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- Orioles veteran right-hander Andrew Cashner has been the best starter in the American League over the past month-plus, and could have more trade value for it.
- The Orioles claimed right-hander Aaron Brooks off waivers from the Oakland Athletics, and designated right-hander Josh Lucas for assignment.
- Morgan State’s W.A.C. Hughes Memorial Stadium is undergoing a major overhaul of its football field and running track.
- The Orioles collapsed in an eight-run third inning and limped home after a 1-6 West Coast road trip.
- The Oiroles optioned Sean Gilmartin back to Norfolk and selected the contract of reliever Matt Wotherspoon.
- The Orioles scored a total of seven runs on the way to losing three straight games to the Oakland A's at the Oakland Coliseum.
- With Dwight Smith Jr. set to return and the bullpen struggling, Brandon Hyde said the Orioles will "probably have some moves in the next couple days."
- Orioles pitching prospect Josh Rogers says he was too focused on getting called up to the majors and forgot how to pitch.
- The Orioles hung tough with the Oakland A's for three innings and then the roof fell in.
- Former Orioles catcher Nick Hundley's bond with Zach Sprader has carried beyond the teenage boy's lost battle with leukemia.
- Brandon Hyde came home to the Bay Area for the first time as a major league manager.
- Here's what you need to know before the Orioles' road game Monday night at the Oakland Athletics.
- The Orioles have a lot of players who are young enough to project success, but still too inexperienced to be relied on at the major league level.
- Chance Sisco is feeling comfortable with the Orioles, even though his status as their catcher of the future is up in the air thanks to Adley Rutschman.
- Orioles top prospect Yusniel Díaz has home runs in three straight games to highlight some of the progress he's made with his swing at Double-A Bowie.
- The Orioles called up trade products Luis Ortiz and Josh Rogers ahead of Friday's series opener with the Boston Red Sox.
- An original team photo of the 1914 Baltimore Orioles, featuring Babe Ruth, sold for a record $190,373 at auction.
- Remember when Steve McNair, Storm Davis and Hoyt Wilhelm were on the Baltimore sports pages?
- Examining Orioles GM Mike Elias' draft picks with the Houston Astros.
- Breakout starter John Means was not at his best, but kept the Orioles close enough for a comeback that simply never came.
- After a career-low 89.8 mph average fastball velocity in his last start, analyzing how Orioles starter Dylan Bundy typically bounces back from that.
- 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.
- Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said Josh Rogers' scratch at Triple-A Norfolk was done in preparation for the possibility of needing more pitching going forward.
- Tuesday night’s Orioles-Yankees game was postponed, the second straight meeting between the American League East foes called off because of weather.
- Orioles slugger Chris Davis is a lot like the rebuilding team itself — largely dismissed, more-than-occasionally mocked and with nothing to do but simply go out every night and try and win in the face of it all.
- In an Orioles bullpen that has faced plenty of turnover one month into the 2019 campaign, Sunday marked perhaps a record day of change. Excluding the three position players manager Brandon Hyde has sent to the mound, the Orioles have deployed 18 relief pitchers this season, the most in baseball.
- The Orioles entered this weekend’s series with the Minnesota Twins with the worst staff ERA in baseball. The team’s young pitching staff is required to put together competitive outings while learning how to, and how not to, pitch in the major leagues throughout them.
- Opening Day center fielder Cedric Mullins has six hits in the first 22 games he's played this season, so the Orioles optioned him to Triple-A Norfolk on Monday.
- Dylan Bundy and the Orioles kept the ball in the park Sunday, but that wasn't enough in a 4-3 loss to the Minnesota Twins that secured the club's second home sweep of the season.
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Orioles' bats break out around Chris Davis in 9-5 win over Red Sox, snapping four-game losing streak
With five batters putting together multihit games, the Orioles beat the Red Sox, 9-5, to snap a four-game losing streak. - Watching the young Orioles in a rebuild is interesting and sometimes fun. Watching Chris Davis is not.
- 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.
- Here's what you need to know before the Orioles' game Thursday against the Oakland Athletics.
- With a home run Wednesday, Trey Mancini matched Frank Robinson in 1969 and Chris Davis in 2013 for the most home runs by an Orioles batter through the team's first 12 games with six.
- After a second straight day of early batting practice, Orioles first baseman Chris Davis appeared in a 10-3 loss to the Athletics as a pinch hitter in the ninth inning, only to fly out to center field for his 57th straight plate appearance without a hit.
- Orioles right-hander Dan Straily, making his first start for the team, allowed a pair of home runs as the team's rough opening homestand on the mound continued.
- Orioles Rule 5 draftee Drew Jackson, designated for assignment last week to clear space on the Orioles’ 25- and 40-man rosters for right-hander Dan Straily, cleared waivers and was returned to the Los Angeles Dodgers, the team announced Wednesday.
- Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said the team could give struggling left-handed reliever Richard Bleier a "reset" by placing him on the injured list, though Bleier said rest isn't what he needs.
- Here's what you need to know before the Orioles' game Wednesday night against the Oakland Athletics.
- Power Plant Live plans to give out free orange crushes for Chris Davis' first hit — more if it's a home run.
- Tuesday's game was a rare moment in which the Orioles' base-running aggression harmed, not hurt.
- Orioles right-hander Alex Cobb has returned to the injured list, this time with a lower back strain. Right-hander Dan Straily will start in Cobb’s place Wednesday.
- Orioles manager Brandon Hyde wasn't asked about Chris Davis on Tuesday, but he went out of his way to praise the Orioles fans who cheered his every at-bat Monday.
- Orioles right-hander Nate Karns is back on the injured list after just four outings due to a right forearm strain, with Evan Phillips taking his spot in the bullpen.
- 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.
- Cedric Mullins tripled twice and Richie Martin added another as the Orioles opened their series against the Oakland Athletics with a victory.
- Orioles first baseman Chris Davis set an ignominious major league record Monday with five more hitless at-bats, extending his hitless streak to 49 dating to the end of 2018.
- Rookie pitcher John Means will start against the Oakland Athletics on Tuesday in the second game of a four-game series. He's happy for the opportunity and appreciates the team's trust in him.
- The Orioles held "Kid's Opening Day" at Oriole Park on Sunday, but the young Orioles were not up to the task of competing with the Yankees. They wilted under a shower of home runs and lost 15-3 as New York swept the series and dropped the O's under .500.
- With an 0-for-4 performance Sunday, Orioles first baseman Chris Davis’ hitless drought dating to last season reached 44 at-bats, two shy of the major league record for a non-pitcher that Eugenio Velez set between the 2010 and 2011 seasons.