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Sunday afternoon Orioles game thread: at Athletics, 4:05

MLB: Baltimore Orioles at Seattle Mariners

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The Orioles look to win another series with Tomoyuki Sugano on the mound.

The Orioles will look to secure another series victory this afternoon in Sacramento. The Birds let a winnable game slip away on Friday before bouncing back with a 7-4 win last night. Baltimore must take advantage of matchups against losing teams if it hopes to shed the same label, so today feels like a must-win game for the 26-37 Orioles.

Tomoyuki Sugano (5-3, 3.04 ERA) will start for the O’s after tossing a seven-inning gem against Seattle last week. Adley Rutschman will form the battery with Sugano after serving as the DH last night.

Jackson Holliday and Gunnar Henderson will sandwich Rutschman at the top of the order. Ramón Laureano will bat cleanup and play right field, and third baseman Ramón Urías will bat fifth. Colton Cowser will hit sixth and play up the middle.

The final three hitters are all fighting to keep their spots with injured players set to return next week. Coby Mayo will slot in as the DH, Emmanuel Rivera will play first, and Dylan Carlson will take left field.

Orioles lineup:

  1. Jackson Holliday 2B
  2. Adley Rutschman C
  3. Gunnar Henderson SS
  4. Ramón Laureano RF
  5. Ramón Urías 3B
  6. Colton Cowser CF
  7. Coby Mayo DH
  8. Emmanuel Rivera 1B
  9. Dylan Carlson LF

Starter: RHP Tomoyuki Sugano

Source: https://www.camdenchat.com/2025/6/8/24445494/orioles-athletics-game-thread
 
Orioles minor league recap 6/9: Basallo goes yard, Tides throw a seven-inning no-hitter in doubleheader

Baltimore Orioles v Toronto Blue Jays

Samuel Basallo hit a three-run home run on Sunday. | Photo by George Kubas/Diamond Images via Getty Images

Plus a rehabbing Tyler O’Neill, Jordan Westburg and Gary Sánchez had two hits apiece for Norfolk.

Triple-A: Louisville Bats (CIN) 6, Norfolk Tides 5 - F/7

The Tides and Bats played a scheduled doubleheader today, with Chayce McDermott getting the start. It’s been a bumpy ride for him since returning off the IL, and today was only marginally better. McDermott went 4.1 innings and allowed five runs, one scoring after he’d left when Cionel Pérez threw a run-scoring wild pitch. McDermott’s control is still off, clearly: he walked four, hit one, and allowed a two-run home run.

The rehabbing Orioles all had good days at the plate. Jordan Westburg went 2-for-3 and now has a 1.202 OPS in 28 AB’s at Triple-A. Gary Sánchez went 2-for-4, and Tyler O’Neill also had two hits. So did outfielders Dylan Beavers and Jud Fabian. Samuel Basallo’s was the biggest hit of the game: he hit a three-run home run and also walked and singled, to put his OPS at .952. He’s still just 20, but is it getting time for a call-up?

Box Score

Triple-A: Norfolk Tides 4, Louisville Bats (CIN) 0 - F/7

The Tides went to a bullpen game in Game 2 probably out of necessity, but they can’t have expected they’d get this. A combined slate of Roansy Contreras (3.0 IP), Grant Wolfram, Colin Selby, Kade Strowd and Yaramil Hiraldo (1.0 IP each) kept Louisville hitless over seven innings. Louisville struck out ten times and had just three baserunners on two walks (Contreras) and a throwing error by shortstop Jeremiah Jackson. Pretty complete dominance.

Beavers and Fabian flashed at the plate in both halves of the doubleheader. The Tides scored three runs in the first inning on a two-run double by Fabian and a bases-loaded balk. Beavers homered in the second to put his team up 4-0, and that’s where the box score stayed, thanks to Tides pitchers’ brilliant combined effort. Beavers went 3-for-4 in Game 2. Jackson, Basallo, Fabian, Livan Soto, Noelberth Romero and Fernando Peguero had a hit apiece. The rehabbing big leaguers got a rest in Game 2.

Box Score

Double-A: Chesapeake Baysox, Akron RubberDucks (CLE) - PPD (rain)

High-A: Aberdeen IronBirds 4, Hudson Valley Renegades (NYY) 1


This was a 1-1 tie entering the bottom of the eighth, but Griff O’Ferrall homered and Jake Cunningham hit a two-run double, scoring Vance Honeycutt and Austin Overn.

The IronBirds had ten hits, two apiece from O’Ferrall, Cunningham, and Carter Young. Overn went 3-for-3 and walked.

Starting pitcher Eccel Correa pitched six and a third scoreless innings. He allowed just two hits and three walks. The right hander has a 2.76 ERA and 1.23 WHIP in 12 games. After Correa’s excellent outing, Kyle Virbitsky got the win with 1.2 innings with one run allowed, and Zane Barnhart shut the door in the ninth, earning his second save of the year.

Box Score

Low-A: Fredericksburg Nationals 3, Delmarva Shorebirds 1

It was a great outing for Cal State Fullerton product Evan Yates, who threw 4.2 innings and allowed just one run on five hits. He also struck out seven. The 20th round draft pick in 2024 has a 3.70 ERA and 1.21 WHIP in 41.1 innings over 11 games, six starts, this season.

Alas for Delmarva, Adrian Heredia gave up two runs in the seventh on a HBP and two singles, and the offense was held to just three hits, one apiece by Luis Guevara, Maikol Hernández and Félix Amparo.

Box Score

Today’s Schedule

  • There are no scheduled games today.

Source: https://www.camdenchat.com/2025/6/9...s-yard-tides-relievers-seven-inning-no-hitter
 
How many players will the Orioles end up trading away by the deadline?

Baltimore Orioles v. Athletics

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Assuming the Orioles do a sell-off, how many guys do you think they will unload?

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You can still believe in the Orioles pulling off a substantial turnaround if you want. The only thing it will cost you is disappointment later when they don’t go 28-16 over their next 44 games to reach .500 by the time the trade deadline rolls around. It’s not that they can’t do it. If everything goes right, they could. It’s just that everything won’t go right, and if it doesn’t, they’ve got to think about trading away guys.

We know from recent history that Mike Elias is not shy about trading away players if he doesn’t think that the current team has the juice to keep pushing for the playoffs. In 2022, he dealt away Trey Mancini and Jorge López ahead of that year’s trade deadline even though the Orioles were only 2.5 games out of a wild card spot with three teams to pass. The 2025 Orioles are, right now, 8.5 games out of a wild card and seven teams ahead of them.

I’ll be glad to be wrong about it, but for now I think some kind of sell-off is inevitable. The Orioles have a lot of players who will be free agents after this season. In this week’s survey, I want to know what you’re thinking about how many guys will be traded away - or, if you still want to believe in the longshot, whether they’ll be trading away at all.

It is a big crop of players hitting free agency following this season. In descending order by 2025 salary: Zach Eflin, Charlie Morton, Tomoyuki Sugano, Cedric Mullins, Gary Sánchez, Seranthony Domínguez, Ryan O’Hearn, Gregory Soto, and Ramón Laureano.

Obviously, some of these guys are going to have more value to the league’s contenders than others. Morton and Sánchez are probably the only ones with no value whatsoever. They will also need to stay healthy to have any possible trade value. Mullins, one of the presumed more valuable potential trade pieces, is one of the guys on the injured list for now.

Once the calendar gets into July, assuming the Orioles haven’t ripped off another massive winning streak that really changes their math in the standings, Elias will then have some assessing to do as to whether teams are offering more in prospect terms than he thinks he could collect if a player just stays out the season and receives a qualifying offer at year’s end.

What do you think? You can sound off in the comments below if you like. The community’s results will be shared at the end of the week.

Source: https://www.camdenchat.com/2025/6/10/24446677/orioles-trade-deadline-sellers-survey
 
Orioles fall to Tigers, 5-3, as Povich fails to complete five innings

MLB: Detroit Tigers at Baltimore Orioles

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I think the Orioles need better starting pitching.

It was back to reality tonight as the Orioles lost the first game of the series to the Detroit Tigers. Cade Povich struggled again, the offense couldn’t get in a groove, and the Tigers took advantage to win the game, 5-3.

With Cedric Mullins and Jordan Westburg back with the team, tonight’s lineup looked as close to complete as it has in a long time. I almost felt optimistic about it. That was dumb of me. Westburg did get on base twice, including with a 9th-inning home run, but one decent night by one player won’t solve this team.

As for Mullins, he had a rough May before his trip to the IL. He had started to heat up just before his injury, but tonight, nothing was going right for him. He went 0-for-4 as the DH in the nine hole.

I don’t mean to single out Mullins; I was happy to see him back. Most of the offense was disappointing. The Tigers opted to start the game with a lefty opener, which was frustrating but smart. More frustrating, in my opinion, is what happened later in the game with Sawyer Gipson-Long.

Brant Hurter did his job as the opener tonight. The Orioles managed just two hits off of him, but luckily, they both came in the same inning. Holliday singled with one out in the third, then stole second base. After Adley Rutschman flew out to center, Henderson singled Holliday in for the first Orioles’ run of the game.

Cade Povich had given up a run in the previous inning thanks to a triple and a sac fly, so the Henderson RBI tied the game, 1-1. Povich responded by immediately giving up another run. In the top of the fourth, Wenceel Pérez doubled off the left field wall, then scored on a line drive single from Javier Báez. 2-1, Tigers.

That wasn’t the end of the troubles for Povich. He started the fifth with two outs, but things went south in a hurry after that. A Riley Greene double set the table for Dillon Dingler, who singled him home. Spencer Torkleson worked the count full before sending a fastball to centerfield. Colton Cowser timed his leap at the wall, but came just a bit short and couldn’t rob it. 5-1, Tigers. Seranthony Domínguez took over to get the final out of the inning.

