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Embattled Orioles right-hander Ubaldo Jiménez's bid to end the club's stretch of 19 straight games of allowing at least five runs lasted all of two innings, and his second start back in the rotation didn't extend much past that.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter hopes the return of former All-Star reliever Darren O’Day means good things are ahead for both the pitcher and himself. “Darren is active and available — haven’t been able to say that in a while,” Showalter said. “I just hope it’s the start of some good, consistent...

Friday night’s game against the Rays provides the Orioles with an ignominious opportunity—to tie a nearly 100-year-old major league record by allowing five or more runs in 20 straight games. Their run of 19 games, dating back to June 3, is already an American League record, and it comes down to...

Orioles bench coach John Russell’s catching background means he’s taken a hands-on approach with the organization’s backstops at every level. A recent check-in on top prospect Chance Sisco at Triple-A Norfolk left Russell confident about the Orioles’ prized young catcher’s progress. Russell said...

Orioles center fielder Adam Jones got a maintenance day Thursday in anticipation of the upcoming week of games on artificial turf, bench coach John Russell said. “You guys know how hard he plays, and we’re going into six games on turf,” said Russell, who filled in for manager Buck Showalter Thursday....

Bench coach John Russell will manage the team in his absence.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter doesn't want Chris Tillman thinking that he's considering sending the struggling right-hander to the bullpen. And he said he doesn't believe that a potential move would necessarily help either, even as Tillman continues to build a track record of disappointing starts....

The Orioles wanted to bring 14-year-old Luke Terry to Baltimore so he could experience a slice of the big leagues whil also giving him some catching tips along the way, but the eighth-grader from Cornersville, Tenn., ended up leaving others awed on Wednesday afternoon. His right arm amputated when...

The Orioles are not anticipating any logistical impact or changes for Wednesday night's game after the Eutaw Street steam explosion less than two blocks from Camden Yards shut down a section of downtown roadway. The explosion Tuesday night injured five people and closed Eutaw Street between Pratt...

If Tuesday proves to be the monster day from third baseman Manny Machado that scares the Orioles out of their midseason slump and their young star out of his own swoon, it couldn’t have come at a better time. Machado helped the Orioles to a 6-5, comeback victory over the Cleveland Indians to level...

Darren O'Day will pitch a simulate game Wednesday

ABERDEEN – Orioles closer Zach Britton hadn’t pitched in a competitive game in nearly seven weeks, so when he was warming up in Ripken Stadium’s home bullpen Tuesday evening preparing for his first minor-league rehab outing with the short-season Aberdeen Ironbirds, he caught himself getting some...

Ninety-three years ago, the lowly Philadelphia Phillies set what appeared to be a record for the ages: 20 straight games in which they surrendered five or more runs. During that stretch (Sept. 3 to Sept. 24, 1924), National League teams battered the Phillies' pitching staff for 169 runs — 8.4 per...

Left-hander Donnie Hart was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk on Tuesday and right-hander Vidal Nuno was optioned back to the Tides, though he told manager Buck Showalter and pitching coach Roger McDowell that he is battling a sore oblique and other nagging injuries and clearly hoped to be placed...

Mingling with all the bonus babies and top prospects at Tuesday’s Carolina League All-Star Game in Salem, Va. Tuesday is an Orioles prospect who is every bit deserving of his spot, and considering how long it took to get him there, perhaps a bit more so. Outfielder Randolph Gassaway, a promising...