Orioles vs. Rangers, July 15

3rd & 7 37yd

A post-dap picture from the HS Home Run Derby at Nats Park. Orioles prospect Ryan Mountcastle congratulates 1-1 candidate and fellow Oviedo, Fla. native Riley Greene. https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiKLjilWsAAEG79.jpg

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/15/2018 4:17:24 PM
Orioles on deck: What to watch Sunday vs. Rangers, plus lineups, broadcast info and more dlvr.it/Qbdh0y https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiKQlMHU0AAnb9q.jpg

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 4:39:21 PM
Manny Machado receiving his American League all-star jersey before today’s game. #orioles

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 4:55:13 PM
In a future big league bat like Ryan Mountcastle and one of their many low-minors pitching prospects in Alex Wells, the Orioles are represented in their strengths at the MLB All-Star Futures Game. bsun.md/2zFrMge

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/15/2018 5:02:08 PM
Miguel Castro opens today's game with back-to-back walks and an early visit from pitching coach Roger McDowell. #Orioles

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 5:16:18 PM
Castro walks the bases loaded to open the game. Odor up with no outs and nowhere to put him. #Orioles #Rangers

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 5:18:42 PM
Mike Wright warming in #Orioles bullpen.

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 5:19:49 PM
#Orioles down 4-0 four batters in on Guzman grand slam.

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 5:21:46 PM
#Orioles down 4-0 five batters in on Guzman grand slam.

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 5:22:26 PM
Machado homers to left on first pitch he sees. Received a nice ovation as he walked up. Seemed to have a good-bye ring to it. #Orioles trail 4-1 after Machado's 24th homer.

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 5:29:01 PM
Manny Machado hammers his 24th homer of the season with two outs in the first inning. #orioles

by Peter Schmuck via twitter 7/15/2018 5:29:19 PM
Tanner Scott warming in #Orioles bullpen in the 2nd inning.

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 5:42:56 PM
Scott will replace Castro with two outs in the 3rd. #Orioles down 4-1.

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 5:50:11 PM
Miguel Castro is out and Tanner Scott is in, Walk-a-thon in first inning ran Castro's pitch count up. Threw 60 in 2 2/3 innings. Gave up four runs on one hit...yes, one hit. #orioles

by Peter Schmuck via twitter 7/15/2018 5:52:31 PM
Sweet swinging Caleb Joseph with an RBI double. #Orioles trail 4-2 in the 3rd.

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 6:02:14 PM
Three-run double by Adam Jones on the first pitch. #Orioles take 5-4 lead.

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 6:12:39 PM
Adam Jones just lined a three-run double into the left field corner and just like that, they've come back from an early 4-0 deficit to take the lead in the third inning. Caleb Joseph also had an RBI double in the inning. #orioles .

by Peter Schmuck via twitter 7/15/2018 6:14:46 PM
Rangers have come unraveled. Adam Jones scores on a throwing error by Jurickson Profar, who is filling in for Adrian Beltre at third base. It's a five-run inning folks, How often have you seen that this year. O's lead 6-4. #orioles

by Peter Schmuck via twitter 7/15/2018 6:23:08 PM
Throwing error on Profar allows on Valencia grounder to third allows Jones to score. #Orioles up 6-4 in third.

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 6:23:21 PM
#Orioles score five -- four of them earned -- in the fourth to take a 6-4 lead on the #Rangers .

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 6:24:54 PM
Machado fields Gallo ground ball on right side, tries to toss to Davis, but pulls him off the bag. Davis and Gallo collide. Gallo took the brunt of it. He stays in. Wright will replace Tanner Scott. #Orioles #Rangers

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 6:31:21 PM
Raining at Camden Yards. #Orioles #Rangers

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 6:32:54 PM
#Orioles and #Rangers are in a rain delay.

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 6:38:55 PM
Grounds crew taking up the tarp. That was quick. #Orioles #Rangers

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 6:43:59 PM
Some Ryan Mountcastle BP snaps at the Futures Game. #Orioles https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiKunZpX4Aws5-5.jpg

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/15/2018 6:51:05 PM
#Orioles and #Rangers resume play after 26-minute rain delay.

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 7:05:20 PM
Manny Machado has been removed from the game. Hmmm. #orioles

by Peter Schmuck via twitter 7/15/2018 7:07:57 PM
Jace Peterson was on deck for Manny Machado and has now replaced Machado at SS. #Orioles 🤔

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 7:08:04 PM
Jace Peterson was on deck for Manny Machado and has now replaced Machado at SS. #Orioles 🤔

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter retweeted by JonMeoli 7/15/2018 7:08:48 PM
Actually Peterson enters to play 3B, Beckham moves to SS. Machado out of the game. 🤔

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 7:09:00 PM
Jace Peterson was on deck in place of Machado and entered game at third base. Tim Beckham moves to shortstop. The move might be to keep Machado off a wet field, but who knows? #orioles

by Peter Schmuck via twitter 7/15/2018 7:09:10 PM
#ThrowingShade twitter.com/ChrisCotillo/s…

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 7:14:54 PM
Manny Machado removed from today's game as a precaution because of the chance in field conditions. Source says he is going to represent #Orioles in All-Star Game.

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 7:21:05 PM
Orioles wisely opted to pull Manny Machado off a wet field. Tough to trade a guy with a broken ankle. #orioles

by Peter Schmuck via twitter 7/15/2018 7:39:05 PM
Don't worry, #Orioles fans. Manny Machado hasn't been traded.

