Baltimore Orioles

Jackson Merrill and Samad Taylor hit two-run homers in the first inning, and three more San Diego batters went deep as the Padres rolled.

Gunnar Henderson hit a capping homer in a 7-3 blistering of San Diego starter Griffin Canning, giving the Orioles their third straight win.

COLUMN | Craig Albernaz holds Samuel Basallo to a high standard and hasn’t always waited for private moments to do so. It’s not about Albernaz, but he certainly knows that turning Basallo into a consistent, high-level catcher would reflect well on him and his staff, and make the Orioles good for a decade.

Rutschman’s stat line in his first start of the homestand: 2-for-3 with a double, single, walk and three RBIs.

COLUMN | Leody Taveras' .726 OPS for the season is good value for an Orioles team that has needed everything he does on and off the field.

Jackson Holliday’s grand slam punctuates an Orioles victory at Camden Yards.

COLUMN | Just because the Orioles have demonstrated time and time again that they won’t stay down long, that doesn’t change the reality that all of this takes a toll.

Just like no two players are the same, no two ways to break in a glove are the same.

The Orioles tied it up in the ninth but ultimately couldn’t overcome a late Randy Arozarena homer in the 6-5 loss.

Orioles owner David Rubenstein got married to Caryn Zucker in a quiet ceremony last week.

The Orioles were furious when a controversial baserunning call in Sunday’s game against the Toronto Blue Jays negated what would have been an inning-ending double play.

Mancini played parts of six seasons with the Orioles and hit a career-high 29 homers in 2019.

The Orioles, who went just 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position against Seattle, are losers of three straight.

Baltimore has three other starting pitchers on the shelf: right-handers Zach Eflin and Dean Kremer and left-hander Cade Povich.

COLUMN | The Canadian right-hander was brought in to mash left-handed pitching. He hasn’t held up his end of the bargain.

“I’m going to throw it in a game. It’s just a matter of when,” Baz said.

Baltimore will likely need rookies such as Trey Gibson to contribute more as the season progresses.

“The runner has the right to establish his basepath, and so Clement had established his basepath to avoid the fielder from potential interference,” umpire Nic Lentz told a pool reporter.

The call, along with a Gunnar Henderson error, opened the door for the Blue Jays in a five-run sixth inning.

The Orioles chipped away at the lead the Blue Jays built in the early innings, but an uncharacteristically poor performance from Bradish set the groundwork of Baltimore’s 6-4 loss at Rogers Centre.