Diplomatic Immunity

The Orioles go into Detroit flying high but leave some Battered Birds as they are swept away in Detroit & barely put up much of a fight in the process.

Game 1 : Tigers 4, Orioles 2 – Miguel Cabrera doubles, homers & drives in 2, Eduardo Rodriguez pitches 6+ innings of shutout ball & the Tigers take the opener of the 3 Game Series against the O’s in Detroit. Cabrera doubles home a run in the 3rd, the 602nd of his career, which moves him ahead of Barry Bonds for sole possession of 17th in major-league history & adds a 2-run shot in a 3-run 6th, the 504th of his career, which moves him into a tie for 27th on the all-time list (also breaks a tie w/ Manny Ramirez for 17th place). Willi Castro doubles home another run & scores when Rookie Spencer Torkelson reaches on an infield single as the Tigers add to their run total in the 6th & Rodriguez goes 6 2/3 innings, allows 5 just 5 hits, strikes out 3 & walks 4 in his scoreless outing. O’s starter, Jordan Lyles once again goes more than 5 innings, but takes the loss – he allows 4 runs on 6 hits, strikes out 6 & walks 3 in 5 2/3, his outing takes a turn for worse in the 6th which knocks him from the game as fatigue sets in. Trey Mancini & Anthony Santander homer on back to back pitches to lead off the 8th against reliever, Jacob Barnes. After closer, Gregory Soto struggles in the 9th, loading the bases on 2 walks & a hit batter but Will Vest comes on to close it out for his first career save. The Orioles leave the bases loaded in each of the last 3 innings & go 1-12 w/ men in scoring position on the night. Detroit wins for just the 2nd time in their last 11 games, while the O’s lose for only the 5th time in their last 13.

Det (10-23) Bal (14-19)

WP : Rodriguez (1-2)
LP : Lyles (2-3)
S : Vest (1)

Game 2 : Tigers 3, Orioles 0 – Tigers starter, Michael Pineda exits the game early after being hit by a line drive by Ramon Urias in the 2nd & breaks the middle finger on his pitching hand. It doesn’t phase the Tigers at all, as they use the bullpen to shut out the Orioles anyway & clinch their first Series win at home this season. Pineda retires the first 4 he faces before being knocked out & the bullpen goes 7 2/3 shutout innings, allowing only 4 hits all day. Wily Peralta replaces him & 4 more relievers finish the job, including Gregory Soto, who pitches the 9th to earn the save Jason Foley, Joe Jimenez, Andrew Chafin all go at least an inning in what turns into a bullpen game for the Tigers. Willi Castro hits a sac fly in the 2nd against O’s starter, Bruce Zimmerman – Eric Haase takes Zimmerman deep for a solo shot when he leads off the 5th to tack on another & Castro adds to his big day w/ a long ball in the 7th, another solo shot off of Zimmerman. The O’s lefty goes 6 innings, allows 3 runs on 7 hits, walks 1 & strikes out 2 but the bats go silent & are unable to give him any run support. The Orioles didn’t get their first hit until the 5th inning when Tyler Nevin singles & don’t get a man into scoring position until Ramon Urias leads off w/ a double against Jimenez in the 7th. Detroit wins for the 2nd time in a row after winning only twice in their last 11 prior. Baltimore has now lost 2 in a row after winning 8 of 12, they will look to avoid the sweep on Sunday in Game 3.

Det (11-23) Bal (14-20)

WP : Peralta (1-0)
LP : Zimmerman (2-2)

Game 3 : Tigers 5, Orioles 1 – Miguel Cabrera homers for the 2nd time in the 3-game Series & Tarik Skubal ties a career high w/ 11 strikeouts as the Tigers sweep the Orioles in convincing fashion. Cabrera has 2 hits, drives in 2 & scores twice, as he hits a solo shot in the 2nd, the 505th of his career & has a 6-game hitting streak in which he is batting .500 in that span. O’s starter, Tyler Wells allows 3 runs on 8 hits, he strikes out 2 & walks none in 4 innings of work. Harold Castro adds an RBI double in the 2nd after the Cabrera homer & Cabrera adds a sac fly in the 3rd against Wells to tack on another. Skubal is marvelous all day long – going 6 shutout innings, allowing just 3 hits & walking 2, his bullpen records the final 9 outs as he earns his 3rd win of the season. Jacob Barnes & Rony Garcia work the final 3 innings in relief & the Orioles strike out a season high 16 times in the game against Tigers pitching. They don’t get on the scoreboard until Trey Mancini’s solo blast off of Garcia in the 9th which helps the O’s avoid being shutout in back to back games. Tucker Barnhart singles in a run in the 7th against Logan Allen & Castro adds another single in the 8th against Bryan Baker, he has 3 hits & drives in 2 on the day, also scores a run. Detroit pulls off the sweep & wins it’s first Series at home this season. Baltimore has now lost 3 in a row after winning 8 of 12, they are a banged up bunch & w/ no days off until May 26th.

Det (12-23) Bal (14-21)

WP : Skubal (3-2)
LP : Wells (1-3)

Baltimore now heads home for a 7-game homestand, starting w/ 4 against the New York Yankees & ending w/ 3 against Tampa Bay. This team is missing 3 starters due to injury right now & is a battered group.
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GO O’S!!
#WalkingWounded

The Orioles first trip to St. Louis in 19 years & first time ever at the new Busch Stadium is memorable one as they take 2 out of 3 from a good Cardinals team & win another Series, they haven’t lost one in almost 2 weeks.

