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The Baltimore Orioles and Tampa Bay Rays are teams currently heading in different directions. Kevin Gausman pitched six strong innings, Adam Jones homered and the Orioles sent the Rays to their season-worst fifth straight loss, 5-0 Monday night. ''It all feeds off the starting pitching,'' Jones said. Continue to Article

July 24, 2017 11:15:pm EST

One of the best things about great players is the way that they make the extraordinary almost look routine. Although the Orioles season has had its share of disappointments, it has also had its share of sparkling plays in the field, especially involving the best infield buddies, Manny Machado and Jonathan Schoop. Machado and Schoop struck again early in the Orioles game against the Rays on Monday night, turning a ground ball into a double play that most infield combos probably wouldn’t have been able to convert into one out, let alone into two. Check out this bit of defensive wizardry: MASN’s Gary Thorne is as awed as you’d expect from him after that display of brilliance, but even one of the Continue to Article

July 24, 2017 8:13:pm EST

Orioles closer Zach Britton finished Sunday’s 9-7 victory over the Astros with a scoreless ninth inning, earning his sixth save of the season. Eric Gagne holds the major league record at 84. With his save today, @zbritton sets a new American League record with 55 consecutive save opportunities converted. Continue to Article

July 23, 2017 7:23:pm EST

Norfolk Tides 6, Pawtucket (Red Sox) 4 The Tides trailed by two runs heading into the ninth inning but then they loaded the bases and displaced big league slugger Pedro Alvarez socked a grand slam to put them ahead. It was Alvarez’s 21st homer of the season for Norfolk. He was 3-5 for the game. Catcher Chance Sisco was 1-4 and also drew a walk in the contest. The PawSox did not challenge him on the basepaths at any point. You know how every time an Orioles starter stinks and you look down at the minor leagues and nobody is distinguishing himself even a tiny bit? Chris Lee had one of those outings in this game: Four runs, three earned in just 4.1 innings. That’s not getting you to the big leagues, Continue to Article

July 23, 2017 10:13:am EST

Prior to Saturday’s game against the Astros, Orioles GM Dan Duquette faced the music in a Q&A session with season ticket holders. He insisted, perhaps believing it and perhaps not, that the O’s are just better starting pitching away from being contenders. Hours later, the Orioles lost a game to the Astros, 8-4, that revealed how ridiculous of a statement this was to make. Duquette certainly wasn’t wrong that the Orioles need better starting pitching. Chris Tillman did a good job of showing that in tonight’s game. Where this better pitching is supposed to come from was left a bit vague; are the Orioles going to trade for someone who’s actually better? Are the existing guys going to improve? Even Continue to Article

July 23, 2017 12:28:am EST