Baltimore Orioles

The teams combined to finish 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position and leave 16 runners on base.

The Orioles once sought specific pitch types and shapes, but are now taking a more holistic view.

A week ago, at Tropicana Field, a late-game blowup meant the Orioles stumbled to a sweep and sat a season-low eight games below .500. A lot has changed.

COLUMN | It’s nothing to brag about to say the Orioles are improving at the plate, on the mound, in the field and on the bases, considering how rough things have looked at time. But they’re talented enough to do all those things well.

Blaze Alexander said he often deferred to veteran players during group hitting meetings rather than speak up for himself. In an individual setting, there is no hiding in the back of the classroom, so to speak.

Baltimore beat Tampa Bay, 6-1, and sealed a series win against the American League East leader, just one week after suffering a dismal sweep in St. Petersburg

The right fielder has accounted for -0.5 wins above replacement.

COLUMN | The 26-year-old started the season as one of the Orioles’ most disappointing performers. Can a pair of walk-off homers be a launching pad?

Cowser hit his second walk-off home run in as many days.

Cowser’s three-run homer allows the Orioles to overcome lackadaisical offense and a crucial error.

Saturday’s game at Camden Yards was postponed because of rain and will be made up Sunday as part of a split doubleheader.

Pete Alonso also homered as the Orioles won the opening game of their homestand.

Jackson Holliday’s athletic ability and versatility give the Orioles another option at third base.

COLUMN | Frustration is circulating in and around the clubhouse as the Orioles stumble through May. The longest homestand of the season against the Tigers, Rays and Blue Jays is the team’s last chance to restore its self-confidence.

COLUMN | The club’s faith in what it does is so deeply held by those running the organization that any meaningful change would be an admission of failure that, at a time of such scrutiny, would only lend credence to the criticisms of the Orioles’ front office.

Tampa Bay played cleaner, better baseball in a three-game sweep of Baltimore.

After five more runs scored against the Orioles with two outs, they have allowed 118 runs in those situations.

Alonso wore his old Plant High School baseball shirt, the one with his retired No. 20 on the back, before each Orioles game.

A four-run eighth inning against right-hander Anthony Nunez left the Orioles trudging back home.