Game 1 : Orioles 5, Cardinals 3 – Cedric Mullins & Tyler Nevin go deep but Kyle Bradish steals the show as he strikes out 11 in 7 innings , his longest outing this season & the O’s take Game 1 in St. Louis. Bradish allows 2 runs on 4 hits & walks none to earn his first major-league win & the bats back him up as Mullins has 3 hits, steals a base, scores twice & drives in 2, in a 4-5 night & Anthony Santander goes 3-5 w/ an RBI double. Mullins hits a 2-run blast in the 3rd to break a scoreless tie & Nevin adds a another in the 4th to add to the lead against Cardinals starter, Packy Naughton. Making his first start for the Cards, the lefty allows 3 runs – all earned, on 5 hits, he strikes out 2 & walks none in 3 1/3 innings of work before departing in the 4th. Trey Mancini singles home a run in the 6th against Cards reliever, Kodi Whitley to add some much needed insurance because Harrison Bader’s 2-run, inside the park homerun (the first ever by a Cardinal in the current Busch Stadium) in the bottom of the 6th cuts the lead to 3 but Bradish rebounds to strike out the side. Dillon Tate gives up a lead off solo homer to Brendan Donovan (the first of his career) in the 9th & after a single, a wild pitch & a hit batter, Felix Bautista comes on to record the final out for his first career save. St. Louis has now dropped 3 in a row. Baltimore has now won 3 in a row for the first time all season, while also winning 7 of their last 10.

Bal (13-17) STl (16-13)

WP : Bradish (1-1)
LP : Naughton (0-1)
S : Bautista (1)

Game 2 : Cardinals 10, Orioles 1 – Miles Mikolas pitches 7 strong innings & the bats do the rest as Paul Goldschmidt drives in 3, Juan Yepez homers & Brendan Donoivan adds a 2-run double as the Cardinals rebound to take Game 2. Yepez hits a solo shot in the 2nd, he has hit safely in all 7 games he has played since being called up on May 3rd. He is 12-27 so far this season. Donovan reaches base in all 4 of his trips to the plate, he adds a 2-run double in the 3-run 2nd against O’s starter, Spenser Watkins – his line, 3 2/3 innings pitched, 7 runs on 8 hits, 3 strikeouts & 2 walks. Goldschmidt doubles home 2 & scores on a double by Nolan Arenado in a 5-run 4th against Watkins, who fails to make it out of the inning. Goldschmidt singles home a run in the 6th & the Cardinals score 2 more in the 8th, both on ground ball outs, 1 by Tommy Edman who drives in a pair of runs on the night. Robinson Chirinos doubles in the only O’s run in the 5th as they muster only 5 hits on the night. MIkolas allows just a run on 4 hits, strikes out 3 & walks 1 in his 7 innings of work for St. Louis – he has allowed 2 runs or less in all 7 of his starts this season. Making his major-league debut, Jake Walsh pitches 2 scoreless innings in relief after being called up from Triple-A Memphis. St. Louis snaps a 3 game losing streak. Baltimore has won 7 of their last 11 after a 6-14 start to the season.

Bal (13-18) Stl (17-13)

WP : Mikolas (3-1)
LP : Watkins (0-1)

Game 3 : Orioles 3. Cardinals 2 – Rylan Bannon becomes just the third Oriole since 2000 to get a hit on the first pitch of their major-league career & the O’s get long balls from Jorge Mateo & Anthony Bemboom as they hang on to pull out the win & take 2 out of 3 from the Cardinals in St. Louis. Bannon goes 1-4 w/ a strikeout in his debut, Mateo goes deep in the 2nd, a solo shot against Cardinals starter, Steven Matz – Matz loses his 2nd straight start, he goes 6 2/3 innings, allows 3 runs on 7 hits, strikes out 7 & doesn’t walk a man. Bemboom launches his first homer since 2020, another solo shot in the 7th off of of Matz & Cedric Mullins singles home a run against reliever, Genesis Cabrera. Dylan Carlson hits a solo shot in the 7th, the 8th game in a row that St. Louis has gone deep (the longest active streak in the majors) & Nolan Arenado adds a sac fly in the 8th but the Cardinals can get no closer despite threatening late. In his first big league start, Bryan Baker goes 2 1/3 innings, allows just 1 hit, strikes out 3 & walks none, he gives way to Keegan Akin in the 3rd & 4 other relievers take care of the rest, including a 4 out save from Felix Bautista, who gets 4 outs in a row, including the 3rd Orioles double play ball of the game, when Tyler O’Neill is doubled up from 1st on a pop fly. Baltimore takes 2 out of 3 & improves to 4-1 in rubber games, they have won 8 of their last 12 & moved to 4th place in the AL East.

Bal (14-18) Stl (17-14)

WP : Akin (1-0)
LP : Matz (3-3-)
S : Bautista (2)

Baltimore continues to win Series’ & will now head to Detroit for 3 before returning home to play the Yankees for 4 & Tampa Bay for 3. This team is playing well right now & it starts w/ ther starting pitching which continues to go deep into games.
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GO O’S!!
#FlyingHigh

After back to back rain outs the O’s & Royals cram in a Mother’s Day doubleheader on Sunday & a Monday Matinee in which the O’s take 2 out of 3 to take the Series.

(DH) Game 1 : Royals 6, Orioles 4 – Royals Manager, Mike Matheny wins his 700th career game as Michael Taylor’s go ahead single in the 9th puts the Royals ahead late after 2 O’s errors extend the inning & Kansas City goes on to take the opener. O’s starter, Jordan Lyles becomes the first Oriole to pitch into the 7th inning, allowing 3 runs on 7 hits, he strikes out 5 & walks 1, his deepest start since May 15th 2018. Edward Olivares singles home a run to tie it in the 3rd & Andrew Benintendi adds a sac fly in a 2-run 5th against Lyles but Ryan Mountcastle doubles home Austin Hays in the bottom of the inning to cut the lead to 1. Hays goes 4-4 & scores twice, he leads the O’s w/ 9 multi-hit games. Roughned Odor puts the O’s ahead on a 2-run double in the 7th against Royals reliever Collin Snyder but commits a huge error in the 9th that allows the go ahead run to reach & after a throwing error by closer Jorge Lopez moves him up a base & Taylor puts Kansas City ahead for good, followed by an RBI single by Salvador Perez to add an insurance run. Scott Barlow strands 2 runners as he closes it out in the 9th. Baltimore goes 3-12 w/ men in scoring position & leaves 11 men on base.

