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CLEVELAND—Coby Mayo’s debut wasn’t a great success for the Orioles, who played a sloppy game and managed just one hit in the first six innings on their way to their second straight loss to the Cleveland Guardians, 8-4, before an announced attendance of 35,137 at Progressive Field on Friday night. Mayo started at third base, walked twice and struck out twice. In the first five … [Read more...] about Mayo walks twice, strikes out twice in debut as Orioles lose ugly, 8-4 to Guardians

BALTIMORE-What happened? After Wednesday’s game, it was a bittersweet clubhouse for the Orioles. They celebrated Jackson Holliday’s first career home run, a grand slam, but they also were disappointed for Jordan Westburg, whose right hand was broken. Immediately before Holliday’s fifth-inning home run, Westburg was hit on the right hand by Yerry Rodriguez, and though he stayed … [Read more...] about Orioles celebrate Holliday’s grand slam, worry about Westburg’s broken hand

BaltimoreBaseball.com is delighted to be partnering with John Eisenberg, the author and longtime Baltimore sports columnist, whose latest venture is an Orioles history project called The Bird Tapes. Available on a subscription basis at birdtapes.substack.com/subscribe, the Bird Tapes is built around a set of vintage interviews with Orioles legends that Eisenberg recorded a … [Read more...] about The One Oriole Who Just Told Me No

The Orioles placed infielder Jordan Westburg on the 10-day injured list with a broken right hand on Thursday. Westburg was hit by a pitch in the fifth inning of Wednesday’s 10-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. He was hit immediately before Jackson Holliday hit his first major league home run, a grand slam, and left the game after scoring. To replace Westburg on the roster, the … [Read more...] about Orioles place Westburg on injured list, option Akin, Kjerstad, designate Pache, pick Rogers to start Thursday