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Yankees 7, Orioles 4 : Hard Labor – The Orioles jump out to an early lead 3-0 lead, but the Yankees score 7 unanswered runs to put the game away & take Game 1 on Labor Day in Baltimore. Tim​ Beckham homers to right (#19) in the 1st off of NY starter Jordan Montgomery & Chris Davis hits a 2-run shot (#23) to left in the 2nd to put the Birds ahead 3-0. The Yankees rally, Didi Gregorious hits a 2-run shot to right (#20) off of Dylan Bundy & Jacoby Ellsbury singles to right to score Aaron Judge in a 3-run NY 4th inning. Starlin Castro hits a 2-run shot to left (#13) in the 5th to put the Yankees ahead 5-2 & end Bundy’s day. He goes just 4 innings, allowing 5 runs on 5 hits, he walks 4 & strikes out 5. Welington Castillo homers to center w/ the O’s trailing 7-3 in the 9th, but that would be all they would get. Baltimore remains 7 games back in the AL East & 1.5 games back in the AL Wild Card race.
Bal (70-68) NYY (74-63)
WP : Green (3-0)
LP : Bundy (13-9).
GO O’S!! #TheHuntForOctober

Orioles 5, Blue Jays 4 (12 innings) : Jay Walking – For the 2nd time in 3 games, the O’s walk it off in extra innings against the Blue Jays. Josh Donaldson hits a 3-run shot to right center (#24) off of Chris Tillman in the 3rd to make it 3-0 Toronto. Welington Castillo hits a solo shot to left in the 3rd (#17) to get the O’s on the board against Jays starter Brett Anderson. Mark Trumbo homers to center (#21) to cut the lead to 3-2 in the 4th & Trey Mancini adds a sacfly to score Jonathan Schoop in the 6th. Toronto gets the lead back in the 7th as Michael Saunders reaches on an infield hit scoring Ryan Goins, but Castillo homers to left for the 2nd time in the game (#18) off reliever Danny Barnes in the 9th to tie the game. Mark Trumbo finally ends it on a single to deep left to score Schoop in the 12th. Baltimore is now 7 games back in the AL East & 1.5 games back in the AL Wild Card race.
Bal (70-67) Tor (63-74)
WP : Yacabonis (2-0)
LP : Barnes (2-6).
GO O’S!! #BirdFightRoundSixteen

Blue Jays 7, Orioles 2 : The Boo Birds – After winning 7 in a row the O’s lose for the 2nd time in 3 games to the Blue Jays as the bats once again go silent. The Jays break a scoreless tie in the 5th as Kevin Pillar homers to left off of starter Wade Miley (#14) to make it 1-0 Toronto. Kendrys Morales adds a sacfly to right in the 6th to score Steve Pearce, making it 2-0, his 8th RBI of the Series. Josh Donaldson hits a 3-run shot to left (#24) off of reliever Richard Rodriguez in the 7th to make it 5-0 Jays. Darwin Barney adds a 2-run shot to left (#4) in the 8th to make it 7-0 off of Alec Asher. Seth Smith homers to right center in the 8th (#13) off of Luis Santos to get the O’s on the board & Mark Trumbo singles to center off of Tim Mayza to score Trey Mancini in the 9th, but that would be all the O’s would get. Baltimore is 8 games back in the AL East & 2.5 games back in the AL Wild Card.
Bal (69-67) Tor (63-73)
WP : Dermody (2-0)
LP : Miley (8-11).
GO O’S!! #BirdFightRoundFifteen

Orioles 1, Blue Jays 0 (13 innings) : Schoop, There It Is – 1 night after combining for 19 runs, neither team can score any, but Jonathan Schoop doubles to right center to score Manny Machado in the bottom of the 13th against reliever Aaron Loup as the Orioles finally walk it off. Both starters are on their game early, as Kevin Gausman tosses 6 shutout innings, allowing just 5 hits, he walks just 1 & strikes out 8. He battles w/ Jays starter Joe Biagini who pitches 7 shutout innings, also allowing just 5 hits, he walks just 1 & strikes out a career high 10, retiring the last 15 batters that he faces. Brad Brach, Miguel Castro & Zach Britton each pitch 2 innings of relief for the O’s & Jimmy Yacabonis comes on the 13th to earn his first career win when Schoop walks it off.
Baltimore has now won 8 of their last 9 & has closed to just 7.5 games back in the AL East & 1.5 back in the AL Wild Card.
Bal (69-66) Tor (62-73)
WP : Yacabonis (1-0)
LP : Loup (2-3).
GO O’S!! #BirdFightRoundFourteen

Hey guys, I’m back. It’s been awhile I guess huh? Fall is coming soon as the Summer ends, I remember back in the Spring i wrote you guys how I was looking forward to the Summer, well I am a man of many likes and preferences and as much as I love the Summer, I also love the Fall. We have football starting, then the leaves will start to change as the air cools down, college football is starting as well and I’d like to know who you guys like this year in the NCAA. The NFL should be very exciting, and we also have the Fall Classic, which is the World Series coming up as Baseball starts it’s Playoffs, I know Diplomat Blackmon knows alot about what’s going on there. I like the new show, I also like Omar’s new song, he’s a regular entrepreneur. I look forward to watching the shows and keeping up writing you guys. Well, I’ll check back after Baseball. Until next time guys.

