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Jake Arrieta has a legitimate chance to win the NL Cy Young Award tonight, there's a couple of Buck Showlater connection in the manager of the year awards, David Ortiz is retiring and Manny Machado missed on the Platinum Gold Glove.

New hitting coach Scott Coolbaugh said despite his close relationship with Chris Davis, all the Orioles hitters will be treated equally.

Buck Showalter is now sixth on the list of longest tenured managers in MLB.

After the most difficult year of his professional life, Orioles outfielder Nelson Cruz is reborn as the American League's top slugger.

They followed that up with a 5-2 win over the Texas Rangers without hitting one longball -- the Orioles first homerless victory since April 26 to secure a four-game sweep at Camden Yards for the first time since 2008.

The Orioles ended their three-city, 10-game road trip with one of their most bizarre games of the season on Thursday night.

The offensive line and defensive backfield were topics of conversation for the Ravens during OTAs yesterday, as the Orioles won their fourth straight.

When the Orioles open a three-game series against the Texas Rangers on Tuesday, it will mark Nelson Cruz's first time back in Arlington, where he developed into one of the game's top sluggers.

Orioles slugger Chris Davis entered Saturday with an .088 career batting average against the Texas Rangers, his former team.

ARLINGTON, Texas ¿ The Rangers have had success against left-hander Joe Saunders -- the Orioles' starter in tonight's AL wild card game -- but Texas manager Ron Washington said Saunders is a much different pitcher that he one his team saw often in the AL West when he pitched with the Angels.

Chris Davis was on the roster of two Texas Rangers teams that eventually went to the World Series. On Friday, he'll play the first big league postseason game of his career in Arlington, but he'll be on the visitor's side.

The Orioles' Pedro Strop goes back to the slider to fool the Rangers' Josh Hamilton in a key seventh-inning showdown Tuesday night

Traveling to Texas is as much a homecoming as it is another tough road trip for the Orioles. Chris Davis, Tommy Hunter, Omar Quintanilla, Darren O'Day, Taylor Teagarden and Pedro Strop played for the Rangers.

Before Wednesday's game, the Orioles optioned utility man Steve Tolleson to Triple-A Norfolk to make room for right-handed reliever Matt Lindstrom, who was activated from the 15-day disabled list (right middle finger).

Josh Hamilton hit four home runs as the Rangers rout Orioles, 10-3. The Texas outfielder set an American League record with 18 total bases.

Baseball's big three look like the only teams with legitimate shots at World Series because of pitching and hitting

Orioles: One year later, Buck Showalter's Orioles still a work in progress. Early success has vanished, but players stand behind manager, who believes team can turn things around.

Orioles: Orioles designated hitter Vladimir Guerrero sits with hand injury. Veteran still hurting after being hit by pitch Sunday; Matt Wieters hits cleanup, serves as DH.

Matt Wieters entered Tuesday night's MLB All-Star Game in the sixth inning, getting a couple of innings to soak in first All-Star experience. But if it wasn't for Russell Martin, who reportedly did something selfless for his Orioles catching counterpart, his experiences might have been limited to the American League dugout.

Orioles notebook: Orioles manager Buck Showalter actually thought Nick Markakis looked halfway decent at first base when Baltimore's regular right fielder was asked to play there in a pinch during the team's final game against the Seattle Mariners.