner Field.
Alex Cobb and Nathan Karns pitched well in comeback outings and Mychal Givens struggled in Tuesday's loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates at Ed Smith Stadium.
Trey Mancini and Mychal Givens have less than six years of major league service between them, yet they must now serve as veterans during the Orioles' rebuild.
With Richie Martin and Drew Jackson lined up beside each other on the infield for the first Orioles road game of the spring, manager Brandon Hyde said he had a good impression of the two Rule 5 players.
New executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias bantered with relievers Mychal Givens and Richard Bleier for long after their teammates left, an exchange that in Bleier's mind is a vital piece to helping the Orioles' long, daunting road back to winning begin smoothly.
Despite Mychal Givens holding the closer role last summer after the All-Star relievers were dealt, manager Brandon Hyde said he'd use him in "high-leverage situations," not only in the ninth inning.
The autograph sessions at this year's Orioles FanFest will include a pair of Hall of Famers-turned-special advisors in Brooks Robinson and Eddie Murray, plus a host of prospects.
Only three Orioles players were eligible for salary arbitration this year--Opening Day starter Dylan Bundy, closer Mychal Givens, and infielder Jonathan Villar.
The Orioles are offering lunch with Trey Mancini and Mychal Givens at a Baltimore-area restaurant as part of the 2018 Winter Meetings Auction, with proceeds benefiting the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and the Jackie Robinson Foundation.
The Orioles have decided not to tender 2019 contracts to infielder Tim Beckham and catcher Caleb Joseph, the team announced at Friday night’s deadline to issue deals to arbitration-eligible players.
Infielder Tim Beckham and catcher Caleb Joseph are among the player the Orioles need to make decisions on by 8 p.m. Friday, when teams are required to tender contracts to arbitration-eligible players
Orioles manager Buck Showalter led the Orioles to success as part of a wave taking over the game that emphasize bullpen usage and defense. That the rest of the league caught up and passed them on that front doesn't take away from the success it brought.
While Orioles reliever Tanner Scott has gained another year’s worth of experience, and most of it at the major league level, he’s still trying to find his way.
