Orioles at Royals, Sept. 3
-
Orioles notes: Showalter wants to 'have a long memory' with Givens after blown save dlvr.it/QhtqRw https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmG3pQ-UwAAr8Bm.jpg
by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 9/2/2018 5:54:20 PM -
Home run, Jonathan Villar. His 11th of the year and 5th in 29 games with the Orioles came after a pair of strikeouts to open the game and puts the Orioles up 1-0.by Jon Meoli via twitter 9/2/2018 6:21:52 PM -
Jace Peterson to Breyvic Valera to Trey Mancini on the 5-4-3 double play to end the first for David Hess and the Orioles, who lead 1-0 in their bid to not be swept by the Royals and fall to 40-97 into Labor Day. Just wanted to type that all out.by Jon Meoli via twitter 9/2/2018 6:30:00 PM
-
Jorge López struck out all three Orioles on 12 pitches in the second to give him five on the game.by Jon Meoli via twitter 9/2/2018 6:35:03 PM
-
Alcides Escobar had the third Royals single of the second inning to tie the game at 1, and here's Meibrys Viloria up from the Carolina League for his first major league at-bat. The home fans are excited by a look at their future.by Jon Meoli via twitter 9/2/2018 6:45:06 PM
-
With Whit Merrifield on third after a pair of singles to open the third, David Hess' pickoff attempt to first base goes by Chris Davis for a run-scoring error to put the Orioles down 2-1.by Jon Meoli via twitter 9/2/2018 7:04:15 PM
-
Jorge Bonifacio's two-out double in the third scores Alex Gordon and puts the Orioles down 3-1 in the third. Seven of the Royals' first 14 batters have recorded hits.by Jon Meoli via twitter 9/2/2018 7:08:30 PM
-
David Hess' pickoff throw to second base knocks off Jonathan Villar's glove to allow Bonifacio to go to third. Breyvic Valera one-hops the throw to third from short-center, and Jace Peterson can't come up with it. Two errors later, the Orioles trail 4-1. A three-error inning.by Jon Meoli via twitter 9/2/2018 7:11:01 PM
-
Whit Merrifield had an RBI single, and Alex Gordon hit a chopper back to the mound that the Orioles turned into a properly-executed 1-2-5 rundown. They trail 5-1.by Jon Meoli via twitter 9/2/2018 7:34:02 PM
-
Joey Rickard singled and stole second in a scoreless Orioles sixth. They trail 5-1, and Sean Gilmartin is on for his second inning of relief. Hess: 4 IP, 9 H, 5 R (4 ER), 0 BB, 3 K, 1 WP.by Jon Meoli via twitter 9/2/2018 8:01:42 PM
-
Mike Wright Jr. hit Rosell Herrera, walked Alcides Escobar, and had both score on Meibrys Viloria's first big league hit, a double to RF. Escobar ran through the stop sign and would have been out, but Caleb Joseph couldn't secure the ball. The Orioles trail 7-1.by Jon Meoli via twitter 9/2/2018 8:50:37 PM
-
Alex Gordon doubles past a diving John Andreoli in left-center to score Meibrys Viloria and puts the Orioles down 8-1.by Jon Meoli via twitter 9/2/2018 8:55:10 PM
-
Hunter Dozier triples to left-center field to make it 9-1. The Royals are a team that runs, but they've run pretty liberally on Cedric Mullins this series. Mike Wright Jr. is out and Paul Fry is in.by Jon Meoli via twitter 9/2/2018 8:56:41 PM
-
Hunter Dozier triples to left-center field to make it 9-1. The Royals are a team that runs, but they've run pretty liberally on Cedric Mullins this series. Mike Wright Jr. is out and Tanner Scott is in.by Jon Meoli via twitter 9/2/2018 8:57:15 PM
-
The Orioles lose, 9-1. That's 11 sweeps in 22 road series, which is half. Hess: 4 IP, 4 ER. Villar: HR. Rickard/Davis: 2 H. They are 40-97, and leave Kansas City 5 1/2 games up on the host Royals for next year's top pick.by Jon Meoli via twitter 9/2/2018 9:06:53 PM
-
Sloppy Orioles routed, 9-1, by lowly Royals, have been swept 11 times in 22 road series dlvr.it/QhvZhN https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmHsD78V4AArwup.jpg
by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 9/2/2018 9:43:20 PM -
Buck Showalter said this weekend that the Orioles and Royals were doing the same thing in rebuilding with speed and defense. On another barometer of a series that’s as big an indictment of the Orioles’ present and future than any other: bsun.md/2PxE5P3by Jon Meoli via twitter 9/2/2018 11:15:20 PM
-
Royals put distance between themselves and Orioles in race to rebuild with speed, defense dlvr.it/QhvtY8 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DmICt4_U4AEKIju.jpg
by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 9/2/2018 11:22:21 PM