K.C. (9-15) Bal (10-17)

WP : Clarke (1-0)
LP : Lopez (3-2)
S : Barlow (2)

(DH) Game 2 : Orioles 4, Royals 2 – Bruce Zimmerman pitches 6 strong innings & the bats contribute some timely hits as the Orioles rebound to earn a split in their Mother’s Day Doubleheader w/ the Royals. Zimmerman allows 2 runs on 5 hits, strikes out 5 & walks none, the 2nd consecutive outing that an Orioles starter has gone more than 6 innings, as the starting pitching continues to improve, keeping the Orioles in almost every game. The O’s get to Royals starter, Daniel Lynch early, scoring 3 times in the 1st inning – a passed ball allows Cedric Mullins to score from 3rd, Ryan Mountcastle adds an RBI single & Ramon Urias hits a sac fly to give Zimmerman an early cushion. Hunter Dozier triples & scores on a sac fly by Whit Merrifield in the 2nd to get Kansas City on the board & singles home a run in the 6th that cuts the lead to 2, accounting for both Royals run, after Tyler Nevin had given the Birds an insurance run in the 5th against reliever Joel Payamps. Lynch allows 3 runs on 4 hits, strikes out 5 & walks 4 in 3 2/3 innings of work as the bullpen goes 4 1/3 to eat up some innings. Keegan Akin pitches 2 scoreless & Dillon Tate closes it out in the 9th to pick up the save. Austin Hays goes 5-7 in the 2 game doubleheader & leads the team w/ 9 multi-hit games. Baltimore has now won 3 of their last 4 & 4 of their last 6 w/ Game 3 awaiting.

Bal (11-17) K.C. (9-16)

WP : Zimmerman (2-1)
LP : Lynch (2-2)
S : Tate (1)

Game 3 : Orioles 6, Royals 1 – Tyler Wells pitches 6 solid innings, the 3rd Oriole starter in a row to pitch into the 6th inning, picks up his first win of the season as the O’s beat the Royals to win for the 4th time in 5 games & win the Series against the Royals. The O’s score 6 times in the 5th (on only 4 hits) to break the game open against Kansas City starter, Carlos Hernandez – Jorge Mateo singles home a run, steals 2nd & the the throwing error on the steal attempt by C MJ Melendez allows Anthony Bemboom to score, then Trey Mancini singles home Mateo & scores on a wild pitch by Hernandez. Ryan Mountcastle caps the 6-run outburst w/ an RBI single that scores Anthony Santander & ends the day for Hernandez. He goes 4 2/3 innings, allows 6 runs on 7 hits, strikes out 2 & walks 2, the Royals go 1-6 w/men in scoring position as they don’t give Hernandez much help offensively. Wells allows an RBI single to Ryan O’ Hearn in the 1st but cruises the rest of the way retiring 16 of the last 19 hitters he faces, allows just 5 hits, strikes out 3 & doesn’t walk a man in the longest outing of his career. Baltimore finishes 6-4 on 10-game homestand & has now won 4 out 5 for the first time this season They are now 16-6 against Kansas City @ Camden Yards since 2015 & have won 6 of their 7 home Series against the Royals in that span, they also split a 4-game set last season. Kansas City falls to a season high 8 games under .500, they have lost 7 of their last 9.

Bal (12-17) K.C. (9-17)

WP : Wells (1-2)
LP : Hernandez (0-2)

The Orioles will now head to St. Louis to play the Cardinals in an interleague matchup, the O’s have never played in the New Busch Stadium, which has been around since 2015. They will be the last team to visit the Stadium.
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#SpreadingTheirWings

The Orioles earn the split against a hot Twins team @ home as they rally to win the last 3 Games of the Series after dropping the first 2.

Game 1 : Twins 2, Orioles 1 – Chris Paddack pitches 6 innings to finally earn his 1st win as a Twin & the Minnesota bullpen doesn’t allow a hit after taking over in the 6th as they hold on to take the opener. Ryan Jeffers singles home a run in the 5th against O’s starter, Tyler Wells to break a scoreless tie in the 5th but Roughned Odor leads off the bottom of the inning w/ a triple & scores on a sac fly by Ramon Urias to tie it. Wells goes 5 innings, allowing 1 run on 4 hits, strikes out 4 & walks none in another great outing by an Orioles starter. Carlos Correa puts Minnesota ahead w/ an RBI single in the 6th off of reliever, Brian Baker & the Twins bullpen does the rest. Paddack departs w/ men on 1st & 3rd w/ 1-out in the 6th but Joe Smith gets Ryan Mountcastle to bounce into an inning ending double play & keep the game tied. 3 relievers combine to close it out for Minnesota, who has now won 3 in a row & 10 of their last 11. Baltimore has lost 6 of their last 8.

Min (14-9) Bal (8-15)

WP : Paddack (1-2)
LP : Baker (1-1)
S : Duran (1)

Game 2 : Twins 7, Orioles 2 – Ryan Jeffers hits a tiebreaking, 3-run blast in the 6th as they Twins pull away late against the Orioles bullpen to win their 4th in a row. The Twins have outscored opponents 63-25 in their current 13-game run & 25-7 in their 4-game winning streak. Jose Miranda doubles home a run in the 4th (his first major-league hit & RBI) & Jeffers scores on a single by Jorge Polanco to put Minnesota ahead against O’s starter, Joe Ryan, who goes 4 2/3, allows 2 runs on 6 hits, strikes out 3 & walks 1. Bruce Zimmerman in the 5th. The O’s lefty goes 5 innings, allows 2 runs on 4 hits, he walks 2 & strikes out 4 but earns a no decision. Trey Mancini ties the game in the 5th w/ an RBI single, has 2 hits on the night. Jeffers blasts off in the 6th against Joey Krehbiel to blow the game open & the Twins score 2 more in the 9th, as Byron Buxton doubles home a run & scores on a sac fly by Polanco. Minnesota has now won 12 of their last 13 & remains scorching hot. Baltimore has lost 7 of their last 9.

