O's hit the road looking for some offense in Boston (plus Aberdeen's SB record)
Steve Melewski
Orioles
When the Orioles scored 13 runs Monday and nine runs Tuesday night in beating the Chicago White Sox, we had no idea the next few games would prove to be so futile for the Baltimore offense.  Through Tuesday the Orioles had scored 38 runs over a five-game stretch. Was the offense finally coming around? As it turned out, no. In the last four games th
Orioles pitching coach Drew French offers analysis on Craig Kimbrel, Matt Bowman and Cade Povich
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The Orioles can envision a pitching staff that returns Grayson Rodriguez to the rotation and Danny Coulombe and Jacob Webb to the bullpen. Like “trade deadline 2.0,” as pitching coach Drew French called it yesterday. An apt description. “Acquisitions by reinstatement from the IL,” he said, maintaining his roll. But the club can’t simply count on ad
Corbin takes one for the team in lopsided loss to Bucs (updated)
Mark Zuckerman
Masn
PITTSBURGH – Patrick Corbin was going to throw 100 pitches this afternoon, no matter how many innings it required, no matter how many runs scored along the way. One day after Davey Martinez had to push his bullpen to the absolute limit to secure a doubleheader sweep over the Pirates, it was time to pay the bill. Martinez was going to have to stick
Orioles' offense goes silent again and wastes Burnes' 20th quality start in 2-0 loss (updated)
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The outs were coming more easily to Corbin Burnes. Early traffic on the bases had thinned. He was back on his familiar roll. And then it stopped. Even a brief pause can be costly for a team that can't offer much support. Burnes hung a slider to Jonny DeLuca in the sixth inning, and the resulting two-run homer broke a scoreless tie. One pitch would
Bullpen works overtime to ensure doubleheader sweep
Mark Zuckerman
Masn
PITTSBURGH – After combining to close out a tight victory in the opener of Saturday’s day-night doubleheader, Derek Law and Kyle Finnegan were asked jokingly if they were ready to pitch again in the nightcap. “Of course,” Law said. “It would only be fitting, right?” “Oh, yeah,” Finnegan said. “Yeah, I’ll be ready for Game 2.” Some 5 1/2 hours later
O's game blog: Wrapping up the homestand versus Tampa Bay
Steve Melewski
Orioles
The Orioles' six-game homestand ends today. They won two of three from the White Sox and have split two games with the Rays heading into the series finale. The Orioles won 2-0 with their ninth shutout Friday night and lost 7-1 Saturday. The Orioles (82-61) have fallen back into second-place by a 1/2 game behind the Yankees (82-60) with 19 games rem
Coulombe set for rehab assignment later this week
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Orioles reliever Danny Coulombe is ready to begin his rehab assignment. Coulombe will join Triple-A Norfolk for Wednesday night’s game in Durham, his first competition beyond live batting practice since undergoing surgery in June to remove bone chips in his left elbow. The Orioles haven’t used Coulombe since June 8, when he retired all six batters
Orioles and Rays lineups in final game of series
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The Orioles go for the series win this afternoon, the last game on the homestand, with Nick Maton at third base and Austin Slater in right field. Anthony Santander is the designated hitter. Corbin Burnes has posted a 4.97 ERA and 1.342 WHIP in nine starts in the second half. He had a 7.36 ERA and 1.597 WHIP in five starts last month. Burnes went fi
Game 143 lineups: Nats at Pirates
Mark Zuckerman
Masn
PITTSBURGH – What a Saturday day and night that turned out to be at the ballpark. The Nationals swept their doubleheader against the Pirates, putting together a no-hit bid in the opener and then storming back to score four runs with two outs in the ninth to win the nightcap. It took just about everything out of them to pull that off, especially a b
Checking in with a few 2024 O's draft picks at Aberdeen
Steve Melewski
Orioles
ABERDEEN, Md. - After a junior year at North Carolina where he batted .318 with an OPS of 1.124 and hit a school-record 28 homers, outfielder Vance Honeycutt has gotten off to a slow start to his pro career with the Orioles. He is not the first high draft pick to take some early 0-fers and he began his run this week at High-A Aberdeen going 0-for-1