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D. Ross Cameron-USA TODAY Sports The O’s offense was dormant for nine innings but more than made up for it in extras, clinching a winning series and road trip. Never a doubt, Orioles. Never a doubt. The O’s, after playing a distressingly close game against the Athletics in regulation, asserted their dominance in extra innings, rallying for five runs in the 10th to walk … [Read more...] about Huge tenth-inning rally lifts Orioles over Athletics, 7-2

Photo by Lachlan Cunningham/Getty Images Maybe they can score more than two runs in the first nine innings and make it easier on themselves today Hello, friends. By now, we are all well acquainted that the Orioles steadfastly refuse to win easy. Those of us who stayed up late to watch the end last night got another lesson in this last night, as the team scored five runs … [Read more...] about Sunday Bird Droppings: The Orioles take aim at a sweep of the MLB-worst Athletics

Colton Cowser had an RBI double and two walks for Norfolk last night | Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images Enrique Bradfield reached base four times, Jackson Holliday three. Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 9, Memphis Redbirds (STL) 2 Garrett Stallings pitched five solid innings for the Tides, giving up just one run on five hits and two walks. He struck out five. Bryan Baker pitched … [Read more...] about Orioles minor league recap 8/20: Another clean sweep with two walk-off wins

Peter Aiken-USA TODAY Sports Will the Mariners be able to grab a playoff spot? There has been no change in any of the American League standings in the past week, but there is a team that has played so poorly that they have played themselves right out of contention and off of our weekly check-in list. That team, friends, is the New York Yankees. Losers of five in a row … [Read more...] about AL contenders check-in: Yankees crash and burn, Mariners continue to push

The last time the Orioles played the Athletics, things went pretty well at Camden Yards. | Gregory Fisher-USA TODAY Sports Starting with this series, three of the next four Orioles opponents are non-contenders The Orioles have been running through a stretch of mostly contenders, or at least teams who started off the season believing they would be contenders, ever since … [Read more...] about Orioles-Athletics series preview: Time to take advantage of MLB’s worst team