The originally scheduled Tigers’ starter, Gipson-Long, came in to start the fourth inning. Gipson-Long had only appeared in one game this year, when he gave up three runs in 3.2 innings. The rest of his major league experience, four games, occurred in 2023. His minor league numbers are nothing to write home about, and he’s 27 years old.

He shut down the Orioles, of course. He retired the first eight Orioles he faced until Laureano singled with two outs in the sixth. Ryan O’Hearn struck out looking to end the inning. Gipson-Long hit Westburg to start the seventh, but Coby Mayo kept it a three-batter inning by grounding into a double play.

In the eighth, the Orioles finally started to get to Gipson-Long, but it was too little, too late. Holliday doubled inside the first baseline, moved up on a wild pitch, and scored on a long sac fly from Rutschman. 5-2, Tigers. After Henderson hit a sizzling double of his own, Gipson-Long was pulled from the game in favor of Tommy Kahnle.

Kahnle walked Laureano and appeared to walk O’Hearn as well. On a 3-0 count, O’Hearn took a ball that was low and outside, just off the plate. He made for first base, but home plate umpire Alex Tosi called it strike one. O’Hearn then swung at two more pitches outside the strike zone to end the rally and the inning. Frustrating.

After three hitless plate appearances, Westburg started the ninth inning with a blast. His fifth home run of the year made the score 5-3. But if you were hoping for a rally, none came. Cowser, pinch-hitter Ramón Urías, and Mullins went down quietly to end the game.

One silver lining tonight was the performance out of the bullpen. Domínguez, Yennier Cano, and Scott Blewett pitched the final 4.1 innings of the game without allowing a run. Domínguez retired all four batters he faced. Cano struck out the side swinging after allowing a leadoff single. And Blewett pitched the final two innings with two singles.

If the Orioles want to avoid a sweep, I highly suggest they try to win tomorrow. The scheduled pitcher for the Tigers, Casey Mize, is having a good year. But it’s nothing compared to lefty and reigning Cy Young award winner Tarik Skubal, who will pitch on Thursday. Zach Eflin is scheduled for the Orioles.

Source: https://www.camdenchat.com/2025/6/10/24447089/mlb-scores-orioles-tigers-game-recap
 
Wednesday night Orioles game thread: vs. Tigers, 6:35pm ET

MLB: Baltimore Orioles at Seattle Mariners

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Zach Eflin and the O’s take on former No.1 pick Casey Mize as they try to even the series against baseball’s best team.

Where to watch: MASN 2

Probable pitchers: RHP Zach Eflin (5-2, 4.47 ERA, 31 Ks) vs. RHP Casey Mize (6-1, 2.91 ERA, 48 Ks)

Wednesday’s loss to the Tigers in the series opener had all the hallmarks of this Orioles team’s season-long struggles. The starting pitching wasn’t good enough; Cade Povich didn’t make it out of the 5th inning and finished with a final line of 4.2 IP, 9 H, 5 ER, 1 BB and 6 Ks. The long ball was once again an issue, as the Tigers broke the game open on a Spencer Torkelson two-run homer in the 5th. The offense was also underwhelming, with Jackson Holliday and Gunnar Henderson combining to go 4-for-8, while the rest of the team went 2-for-24.

Baltimore will hope Zach Eflin can give them a better start than Povich, though that hasn’t been guaranteed with Eflin lately. Since coming off the IL on May 11th, the O’s Opening Day starter has a 5.40 ERA in five starts. The veteran right-hander is coming off back-to-back quality starts against the White Sox and Mariners, during which we’ve seen him tinker with his pitch mix.

Through most of his time with the Orioles, Eflin has been a cutter-sinker-curveball pitcher— going more cutter-heavy against lefties and sinker-heavy against righties. The last two times out, we’ve seen him turn increasingly to his changeup—throwing 24 changeups against the White Sox and 19 against the Mariners. Expect to see a heavy dose of changeups tonight as Eflin tries to neutralize top Tigers lefties like Riley Green, Kerry Carpenter and Zach McKinstry.

Opposing Eflin is the No.1 pick from the 2018 draft, right-hander Casey Mize. The 28-year-old is finally starting to make good on the potential he showed as an Auburn Tiger. Mize is off to the best start of his career, posting a 2.91 ERA and .244 average against over his first 10 starts. Mize is back to throwing his splitter as his go-to secondary pitch, throwing the splitter a career-high 24.6% of the time.

His splitter hasn’t been particularly good (it ranks 22nd in Run Value among 25 pitchers), but it’s helped him get the best results he’s ever produced with his breaking balls. His slider is back to being a plus offering, holding hitters to a .174 average. Mize also is getting good results on his relatively new slurve, generating a 30% whiff rate on his other breaking ball.

Mize hasn’t pitched at Camden Yards since 2021, when he allowed a pair of home runs to Anthony Santander and a solo shot to DJ Stewart in a game the Tigers won 9-4. Ryan O’Hearn is the only Orioles hitter with a long history against Mize, a matchup that’s usually gone in ROH’s favor. The Orioles’ DH is 5-for-11 with two HRs and a 1.674 OPS in his career against the Tigers’ right-hander.

Orioles Lineup​

  1. Jackson Holliday (L) 2B
  2. Adley Rutschman (S) C
  3. Gunnar Henderson (L) SS
  4. Ryan O’Hearn (L) 1B
  5. Jordan Westburg (R) DH
  6. Colton Cowser (L) LF
  7. Ramón Laureano (R) RF
  8. Cedric Mullins (L) CF
  9. Ramón Urías (R) 3B

Tigers Lineup​

  1. Parker Meadows (L) CF
  2. Gleyber Torres (R) 2B
  3. Kerry Carpenter (L) DH
  4. Riley Greene (L) LF
  5. Spencer Torkelson (R) 1B
  6. Wenceel Pérez (S) RF
  7. Colt Keith (L) 3B
  8. Jake Rogers (R) C
  9. Zach McKinstry (L) SS

Source: https://www.camdenchat.com/2025/6/11/24447419/mlb-scores-orioles-tigers-eflin-mize-june-11
 
Offense backs Eflin with eight runs in late innings to seal 10-1 win over Tigers

MLB: Detroit Tigers at Baltimore Orioles

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Eflin put up his third consecutive quality start and the Orioles offense scored seven in the 8th to take down the AL-leaders, Detroit.

Starter Zach Eflin held Detroit down for 6.2 innings, and the offense exploded in the late innings, as the O’s topped the MLB-best Tigers, 10-1.

Eflin was the star Wednesday night, as the Orioles’ de facto ace delivered his third consecutive quality start, silencing the bats of baseball’s best team. It was evident that Eflin was locked in from the very first inning. He led off the game by striking out Parker Meadows looking on a changeup. He then got back-to-back groundouts on a well-executed sweeper and tailing changeup to breeze through a 1-2-3 inning.

After falling in love with his changeup over his last three starts, Eflin’s cambio was once again his best pitch against the Tigers. He got Riley Greene to roll over a change to start the 2nd, and then got another lead-off grounder on the offspeed pitch to start the 3rd.

The Tigers were like a cat chasing a laser pointer against Eflin’s change again in the 4th. Gleyber Torres pounded a 0-1 changeup to third for a 5-3 groundout to begin the inning. Then No.3 hitter Kerry Carpenter swung through a changeup that dropped off the bottom of the zone for another K.

Riley Greene would break up Eflin’s no-hit bid on a changeup, hooking a low-and-away change into center field for a single. Overall, Eflin got nine of his 20 outs via the changeup and only allowed two singles on the offspeed offering.

Eflin put up another 1-2-3 inning in the 5th, starting the inning by punching out Wenceel Pérez on a cutter up and in. Colt Keith then got jammed by a cutter, leaving him only able to fly out to left. Jake Rogers then ended the inning on another 4-3 groundout off Eflin’s excellent changeup.

The 10-year vet got the first two outs of the 6th on five pitches, and then worked around a two-out single with yet another groundout via changeup. Eflin made it through six scoreless innings on only 70 pitches, looking like he was on track for the O’s first complete game since 2022.

The complete game dreams and Eflin’s evening would end in the 7th. Spencer Torkelson started a Detroit rally by getting a lucky single on a jammed ball hit over a bare-handed catch attempt by Gunnar Henderson. Pérez then singled up the middle to give Detroit their first runner in scoring position.

Keith then blasted a double off the top of the right field scoreboard to give Detroit their only blemish on Eflin’s record. Eflin would get pinch-hitter Dillon Dingler to ground into a 5-2 fielder’s choice for his last out of his outing, as he gave way to Keegan Akin. The 31-year-old finished with a final line of 6.2 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 1 BB and 5 Ks.

Early on, it looked like the offense was in for another frustrating night full of wasted opportunities. Ramón Urías got the offense going in the 3rd as the Orioles began to jump on Detroit starter Casey Mize. Cedric Mullins led off the inning by pouncing on a first-pitch fastball and sending it into the right field corner for a double. Urías wasted no time bringing Ceddy home, turning on a first-pitch inside sinker and launching it onto the Splash Pad in left.


Our Ramón Empire. pic.twitter.com/5pFTqWraw2

— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) June 11, 2025

And while Ramón’s blast was certainly epic, it was undercut for the six innings by the O’s inability to hit with runners in scoring position. Through six the O’s were 1-for-12 with RISP, including wasting an opportunity with runners on first and third and no outs in the 4th.

Those painful memories were erased when the bats finally woke up in the 7th. With the O’s up 2-1, Adley Rutschman started the inning by dumping a double into the left field corner to kickstart Baltimore’s search for an insurance run. Henderson did his best State Farm impression, giving the O’s their first insurance run on a single lofted into center.

