Baltimore Orioles

As Baltimore enters June, it’s Young who holds the best ERA of anyone in this rotation.

COLUMN | College- and high school-aged boys and men are taking off their shirts and creating a ruckus at MLB stadiums across the country. To them, it’s something new and exciting. To older fans, it feels more familiar than maybe we’d like to admit.

With Mitch Plassmeyer’s experience working on pitching mechanics, he assisted Mayo in keeping his body compact and his arm path shorter.

With two more hits during Baltimore’s 9-5 victory against the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday, Samuel Basallo capped a month that showed how much of a threat he already is.

A ball thrown from the stands during a break in play injured Toronto right fielder Jesús Sánchez in what appears to have been a misunderstanding.

After dropping the first two games of their series against the Blue Jays, and looking lifeless for eight innings of Saturday’s game, the O’s woke up to deliver the third walk-off of the homestand.

“I know where we stand as baseball players, and I know where the owners stand,” Orioles pitcher Zach Eflin said. “It’s going to be a long conversation, long negotiation process, for both sides to get closer to what they want.”

Rogers spent four months as one of the game’s best pitchers last year by doing it the way he did until the seventh — and avoiding big innings like the one that chased him Friday.

The Blue Jays hit two two-run home runs against Trevor Rogers in the seventh inning and completed their comeback in the eighth.

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.