Min (15-9) Bal (8-16)

WP : Thielbar (1-0)
LP : Krehbiel (1-3)

Game 3 : Orioles 9, Twins 4 – The Orioles bust loose for a 6-run 3rd inning against former Orioles starter, Dylan Bundy, putting up a crooked number as they roll to a big win in Game 3. Cedric Mullins gets it going w/ a 2-run shot & Austin Hays singles home Trey Mancini, Anthony Santander scores on an infield single by Odor, who scores on a 2-run blast by Ramon Urias to cap the 6-run uprising. Minnesota gets back in it, scoring 4 times in the 4th – Carlos Correa hits a 2-run blast, Dee Gordon singles home a run & Gio Urshela tacks on a sac fly to cut the lead to 2 against Orioles starter, Kyle Bradish who allows 4 runs on 6 hits, strikes out 3 & walks 2 in just his 2nd major-league start. Santander singles home Mullins, Austin Hays adds a sac fly & Ryan Mountcastle doubles to score Santander ad the O’s light up Bundy for 9 runs on 11 hits, he strikes out 3 & walks 2 as the former Oriole takes the loss & then tests positive for COVID-19 along w/ manager Rocco Baldelli & 2B Luis Arraez, all 3 would muss the Series finale. Minnesota has their winning streak snapped but has still won 13 of 15. Baltimore wins for just the 3rd time in their last 10 games.

Bal (9-16) Min (15-10)

WP : Perez (1-0)
LP : Bundy (3-2)

Game 4 : Orioles 5, Twins 3 – Ryan Mountcastle homers twice, including going back to back w/ Austin Hays to break a tie in the 8th as the O’s win again to earn the split against the Twins. Mountcastle hits a solo shot in the 2nd & Cedric Mullins adds another in the 3rd after the Twins had tied it. Byron Buxton launches a 2-run blast in the 5th against Orioles starter, Spenser Watkins to put Minnesota ahead – Watkins allows 3 hits on 7 hits, walks 2 & strikes out 2 in 4 2/3 innings of work but he keeps the O’s in the game, pitching into the 5th. Jorge Mateo hits the 4th solo homer of the night for the Birds as he ties it in the 5th against reliever Caleb Thielbar, who came on in 5th after starter, Chris Archer tosses 4 innings, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits, strikes out 6 & walks none. Carlos Correa is hit on his finger in the 7th & has to leave the game, he may have a broken finger. Hays throws out Max Kepler at home trying to score in the 4th & connects on a solo blast that gives the O’s the lead, followed by Mountcastle’s solo blast as the duo go back to back in the 8th. Minnesota has now lost 2 in a row after a 4-game winning streak. Baltimore wins for the 2nd time in a row after losing 8 out of their last 10.

Bal (10-16) Min (15-11)

WP : Lopez (3-1)
LP : Duran (0-1)

The Orioles show lots of heart to rebound & earn the split after rough time in the first 2 games. They will now host Kansas City for 3 before heading to St. Louis for 3 against another NL Central foe, the Cardinals.
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#SplittingHairs

The O’s return home for a 10-game homestand after being swept in New York & get it started off on the right foot by taking 2 out of 3 from the Red Sox to get back some much needed confidence.

Game 1 : Red Sox 3, Orioles 1 – Kyle Bradish makes his major league debut & goes 6 strong innings but the Oriole bats are silenced by Boston pitching. Christian Arroyo hits a 2-run shot off of Bradish in a 3-run 2nd, as Christian Vasquez also singles in a run but is thrown out at 3rd trying to stretch it after an error by Trey Mancini in right. Arroyo’s homer is just the 1st in the Red Sox last 7 games & only it’s 2nd in their last 11. Rich Hill pitches 4 innings, allowing just 1 hit, strikes out 4 & walks none, he retires the first 12 he faces before allowing an infield single to Austin Hays to lead off the 5th. Tanner Houck then comes on & goes 3 innings in relief, followed by Jake Diekman for an inning & Hansel Robles for 2/3 of an inning. Robles gives up a solo shot to Ryan Mountcastle & a single to Hays but gets 2 outs before Matt Strahm walks the tying run on base but still records the 1-out save in the 9th. Bradish allows 3 runs on 5 hits, walks 1 & strikes out 2 over 6 innings in his major-league debut, after being called up from Triple-A Norfolk before the game. Baltimore has now lost 5 in a row & 4 in a row against AL East opponents. They would look to snap the skid in Game 2.

Bos (9-12) Bal (6-14)

WP : Houck (2-1)
LP : Bradish (0-1)
S : Strahm (1)

Game 2 : Orioles 2, Red Sox 1 (10 innings) – Jorge Mateo scores the winning run in the 10th on a throwing error by Boston P Hirokazu Sawamura, as the O’s rally in the late innings to win after trailing for the first 7. O’s starter, Spenser Watkins pitches 4 2/3 solid innings, allows 1 run on 5 hits, walks 1 & strikes out 3 as he gives the Orioles another strong outing by a starter but picks up a no-decision as the game gets turned over to the O’s bullpen the rest of the way, & the Orioles use 6 relievers to hold the Red Sox scoreless for 5 1/3 innings. Xander Bogaerts singles home the lone Boston run in the 1st against Watkins & Boston starter Nathan Eovaldi goes 7 dazzling innings, carries a 1-0 lead & a No-Hitter into the 6th, he retires 17 of the first 18 batters he faces (the lone man reaching on an error) before Cedric Mullins doubles to break it up in the No-Hitter in the 6th – Eovaldi gives up 3 hits over 7 scoreless, he strikes out 8 & doesn’t walk a man. Anthony Santander singles home Mullins who had doubled again, to tie the game in the 8th against Red Sox reliever Matt Barnes & it remains that way until the 10th. Robinson Chirinos drops down a bunt w/ men on 1st & 2nd w/ no outs in the 10th & Sawamura overthrows 3rd base on an attempt to get Mateo as the O’s walk it off to get the win. Baltimore snaps a 5-game losing streak & will look to take the Series in the finale.