However, the fireworks didn’t truly start until the 8th. Ramón Laureano started the explosive rally with a single up the middle. Mullins then connected for his second double of the night, blasting a one-hopper off the wall in right-center, driving Laureano in from first and giving the O’s a 4-1 lead. Mullins then moved to third on a groundout from Urías and scored on a wild pitch from Tigers’ reliever Beau Brieske.

At 5-1, the O’s had all the insurance they needed. What came next was them just working out their offensive demons. Jackson Holliday reached on a single deflected off Brieske for his second infield hit of the night. Rutschman and Henderson then worked back-to-back walks to load the bases for Ryan O’Hearn.

Mr. Turn and Burn was the only O without a hit to that point, but quickly remedied that fact by slashing a two-run single into center field. Jordan Westburg, in his second game off the IL, provided the final crescendo in the fireworks show, turning on an inside fastball and sending a Weaver into the left field bleachers.


It’s Bark at Oriole Park and Jordan’s West in Show pic.twitter.com/LyqJmZD0AK

— Baltimore Orioles (@Orioles) June 12, 2025

Akin, Brian Baker and Gregory Soto combined for 2.1 shutout innings as the bullpen continued their excellent run. The Baltimore pen has now only allowed one run combined over their last 30.2 innings, their longest such streak since 2015.

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Every Oriole registered at least one hit on Wednesday, and their 16 combined hits were a season high. The win over the Tigers was also only the second time the O’s have scored 10+ runs this season, with the first coming on Opening Day in Toronto. Baltimore will try to keep that offensive momentum going tomorrow night against reigning AL Cy Young winner Tarik Skubal.

Source: https://www.camdenchat.com/2025/6/1...me-recap-eflin-urias-westburg-mullins-june-11
 
Thursday night Orioles game thread: vs Tigers, 6:35

MLB: Chicago White Sox at Baltimore Orioles

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Keegan Akin and Dean Kremer will look to supress the Tigers lineup while the Orioles bats do what they can against Tarik Skubal in the series finale.

Let’s be upfront. This has the potential to be an ugly game. Tarik Skubal is on the mound for Detroit. He’s really good, and he’s left-handed. Not an ideal combo for these Orioles.

Southpaw starters have befuddled the O’s to the tune of a .202/.266/.302 batting line. And that includes some bums that they have face this year. Skubal is the reigning AL Cy Young, and looks even better in 2025. Over his last three starts he has allowed one total run and pitched 23.2 innings. Pretty good!

There is no real weakness for Skubal. If you squint you can see that he has pretty low ground ball rates, and his home run per fly ball rate is low as well. So maybe there is some regression to come there? But we are really grasping at straws here. This guy is an elite pitcher, and this is a tall task for the Orioles.

Tony Mansolino has adjusted the lineup accordingly. Jackson Holliday has dropped down to the six hole, and he’s also gonna DH. Ryan O’Hearn and Cedric Mullins will both start the evening on the bench. Coby Mayo and Dylan Carlson return to a starting role.

On the other side...is Keegan Akin. This was supposed to be a Dean Kremer feature, but now it looks like Akin will serve as the opener for Kremer instead. This will be Akin’s third start of the year. He has done a nice job in his other two, yet to allow a run over 2.2 innings of work. Mansolino said prior to the game that Akin might “go through [the Tigers lineup] a bit, flip it a little bit, go through a couple innings, or whatever the predetermined amount is.” So it sounds like they might ask Akin to face up to nine hitters if things are going well.

Kremer is coming off of a rough outing in Sacramento (5.1 innings, five runs, eight hits, one walk, two strikeouts). But prior to that he had delivered two good starts against the Red Sox and White Sox. Hopefully he bounces back here.

Orioles lineup​

  1. Jordan Westburg, 2B
  2. Adley Rutschman, C
  3. Gunnar Henderson, SS
  4. Ramón Laureano, RF
  5. Ramón Urías, 2B
  6. Jackson Holliday, DH
  7. Coby Mayo, 1B
  8. Dylan Carlson, LF
  9. Colton Cowser, CF

LHP Keegan Akin (1-0, 2.89 ERA)

Tigers lineup​

  1. Jahmai Jones, DH
  2. Gleyber Torres, 2B
  3. Riley Greene, LF
  4. Spencer Torkelson, 1B
  5. Kerry Carpenter, RF
  6. Dillon Dingler, C
  7. Zach McKinstry, 2B
  8. Javy Báez, SS
  9. Parker Meadows, CF

LHP Tarik Skubal, (6-2, 2.16 ERA)

Source: https://www.camdenchat.com/2025/6/12/24448264/thursday-night-orioles-game-thread-vs-tigers-6-35
 
Orioles trivia: Your in-5 daily game, Friday edition

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Hello Orioles fans! We’d like to introduce you to our brand new Camden Chat In-5 daily trivia game. The objective is to guess the correct active OR retired Orioles player in as few guesses as possible. Full game instructions are at the bottom. Feel free to share your results in the comments and feedback in this Google Form.

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The goal of the game is to guess the correct Orioles player with the help of up to five clues. We’ll mix in BOTH ACTIVE AND RETIRED PLAYERS each week. It won’t be easy to figure it out in one or two guesses, but some of you might be able to nail it. The game will appear in the No. 3 slot of the Camden Chat layout each day this week and as noted above, will appear in this article exclusively.

After you correctly guess the player, you can click “Share Results” to share how you did down in the comments and on social media. We won’t go into other details about the game as we’d like your feedback on it. How it plays, what you think of it, the difficulty level, and anything else you can think of that will help us improve this game. You can provide feedback in the comments of this article, or you can fill out this Google Form.

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Source: https://www.camdenchat.com/2025/6/13/24448489/sb-nation-orioles-daily-trivia-in-5
 
Charlie Morton whiffs ten Angels in a rain-shortened gem, O’s win 2-0

MLB: Los Angeles Angels at Baltimore Orioles

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Two hours of rain delays made for a weird game, but the on-field product was excellent.

Darn rain! Friday night’s Orioles-Angels game started an hour late, thanks to a rain delay that Apple TV meteorologists sportscasters Wayne Randazzo and Dontrelle Willis insisted wasn’t necessary (way to dump on the Oriole Park grounds crew, very classy). Then after a brisk five innings, there was a second rain delay, this one also lasting an hour.

Two hours of thumb-twiddling between innings is bad enough, but the worst thing about the weather was that—you won’t believe me, but it’s true—it broke up a Charlie Morton gem I was desperate to keep watching. I mean it!! The 41-year-old veteran blazed through five innings on just 78 pitches (57 for strikes), struck out ten hitters and got 16 whiffs. Here’s the Baltimore Sun’s Matt Weyrich to give context on tonight’s start:


Complete list of pitchers to record multiple 10+ strikeout games in their 40s over the past 75 years:

Gaylord Perry*
Steve Carlton*
Nolan Ryan*
Roger Clemens
Tom Glavine*
John Smoltz*
Randy Johnson*
Rich Hill
Charlie Morton

*Hall of Famer

— Matt Weyrich (@ByMattWeyrich) June 14, 2025

What was working for Morton? Everything. Like all national broadcasts, the Apple TV team came off as colorless and not very knowledgeable of the Orioles (despite being loaded with random factoids, of course: did YOU know that Dylan Carlson’s June .577 SLG is his highest in any month since 2020? Or something like that). But Dontrelle Willis was dead right when he pointed out that Morton was having success by pounding the inside third of the plate. Someone needs to check this, but it looks like Morton has one curveball that breaks in on right handers, and another that breaks the other way on lefties! There were lots of funny swings. Enjoy this montage of them.

Morton clearly could have gone deeper in the game, but down came the rain, and washed the starter out. (I’m kind of proud of that one.) Four more K’s would have tied Morton’s career high. The way he looked tonight, he could have gotten there.

Now for the offense. The Orioles are barely above the Mendoza line this season with runners in scoring position. Against the tall Los Angeles righty Jack Kochanowicz, I don’t think the hitters’ approach was amazing. The big righthander mostly kept balls out of the middle of the zone, but you know, so do a lot of good pitchers, and most of the contact was weak. It wasn’t until the bottom of the fourth that the Orioles had their second hit and that, an Adley Rutschman tapper, was erased by Gunnar Henderson’s GIDP.

This team still needs to figure out why, at the plate, it seems to be so much less than the sum of its parts. But that’s a conversation for another day. If you’re not going to advance runners, hit home runs, instead. Kochanowicz left two balls up in the zone, and they were crushed.

Here’s the first, a 405-foot tank by Ryan O’Hearn to make it 1-0, Orioles. The lefty first baseman just stood and admired the ball as it sailed onto Eutaw Street, but how can you blame him? It was an absolute beauty.


Ryan O'HolyCrapThatBallWentALongWay pic.twitter.com/dDlWF9nFRt

— Jacob Calvin Meyer (@jcalvinmeyer) June 14, 2025

And here is Ramón Laureano, swatting a Kochanowicz meatball to make it 2-0, Orioles.

With one out in the fifth, the rain started coming down in sheets, and out came the tarp again. We picked up, an hour later, with two new pitchers, and a brand-new ballgame, sort of.

For the Orioles, the RISP woes didn’t change. They stranded Ramón Urías at second in the reprieved fifth. They squandered three walks and a single in the sixth, which sounds hard to do. And they failed to score O’Hearn in the eighth after he hit a two-out double. All was forgiven, I guess, because the pitching was so excellent.

Since late May, the Orioles’ bullpen has a 2.26 ERA, third-best in all of MLB, and that trend continued tonight with four shutdown innings. Yennier Cano allowed two hits, but no runs. Gregory Soto held the line and didn’t walk anybody! Bryan Baker pitched a decisive eighth, punctuated by two big K’s. And Félix Bautista looked like himself, with three fastballs at 99+ mph, including this game-ending one.


