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Hello, friends. Another day has dawned with the Orioles in fourth place in the American League East. They are now 11.5 games behind the division-leading Red Sox, a fact I mentioned mostly for completion's sake rather than any expectation that they are going to still do something about that. More significantly, the Orioles are now four games below .500 and 4.5 games out of the second wild card spot with 36 games still to play. They have to pass six different teams in order to claim the spot that's currently being held by the Twins. It's getting close to a point where if the Orioles don't go on a six game winning streak in the very near future, they aren't going to be able to stay in, or climb Continue to Article

August 23, 2017 7:13:am EST

The Baltimore Orioles can't put a winning streak together, a shortcoming that can be attributed primarily to one glaring weakness: poor starting pitching. Ubaldo Jimenez gave up three home runs, two by Ryon Healy, and the Orioles lost to the Oakland Athletics 6-4 on Tuesday night to fall another notch in the wild-card chase. The Athletics used homers by Jed Lowrie and Healy to take a 3-0 lead in the first inning, and Healy connected in the fifth for a five-run cushion. Continue to Article

August 22, 2017 11:46:pm EST

Boog Powell, meet Boog Powell. The name's the same, and they're both known for playing baseball. It's a bit early, however, to start comparing their home run swings. Former Baltimore slugger Boog Powell met with Oakland Athletics leadoff hitter Boog Powell at the popular "Boog's BBQ" stand beyond the right-field wall at Camden Yards before the O's hosted the A's on Tuesday night. They're not related, but they knew plenty about each other before they met. "Every time I play somewhere I'd hear it from the stands," the younger Powell said. "He said he's heard about me, too. He gets asked if I am his grandson." The elder Powell hit 339 home runs in the big leagues. The other guy has one — a drive Continue to Article

August 22, 2017 7:18:pm EST

BALTIMORE -- Adam Jones called it a game the Baltimore Orioles needed to win. The center fielder set the early tone, and the rest of the team followed his lead. Jones hit a pair of home runs, Jonathan Schoop added a three-run shot and Baltimore beat the Oakland Athletics 7-3 on Monday night. The Orioles won for the second time in six games, but they are still in the thick of the wild-card race. "Adam's done that a lot and it never goes unnoticed or unappreciated or assumed, more importantly," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "Jon obviously had a big blow there, but can't tell you how hard it is, as hard as Adam plays as long as he plays, and then mid-to-late August you're still able to do Continue to Article

August 21, 2017 10:19:pm EST

There’s nothing quite like sitting down to contemplate the Orioles chances, with the team already having lost two games in a row, knowing that Wade Miley and Ubaldo Jimenez will be starting the next two games. Oh, yes. If momentum is the next day’s starting pitcher, well, it’s no wonder that the Orioles have spent the whole season having problems. We have arrived at a point where it’s time for the Orioles to start winning some games or else stop pretending that they’re in any kind of postseason position. The last series they won concluded on August 2. They haven’t won two games consecutively in their last 12 games and at the moment they have a losing record in August - their fourth consecutive Continue to Article

August 21, 2017 6:43:pm EST

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