Baltimore Orioles

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Left-hander Cade Povich was placed on the 15-day injured list with elbow inflammation, the club announced.

COLUMN | Coby Mayo has been ineffective at third base for the second season in a row. At this point, the Orioles must share accountability for continuing to play him there.

Darren Blackmon, a Bowie native, returned home to be the Chesapeake Baysox’s head groundskeeper after growing up attending and working at Prince George’s Stadium. The ballpark is completing a $50 million renovation project.

The Orioles lost another starting pitcher to injury Thursday night, placing extra strain on a staff that is trying to navigate a stretch of 15 games in 14 days.

COLUMN | Alonso entered Wednesday with 54 hard-hit balls and 21 walks, accounting for 48% of his 155 plate appearances. That was 11th best in baseball among all qualifiers.

While Gunnar Henderson slumps — 0-for-5 on Wednesday with three strikeouts — Alonso and Rutschman are responsible for carrying the load.

At LoanDepot Park, the Orioles just had to stop the bleeding Tuesday night.

COLUMN | The Orioles can undo the damage in the standings. It’s only four games. But it might take four months of good baseball to make anyone think about this team in a different way.

Monday’s 12-1 loss was but another example of New York’s superiority on the field.

Westburg had been throwing in Sarasota, Florida, as part of his recovery from a partially torn ulnar collateral ligament in his elbow.

COLUMN | The Orioles have never gone all-in on winning, always holding something back even when taking a big swing. Now, after an awful start in the AL East, it might be too late for Mike Elias to save this team (and his job) with a daring roster move.

At the end of this dismal four-game series in New York, one of these teams looked like a World Series contender. It wasn’t the Orioles. Not by any measure.

After another scoreless appearance Sunday, Cano’s ERA is 1.59 and his WHIP 0.529.

Baltimore has been outscored 25-9 in the first three games of its series with the Yankees.

The 23-year-old Gibson did not seem to allow the eye-widening dimensions of Yankee Stadium or his high-level opponents to rattle him. It was almost the opposite — an at-ease kid taking this all in stride.

Trey Gibson will become the first Orioles starting pitcher to make his major league debut at Yankee Stadium.

It continued a three-game losing streak in which Orioles starters have conceded five runs or more in four innings each, and now Baltimore is three games below .500 (15-18).

Gibson is Baltimore’s top-ranked prospect, according to Baseball America. He carries a 4.01 ERA for Triple-A Norfolk.

In 12 games, Helsley has a 2.53 ERA with seven saves.