On Tuesday night, Orioles right-hander Dylan Bundy (13-8, 3.94 ERA) pitched a complete-game, one-hit shutout with a career-high 12 strikeouts against Seattle. He faces the Yankees today in his follow-up act. The Orioles (70-67) and Yankees (73-63) play the opener of a three-game series this afternoon. Baltimore trails New York by 3 ½ games for second in the division and also for the first AL wild card spot. The Orioles and Angels are both 1 ½ games behind the Twins for the first AL wild...

The latest Orioles game just produced more frustration for players and fans alike. Now at 40-45 after falling 6-4 at Minnesota, the Orioles are tied for fourth and fifth in the American League East with Toronto. So that means they are tied for last place. They have lost four in a row and six of seven. They are 18-35 since May 9, when they were 22-10 and had the best record in Major League Baseball. The team since then has seldom looked like a good team, much less a winning team. They are...

They have the majors' best record and a six-game winning streak, and the Orioles open a two-game series at Nationals Park tonight. The Orioles (22-10) swept the two-game series in Baltimore against the Nationals (21-12) by scores of 6-4 and 5-4. The club's six-game win streak is the longest active winning streak in the majors and is the longest for the Orioles since June 22-29, 2016, when they won seven in a row. They rallied from 4-1 down in the eighth last night, scoring once in the eighth...

The Orioles have finally moved into a stretch of the season where they will face some non-American League East opponents. But that doesn't necessarily mean their schedule gets easier. After playing 24 of the first 27 within the division (and going 15-9), their next seven games are against the Chicago White Sox and Washington Nationals. Both teams currently reside in first place in their respective divisions. The Orioles host the White Sox for three games this weekend at Camden Yards. Chicago...

CLEARWATER, Fla. - Closer Zach Britton is playing catch now as he continues his recovery from the soreness in his left side that forced the Orioles to shut him down. Manager Buck Showalter said he may give infielder Ryan Flaherty an extra day to recover from a sore shoulder and play him in one of the Thursday split-squad games. "Unless it's a full-go, I'll probably give him another day just so he can play in that split-squad," Showalter said. "I bet that's where I end up going." I wrote...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Jesus Liranzo, added to the 40-man roster to protect him in the Rule 5 draft, will throw a bullpen session on Wednesday before the Orioles end their latest minicamp at the Ed Smith Stadium complex. Manager Buck Showalter said he's "intrigued" by left-hander John Means, who threw today. Means, 23, is an 11th-round pick in 2014 out of West Virginia who went 5-0 with a 1.80 ERA in nine starts at Single-A Frederick and 4-8 with a 4.69 ERA in 18 starts with Bowie. "Our people...

SARASOTA, Fla. - The first day of minicamp at the Ed Smith Stadium complex includes a morning meeting before the Orioles take the field around 11 a.m. The clubhouse opened to the media for an hour. A few players, including reliever Mychal Givens and outfielders Christian Walker and Henry Urrutia, live in the area and decided to show up despite not receiving a formal invitation. Other players at minicamp include pitchers Mike Wright, Logan Verrett, Chris Lee, Jason Garcia, Brian Gonzalez, Joe...

Neither pitcher was a high draft pick. Both are 23 and having very solid seasons for the Orioles' Single-A Frederick affiliate. Right now, they hold two of the top three spots among Carolina League ERA leaders. Left-hander John Means was drafted by the Orioles in Round 11 in 2014 out of West Virginia University. In that same draft, the Orioles took right-hander Matthew Grimes in Round 18 out of Georgia Tech. So far, they have combined to make 16 starts for Frederick and have allowed two earned...

The Orioles have had an interesting stretch of games since they were a season-high six games under the .500 mark at 23-29 on June 3. From that point, they went 18-5 and moved a season-high seven games over .500 at 41-34. They followed that by losing 15-of-20 games. But now, they have won eight of their last 10 games. That all adds up to the Orioles playing .585 baseball at 31-22 since that June 3 date. They've gone from six games under .500 to now three over at 54-51, and they started today in...

Chris Davis is on such a roll these days, he's resembling the 2013 version of himself. Davis belted a three-run homer in the first inning last night to point the Orioles toward a 9-2 victory in Oakland. He's collected six home runs and 19 RBIs in his last 10 games. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the last Oriole to do so was also Davis in his first 10 games of the 2013 season. Over the last 30 seasons, the only other players to do so for the Orioles were Albert Belle in June 2000 and...

SALISBURY, Md. - Single-A Delmarva left-hander John Means threw a seven-inning no-hitter in the Shorebirds' 4-0 victory over Charleston in the first game of a doubleheader Friday night. Means, an 11th-round pick by the Orioles out of West Virginia in the 2014 First-Year Player Draft, walked one and struck out six in his first career no-hitter. He threw 78 pitches, 50 for strikes, in a game that lasted only 1 hour, 51 minutes. "That's a first for me," Means said. "Never thrown a no-hitter...

With a 2-1 record after the season-opening series against Tampa Bay, the Orioles play their home opener this afternoon at 3:05 p.m. against Toronto at Camden Yards. Right-hander Bud Norris (15-8, 3.65 ERA in 2014) gets the start against Blue Jays lefty Mark Buehrle (13-10, 3.39 ERA). Norris had an excellent record last year against Toronto, going 4-0 with a 1.78 ERA and a .239 batting average against. The Orioles have won four consecutive home openers since a loss to Toronto in 2010. They have...