Felix Bautista entered tonight with only 3 fastballs over 99.0 mph this season.

He threw three such fastballs tonight alone, including this 99.2 mph heater to slam the door on the Orioles' 2-0 win.

It won't be long before he's touching triple digits. pic.twitter.com/akajOdxMDl

— Jacob Calvin Meyer (@jcalvinmeyer) June 14, 2025

Entering tonight’s game, I thought the Orioles had two main items of business: one, figure out if Charlie Morton is still good, and two, revive the offense. While it wasn’t like Baltimore started hitting with RISP or anything, we got a pretty decisive answer from Charlie Morton. Barring the scraggly old man beard, he looked pretty ageless tonight. If you didn’t watch tonight’s game, catch the highlights, please. Morton put a clinic.

Great starting pitching and a lockdown bullpen: it was a winning formula tonight. Add some timely hitting and this would be a pretty darn watchable team.

Source: https://www.camdenchat.com/2025/6/1...ten-angels-in-a-rain-shortened-gem-os-win-2-0
 
Saturday afternoon Orioles game thread: vs. Angels, 4:05

MLB: St. Louis Cardinals at Baltimore Orioles

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Can the Orioles win consecutive games and tease us into feeling slightly better about them for a day or two?

With one game already in the books as a win from Friday’s rain-soaked low-scoring affair, the Orioles only need to win again today to grab themselves a series win against the Angels. It shouldn’t be all that hard. The Angels aren’t all that good - though they have been better lately - and the Orioles just need to play as good as people think they should have been to be a better team. But as we know, extended stretches of good baseball are, in fact, incredibly hard for the 2025 Orioles.

One reason for that is that they have been absolutely terrible against left-handed pitching, particularly left-handed starting pitching. Guess what is standing in their way both in today’s game and tomorrow’s? A left-handed starting pitcher! Today, the opponent is Tyler Anderson, who brings a 3.99 ERA into the game. Anderson has been much worse on the road than he has been at home, which would be nice if the Orioles can take advantage of that.

The lineup will have one new name in it with that “finally start hitting lefties, for goodness sakes’” goal in mind. Gary Sánchez made a return from the injured list ahead of Saturday’s game after a week-plus rehab stint with Triple-A Norfolk. Sánchez was completely hitless against lefties for the season before getting placed on the IL at the end of April with wrist inflammation. Pretty bad! I think he deserves another six weeks or so of occasional play to see if he can do anything good. If he’s still doing badly by August, he should be gone.

A variety of other Orioles need to hit better against lefties as well, or even start hitting at all. The O’s won on Friday even while being out-hit by the Angels. They can’t count on that being the case on a regular basis.

Orioles lineup​

  1. Jackson Holliday - 2B
  2. Adley Rutschman - C
  3. Gunnar Henderson - SS
  4. Jordan Westburg - 3B
  5. Ramón Laureano - RF
  6. Cedric Mullins - CF
  7. Gary Sánchez - DH
  8. Dylan Carlson - LF
  9. Coby Mayo - 1B

The originally-posted Orioles lineup had Ryan O’Hearn batting fifth and playing right field in this game. He was scratched about an hour before game time, which the O’s announced is due to left ankle discomfort. This stemmed from an odd baserunning play from LA’s Zach Neto in the seventh inning last night that ended up with O’Hearn’s ankles getting clipped on Neto’s way into first base.

Tomoyuki Sugano is making the start for the Orioles. He’s been alternating between good games and not-so-good ones for the last month or so. He’s due for a good one here against the Angels, which doesn’t mean that’s what he’ll deliver. Maybe he’s got their number: The Angels got to Sugano for just one run in 7.1 innings back on May 9. Or maybe they’ll have learned something about him from that outing and they’ll be able to do better against him this time around.

Angels lineup​

  1. Zach Neto - SS
  2. Nolan Schanuel - 1B
  3. Mike Trout - DH
  4. Taylor Ward - LF
  5. Logan O’Hoppe - C
  6. Jo Adell - CF
  7. LaMonte Wade Jr. - RF
  8. Luis Rengifo - 3B
  9. Christian Moore - 2B

The 1-6 hitters here in this Angels lineup all have an OPS+ of 99 or better. It’s not a terrible lineup, although the bad hitters are pretty bad and the team’s reserves have also mostly been bad. That’s why they’re only batting .227 as a team and getting on base at just a .288 clip. Hard to even imagine a .288 team OBP. But, you know, they don’t have to do much to be better than the Orioles, as the teams current standings positions suggest that they are.

Source: https://www.camdenchat.com/2025/6/14/24449289/orioles-angels-probable-pitchers-lineups-game-chat
 
Unorthodox lineup explodes for 11 runs, Orioles complete sweep over Angels

MLB: Los Angeles Angels at Baltimore Orioles

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Gary Sánchez hit a grand slam, and both Ramón Urías and Jordan Westburg went deep in an 11-2 victory over LA.

Sometimes the wacky lineups are the ones that get it done.

The Orioles, stuck in a season-long slump against left-handed pitchers, elected to switch things up today. Tony Mansolino turned in a lineup card that did not include Adley Rutschman, Jackson Holliday, Colton Cowser or Ryan O’Hearn. The skipper doubled down on the unorthodox lineup by employing Scott Blewett as the opener for Cade Povich.

At the end of the day, the Orioles made the interim manager look good. Ramón Urías, Gary Sánchez and Jordan Westburg all went deep. Baltimore tagged lefty starter Yusei Kikuchi for a season-high five runs, and the offense exploded for an 11-2 victory on Father’s Day.

Blewett allowed a solo homer to Nolan Schanuel in the top of the first, but the Birds immediately battled back with a pair in the bottom half. Westburg reached on an error to start the rally, and Urías immediately took advantage of his elevated place in the lineup. The number-two hitter sent a hanging breaking ball 410 feet into the seats in left field to reclaim the lead.

Blewett returned for a clean second and retired the first two batters in the third. Zach Neto snuck a double by Urías at third base, and Mansolino summoned previously-scheduled starter Cade Povich from the bullpen.

Povich immediately gave up a base-hit, and the tying-run scored on a wild pitch. With the go-ahead runner in scoring position, Povich struck out future hall-of-famer Mike Trout to end the inning.

Baltimore secured the lead for good in the bottom of the fourth. Gunnar Henderson ripped a leadoff double off of Kikuchi, and Ramón Laureano punched an RBI-single to left. The matchup against Kikuchi looked rough on paper, but the Orioles made it look easy against the lefty today.

Povich settled into a groove, and the Birds tacked on two more in the bottom of the sixth. Sánchez bounced a two-out single into right, and Cedric Mullins took advantage of the defensive alignment. Mullins bunted for a base hit, and Kikuchi fired the ball wide of first base. The backup backstop raced all the way around the bases, and Mullins advanced to third on the wild throw.

Coby Mayo followed with a hard-hit double to left field, and the Orioles led 5-2. Mayo finished 1-for-3 with a walk while looking comfortable at the dish.

Meanwhile, Povich made things a little uncomfortable in the top of the seventh. Taylor Ward smacked a leadoff single, and Povich walked Jorge Soler to bring the tying-run to the plate. The lefty retired Travis d’Arnaud after a mound visit, but Luis Rengifo loaded the bases with a single to left.

Mansolino summoned Seranthony Domínguez to keep the lead at three. Domínguez dotted the corner with a 3-2 splitter to send Jo Adell down looking, and he prompted LaMonte Wade Jr. to chase for the final out. The Orioles were about to pour it on, but the pair of K’s felt extremely significant at the time.

The party officially kicked off in the bottom of the seventh. Westburg singled, Urías doubled off the scoreboard, and the Angels intentionally walked Henderson. Laureano struck out for the second out, but Mansolino left Sánchez in to face RHP Connor Brogdon.

Sánchez tomahawked a high fastball and sent it over the wall in left field. The grand slam extended the lead to seven while bringing an announced-crowd of 33,370 to its feet. The blast all but secured a series sweep while marking Baltimore’s second consecutive offensive outburst.

Westburg kept the good vibes rolling with a two-run homer in the eighth, and Yennier Cano posted a zero in a low-leverage situation. The Birds moved to 10 games below .500 (30-40) with the victory.

Source: https://www.camdenchat.com/2025/6/15/24449779/orioles-angels-game-recap-sanchez-westburg-urias
 
Orioles minor league recap 6/16: Eccel Correa excels in Double-A debut

MLB: ALDS-Texas Rangers at Baltimore Orioles

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Norfolk’s Chayce McDermott struggles again, but Chesapeake and Delmarva win.

Triple-A: Nashville Sounds (MIL) 5, Norfolk Tides 0

Another stinker for Chayce McDermott, who allowed four runs in 4.1 innings. The righty started the season injured and is still struggling, at 0-5 with a 9.13 ERA. He’s allowed four runs or more in each of his last four starts. He walked three and struck out five.

Tides hitters certainly could have done more with their eight hits and four walks. They were all singles, was one problem. Going 0-for-5 with RISP was another. Jeremiah Jackson and Emmanuel Rivera went 2-for-4 each, and Heston Kjerstad, Samuel Basallo, Vimael Machín, and Terrin Vavra each had one.

Box Score

Double-A: Chesapeake Baysox 6, Harrisburg Senators (WAS) 5 - F/10

For a second straight day, the Baysox took a game into extra innings, and they came up winners on Sunday. Starter Eccel Correa threw a nice 5.1 innings in his first game at Double-A, with only two unearned runs to his name. Correa started the season in Delmarva and moves up to the Baysox after a short stay in Aberdeen. Correa would have gotten the win, but for a blown save (more on that below).

The Baysox raced out to a 3-0 lead on a balk that scored Enrique Bradfield Jr. and a two-run home run by Adam Retzbach. The Baysox would add two runs on a pair of solo home runs from Anthony Servideo and Silas Ardoin.

