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This Week in Baltimore Sports History for July 7-13

The Orioles announceed two new theme nights this season, which will take place on Aug. 2 and Aug. 3, when the Toronto Blue Jays visit Oriole Park.

Former Orioles pitcher and 2019 Hall of Fame inductee Mike Mussina threw out the first pitch against the Cleveland Indians.

Decades after his father passed on playing for Adley Rutschman's grandfather, Brandon Verley scouted Rutschman, the Orioles' No. 1 overall draft pick.

The Orioles' average announced attendance represents an 18% drop over the same period last year. But the club is trying to build it back up in time.

Former Oriole Manny Machado is welcomed back to Camden Yards by fans and helps his new team, the San Diego Padres, earn an 8-3 win.

On the day the Orioles introduced first overall pick Adley Rutschman, Manny Machado came to Camden Yards as a visitor for the first time.

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.

Dylan Bundy traded shutout innings with Chris Sale until the Red Sox caught up to him in the sixth inning. Red Sox defeated the Orioles, 7-2, at Camden Yards.

The Toronto Blue Jays scored seven runs in the sixth inning to break open a close game and secure a 12-3 victory over the Orioles.

The Orioles entered Wednesday’s game with the Toronto Blue Jays as the only American League team yet to allow a grand slam, but Rowdy Tellez changed that.

As part of Pride Month, the Orioles on Wednesday joined a large group of clubs by hosting an LGBTQ Pride Night at Camden Yards.

The Orioles are 20-45, tied for the majors' worst record. Are enough of those losses close that switching half to wins would put them "right in the mix"?

Dwight Smith Jr.'s grand slam and Trey Mancini's go-ahead home run helped the Orioles overcome former farmhand Mike Yastrzemski's big day in a 9-6 win.

Frederick right-handers Blaine Knight and Cody Sedlock visited Camden Yards on Tuesday, the second time the Orioles have brought Keys players to Camden Yards.

The Orioles got back on the waiver wire in a big way last week, and Mike Elias explained the club's decision-making process when players become available.

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.

The Orioles have allowed at least five home runs seven times, an AL record, and have done so in 49 games.

Many fans (and broadcasters) are questioning why Orioles pitchers continue to throw to Gleyber Torres.

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.

Starting with Friday night's scheduled game against the Angels, the Orioles are going to play for 20 consecutive days, which could put a big strain on the pen.

The Boston Red Sox hit three home runs and defeated the Orioles, 8-5, to even the three-game series at Camden Yards at a game apiece.

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.

With Pedro Severino out of minor league options, the Washington Nationals had to pass him through waivers once they decided he wasn’t going to make their roster this spring. The Orioles claimed him, and a little more than a month into the season, both they and Severino are better for it.

A start such as the one right-hander Dylan Bundy delivered in the Orioles’ 3-0 victory over the Rays was a long time coming. The 26-year-old right-hander hadn’t completed seven innings since July 29 of last season

Trey Mancini is featured on the special-ticket bobblehead produced for Star Wars Night at Oriole Park, but he had to confess that he's really a Harry Potter fan.

Rio Ruiz faced a four-man outfield in the Orioles' previous series against the Tampa Bay Rays, and with the Rays visiting Camden Yards for a series this weekend, it’s possible he’ll see it again. Ruiz emphasized the key to succeeding against such a shift is to avoid changing his approach.

Gov. Larry Hogan wrote to Major League Baseball commissioner Rob Manfred last year expressing concern about the effect of the lingering television rights fee dispute between the Orioles and Washington Nationals, and offering to help broker an agreement.

Friday, the Orioles began a nine-game homestand with a 3-10 record in Baltimore. Both manager Brandon Hyde and outfielder Trey Mancini pointed to this season’s slow start at Camden Yards as a case of a small sample size.

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.

The first weekend of May is packed with spring festivities, and while rain is in the forecast, Baltimoreans looking for a fun activity have plenty of options.

Right-hander Alex Cobb gave up four home runs, including three straight in the first inning, in the Orioles' 6-1 loss to the Minnesota Twins on Friday. The Orioles have allowed 64 home runs through 27 games.

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.

A White Sox farmhand from 1997 to 2000, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde retains familiarity with the organization, including spending one season as current White Sox manager Rick Renteria's bench coach with the Cubs in 2014.

For four innings Monday night at Camden Yards against the Chicago White Sox, it seemed as if Orioles right-hander David Hess had rediscovered whatever he had working for him on the month’s first day in Toronto. The fifth frame, though, looked more like the three weeks since.

The Orioles have been giving up home runs at a record pace this season and Saturday shattered the major league record for homers allowed by the end of April. The 17 hit in the doubleheader sweep by the Twins also set a major league record.

The Orioles lost to the Minnesota Twins, 6-5, in the first game of a doubleheader at Oriole Park.

Jonathan Schoop played at Oriole Park at Camden Yards as a visitor for the first time Saturday, with the Orioles' longtime second baseman facing them as a member of the Minnesota Twins.

On April 18, 1919, Babe Ruth, whose pitching and slugging led the Boston Red Sox to the 1918 world championship, returned to Baltimore with his club to play two exhibition games against the minor league Orioles, the team that gave him his start in baseball.

Fresh off about 50 pitches in the ballpark he used to call home, right-hander Alex Cobb is expected to come off the injured list to start for the Orioles in Friday’s series opener against the Minnesota Twins at Camden Yards, manager Brandon Hyde said Tuesday.

Remember when Rick Sutcliffe, Franz Wittelsberger and Hal Smith were on the sports pages?

The record low attendance at Camden Yards the latest sign that the Orioles are years away from playing a meaningful game.

The sin of Oriole Chris Davis is that he is the highest-paid player in O’s history, and his output nose-dived shortly after his income soared. When you under-produce this spectacularly, the world gets very harsh, very fast. But there are lessons here.

Monday's Orioles-Athletics game had an announced attendance of 6,585, the lowest for an Orioles game at Camden Yards in which fans were admitted.

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.

Remember when Brady Anderson, Brooks Robinson and Howdy Myers were on the sports pages?

There was a time in Baltimore when a functioning ballpark once fit into two neighborhood blocks.

Chris Davis struck out all three times he came to the plate on Opening Day at Camden Yards. Welcome to his never-ending nightmare.

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.

From thousands of empty seats at Camden Yards to boos for struggling first basemen Chris Davis, there were plenty of reminders of the Orioles' 2018 futility at the team's 2019 home opener. But the fans who showed up said they were encouraged by the rebuilding club's energy and winning start.