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My colleague Mark Brown details the O’s victory Saturday night in Arlington, Texas. Gausman was brilliant, the best he’s ever been in a MLB game, and the Birds are now 49-54. Looking at the standings, Baltimore is 7.5 out of first place in the AL East and 5.5 behind the Wild Card. “Gausman came within one out of the Orioles’ first complete-game shutout since Miguel Gonzalez against Cincinnati on Sept. 3, 2014.” This is a story you don’t read every day. Thankfully, everyone appears to be okay. “Orioles manager Buck Showalter said that Hellickson is doing fine and has been in contact with Baltimore's staff but had to go with his girlfriend to the emergency room following the car accident. Showalter Continue to Article

July 30, 2017 9:43:am EST

MLB.com’s Brittany Ghiroli reports that Orioles’ right-hander Jeremy Hellickson was involved in a minor car accident while driving to the airport on Saturday. The details have yet to be released by the club, but Hellickson appears to be fine and will fly out to Baltimore on Sunday after tending to his girlfriend in the emergency room. The 30-year-old righty was acquired by the Orioles on Friday in a trade that sent outfielder Hyun Soo Kim and left-hander Garrett Cleavinger to the Phillies. He’ll help bolster a weakened pitching staff as the team makes a push for the postseason and could debut sometime during Baltimore’s upcoming seven-game homestand against the Royals and Tigers. Ghiroli adds Continue to Article

July 30, 2017 2:10:am EST

If nothing else, the Phillies’ 4-3 victory over Atlanta on Saturday night showed why you keep a guy like Ty Kelly around. And, perhaps, why you keep a guy like Odubel Herrera around. Kelly, a veteran utilityman, won the game with an RBI single in the 11th (see Instant Replay), but Herrera, benched earlier in the week by manager Pete Mackanin for not running out a called third strike, flashed the kind of ability that makes him such an intriguing player, despite his periodic lapses. He tied the game with a ninth-inning solo homer off Braves closer Jim Johnson, drove in another run with a single, went 3-for-4 and reached base four times. So while there might still be fans clamoring for him to be Continue to Article

July 29, 2017 9:07:pm EST

Jeremy Hellickson got a trip from the NL East cellar to an AL East team still clinging to playoff hopes, but hit a bump in the road on the way out of Philadelphia. The veteran right-hander, who was traded by the? Phillies to the Orioles?on Friday, has not year arrived in Baltimore as he was rear-ended on the way to the airport. Orioles manager Buck Showalter said that Hellickson is doing fine and has been in contact with Baltimore's staff, but had to go with his girlfriend to the emergency room following the car accident. Showalter said the team hopes that Hellickson can make it to Baltimore in time to throw a bullpen session Sunday, but didn't say when Hellickson will make his Orioles debut. Continue to Article

July 29, 2017 8:30:pm EST