Bal (7-14) Bos (9-13)

WP : Lopez (2-1)
LP : Sawamura (0-1)

Game 3 : Orioles 9, Red Sox 5 – Jordan Lyles tosses 6 tough innings & the Orioles score 6 times in the 6th inning, put up a season high 9 runs to take 2 out of 3 from the slumping Red Sox. Lyles allows 1 run on 7 hits, strikes out 6 & walks 3, also hits a batter & gets out of several tough predicaments before leaving after 6 – the O’s bullpen is a little shaky in closing it out late but still gets the job done. Red Sox starter, Nick Pivetta goes 4 shutout innings until he gets pounded in the 5th – Tyler Nevin’s 2-run single puts the O’s ahead for good & they would continue to pour it on as Santander adds a sac fly in a 3-run 5th & Odor drills a solo homer in the 6th (his first w/ the Orioles) but then the rains came & the game would be delayed for 2 hours & 5 minutes. When play resumes, Jorge Mateo doubles home 2, Anthony Santander adds a 2-run single & Ryan Mountcastle delivers an RBI single to cap a 6-run outburst. Pivetta allows 3 runs on 6 hits, strikes out 5 & walks none in 4 2/3 innings, the Red Sox bullpen allows 6 runs, including 4 allowed by Phillips Valdez in 2 innings alone. Back in the lineup after after a 3-game absence, J.D. Martinez launches a Grand Slam in the 9th off of reliever Travis Lakins to cut the lead to 4 but it was too little too late. Boston is 1-11 in Pivetta’s last 12 starts & has lost 7 straight. The Orioles move within a .5 game of the Red Sox in the AL East. Boston goes 3-7 on a 10-game road trip to Tampa Bay, Toronto & Baltimore.

Bal (8-14) Bos (9-14)

WP : Lyles (2-2)
LP : Pivetta (0-4)

Baltimore wins it’s 2nd Series of the season & will now host Minnesota for 4 & then Kansas City for 3 before heading to St. Louis & Detroit.
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#GainingConfidence

The Orioles come into the Bronx feeling good about themselves after taking 2 out of 3 in Anaheim, but are brought back down to earth as they are swept by the Yankees in New York.

Game 1 : Yankees 12, Orioles 8 – Anthony Rizzo homers 3 times (his first career 3 HR game), drives in 6 runs & scores 4 times as the Yankees blown out the O’s early but stage off a late rally to take the opener. Rizzo launches all 3 homers to the short right field porch as he drills a 3-run shot in the 3rd & a 2-run shot in the 5th, sandwiched around a Joey Gallo solo shot in the 4th to give the Yankees the early 6-0 lead. O’s starter, Jordan Lyles allows 6 runs on 7 hits, walks 1 & strikes out 3 in just 4 2/3 innings as he is shelled in his worst Oriole start so far. Yankees starter, Luis Severino goes 6 strong, pitches a No-Hitter into the 6th before Jorge Mateo’s single – he allows 4 runs 3 hits, walks 2 & strikes out 5 to earn his 2nd win of the season. Anthony Santander cuts the lead in half w/ a 3-run blast off of Severino a few batters later but Gleyber Torres tacks on 3 more w/ a bases loaded triple in a 4-run Yankees 7th to blow the game wide open. The O’s respond w/ a 3-run 8th as Austin Hays homers for the 2nd straight game, launching a 2-run blast to cut the lead to 2. Aaron Judge hits a solo shot in the 8th, becoming just the 3rd Yankee to homer on his 30th Birthday to add another before Rizzo launches his 3rd homer of the night. New York wins for the 6th time in 7 games, while Baltimore loses for the 2nd time in a row & the 5th time in their last 8 games.

NYY (11-6) Bal (6-11)

WP : Severino (2-0)
LP : Lyles (1-2)

Game 2 : Yankees 5, Orioles 2 – Giancarlo Stanton hits his 350th homer (becomes the 7th fastest player to 350) has 2 hits & drives in 2 runs & Jordan Montgomery pitches 5+ innings, as the Yankees win their 5th in a row & 7th in the last 8 games, continue to surge in the AL East. Stanton blasts off in the 1st, against O’s starter Tyler Wells to give the Yankees the early lead & Joey Gallo also homers for the 2nd straight night & drives in a run, ending a 14-game homer drought as he hits a 2-run shot in a 2-run 7th inning. Isiah KIner-Falefa also scores on a wild pitch by O’s reliever Dillon Tate to tack on another. Anthony Santander drillls a 2-run shot in the 6th to tie game against Montgomery ,who allows 2 runs & 4 hits, strikes out 4 & walks none, he departs after hitting Austin Hays & Michael King pitches 2+ innings, striking out 2 & walking none in his first appearance since striking out 7 in a row against Cleveland. Wells allows 2 runs on 3 hits in 5 innings, he walks none & strikes out 4, also retires 13 out of the last 14 he faces after allowing the Stanton bomb. New York wins it’s 6th in a row, while Baltimore loses for the 3rd time in a row & 6th time in their last 9.

