Scouting report: Astros vs. Orioles
Three things to watch in the Astros’ series with the Orioles: 1. Honoring history - Wearing replica uniforms of the Negro League teams from their respective cities, the Astros and Orioles will play the...
View ArticleAltuve-Springer show in full effect as Astros top Orioles for 6th straight win
There is no greater attraction in Houston right now than Jose Altuve and George Springer, and fans of a franchise wading through sludge for years should be thankful. Altuve is the crank, the flint and...
View ArticleKeuchel loses command as Astros’ winning streak comes to an end
Dallas Keuchel doesn’t give out many walks and the Orioles don’t take many, so naturally, Keuchel walked three straight to plate a pair of runs in the Astros’ 4-1 loss Saturday. The seven-game win...
View ArticleFanless O’s-Chisox matchup akin to 1994 Galveston Ball-Beaumont Central...
By Angel Verdejo More than 20 years later, John Humphrey Sr. still believes the right call was made. Then a star running back on Galveston Ball’s football team, Humphrey and his teammates played...
View ArticleStruggling Jose Altuve gets a breather in Sunday’s series finale vs. Tigers
DETROIT — The defending major league batting champion is struggling in a way that hasn’t been seen in a long time. Jose Altuve was out of the lineup on Sunday for the first time in 2015, with George...
View ArticleOn Deck: Astros at Baltimore Orioles
Series schedule (at Oriole Park): • Monday, 12:35 p.m. – LHP Dallas Keuchel (6-0, 1.67) vs. LHP Wei-Yin Chen (1-3, 2.90). • Tuesday, 6:05 p.m. – RHP Scott Feldman (3-4, 5.17) vs. RHP Chris Tillman...
View ArticleOrioles pitcher Brian Matusz suspended ahead of series against Astros
By DAVID GINSBURG Associated Press BALTIMORE — Orioles left-hander Brian Matusz was suspended for eight games by Major League Baseball on Monday for having a foreign substance on his arm during a game...
View ArticleAstros report: First base coach Rich Dauer still has fond memories of Baltimore
BALTIMORE — There are still some family-style Italian restaurants here Rich Dauer and his wife love. The entirety of Dauer’s 10-year major league career came with the Orioles. Now the Astros first-base...
View ArticleLong ball plagues Dallas Keuchel as Orioles rally past Astros in series opener
BALTIMORE — Regression and the randomness of batted balls and the law of averages and all these things combined for a certainty that someday, Dallas Keuchel — the master of the ground ball and purveyor...
View ArticleLance McCullers’ leash gets considerably longer after latest performance
You’re not sending a kid back down when he joins company like this. The group of pitchers Lance McCullers aligned himself with Wednesday night with his first career complete game, an 11-strikeout...
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