~Paul

Blue Jays 11, Orioles 8 : Lifting Their Morales – Kendrys Morales homers 3 times & drives in 7 runs as the Blue Jays snap the Orioles 7 game winning streak. Adam Jones hits a 2-run shot to left in the 1st (#26) & Tim Beckham reaches on an infield hit to score Chris Davis & make it 3-0 O’s after 2. Morales hits a 2-run shot to right center (#23) off of Jeremy Hellickson to make it 3-2 & Mark Trumbo singles to center to make it 5-2 O’s in the 3rd. Morales singles home a run & C Miguel Montero doubles home 2 more to tie the game, then Kevin Pillar hits a 2-run double to left to make it 7-5 Jays in the 5th. Chris Davis homers to right center (#22) in the 6th, but Morales hits a 3-run shot to right (#24) in the 6th & adds a solo shot (#25) in the 8th. The O’s add 2 in the 9th, but can get no closer. Baltimore is now 8 games back in the AL East & 2.5 back in the AL Wild Card.
Bal (68-66) Tor (62-72)
WP : Estrada (7-8)
LP : Hellickson (2-3)
S : Osuna (35).
GO O’S!! #BirdFightRoundThirteen

Orioles 8, Mariners 7 : Life Is Sweep – The Red Hot Orioles sweep thier second Series in a row & win their 7th game in a row as they beat Seattle. The O’s take a 2-0 lead in the 2nd inning when Trey Mancini homers to left center (#23) & Welington Castillo doubles to left to score Chris Davis against former Oriole Ariel Miranda. Seattle scores 6 times in the 3rd against Ubaldo Jimenez & leads 6-2 after 3. Castillo hits a 2-run shot to left center (#16) & Craig Gentry hits a solo shot to left center (#2) to cut it to 6-5 in the 4th. Jonathan Schoop homers to left center (#30) in the 5th to tie the game off Miranda. Trailing 7-6, Haniger homers to left (#9) to tie it off of Brad Brach in the 8th, but Schoop singles home the go ahead run in the bottom of the inning. Zach Britton closes it out in the 9th for the Save.
Baltimore is now 8 games out in the AL East & 1.5 back in the AL Wild Card.
Bal (68-65) Sea (66-68)
WP : Brach (4-4)
LP : Bergman (4-5)
S : Britton (13).
GO O’S!! #CleanSweep

Orioles 4, Mariners 0 : Dealing Bundy – Dylan Bundy pitches his first career complete game, striking out 12, walking only 2, allowing just 1 hit (a bunt single by Kyle Seager in the 4th) & Manny Machado homers twice as the O’s win thier 6th in a row. Jonathan Schoop homers to left, a mammoth 416 foot shot (#29) off of Seattle starter Erasmo Ramirez in the 1st to put the O’s ahead 1-0. Manny Machado hits the first off his 2 solo HR’s in the 6th (#29) to make it 2-0 against Ramirez. The Seattle right hander goes 6 innings, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits, he walks 2 & strikes out 7. Welington Castillo hits a solo shot to left (#15) off of reliever James Pazos in the 7th to make it 3-0 & Machado then homers to left again off of Casey Lawrence in the 8th, his 2nd of the night (#30) to make it 4-0. The O’s take the first 2 games, will go for the Sweep today.
Baltimore is just 1.5 back in the Wild Card race.
Bal (67-65) Sea (66-67)
WP : Bundy (13-8)
LP : Ramirez (5-5).
GO O’S!! #HotAtTheRightTime

Orioles 7, Mariners 6 : Up And Adam – Adam Jones hits his 250th career HR, becomes the Orioles all time HR leader @ Camden Yards & eclipses the 25 HR Mark for the seventh straight season, the longest active streak in the league. Welington Castillo’s 2-run single puts the O’s ahead 2-1 in the 2nd & Jonathan Schoop singles home Manny Machado to make it 3-1 in the 3rd. Ben Gamel hits a 3-run shot to center (#7) off of Chris Tillman in the 4th to put Seattle up 4-3. The O’s rally to tie it & Jones then homers to center (#25) to make it 6-4 Orioles in the 6th, but Seattle ties it in the 7th on a single to center by Gamel against Mychal Givens. Chris Davis doubles to right off of reliever Emilio Pagan in the bottom of the 7th to put the O’s ahead for good & Zach Britton works the 9th to close it out as the O’s climb back above 500.
Baltimore is now just 1.5 back in the AL Wild Card chase.
Bal (66-65) Sea (66-66)
WP : Hart (2-0)
LP : Pagan (1-3)
S : Britton (12).
GO O’S!! #BirdsOfSteel

Orioles 2, Red Sox 1 : Sweep Dreams – The Orioles score twice in the 1st inning against Red Sox starter Doug Fister & never score again, but don’t need to as Wade Miley & the bullpen shut them down the rest of the way. Adam Jones doubles to left to score Tim Beckham & scores on a ground rule double to right by Trey Mancini to make it 2-0 O’s. Miley makes it stand up, as he holds the Red Sox to just 1 run on 7 hits, he walks 3 & strikes out 4. He departs after allowing a lead off double to Xander Bogaerts to lead off the 6th. Rafael Devers then doubles to right off of Mychal Givens to score Bogearts & make it 2-1. Brad Brach comes on in the 9th to close it out for the unhealthy Zach Britton & gets em 1-2-3 to earn the Save. The Orioles get back to .500 & sweep the Red Sox @ Fenway for the first time since September of 2014.
Baltimore is now just 2 games back in the AL Wild Card race.
Bal (65-65) Bos (73-57)
WP : Miley (8-10)
LP : Fister (3-7)
S : Brach (17).
GO O’S!! #SweepingUp