NYY (12-6) Bal (6-12)

WP : King (2-2)
LP : Krehbiel (1-2)
S : Holmes (2)

Game 3 : Yankees 10, Orioles 5 – The Orioles commit 5 errors on a slightly blustery afternoon in the Bronx & the Yankees take complete advantage as Aaron Judge drills a 3-run shot after SS Jorge Mateo commits his 2nd error when he misplays a grounder by DJ LeMahieu in the 5th & the Yankees blow the game open late after the O’s had taken an early lead. Kelvin Gutierrez singles home a run in the 2nd & Trey Mancini drives one in on a ground ball out in the 3rd against Yankees starter, Jameson Tailon, who allows 2 runs on 7 hits, walks 1 & strikes out 4 to put the Birds ahead early. O’s starter Bruce Zimmerman allows 4 runs on 5 hits, walks 1 & strikes out 5 in 4 1/3 innings but the bullpen is shelled as Mike Baumann allows 2 runs & Paul Fry gives up 4 in only 3 innings of work combined. Marwin Gonzalez hits a sac fly in the 6th, he also doubles & drives in a run & Josh Donaldson singles in a run in the 7th & TIm Locastro reaches on a throwing error by Baumann & scores on a wild pitch by Fry, to increase the lead. That’s when Judge launches the 3-run blast to put the game out reach. The O’s fight back to score 3 times in the 9th against Yankees reliever Ron Marinaccio as Austin Hays doubles & scores on a double by Roughned Odor, who scores on a single by Ryan McKenna but it would be too little too late. New York wins it’s 7th in a row as they sweep the O’s @ home. Baltimore has now lost 4 in a row & 7 of their last 10.

NYY (13-6) Bal (6-13)

WP : Castro (2-0)
LP : Zimmerman (1-1)

The Orioles will now head home for a 10-game homestand, starting w/ 3 against Boston on Friday & then Minnesota for 4 before finiishing up w/ Kansas City for 3.
Baltimore continues to play inspired despite a few tough losses.
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The O’s come into L.A. after losing 3 out of 4 in Oakland & take 2 out of 3 from the Angels in Anaheim, even rally to nearly earn the sweep as the confidence of this team has started to grow.

Game 1 : Orioles 5, Angels 3 – Bruce Zimmerman pitches 6 strong innings, running his season-opening scoreless streak to 14 innings, including striking out AL MVP Shohei Ohtani 3 times in a row, on just 12 pitches, fans 6 on the night as the Orioles rebound in Southern California to win the opener. Zimmerman allows 3 runs (but only 2 earned) on 5 hits & walks 2, he faces the minimum 15 batters through the first 5 innings & also gets some early help from the Oriole bats as Robinson Chirinos has 2 hits & drives in 3, including a 2-run single in the 1st against Angels starter Reid Detmers. It would be the only 2 runs allowed by Detmers, who goes 5 innings, allows 3 hits, walks 1 & strikes out 4 but the Angels bullpen gets hit hard as Archie Bradley surrenders 3 runs on 4 hits & departs after recording only 1 out in the 6th as Anthony Santander reaches on an infield single that scores Trey Mancini & scores on a grounder to short by Chirinos. Zimmerman strikes out the side (Ohtani, Mike Trout & Anthony Rendon) in an impressive 4th inning, also gets help from 3 double play balls that wipe out all 3 of the Angels first 3 hits. Trout goes 1-3 w/ a walk & a single in his first game back from a 3 game absence & Rendon launches a 2-run blast in the 7th to chase Zimmerman but the bullpen does the rest, using 3 relievers to close it out. Baltimore has now won twice in their first 5 games of this West Coast trip.

Bal (5-9) LAA (8-6)

WP : Zimmerman (1-0)
LP : Detmers (0-1)
S : Lopez (3)

Game 2 : Orioles 5, Angels 4 – Ryan Mountcastle has 2 hits & drives in 3, including the go ahead RBI single in the 7th as the O’s overcome 2 MIke Trout homers to hang on & win the Series in Anaheim. The O’s score 2 in the 1st inning for the second straight game as Mountcastle singles in Cedric Mullins & Roughned Odor hits a sac fly that scores Anthony Santander to give starter Spenser Watkins some early insurance. Noah Syndergaard departs after 5 2/3 innings, allows 2 runs on 3 hits, walks 2 & strikes out 6 but becomes the 2nd Angels starter in a row to pick up a no decision. Trout hits solo blasts in the 1st & 5th innings to set the Angels record w/ 21 multi-homer games, as the Angels tie the game against Watkins, who goes 5 innings, allows 2 runs on 3 hits, walks 3 & strikes 2 to earn a no decision. Brandon Marsh hits a 2-run shot in the 6th that appears to put the Angels ahead for good until a 3-run 7th by the Birds against the Angels bullpen, in which all 3 runs were unearned. Trey Mancini’s sac fly cuts the lead to 1 & Mountcastle’s 2-run single gives the Orioles the lead for good. It’s the 11th time in Mountcastle’s young career that he has 3 or more RBI in a game. Baltimore has now won 2 straight for the first time this season & will go for their first 3-game sweep in Anaheim since 2010 in Game 3.

Bal (6-9) LAA (8-7)

WP : Baker (1-0)
LP : Loup (0-1)
S : Lopez (4)

Game 3 : Angels 7, Orioles 6 – Jo Adell drills his 2nd career grand slam as the Angels score 6 times in the 1st inning without recording their first out but have to re-take the lead & hang on to win as the O’s rally to tie it late. O’s starter Chris Ellis is responsible for 5 of the 6 runs as he walks 2, hits a batter, allows a 2-run single & walks another to load the bases before departing w/ right shoulder discomfort. Travis Lakins comes in for him & immediately gives up the grand slam to Adell but records the next 9 outs before Keegan Akin works 2 more scoreless that allows the O’s bats to get back in the game, Trey Mancini hits a 3-run shot in the 3rd to cut the lead in half & Ryan Mountcastle adds an RBI single & scores on a 2-run shot by Austin Hays to tie the game against the Angels bullpen. Adell is 7-19 during a 5-game hitting streak he has hits in 9 of his last 11 games, including 3 HR’s. 6 Oriole pitchers combine to hit 2 & walk 9 batters on the day, including a bases loaded walk by Felix Bautista to Taylor Ward that gives the Angels the lead for good. Jimmy Herget works a scoreless 8th & Archie Bradley records his first save as an Angel as he gets Mountcastle to bounce into a 6-4-3 double play to end the game. Ohtani goes 2-4 w/ a walk & scores the game winning run after going 0-8 w/ 5 strikeouts in the first 2 games. Baltimore goes 3-4 on their 7 game, 7 day West Coast road trip & is playing some inspired ball right now.