Harrisburg, meanwhile, kept clawing back the lead while the Baysox did really stupid things: the Senators scored not one, not two, but three runs off of throwing errors, including two by shortstop Alfredo Velásquez. (Not a nice day in the field for Alfredo Velásquez.) After Correa’s 5.1 innings, Raúl Alcántara threw 1.2 innings and allowed one run. But in the eighth the Senators tied up the game against Nate Webb, who allowed two runs and got tagged with a blown save.

Then, in the tenth inning, reliever Preston Johnson kept the ghostrunner off the board with a pair of strikeouts and in the bottom half, Adam Retzbach singled home the winning run.

Box Score

High-A: Jersey Shore BlueClaws (PHI) vs Aberdeen IronBirds - Canceled

Low-A: Delmarva Shorebirds 5, Salem
Red Sox 4

The Shorebirds scored five late runs to edge out Salem. Yasmil Bucce hit an RBI single. Luis Almeyda hit another. Maikol Hernández tripled and scored on Andrés Nolaya’s single. Nate George singled and scored, and Luis Almeyda loaded the Shorebirds’ fifth. Bucce, Almeyda, Hernández and Nolaya had two hits apiece.

Starter Jack Crowder threw 3.2 innings and allowed one run and Bryan Bautista allowed one in 2.1 innings. The younger Vespi brother, Ben, threw two scoreless innings to get the win. Kenny Leiner got the save.

Box Score

Monday’s Schedule

  • There are no scheduled games on Monday.

Source: https://www.camdenchat.com/2025/6/1...ap-6-16-eccel-correa-excels-in-double-a-debut
 
Rays run circles around Orioles in ugly 7-1 blowout

Baltimore Orioles v Tampa Bay Rays

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Zach Eflin stunk, the O’s offense went silent, and Tampa Bay outclassed the Birds in every facet to open a four-game set.

Tonight, against a tough divisional foe, the Orioles put their recent hot streak to the test. As for the result, well...is there a grade worse than F?

To call this game a mismatch would be an understatement. The Rays looked like men among boys, dominating every aspect of the game in the Orioles’ uncompetitive 7-1 defeat. Tampa Bay throttled a sweaty and ineffective Zach Eflin, peppering the ball all over the field and putting constant traffic on the bases, while the O’s offense failed to make a peep against brilliant Rays starter Ryan Pepiot.

These aren’t the Angels, folks. Faced with a much stronger opponent, the Orioles got knocked flat on their keisters.

It didn’t take long at all for the Rays to seize control of the game. Their very first batter of the game, Josh Lowe, swatted a high fly that looked like a pop-up off the bat but carried into the jet stream and sailed over the right-field wall. The Rays had a 1-0 lead and never looked back, continuing to bushwhack an erratic Eflin, who was almost immediately drenched with sweat on the humid 89-degree Tampa evening. Eflin, who spent his two-year Rays career pitching at the climate-controlled Tropicana Field, seemed none too comfortable with the outdoor environs of the Rays’ temporary home, Steinbrenner Field.

Eflin slogged through five innings and didn’t have a single scoreless one. The Rays, after their three-hit first inning, tacked on another trio of singles in the second inning, including Christopher Morel’s RBI bunt past a diving Eflin.

Truthfully the damage would have been much worse if not for a horribly blown call by first base umpire Bruce Dreckman, who called Lowe out at first on a play where he beat the throw by an easy step and a half. Rays manager Kevin Cash said something to Dreckman along the lines of, “That call was dreck, man.” But the Rays couldn’t ask for a review because they had lost their challenge on a pickoff play in the first inning.

It didn’t matter. The Rays had plenty more hits where those came from. The first two batters of the third inning reached base, and although Eflin induced a double play, he couldn’t totally escape the jam, giving up an RBI infield single to Jake Mangum. In the fourth, Eflin retired the first two batters before the Lowes, Josh and Brandon — whose last names are pronounced differently somehow — struck for a walk and a home run, respectively, to increase Tampa Bay’s run total to five.

Eflin didn’t throw a ton of pitches but the Rays constantly attacked him early in the count. Case in point: his first three pitches of the fifth inning resulted in a Jonathan Aranda single, a Junior Caminero double, and a Mangum two-run double. They were three different pitch types, too — cutter, sweeper, curve — but nothing in Eflin’s repertoire was working tonight. When he exited the game after the fifth, Eflin had coughed up a season-worst 12 hits along with seven runs. Woof. Please don’t tank that trade value, Zach.

What a contrast in offenses we saw tonight. While the Rays couldn’t stop getting runners on base, the Orioles could barely start. Against Tampa Bay starter Ryan Pepiot (pronounced PEPPY-o), the Orioles had anything but a peppy O.

The right-hander made the Birds’ bats look absolutely foolish, flummoxing them for eight outstanding innings in which he racked up 11 strikeouts. On the few occasions in which the O’s actually put a runner on base, a pair of ill-timed double plays thwarted any possible rallies. The Rays played excellent defense behind Pepiot, handling every tricky hop on the Steinbrenner Field dirt with aplomb. Pepiot was utterly unfazed by the humidity that had thrown Eflin so completely out of whack. And to think I wrote in the game thread that this was one of the best looking Orioles lineups of the year. A whole lot of good it did them.

The only run the Orioles managed came on another wind-aided homer, an Adley Rutschman lazy fly in the fourth that just kept carrying, landing in just about the same spot over the wall as Lowe’s. As MASN broadcaster Kevin Brown noted, Rutschman’s home run had a 49-degree launch angle, the highest of any MLB home run since May 12, 2024.

And that was it. Rutschman’s cheap dinger was the Orioles’ only highlight of the game, aside from a strong relief stint by newly recalled righty Colin Selby, who struck out five in two scoreless innings. This game was a stinker from the get-go, and may have further proved that the Orioles just aren’t equipped to pull off a miraculous comeback in the AL East standings.

Source: https://www.camdenchat.com/2025/6/16/24450536/rays-run-circles-around-orioles-in-ugly-7-1-blowout
 
Orioles blow huge lead, embarrass themselves in 12-8 loss to Rays

MLB: Baltimore Orioles at Tampa Bay Rays

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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Mostly the worst.

When your baseball team scores eight runs in a single inning, you don’t expect to be miserable so quickly in the same game. But that’s what happened to the Orioles tonight. They exploded for eight runs in the second inning, knocking the Rays’ starter out after he had recorded just four outs in the game.

But starter Trevor Rogers was terrible, as were the relief pitchers. And, outside of the second inning, so was the offense. The end result was a 12-8 loss in which the Rays scored 12 unanswered runs and the Orioles failed to record a hit after the second inning. Embarrassing.

The top of the second was about as fun as it gets for an Orioles fan this season. Rays’ starter Taj Bradley just did not have it. Ryan O’Hearn walked, and Gary Sánchez singled ahead of Colton Cowser. Cowser came into tonight with just two hits in his last five games, one of which was a home run. He added to his tally with another homer, his fifth of the year. 3-0 Orioles.

Bradley struck out Coby Mayo, but his relief was short-lived because Cedric Mullins smoked a ball to right field for his 12th home run of the season. Three batters later, Jackson Holliday and Jordan Westburg were on base for Gunnar Henderson. Henderson hit a soft single to center, which knocked in Holliday. The throw was cut off and it looked like Westburg got caught between second and third. But he evaded the throw to third base with a great slide. It was a great play by Westy.

That meant two runners on for Ramón Laureano, who continued his hot hitting with the team’s second three-run homer of the innin. That made the score 8-0 and, for a moment, baseball was fun again.

Remember when I said the top of the second was as fun as it gets for an Orioles fan this season? Well, the rest of the game, starting almost immediately, was about as miserable as it gets for an Orioles fan this season.

Trevor Rogers didn’t give up any runs in the bottom half of the second, but he was about as bad as you can be without giving up runs. A single, two walks, and 35 pitches were a miserable thing to witness after the glory of the top of the inning. But it got worse.

Rogers’s troubles continued immediately in the third inning. He walked the first batter and faced five batters, four of whom reached and three of whom scored. Then he was pulled. Scott Blewett got the final two out of the inning. Final line for Rogers: 2.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 4 K.

8-3 is still a comfortable score. Unfortunately, the relief pitchers were also bad. Blewett gave up a run on three hits in the fourth inning, and Yennier Cano was terrible in the fifth inning as the Rays tied the game.

Cano actually got two of the first three batters out. José Caballero walked, stole second, and went to third on an embarrassingly bad throw by Sánchez. Then number nine hitter Taylor Walls hit a ball to right field that Laureano made a terrible attempt on at the wall. I don’t know what is up with right field at Steinbrenner Field but it seemed like weird stuff was happening out there tonight. Walls ended up with a triple as Caballero scored.

Yandy Díaz singled in another run, then Brandon Lowe had the death blow with a two-run homer to tie the game. Cano was relieved by Seranthony Domínguez, who got the final out. Domínguez pitched the following inning and actually didn’t give up any runs, but it wasn’t really on account of anything he did. He allowed two hits and two of his three outs came on the basepaths. Laureano made a great throw to nab a runner at the plate. Sánchez ended the inning throwing out Caballero on a pitch out.

I’ll be honest, after those two defensive plays, I had some hope. Things had been awful but the game was still tied. It was dumb of me to have hope. I know that now.

Andrew Kittredge started the seventh inning and struck out the first two batters. Would this be the first Oriole to pitch a clean inning? No. No it would not. A cheap hit to the right side by Díaz kept the inning going. Then Kittredge walked a guy, followed by an RBI single that gave the Rays their ninth run of the game. Batters kept coming to the plate, runs kept scoring. By the time Kittredge got the third out, the score was 12-8 Rays.

