This season, the Orioles took four of six games against Kansas City, including on a ninth-inning Jordan Westburg walkoff home run on April 1. | Mitch Stringer-Imagn Images Neither the Orioles nor the Royals can claim their bullpens as real strengths. A lot of us in these parts still hear “Royals” and “postseason” and get nightmarish visions of the 2014 American League … [Read more...] about Orioles-Royals Wild Card Series preview: Bullpen
Saturday night Orioles game thread: at Twins, 7:15pm ET
Matt Blewett-Imagn Images Baltimore aims for their 90th win of the season a day after clinching the top Wild Card spot in Minneapolis. It’s game 161. The Orioles have already clinched a home playoff series and are in the enviable position of having nothing left to play for. The O’s do have a chance to secure consecutive 90+ win seasons for the first time since 1982 and … [Read more...] about Saturday night Orioles game thread: at Twins, 7:15pm ET
Rivera crushes two HRs as Orioles roll to 90th win of season, 9-2 over Twins
Bruce Kluckhohn-Imagn Images Baltimore scored in each of the first five innings and the bullpen didn’t allow a run until the 9th and the O’s cruised to a W in Minneapolis. The pressure was off the O’s Saturday, and the bats thrived without the weight of expectations as Baltimore bludgeoned the Twins 9-2 to secure their 90th win. A day after clinching the top Wild Card … [Read more...] about Rivera crushes two HRs as Orioles roll to 90th win of season, 9-2 over Twins
Sunday Bird Droppings: The Orioles are still waiting to find out their next opponent
The results of today’s Tigers and Royals games will determine who the Orioles play starting on Tuesday. Hello, friends. After the Orioles spent two or so months confounding expectations in a bad way, they’ve sure flipped things around in the real last stretch of the regular season, haven’t they? Thanks to a 9-2 victory over the Twins last night, the O’s will head into October … [Read more...] about Sunday Bird Droppings: The Orioles are still waiting to find out their next opponent
Friday night Orioles game thread: at Twins, 8:10
Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images The Orioles clinch WC1 with a win. There’ll be reason to watch the out-of-town scoreboard regardless. This could be the night that settles the teams who are in the American League postseason picture. If the Orioles beat the Twins, then the Twins are eliminated, the Orioles are confirmed as the #1 wild card team and it’s left to the … [Read more...] about Friday night Orioles game thread: at Twins, 8:10