LAA (9-7) Bal (6-10)

WP : Herget (1-0)
LP : Baumann (1-2)
S : Bradley (1)

The Orioles now head back East to play the Yankees in the Bronx before returning home to host Boston for 3 as they also got news that their Ace, John Means will be headed for Tommy John surgery & will be done for the season.
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The O’s West Coast trip starts off rough as the Birds drop 3 out of 4 in Oakland against an A’s team playing w/ most of it’s starters out due to COVID.

Game 1 : Athletics 5, Orioles 1 – Frankie Montas allows 2 hits over 6 strong innings & gets some help from his Defense, as the A’s cut down 2 O’s baserunners at home, go on to win the opener. Montas strikes out 5 & walks 2, allows only 1 run to pick up 2nd win of the season, the A’s score 4 times in the 6th on errors by Ramon Urias & Roughned Odor to break the game open after O’s starter Spenser Watkins allows only 1 run on 2 hits in 5 innings of work, he strikes out 1 & walks 2. Billy McKinney drives in a run in the 1st on a grounder to short & scores on a throwing error by Urias & Seth Brown scores on a fielding error by Odor after an RBI single by Sheldon Neuse, who scores on a single by Christian Pache single. Austin Hays drives in the lone Orioles run on an RBI double in the 5th. Oakland returned home to the Coliseum for the first time this season, after a 10-game road trip & win their home opener for the 5th time in 11 seasons.

Oak (6-5) Bal (3-7)

WP : Montas (2-1)
LP : Krehbiel (1-1)

Game 2 : Athletics 2, Orioles 1 – Seth Brown hits a 2-run double in the 6th to give Oakland the lead for good & Cole Irvin tosses 5 innings of 1 run ball, allowing 6 hits, striking out 4 & walking 2 as the A’s take their 2nd in a row from the O’s in front of the smallest home crowd in Oakland in almost 42 years. Elvis Andrus & Christian Bethancourt each have 2 hits & score a run & the A’s bullpen is spectacular as the A’s win for the 7th time in 10 games after starting 0-2. Ryan Castellani, Sam Moll & Zach Jackson combine for 3 scoreless innings for Oakland & Jackson closes it out to earn his first Major League save & Zach Logue earns the win in his Major League debut. Chris Ellis hurls 4+ innings of shutout ball after being called up from Triple A Norfolk before the game, he gives up 4 hits, walks 3 & strikes out 2. Trey Mancini has 2 hits & an RBI for the Orioles, who continues to be in almost every game so far this season despite winning only 3 of their first 11. Baltimore will look to rebound in Game 3, which was moved up 3 hours due to a threat of rain in the area.

Oak (7-5) Bal (3-8)

WP : Logue (1-0)
LP : Baumann (1-1)
S : Jackson (1)

Game 3 : Orioles 1, Athletics 0 – Jordan Lyles pitches 5 shutout innings & the bullpen makes it stand up the rest of the way as the Orioles pick up their first road win of the season. Lyles allows 5 hits, strikes out 6 & walks 1 before departing after 5 & the bullpen allows only 2 hits the rest of the way, while striking out 5 & walking none – Paul Fry, Dillon Tate & Brian Baker combine for 2 1/3 innings & Jorge Lopez takes over in the 8th & records a 5 out save. The Orioles score their lone run when Ryan McKenna scores on a an error by SS Elvis Andrus in the 5th. Daulton Jefferies allows 3 hits, strikes out 5 & walks none in 6 stellar innings, he gives up only an unearned run. The A’s have a run taken off the scoreboard in the 2nd, when Billy McKinney is ruled out at the plate after an Orioles challenge, he was initially called safe, it bails out Lyles & gives the O’s some momentum. Tony Kemp & Sheldon Neuse each have 2 hits a piece for Oakland, who tallies 7 hits in the loss. Oakland draws just 2,703 fans, a day after drawing only 3,748 which was an almost 42 year record. Baltimore wins for just the 4th time in their last 9 games, they look to even the Series in an afternoon game in the finale,

Bal (4-8) Oak (7-6)

WP : Lyles (1-1)
LP : Jefferies (1-2)
S : Lopez (2)

Game 4 : Athletics 6, Orioles 4 : Sean Murphy homers, doubles & drives in 3 runs to end an 0-10 stretch at the plate, also tags out Trey Mancini on a heads up play in the 4th which leads to Mancini being ejected along w/ manager Brandon Hyde. Christian Pache hits a solo homer in the 3rd, the first by either team in the Series & Sheldon Neuse singles home a run to add another as O’s starter Tyler Wells departs after only 2 1/3 innings of work, in a very short outing – he allows 2 runs on 5 hits, strikes out 1 & walks 1. Paul Blackburn allows 1 run on 3 hits, strikes out 4 & doesn’t walk a man in 5 strong innings to earn his 2nd win of the season. Murphy adds a 2-run shot in the bottom of the 5th after Austin Hays had delivered an RBI double in the top of the inning for the O’s, who score 2 in the 7th on RBI singles by Roughned Odor & Hays, only to have the A’s score 2 right back when Nick Allen doubles for his first Major-League hit & scores on a single by Neuse, who scores on a double by Murphy as the normally reliable O’s bullpen gets hit hard for 4 runs on 5 hits in 5 2/3 innings. Baltimore loses for the 9th time in 13 games to open the season, while Oakland takes 3 out of 4 in it’s opening home Series of the year.

Oak (8-6) Bal (4-9)

WP : Blackburn (2-00
LP : Wells (0-2)
S : JImenez (2)

Baltimore will now head down the coast line to Los Angeles for 3 w/ the Angels in Anaheim before heading back East to New York for 3 in the Bronx.
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The Orioles take 2 out of 3 against the Yankees @ home as they explode for 5 runs in the 8th inning of the finale, continuing their success against New York over the last 2 seasons.

