Orioles Kevin Gausman Says The Team Is Focused, Confident
Orioles pitcher Kevin Gausman joined Scott and Jeremy live from Toronto hours before the American League Wild Card Showdown.
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Orioles pitcher Kevin Gausman joined Scott and Jeremy live from Toronto hours before the American League Wild Card Showdown.
The Orioles have announced the roster for the 2016 American League Wild Card Game against the Toronto Blue Jays.
"This is the American League East, it's a tough division. Every year, night in and night out, it's the toughest division in baseball," says Dan Duquette.
Baltimore should have plenty of confidence after finishing the season winning seven of its last nine games with a series win in Toronto last week that included a 3-2 triumph Wednesday in which Hyun Soo Kim belted a pinch-hit, two-run blast off Blue Jays closer Roberto Osuna in the ninth inning.
As baseball enters its fifth season with its one-game, winner-take-all format prior to the Division Series, victorious visitors have become an unlikely trend. The road team is 6-2 in wild-card games — a good omen for the Orioles and Giants this year.
The challenge of controlling two powerful lineups will fall on the starting pitchers. Marcus Stroman (9-10, 4.37 ERA) gets the nod for Toronto, with fellow right-hander Chris Tillman (16-6, 3.77) going for the Orioles.
That's a rap on another MLB fantasy baseball season, and hopefully your team did pretty well. If not, there's always next year. Either way, it was a fun six months managing a daily lineup, and you know you will miss it over wintertime. When does Spring Training start again?
The Orioles will face the Toronto Blue Jays at Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario at 8:08 p.m. EDT (TBS).
Three Baltimore Orioles are on the list: Mark Trumbo (#97), Zach Britton (#54), and Manny Machado (#9).
"All we asked for is an opportunity, and right now, we have an opportunity," Baltimore center fielder Adam Jones said after a 5-2 win over the New York Yankees.
The Orioles snagged a playoff spot on the final day of the regular season by beating the New York Yankees 5-2 Sunday.
On the verge of assuring at least a tiebreaker for a playoff berth, the Baltimore Orioles stumbled.
Baltimore needs seven homers over the final two games to match its most in a season since 1996 (257).
Mark Trumbo, Jonathan Schoop and Adam Jones all went deep and the Baltimore Orioles beat the New York Yankees 8-1.
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A day apart two of the most popular guys in the Orioles clubhouse came up big in the team's drive for post-season baseball. At times during this season they didn't look like they belonged but today Kim and Ubaldo have never looked better.
"Boy, he was solid," Baltimore manager Buck Showalter said. "He had both sides of the plate, stayed aggressive and didn't let them get comfortable. You could tell he was a confident pitcher tonight."
The Baltimore Orioles' pursuit of a playoff spot moves to New York on Friday for three games against the Yankees to finish the regular season.
Knowing New York had failed to reach the playoffs for the third time in four years, the mind of Yankees manager Joe Girardi immediately shifted attention to 2017.
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Ubaldo Jimenez and two relievers combined on a three-hitter and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Blue Jays 4-0 on Thursday night, moving into a tie with Toronto in the AL wild card race with three games remaining.
The Orioles can earn that tie and keep some space between themselves and the rest of the AL wild card contenders when they visit the Blue Jays in the rubber match of the three-game series on Thursday.
Eddie Matz an MLB insider of ESPN joined Ed and Rob to talk about the MLB playoff race, and the O's win over the Blue Jays.
The Baltimore Orioles beat Toronto 3-2 and move within one game of the AL wild card-leading Blue Jays.
In the end, Andrew Fox wasn't charged with an error.