Where was the Orioles’ offense in all this? Nowhere. After their eight-run outburst, they decided to take the rest of the night off. After the Laureano homer that made the score 8-0, the Orioles did not have another hit. They sent 24 batters to the plate and the only one who reached was Colton Cowser in the sixth. He was hit by a pitch.

What a terrible, horrible, no-good night. Shout out to Bryan Baker, whose 1-2-3 eighth inning was the only clean inning of the night for the Orioles.

Source: https://www.camdenchat.com/2025/6/18/24451919/mlb-scores-orioles-rays-game-recap
 
Thursday night Orioles game thread: at Rays, 7:35

Baltimore Orioles v Minnesota Twins

Photo by Brace Hemmelgarn/Minnesota Twins/Getty Images

The Orioles can still salvage a series split if they can win the finale.

The great and terrible thing about baseball is that there’s pretty much always another game coming the next day. This is great when things are going well and you get another chance to prove it. It’s terrible when things aren’t going well and there is no escape from that fact.

The Orioles, after blowing an 8-0 lead last night to ultimately lose 12-8 to the Rays, are more on the “terrible” end of the fact that there’s a game today. The feeling that they’ve got your number has to be strong. Honestly, giving up the 12 runs in the way they did was absurd. The fact that they got no further hits (or even walks) after their eight-run offensive outburst in the second inning was wild too.

Of course, that should have been enough, but once it started to look like maybe it wouldn’t be, they needed to be able to get things going again. They didn’t. That’s the 2025 Orioles for you. They do not have the “it” that regularly is displayed by good baseball teams or even less regularly is displayed by mediocre teams.

MLB players are a lot better than I would ever be at putting such disappointments behind them. Even as glum as I am about some of these individual players and about the team broadly, I’ve seen them show some resilience (if less than we’d all like) in many of their wins this year, especially as they’ve played better over the last three weeks or so.

One turns to the Earl Weaver stand-by: Momentum is the next day’s starting pitcher. As the Orioles try to pick themselves back up and avoid a tailspin after a grim loss, they turn to Charlie Morton. This is not heartening when considering his season-long 6+ ERA. The trend line is better since the start of May, with a 3.41 ERA over his last nine games. If he can keep that up, the signing might not even seem like a complete bust by season’s end.

Orioles lineup​

  1. Jackson Holliday - 2B
  2. Adley Rutschman - C
  3. Gunnar Henderson - SS
  4. Jordan Westburg - DH
  5. Ryan O’Hearn - 1B
  6. Ramón Laureano - RF
  7. Colton Cowser - LF
  8. Ramón Urías - 3B
  9. Cedric Mullins - CF

Morton’s recent good games were all caught by Maverick Handley, who is not here now that Gary Sánchez is healthy. He and Rutschman will have to come together to find some success for Morton tonight.

Rays lineup​

  1. Josh Lowe - RF
  2. Brandon Lowe - 2B
  3. Yandy Díaz - DH
  4. Jonathan Aranda - 1B
  5. Junior Caminero - 3B
  6. Jake Mangum - LF
  7. José Caballero - SS
  8. Kameron Misner - CF
  9. Danny Jansen - C

The Rays starting pitcher is Drew Rasmussen. He is not left-handed, which is good, but in spite of this, Mullins and Urías are batting .000 through a combined 22 at-bats against Rasmussen. It would be nice to see those guys change that tonight.

Source: https://www.camdenchat.com/2025/6/19/24452350/orioles-rays-probable-pitchers-lineups-game-chat
 
Orioles-Yankees series preview: Another A.L. East foe

MLB: New York Yankees at Kansas City Royals

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It’s last place vs first place. Can the Orioles win another series from the Yankees?

The Orioles finish their road trip this weekend with a three-game series against the first-place New York Yankees. This will be the second time the Orioles see the Yankees this season; back in April, the Orioles took two out of three but were outscored 22-12. The two wins were of the one-run variety and the loss was a 15-3 beatdown.

The Yankees’ 43 wins are the least of any division leader (tied with the Astros) and they hold just a slim two-game lead over the Rays. That’s the smallest lead in the American League. They are coming off of two bad series where they got swept by the Red Sox and lost three out of four to the Angels. I don’t necessarily think that means the Orioles are more likely to beat them this weekend, but I do love when the Yankees lose.

This year, the Yankees are averaging 5.1 runs per game, which is best in the American League. In the month of June, however, that number is down to 3.9. A number of their players who got off to hot starts, such as Jazz Chisholm, Paul Goldschmidt, and Trent Grisham, have cooled off lately.

Do you want to guess who hasn’t cooled off? Yes, it’s Aaron Judge. It seems impossible to fathom, but Judge is having a better year at the plate this year than he did in 2024. He currently leads the league in bWAR, runs, hits, RBI, batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, and intentional walks (of course). He is one off the lead for home runs behind Cal Raleigh.

I would like to request that the Orioles not pitch to Judge this weekend. Tonight is his bobblehead night, by the way. His bobblehead is dressed as Superman.

The Yankees’ starting rotation has been one of the best in baseball this season, led by free agent signing Max Fried. Carlos Rodón and Clarke Schmidt are doing well to give them a solid top three. The Orioles will miss Rodón this series.

Game 1: Friday, June 20th, 7:05 pm - MASN, MLBN (Out of Market)​


Starters: LHP Max Fried (15 GS, 95 IP, 1.89 ERA / 2.89 FIP) vs RHP Tomoyuki Sugano (14 GS, 80 IP, 3.38 ERA / 4.70 FIP)

The only thing keeping this guy from being the best lefty in the AL is Tarik Skubal. The Yankees signed Max Fried to an eight-year, $218 million contract in the off-season, and so far he is earning every penny. He’s averaging over six innings per start with a WHIP under one. On May 30th, Fried allowed six runs in five innings to the Dodgers. In each of his other 14 starts, he has allowed two or fewer runs.

There is also the fact that he is a lefty. As we all know, the Orioles are unbelievably bad against lefties this year. Fried doesn’t have a big split between lefties and righties over his career; he’s good against everyone. This year, lefties have actually done better.

Tomoyuki Sugano has been the most solid starter for the Orioles this season, but he was unable to complete five innings in each of his last two starts. His strikeout numbers remain low, which makes his margin for error pretty small. Sugano’s season high in strikeouts came against the Yankees in April, when he fanned eight in five shutout innings.

Game 2: Saturday, June 21st, 1:05 pm. - MASN​


Starters: RHP Clarke Schmidt (11 GS, 62.2 IP, 3.16 ERA / 3.54 FIP) vs RHP Zach Eflin (10 GS, 58 IP, 4.81 ERA / 5.01 FIP)

Clarke Schmidt is coming off of two very good starts against the Royals and Angels. Neither are powerhouses, but I won’t scoff at 13.2 shutout innings with just six hits allowed. He’s pitched into the sixth inning in eight of his 11 starts.

Eflin’s most recent start, against the Rays, was terrible. Eflin allowed seven runs in five innings. They knocked him around for 12 hits. Eflin had some troubles when he came off the IL, but he looked like he had straightened himself out before that clunker. Here’s hoping it was just a blip.

Game 3: Sunday, June 22nd, 11:35 am - Roku​


Starters: RHP Will Warren (15 GS, 69 IP, 4.83 ERA / 2.89 FIP) vs Dean Kremer (15 G / 14 GS, 85.1 IP, 4.80 ERA / 4.23 FIP)

A note about this game being broadcast on Roku. This game is available for free even if you don’t have a Roku. You can stream it on Roku’s website or download the app for your device.

Will Warren has a higher ERA than the other Yankees starters, but he’s had some success this year. He also strikes out 11.7 batters per nine innings, which is pretty impressive. He made his debut last year but is still in rookie status in 2025. He is coming off an 11-strikeout game against the Angels, where he allowed three runs in six innings. It was just his second start of the year where he completed at least six innings.

Which Dean will show up for this game? In nine starts since May 1st, Kremer has pitched to a 3.52 ERA, much better than his overall number. But even in that span, he allowed at least four runs four times. That’s not good! Dean is a true grab bag.

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O’s bullpen shuts down Yanks, bats come up clutch in 5-3 win

MLB: Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees

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The Orioles relievers picked up Tomoyuki Sugano while the bats cashed in a few major opportunities to win the first of three in the Bronx this weekend.

Timely hits and a lockdown night from the Orioles bullpen led them to a 5-3 win over the Yankees on Friday night in the Bronx.

The Orioles came out swinging against Max Fried. Jackson Holliday, who was a last-minute substitute for an ailing Adley Rutschman, led off the game with a single. A pair of hit by pitches for Ramón Laureano and Colton Cowser would later load the bases ahead of ex-Yankee Gary Sánchez. The backstop looked locked in against his former club and put together an impressive at-bat before he singled into left field to score the first two runs of the game.

Tomoyuki Sugano headed to the mound for the O’s in the bottom of the inning. The 35-year-old was not on his game in this one. He walked the first two hitters he faced, and then served up singles to the next two, making it a 2-1 score. Sugano did better from there, retiring the next three hitters in a row, although a run-scoring sac fly was mixed in to tie things up at two runs apiece.

The early success that the Orioles found against Fried did not show up again between the second and fifth innings. They had just two base runners in that span, none of which got beyond second base.

Meanwhile, the Yankees had taken the lead back with an Aaron Judge solo homer to begin the third inning.

In the fourth, Sugano returned to mound, but would not last long. He served up a double to DJ LeMahieu to begin the frame and after recording two outs then issued an intentional walk to Judge before he was removed in favor of Keegan Akin.

Jazz Chisholm Jr. welcomed Akin to the game with a single into right field. LeMahieu was off on contact, but that didn’t give him enough of a head start to out run Ramón Laureano’s arm. Laureano collected the hard-hit single, barely even set his feet, and fired home. Sánchez collected the throw on the first base side of home plate and dove over to the third base side to tag LeMahieu out at the plate. The play was reviewed, but the outcome did not change. Akin had wriggled his way out of the jam.

