MINNEAPOLIS—The Orioles ended the final week of the regular season with five wins in six games and their first series sweep since June 7th-10th. They also found out on Sunday that they will play the Kansas City Royals in the wild-card series that starts on Tuesday at Camden Yards. The Orioles defeated the Minnesota Twins, 6-2, before 26.091 at Target Field on Sunday. The Royals … [Read more...] about Orioles will play Royals in wild-card series after closing season with 6-2 win over Twins
Confident, healthy Orioles ready for Royals: ‘This is what we play for’
MINNEAPOLIS—What happened? Now, it’s on to the postseason. About 30 minutes after the Orioles concluded their regular season with a 6-2 win over the Minnesota Twins, they found out their postseason will begin with a best-of-three wild-card series with the Kansas City Royals on Tuesday. Game 1 is scheduled to start at 4:08 p.m. The Royals beat the Atlanta Braves, 4-2, while the … [Read more...] about Confident, healthy Orioles ready for Royals: ‘This is what we play for’
Orioles select contract of Tucker Davidson, option Baker; Bowman will start against Twins
MINNEAPOLIS—The Orioles selected the contract of left-handed pitcher Tucker Davidson from Triple-A Norfolk on Saturday and optioned right-hander Bryan Baker to the Sarasota spring training complex. Now that the Orioles have clinched home-field advantage for the wild-card series that begins Tuesday, they can try to save some of their key arms for that best-of-three series with … [Read more...] about Orioles select contract of Tucker Davidson, option Baker; Bowman will start against Twins
Burnes to start Game 1 of wild-card series for Orioles
MINNEAPOLIS—Corbin Burnes will start Game 1 of the wild-card series on Tuesday. The Orioles don’t know if they’re going to play the Detroit Tigers or Kansas City Royals in the best-of-three series. Detroit lost to the Chicago White Sox, 4-0, on Saturday afternoon, leaving the Tigers ½ game ahead of Kansas City, which plays at Atlanta on Saturday night. Burnes, who’s 15-9 with a … [Read more...] about Burnes to start Game 1 of wild-card series for Orioles
As regulars rest, Rivera homers twice, Davidson pitches 4 2/3 scoreless in Orioles’ 9-2 win over Twins
MINNEAPOLIS—With home-field advantage clinched in the wild-card round, manager Brandon Hyde decided to rest some of his regulars in the next-to-last game of the season. Colton Cowser, Gunnar Henderson, Cedric Mullins and Jordan Westburg weren’t in the starting lineup. Those absences didn’t matter as the Orioles beat the Minnesota Twins, 9-2, before 30,558 at Target Field on … [Read more...] about As regulars rest, Rivera homers twice, Davidson pitches 4 2/3 scoreless in Orioles’ 9-2 win over Twins