Yet.

In the Machado sweepstakes, the #Phillies , #Dodgers & #Brewers lead the pack, in no particular order. Source says gap between those teams is currently "too close to call."

Story: bsun.md/2zHQFbl https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiK6FWQWsAE8qmg.jpg

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 7:41:40 PM
Ryan Mountcastle, Alex Wells enjoying representing Orioles in 'surreal' All-Star Futures Game experience dlvr.it/QbfP2K https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiK8hOyV4AA6Y7V.jpg

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 7:51:19 PM
As pivotal All-Star break arrives, Orioles still weighing interest for top trade chips dlvr.it/QbfP80 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiK8hpiU8AAIGAt.jpg

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 7:51:23 PM
Wright allows a solo homer to Choo in the 7th. #Orioles lead cut to 6-5.

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 7:51:28 PM
In the second inning of the Futures Game, Yankees prospect Justus Sheffield allowed a home run to Royals prospect Seuly Matias. In the first, Brendan Rodgers doubled and scored on a Nate Lowe single.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/15/2018 8:25:48 PM
Zach Britton entering in the top of the ninth trying to protect a 6-5 lead. Second one-run save opportunity in last 24 hours. #Orioles #Rangers

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 8:27:40 PM
#Orioles beat #Rangers to win back-to-back home games for first time since May 11-12 vs #Rays . Go into the break at 28-69.

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 8:37:43 PM
Andrus hit a double down the RF line. Pinch runner Tocci thrown out as home. Nice play by Trumbo in corner, great relay by Schoop. #Orioles win 6-5 on play at the plate.

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 8:40:25 PM
Luis Basabe homers off Hunter Greene to make it 3-1 World in the third. No Orioles have been involved just yet.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/15/2018 8:45:39 PM
A generation of players who express themselves with shoes is loving the freedom of the Futures Game. One has Black Panther cleats. Another has a Fortnite pair. Meet the Orioles farmhand whose company is behind them: bsun.md/2NetPtN

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/15/2018 8:53:50 PM
Blue Jays catching prospect Danny Jansen homered to left field to bring the US back to a 3-3 tie in the fourth.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/15/2018 9:20:17 PM
Ke'Bryan Hayes hit the second two-run home run of the inning off Australian lefty Lewis Thorpe. The Orioles' Australian lefty, Alex Wells, continues to wait his turn. 5-3 US.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/15/2018 9:25:06 PM
Ryan Mountcastle is on deck to hit for DH Keston Hiura in the fifth inning for the US. #Orioles

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/15/2018 9:45:45 PM
Ryan Mountcastle has to wait out a pitching change as the World team brings on Yoan Lopez to face him. Alex Wells is warming up in the World bullpen. #Orioles

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/15/2018 9:49:26 PM
Ryan Mountcastle swung through three fastballs above the zone in his first AB. #Orioles

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/15/2018 9:51:03 PM
Orioles LHP Alex Wells gets the sixth inning for the World team, tied at 5.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/15/2018 9:58:12 PM
Statcast has clocked four pitches classified as two-seamers below 90 mph today. They were probably sliders. But that number is about to go up. Wells 89-90 mph so far. #Orioles

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/15/2018 10:01:00 PM
Alex Wells got a 3-2 flyout to the wall from Buddy Reed, then got Andrew Knizner to strike out looking at three pitches on the outer half. Strike 3 was 91 mph. Nine pitches later, his day is done. #Orioles

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/15/2018 10:03:40 PM
Dodgers prospect Yusniel Diaz has his second home run of the game to tie it at 6 in the top of the 7th. In the prior half inning, after Alex Wells left, Taylor Trammell homered for the US. There have been seven homers today.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/15/2018 10:18:12 PM
Jo Adell doubled, went to third on a passed ball, and scored on a wild pitch. The US leads 7-6. That broke a streak of 11 runs via the HR.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/15/2018 10:31:43 PM
Hey look a home run. Peter Alonso of the Mets just hit a towering shot out to LF. The US is up 9-6.

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/15/2018 10:36:50 PM
Ryan Mountcastle flew out to left field in his second at-bat, this in the seventh. He might not get another. #Orioles

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/15/2018 10:41:09 PM
Orioles erupt in third inning, hold on for heart-stopping 6-5 victory over Rangers dlvr.it/QbfyX4 https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiLpYGbVAAIgFFN.jpg

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 11:07:17 PM
Castro struggles again with control, gives up grand slam in spot start for Orioles dlvr.it/QbfydX https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiLpYcLV4AAP93z.jpg

by Eduardo A. Encina via twitter 7/15/2018 11:07:18 PM
The US won the Futures Game, 10-6. There were eight home runs. Wells: 2/3 IP, 1 K. Mountcastle: 0-for-2, K. #Orioles

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/15/2018 11:11:18 PM
How many pitchers would change something in their delivery before a showcase like the Futures Game? Alex Wells is one. Struggled his last two starts, fixed something in his lower half. "I said, 'Why not? Might as well try it in today's game.'"

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/15/2018 11:54:55 PM
In the US clubhouse, Ryan Mountcastle could not contain his grin while admitting he "tried to do a little too much" in his first at-bat. "Everyone's knocking them out. I just tried to. The second one, I calmed down." #Orioles

by Jon Meoli via twitter 7/15/2018 11:58:17 PM