From there on out, everything fell in the Orioles favor.

With one out in the sixth inning, Cowser, Sánchez, and Coby Mayo delivered three straight singles to tie the game at 3-3. Mayo’s single was particularly impressive. The youngster was down 0-2 in the count, fouled off a 98-mph fastball, and then dunked a 79-mph curveball into shallow center field. Cowser read the ball beautifully off the bat to score with ease. It would have been nice for the Orioles to add even more to the lead, but a long fly out for Dylan Carlson and then a Luis Vázquez strikeout gave them no chance to do so.

The Orioles retook the lead in the eighth inning. Ramón Urías hit a solo homer to right field off of Luke Weaver to make it 4-3 O’s. Weaver then issued a walk to Sánchez, gave up a single to pinch hitter Ryan O’Hearn, and retired Carlson before Aaron Boone pulled him in favor of Tim Hill. The lefty was brought on to face Gunnar Henderson, who came off the bench to hit for Vázquez. Give Tony Mansolino the win for that decision. Henderson sliced a single into left field, scoring Sánchez for a 5-3 lead.

It seemed like a bigger rally was brewing when Holliday followed with an infield single to first base. But some questionable baserunner by O’Hearn put a stop to that. Holliday’s grounder was fed to Hill, who was late covering the bag. Hill caught the ball, but was then aware enough to spot O’Hearn stray too far from third base. He fired across the diamond and caught him for the final out of the inning.

There was little drama beyond that. Scott Blewett worked two perfect innings in relief to earn the win. And then Félix Bautista came on for the save and made quick work of the middle of the Yankees order, including strikeouts of Judge and Chisholm.

What a win! This is not the sort of game that the Orioles of April or May pull off. On offense it required them to be resilient, to pick away at a really good lefty starter, and to torment one of the game’s best relievers. The bullpen had to carry a big load, tossing 5.1 innings with very little room for error. They responded with a spotless game. It was impressive all around.

Holliday collected three hits in this game despite thinking he was gonna enjoy an evening off just minutes before first pitch.

Mayo and Sánchez continue to revitalize their seasons. Mayo had another extra-base hit and delivered a crucial RBI off of Fried. Sánchez reached base three times against his former club, drove in a pair of runs, and helped on that throw out of LeMahieu at home.

Mansolino deserves an individual shout out as well. He was smart to pull Sugano when he did. He pulled the right strings on the pinch hitting of O’Hearn and Henderson. And he made all of the right calls with the relievers and when he used them. It was a flawless night of managing from the dugout.

The Orioles just keep winning games. They are nine games under .500 for the first time since May 9. It has taken a long time to get back to this point. But if they can keep winning two-thirds of their games, which is what they have done for all of June, they will be right on track to be .500 by the trade deadline. There’s still a ways to go, but it has been something to behold.

These two teams play again on Saturday. Zach Eflin (6-3, 4.81 ERA) will head to the hill to face off with Clarke Schmidt (3-3, 3.16 ERA). First pitch is 1:05 from Yankee Stadium.

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Orioles only muster one hit during demoralizing 9-0 loss in Yankee Stadium

Baltimore Orioles v New York Yankees

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Clarke Schmidt tossed seven no-hit innings while Zach Eflin only managed three innings as the O’s suffered their seventh shutout loss of the season.

The Yankees took a no-hitter into the 8th inning and the Orioles only managed one hit as they were thoroughly embarrassed in a 9-0 loss in the Bronx.

Yankees starter Clarke Schmidt came into the game with a 18.2 scoreless inning streak and took that hot streak to another level against the O’s. In the 1st, it looked like Baltimore would make Schmidt work for his outs all afternoon. With one out, Jordan Westburg worked a seven-pitch walk and Gunnar Henderson worked a nine-pitch walk to give the Orioles a runner in scoring position.

Ryan O’Hearn then struck out looking on a knuckle curve that fooled him and Ramón Laureano popped out to third on a sweeper running away from him. Despite stranding two runners, the Orioles made Schmidt throw 27 pitches to get through the 1st. Through one inning, there was hope that the Baltimore bats might be able to force Schmidt out of the game early and get to the Yankees’ bullpen.

Instead, it’d be the last time the O’s would get a runner in scoring position against Schmidt. He mowed down Colton Cowser, Gary Sánchez and Cedric Mullins on 12 pitches in the 2nd, punching out both Cowser and Mullins. He put up another 1-2-3 inning in the 3rd, retiring Cedric Mullins, Ramón Urías and Jackson Holliday on another 12 pitches.

The only other base runner allowed by Schmidt came in the 4th, when he bounced a curveball off the top of O’Hearn’s foot for a HBP. After that, he set down the next 11 Orioles he faced before exiting with a no-hitter intact after seven innings.

The O’s only put four balls in play against Schmidt that had an xBA above .200. Henderson had hard-hit groundouts in the 4th and 6th that both had xBAs above .500, Holliday led off the game with a 104mph groundout to 2nd and Urías had a 101mph lineout in the 5th. The rest of the afternoon against Schmidt was a bunch of strikeouts and lazy flies.

Sánchez finally broke up the no-hitter in the 8th, singling to center in the O’s first plate appearance against reliever J.T. Brubaker. Jackson Holliday would work a two-out walk to move Sánchez into scoring position, but Coby Mayo popped out to end Baltimore’s chance at breaking up the shutout.

If the Orioles were going to compete with Schmidt and the Yankees, they needed Zach Eflin’s 1+ stuff. Instead, Eflin followed up a rough start last time out in Tampa with the worst start of his Orioles career on Saturday in the Bronx.

For the second start in a row, Eflin was clearly struggling to command pretty much his entire repertoire. He put the Orioles in an early hole when his curveball caught too much of the plate against Trent Grisham in the 1st. The Yankees’ CF turned the breaking ball around, sending a laser to right field that barely scraped over the wall for a solo HR. The long ball would have only been a homer in one other park—the Rays’ temporary home in Tampa that has the exact same dimensions as Yankee Stadium.

Eflin would work around a walk of Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger single to keep the New York lead at 1-0 in the 1st. The start only got worse for the veteran right-hander in the 2nd. Yankees’ backup catcher J.C. Escarra doubled the Bronx Bombers’ advantage on a no-doubt solo shot to right. Two batters later, Ben Rice hit a HR to almost the exact same spot as the Yankees opened up a 3-0 lead.

Eflin would again strand two runners to end the 2nd, but his afternoon only continued to go downhill in the 3rd. Jazz Chisolm Jr. led off the inning with a hard hit single up the middle and then moved to third on a Jasson Domínguez worm-burner that eluded the Orioles infield. Anthony Volpe then broke a 0-for-24 streak when he tapped a ball out in front of home plate that dribbled down the line for a bases-loading infield single.

If Volpe’s single was unlucky, what happened next made Eflin’s afternoon seem cursed. Escarra hit a sac fly to CF to score Chisolm from third, and an errant throw by Cedric Mullins allowed both Domínguez and Volpe to move into scoring position. No.9 hitter Oswlad Peraza then awkwardly lofted a ball behind first base, with the 54mph bloop landing just inside the foul line to score both runners.

Eflin would finish out the 3rd inning by punching out Aaron Judge to strand two more runners. After throwing 90 pitches to get nine outs, the 10th-year veteran hit the showers early, exiting the game after three innings. It was the first time Eflin failed to record an out in the 4th inning since July 16th, 2023 when he was with the Rays. His final line was a disheartening 3.0 IP, 10 H, 6 ER, 2 BB, 4 K and 3 HR.

Volpe and the former Orioles farmhand Escarra continued to be a thorn in the Orioles’ collective side even after left the game. Andrew Kittredge put up the O’s first 1-2-3 inning in the 4th, only for Volpe to hit a solo HR off him to lead off the 5th.

With New York up 7-0, Escarra reached on an error after his liner skipped off Jackson Holliday’s glove. Escarra then scored the Yankees’ eighth run of the game when Rice smashed a triple off the base of the center field wall. New York would get their 9th run of the game on an Escarra RBI single off Scott Blewett in the 6th.

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Jordan Westburg started the game as the Orioles' DH, but left the game with “left-hand discomfort” after stealing second in the 1st. He was replaced by Mayo.

Westburg will look to avoid the same fate as Adley Rutschman, who landed on the IL right before the game started with a left oblique strain.

Dean Kremer will get the start for the Orioles tomorrow as Baltimore looks to take the rubber match of the series. He’ll face off against Will Warren with the first pitch set for 11:35AM ET.

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Orioles only muster one hit during demoralizing 9-0 loss in Yankee Stadium

Baltimore Orioles v New York Yankees

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Clarke Schmidt tossed seven no-hit innings while Zach Eflin only managed three innings as the O’s suffered their seventh shutout loss of the season.

The Yankees took a no-hitter into the 8th inning and the Orioles only managed one hit as they were thoroughly embarrassed in a 9-0 loss in the Bronx.

Yankees starter Clarke Schmidt came into the game with a 18.2 scoreless inning streak and took that hot streak to another level against the O’s. In the 1st, it looked like Baltimore would make Schmidt work for his outs all afternoon. With one out, Jordan Westburg worked a seven-pitch walk and Gunnar Henderson worked a nine-pitch walk to give the Orioles a runner in scoring position.

Ryan O’Hearn then struck out looking on a knuckle curve that fooled him and Ramón Laureano popped out to third on a sweeper running away from him. Despite stranding two runners, the Orioles made Schmidt throw 27 pitches to get through the 1st. Through one inning, there was hope that the Baltimore bats might be able to force Schmidt out of the game early and get to the Yankees’ bullpen.

