Nicky Lopez and Nick Dini homered on successive pitches in the seventh inning and the Kansas City Royals stretched Baltimore's latest losing streak to eight games, defeating the Orioles 5-4 Monday night.
Al Jackson, a tough left-hander who provided a rare glint of hope in the early days of the woebegone New York Mets, has died at 83.
There's a big shuffle up top as we spotlight each team's key player heading toward the stretch run.
Rafael Devers went 4 for 5 with a homer, two doubles and four RBI, and the Boston Red Sox rallied from an early six-run deficit for a 13-7 victory Sunday that completed a three-game sweep of the Baltimore Orioles.
Eduardo Rodriguez pitched 7 1/3 stellar innings, red-hot Rafael Devers belted a two-run homer and the Boston Red Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-0 on Saturday night for their fourth straight victory.
Andrew Benintendi and Mitch Moreland each hit RBI triples in the fourth inning, Rick Porcello held the Orioles to one run over six innings, and the Boston Red Sox topped Baltimore 9-1 on Friday night.
It was a demolition of epic proportions, 16 consecutive wins and a 17-2 season series record. Here are the highlights (or lowlights) of the Bronx Bombers' beatdown.
Gary Sanchez hit a three-run homer and the New York Yankees beat the Baltimore Orioles for the 16th straight time this season, winning 6-5 Wednesday in their final meeting this year.
Domingo German pitched seven strong innings to become the first 16-game winner in the majors and the New York Yankees beat Baltimore 8-3 on Tuesday night, running their winning streak over the Orioles to 15 games.
Former major leaguer Doug DeCinces was sentenced to time served -- one day in prison -- along with eight months of home detention and two years of probation following a conviction for insider training. He also was fined $10,000.
Gleyber Torres hit three more home runs, including a pair of three-run drives in the night game that gave him 13 of New York's record 59 long balls against Baltimore this season, and the Yankees completed a doubleheader sweep with an 11-8 win on...
Didi Gregorius, Gleyber Torres, Gio Urshela and Cameron Maybin kept up a record home run barrage against Baltimore, powering the New York Yankees to an 8-5 victory in a day-night doubleheader opener Monday that extended their winning streak against...
Games in London, Puerto Rico and... Iowa? Next season's schedule has more than the usual collection of quirks.
As the Mets climb back into the race, the Yankees and Astros keep finding ways to get stronger.
After giving up two first-inning home runs against the Yankees, the Orioles have set the American League record for homers allowed in a season at 243 -- and yes, it's August 12. Now it's just a matter of when, not if, Baltimore will surpass Cincinnati's MLB mark of 258 set in 2016.
Baltimore, with its 8-7 victory Sunday over Houston, turned in one of the biggest MLB upsets in 15 years after entering the game a +420 underdog at some U.S. sportsbooks.
How big of a win was the Orioles' dramatic walk-off victory over the Astros? You can call it the upset of the year -- or even bigger. The Astros closed as -450 favorites at Caesars Sportsbook, the biggest favorite of the season and the second biggest over the past 15 years, according to BetLabSports.com. In 2016, the Dodgers were -485 in a game versus the Braves.
Rio Ruiz hit a two-run homer with two outs in the ninth inning to carry the Baltimore Orioles over Houston 8-7 Sunday, ending the Astros' eight-game winning streak in stunning fashion.
The Houston Astros are the biggest favorites of the season today against the Baltimore Orioles. The Astros closed as -450 favorites at Caesars Sportsbook. Other sportsbooks went even higher, listing Houston as high as -550 at Station Casinos sportsbooks in Nevada. The Los Angeles Dodgers were -485 favorites over the Atlanta Braves in 2016, the largest price on a favorite in an MLB game in at least the last 15 seasons, according to sports betting database BetLabSports.com.
Rookie Yordan Alvarez hit three of Houston's six home runs and drove in a career-high seven runs to help the Astros to the highest-scoring game in franchise history with a 23-2 rout of the Baltimore Orioles on Saturday night.
Wade Miley pitched impressively against his former team, Jose Altuve hit a pivotal RBI triple in the seventh inning and the Houston Astros beat the Baltimore Orioles 3-2 Friday night for their seventh straight victory.
Two days after Orioles first baseman Chris Davis had to be restrained from going after manager Brandon Hyde in the dugout, Davis said Friday that the two have talked and their relationship will be fine.
