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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?

Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the MLB. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Baltimore Orioles fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys.

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
 
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