Instead, it’d be the last time the O’s would get a runner in scoring position against Schmidt. He mowed down Colton Cowser, Gary Sánchez and Cedric Mullins on 12 pitches in the 2nd, punching out both Cowser and Mullins. He put up another 1-2-3 inning in the 3rd, retiring Cedric Mullins, Ramón Urías and Jackson Holliday on another 12 pitches.

The only other base runner allowed by Schmidt came in the 4th, when he bounced a curveball off the top of O’Hearn’s foot for a HBP. After that, he set down the next 11 Orioles he faced before exiting with a no-hitter intact after seven innings.

The O’s only put four balls in play against Schmidt that had an xBA above .200. Henderson had hard-hit groundouts in the 4th and 6th that both had xBAs above .500, Holliday led off the game with a 104mph groundout to 2nd and Urías had a 101mph lineout in the 5th. The rest of the afternoon against Schmidt was a bunch of strikeouts and lazy flies.

Sánchez finally broke up the no-hitter in the 8th, singling to center in the O’s first plate appearance against reliever J.T. Brubaker. Jackson Holliday would work a two-out walk to move Sánchez into scoring position, but Coby Mayo popped out to end Baltimore’s chance at breaking up the shutout.

If the Orioles were going to compete with Schmidt and the Yankees, they needed Zach Eflin’s 1+ stuff. Instead, Eflin followed up a rough start last time out in Tampa with the worst start of his Orioles career on Saturday in the Bronx.

For the second start in a row, Eflin was clearly struggling to command pretty much his entire repertoire. He put the Orioles in an early hole when his curveball caught too much of the plate against Trent Grisham in the 1st. The Yankees’ CF turned the breaking ball around, sending a laser to right field that barely scraped over the wall for a solo HR. The long ball would have only been a homer in one other park—the Rays’ temporary home in Tampa that has the exact same dimensions as Yankee Stadium.

Eflin would work around a walk of Aaron Judge and Cody Bellinger single to keep the New York lead at 1-0 in the 1st. The start only got worse for the veteran right-hander in the 2nd. Yankees’ backup catcher J.C. Escarra doubled the Bronx Bombers’ advantage on a no-doubt solo shot to right. Two batters later, Ben Rice hit a HR to almost the exact same spot as the Yankees opened up a 3-0 lead.

Eflin would again strand two runners to end the 2nd, but his afternoon only continued to go downhill in the 3rd. Jazz Chisolm Jr. led off the inning with a hard hit single up the middle and then moved to third on a Jasson Domínguez worm-burner that eluded the Orioles infield. Anthony Volpe then broke a 0-for-24 streak when he tapped a ball out in front of home plate that dribbled down the line for a bases-loading infield single.

If Volpe’s single was unlucky, what happened next made Eflin’s afternoon seem cursed. Escarra hit a sac fly to CF to score Chisolm from third, and an errant throw by Cedric Mullins allowed both Domínguez and Volpe to move into scoring position. No.9 hitter Oswlad Peraza then awkwardly lofted a ball behind first base, with the 54mph bloop landing just inside the foul line to score both runners.

Eflin would finish out the 3rd inning by punching out Aaron Judge to strand two more runners. After throwing 90 pitches to get nine outs, the 10th-year veteran hit the showers early, exiting the game after three innings. It was the first time Eflin failed to record an out in the 4th inning since July 16th, 2023 when he was with the Rays. His final line was a disheartening 3.0 IP, 10 H, 6 ER, 2 BB, 4 K and 3 HR.

Volpe and the former Orioles farmhand Escarra continued to be a thorn in the Orioles’ collective side even after left the game. Andrew Kittredge put up the O’s first 1-2-3 inning in the 4th, only for Volpe to hit a solo HR off him to lead off the 5th.

With New York up 7-0, Escarra reached on an error after his liner skipped off Jackson Holliday’s glove. Escarra then scored the Yankees’ eighth run of the game when Rice smashed a triple off the base of the center field wall. New York would get their 9th run of the game on an Escarra RBI single off Scott Blewett in the 6th.

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Jordan Westburg started the game as the Orioles' DH, but left the game with “left-hand discomfort” after stealing second in the 1st. He was replaced by Mayo.

Westburg will look to avoid the same fate as Adley Rutschman, who landed on the IL right before the game started with a left oblique strain.

Dean Kremer will get the start for the Orioles tomorrow as Baltimore looks to take the rubber match of the series. He’ll face off against Will Warren with the first pitch set for 11:35AM ET.

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Lousy offense, Baker meltdown doom Orioles to rubber game loss to Yankees, 4-2

MLB: Baltimore Orioles at New York Yankees

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The O’s squandered a bunch of scoring opportunities and the bullpen couldn’t hold in the eighth, sealing a losing series and road trip.

Ladies and gentlemen, I regret to inform you that the 2025 Orioles are still bad.

The O’s let a highly winnable game — and series, and road trip — slip away with a frustrating 4-2 loss to the Yankees in the rubber match. After scoring two runs in the first, the Birds’ offense vanished for the rest of the day, while Dean Kremer’s strong effort was ruined by a Bryan Baker collapse in a three-run Yankees eighth.

I’m going to take things out of order and start this recap with the eighth inning, an all-around calamitous frame in which the O’s offense blew a golden opportunity to pad a slim lead and then the O’s bullpen (and defense) immediately gave it up.

The scene: the Orioles were clinging to a 2-1 lead in the eighth, and began the top of the inning with back-to-back walks against Yankees lefty Tim Hill. This was their big chance to add at least one insurance run, if not two or more. They couldn’t afford to let it slip away.

So what happened? The Yankees brought in right-hander Fernando Cruz, and the rest of the inning played out thusly: Ramón Laureano swinging strikeout. Colton Cowser swinging strikeout. Cedric Mullins swinging strikeout. No runner scored. No runner even advanced. Just a complete failure to put bat to ball and make things happen. Great job by Cruz, who has a ridiculous 14.4 K/9 rate this season, but yeesh. If you’re wondering why the 2025 Orioles are in the basement of the AL East, there’s your answer.

The Yankees, too, strung together an eighth-inning rally, and unlike the Orioles, they knew exactly what to do with it. Against O’s setup man Bryan Baker, who has had a heavy workload of late, they put two of the first three runners on base with sharp singles. Jazz Chisholm then delivered the decisive blow, a gapper deep to right-center that plated both runners and flipped the lead to the Yankees, 3-2. Welp.

The demoralized Orioles let another run score on a sloppy play. Chisholm broke for the plate on a grounder to short and Gunnar Henderson’s throw home was in plenty of time to nail him...except Gary Sánchez flat-out dropped the ball. Just dropped it! Sánchez was charged with an error and Baker with an unearned run, and the O’s were well and truly cooked. Their offense went down quietly against Devin Williams in the ninth, and that was that.

It shouldn’t have gotten to that point. Early on, the Orioles offense showed no sign of the dismal failure that was to come, as they jumped on Yankees starter Will Warren with a two-run rally in the first. Jackson Holliday singled and Ramón Urías was hit by a pitch, though Holliday doused some cold water on the rally by getting picked off of second base.

Still, Gunnar Henderson worked a walk and Ryan O’Hearn laced a first-pitch RBI single. Two batters later, Cowser dumped a double to left that plated Henderson, making it a 2-0 game. I would love to know how that inning would’ve played out if Holliday hadn’t gotten picked off, but whatever, I’m sure that won’t come back to haunt them later.

If you thought the Orioles would continue to keep up the pressure on Warren after that productive first inning, then...hi, you must be new here. Of course they didn’t! They barely even made him work. Warren fired off five consecutive scoreless innings. Sheesh. The O’s offense needs to do better against the Will Warrens of the world.

With just 78 pitches after six innings, Warren pitched into the seventh for only the second time in his career. Dylan Carlson tagged him for a leadoff double, but of course nothing became of it. Warren struck out Sánchez and then was pulled for Hill, who quickly dispatched Holliday and Urías to strand the runner.

Fortunately, Dean Kremer made two paltry runs of support hold up. The O’s right-hander delivered a strong performance, continuing his career-long mastery at Yankee Stadium, where he had a career 2.70 ERA in four starts entering today.

The Yankees’ only run against Kremer came on a scary play in the second. With two outs, Chisholm roped a double to right. DJ LeMahieu followed with a sharp single to left and Chisholm steamed toward the plate as Cowser came up firing. Colton’s throw pulled catcher Maverick Handley up the third-base line just as the runner arrived. Chisholm — whose shoe had come off as he rounded third base — collided with Handley so hard that Maverick’s mask went flying and the ball was knocked loose.

Chisholm reached home safely while the O’s training staff came out to check on a dazed Handley, who ultimately came out of the game. Ugh. Get well soon, Maverick. This was his first start since the O’s recalled him after Adley Rutschman’s injury, and now he’s out, too, further depleting the Orioles’ catching depth. That’s how Sánchez, who was supposed to have the day off, came into the game and later committed that fateful error. (Also, if you’re wondering if a potential Handley IL stint could mean a promotion for Samuel Basallo, don’t hold your breath. But could I interest you in Chadwick Tromp?)

Kremer ultimately worked 5.2 innings and allowed just that one run, getting some help from Keegan Akin, who got the last out of the sixth to strand his two inherited baserunners. If the Orioles’ offense were at all functional, Kremer should have easily won this game.

The O’s bullpen even had one of those patented pitch-ourselves-into-trouble-and-somehow-escape moments in the seventh, when Seranthony Domínguez put two runners on base for Aaron Judge and then struck him out a 3-2 splitter. That might have been the most dramatic at-bat of the game if the Orioles hadn’t so thoroughly ruined it in that fateful, awful eighth.

Add another dumb loss to the Orioles’ 2025 tally. U-G-L-Y, the O’s ain’t got no alibi.

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