Game 1 : Orioles 2, Yankees 1 (11 innings) – Ramon Urias walks w/ the bases loaded against reliever Aroldis Chapman to give the O’s the walk off win in a battle of the bullpens. The Orioles pen allows just 1 batter to reach base in 5 & 2/3 innings in relief of starter Jordan Lyles, who goes 5 1/3, allowing just a run on 6 hits, he strikes out 4 & walks 2. The O’s walk 10 times, including 3 in the 11th, go 1-15 w/ men in scoring position & the are now 6-70 w/ men in scoring position this season. New York goes 2 for 11 w/ men in scoring position themselves as they drop the opener. Baltimore improves to 9-11 against the Yankees dating back to last season.

Bal (2-6) NYY (4-4)

WP : Krehbiel (1-0)
LP : Schmidt (0-2)

Game 2 : Yankees 5, Orioles 2 – Emerging from a 49-minute weather delay, Josh Donaldson drills a 2-run homer off of Travis Lakins in a 4-run 5th to put the Yankees ahead for good against the Orioles bullpen, which struggles a night after a dominating performance. Cedric Mullins hits a 2-out, 2-run blast in the 3rd to give the O’s the early lead but it would be short lived as the Yankees score 5 unanswered to win the game & tie up the Series. Lakins allows 4 runs on 5 hits in just an inning of work, he walks 1 & strikes out none in relief. Trey Mancini has 2 hits for the O’s but they continue to struggle w/ men on base. Baltimore is now 7-77 w/ men in scoring position so far as they continue to struggle in that area. Baltimore will look to take the Series in Game 3 on Easter Sunday.

NYY (5-4) Bal (2-7)

WP : Sears (1-0)
LP : Lakins (0-1)
S : Holmes (1)

Game 3 : Orioles 5, Yankees 0 : Nestor Cortes strikes out 12 Orioles in just 5 innings of work, but the Orioles score 5 times in the 8th against the Yankees bullpen to pick up a huge win & take the Series @ home. Cortes pitches 5 shutout innings, allowing only 3 hits & walking 1 but picks up a no decision as Roughned Odor’s pinch-hit 2-run single gives the O’s the lead & scores on a 2-run double by Kelvin Gutierrez, who scores on a single by Jorge Mateo in the 5-run uprising against Jonathan Loaisiga & Lucas Luetge. The Orioles go 2-28 w/ men in scoring position in the Series & are now 7-83 on the season before Odor, Gutierrez & Mateo. The Orioles win both games in their final at bat in a flair for the dramatic. Bruce Zimmerman tosses 4 scoreless innings, allowing 4 hits & 2 walks, striking out 6. The Orioles improve to 10-12 against the Yankees dating back to last season.
Bal (3-7) NYY (5-5)

WP : Lopez (1-1)
LP : Loaisiga (0-1)

Baltimore now heads to the West Coast to for a 7 day, 7 game road trip in Oakland & Anaheim, before heading back East to play these same Yankees in the Bronx. They are 2.5 games back in a crowded AL East so far.
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The O’s take the opener but lose the series to the Brewers @ home, despite hanging tough for most of the series against the NL Central Division Champions.

Game 1 : Orioles 2, Brewers 0 – Bruce Zimmerman tosses 4 shutout innings, allowing just 3 hits, walks 2 & strikes out 4 in the 30th anniversary of Camden Yards first ever Opening Day & the Orioles blank the Brewers to pick up their first win of the season. Cedric Mullins provides all the Orioles offense w/ a 2-run single in the 2nd, against Milwaukee starter, Adrian Houser as Zimmerman (the first Maryland born pitcher to start a home opener since 1990) & the bullpen make it stand up the rest of the way. Mike Baumann, Dillon Tate, Cionel Perez & Jorge Lopez combine for 5 innings of scoreless relief for Baltimore.

Bal (1-3) Mil (1-3)

WP : Baumann (1-0)
LP : Houser (0-1)
S : Lopez (1)

Game 2 : Brewers 5, Orioles 4 : Andrew McCutchen has 2 hits & drives in 3, Willy Adames also has 2 hits & scores 3 times as the Brewers rally to rebound & take Game 2 of the Series. McCutchen doubles home 2 in the 1st against O’s starter Spenser Watkins to put Milwaukee ahead but Cedric Mullins blasts a Grand Slam in the 2nd to put the O’s on top before McCutchen breaks a 4-4 tie in the 7th w/ a go ahead RBI single against the Orioles bullpen. After being shut out in 2 of their first 4 games, the Brewers bounce back to even the Series. Hoby Milner picks up his 1st win, in his 96th career game, that’s a Major League record. Baltimore loses for the 4th time in their first 5 games to start the season.

Mil (2-3) Bal (1-4)

WP : Milner (1-0)
LP : Bautista (0-1)
S : Hader (1)

Game 3 : Brewers 4, Orioles 2 : Corbin Burnes pitches 7 shutout innings but fails to get the win as the Brewers rally in the late innings to take the lead & hold on to win the Series. Rowdy Tellez hits a 2-out RBI double & scores on a single by Mike Brosseau against O’s starter John Means in the 2nd to give Milwaukee the early lead & Means would depart after 4 innings w/ shoulder tightness. The O’s tie it up on an RBI single by Ryan Mountcastle & a sac fly by Trey Mancini in the 8th before Kolten Wong triples home a run & scores on the 2nd double of the night by Tellez. Josh Hader closes it out in the 9th as the Brewers win the Series.

Mil (3-3 Bal (1-5)

WP : Boxberger (1-0)
LP : Lopez (0-1)
S : Hader (3)

Baltimore will have Thursday off before hosting the Yankees for 3, while Milwaukee will now head home for their home opener on Thursday against St. Louis.

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