Ryan O'Hearn leads Orioles against the Astros after 5-hit game
Baltimore has a 94-56 record overall and a 49-26 record on the road. Orioles hitters have a collective .428 slugging percentage to rank fifth in the AL.
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Baltimore has a 94-56 record overall and a 49-26 record on the road. Orioles hitters have a collective .428 slugging percentage to rank fifth in the AL.
The AL East-leading Baltimore Orioles are 93-56 for a winning percentage of .624.
Gunnar Henderson homered and drove in three runs, Grayson Rodriguez pitched eight outstanding innings and the Baltimore Orioles secured a potentially crucial tiebreaker in the AL East with an 8-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday night.
Heston Kjerstad homered leading off the sixth — his first major league hit — for the Orioles, who have dropped four in a row to match their longest skid of the season
Jones swung a big bat and is in the top 10 of most of the O's all-time hitting categories.
The Rays pulled within a game of first-place Baltimore in the AL East, and their relievers extended their streak to 34 innings without an earned run.
Baltimore dropped two of three to St. Louis after losing the final game of a series in Boston — not the kind of momentum it was hoping for heading into its most pivotal series this year.
The teams meet Wednesday for the third time this season.
Closing in on its first postseason berth in seven years, the Orioles opened leads of 7-2 in the fourth, 12-6 in the seventh and 13-9 in the ninth as Aaron Hicks and rookie Gunnar Henderson hit three-run homers and Jordan Westburg had a solo shot.
The matchup on Saturday is the eighth time the two teams have squared off this season. The Orioles hold a 4-3 advantage in the season series.
Kyle Bradish struck out nine batters in six strong innings, Adley Rutschman homered and drove in three runs, and the AL-best Baltimore Orioles beat the fading Boston Red Sox 11-2 on Friday night.
The Baltimore Orioles refuse to budge at the top of the American League East, getting four hits and four RBIs from Austin Hays in a 10-3 victory to finish off a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday night.
Wednesday's game is the seventh time these teams meet this season.
Holliday is baseball's No. 1 prospect, and he was the top pick in the 2022 draft.
The Baltimore Orioles beat the Los Angeles Angels 6-3 for their 12th victory in 16 games.
Baltimore is 85-51 overall and 43-25 in road games. The Orioles have a 61-10 record in games when they scored at least five runs.
The Orioles — who snapped a two-game skid — haven't lost three straight games since July 1. They pushed to 84-51 for the season, which is the best record in the American League.
Saturday's game is the second time these teams match up this season.
Baltimore's Ryan O'Hearn had two hits and two RBIs, including a run-scoring double in the eighth that cut the Diamondbacks' lead to 4-2.
Anthony Santander homered for the AL East-leading Orioles, who led 4-0 in the first inning before fading to their third loss in 12 games.
Baltimore has gone 41-25 in home games and 82-49 overall. The Orioles have the sixth-ranked team slugging percentage in the AL at .424.
Ryan Mountcastle and Austin Hays homered for the Orioles, who moved three games in front of Tampa Bay, which lost to the Yankees.
Anthony Santander and Cedric Mullins homered, and the Baltimore Orioles maintained their two-game AL East lead by beating José Berríos and the Toronto Blue Jays 5-3 Thursday night.
Wednesday's game is the 12th meeting between these teams this season.
Baltimore has gone 36-23 in home games and 77-47 overall. Orioles hitters have a collective .424 slugging percentage to rank fifth in the AL.
