Baltimore Orioles

It doesn’t look like the Orioles are going to lose touch with the playoff race. That makes what’s happening on the farm meaningful, given the potential for Mike Elias to dip into the minors to support the major league team.

It was weird. It was the best of times and the worst of times, all in one game. It was a distinctly Orioles win.

COLUMN | Jeremiah Jackson has surprised Baltimore fans with his confidence and attacking mentality. After a laborious journey through the minors, the 25-year-old is seizing every moment with an unsure future when the club gets healthy, but he deserves more assurance that he’s earned a solid spot.

Ramírez went deep in the fourth and fifth innings off Trevor Rogers (2-2), increasing his franchise record for multihomer games to 28.

Baltimore hitters struck out 16 times. Pete Alonso and Colton Cowser both went 0-for-4 with four strikeouts.

The Orioles rallied in the eighth inning with six runs to flip a 4-0 deficit and snap a three-game losing streak.

Parker Messick nearly threw a no-no against the Orioles. But, despite a late rally, Baltimore couldn't muster enough in the ninth to avoid its third straight loss.

COLUMN | Craig Albernaz returned to Cleveland, where he spent the last two seasons on the staff of manager Stephen Vogt. His old club teased him but also showed him love.

COLUMN | They’re a .500 team that expects to win and carries itself that way, but they haven’t played a level of baseball to back it up just yet.

COLUMN | The Orioles utilityman has played four positions this season in just 13 games. And you'll never meet someone happier to be thrown all over the field.

This was Baltimore’s first extra-innings game of the season. It didn’t go smoothly, and it continued an uneasy return to the bullpen for Tyler Wells

The skipper showed his mettle by fighting through numerous facial fractures.

COLUMN | With his second home run in three games, Basallo's bat is heating up, and manager Craig Albernaz thinks that has to do with this extended run behind the plate.

Rogers allowed four runs in 4 2/3 innings. Sure, he gave up nine hits, but who doesn’t have an off night?

The mild right wrist soreness is near the spot where Holliday underwent surgery in February to remove a broken hamate bone.

“I feel good, actually. I mean, considering everything,” Albernaz said Tuesday.

The Orioles first baseman toured BARCS, met adoptable animals and donated $10,000 with his wife, Haley.

COLUMN | By simply showing his smiling, bruised face after getting nailed by a foul ball, Craig Albernaz helped set the tone for a fighting comeback — the kind the Orioles have had all too rarely for the past two seasons.

As a bruised Craig Albernaz returned to the dugout, the vibes in Baltimore lifted into a Monday night frenzy.