Tag Archives: Ryan Mountcastle

O’s start June off right, take 2 of 3 from Giants: Series Recap

The Orioles took two of three from the Giants in San Fransisco, becoming the first team to reach 20 road wins! Our Stephen Heckman recaps the series by highlighting key moments and performers:

O’s avoid sweep in series loss to Rangers: Series Recap

The O’s avoided being swept by the Texas Rangers, taking the series finale, but dropping the first two games. Our Stephen Heckman recaps the series by highlighting key moments and performers:

O’s slay Yankees in the Bronx: Series Recap

The O’s went into the Bronx and took two of three against the New York Yankees! Our Stephen Heckman recaps the series by highlighting key moments and performers:

Orioles sweep early AL East battle against Jays: Series Recap

The Orioles made a statement as they swept the Blue Jays in their house at Rogers Centre! Our Stephen Heckman recaps the series by highlighting key moments and performers:

O’s take hard-fought series in KC: Series Recap

Our Stephen Heckman recaps the Orioles’ series victory over the Royals by highlighting key moments and performers:

Baltimore starts season hot, 10 games over .500: April Recap

The Orioles ended the first month of the 2023 season 10 games above .500 and with the third best record in all of baseball! Our Zack Bucklew recaps the O’s month of April by honoring key performers and notable moments:

Orioles tame Tigers, win 6th straight set: Series Recap

The Orioles have won their sixth straight series, taking three of four from the Tigers! Our Stephen Heckman recaps the series by highlighting key moments and performers:

Orioles defend nest, take series against Sox: Series Recap

The Orioles took two of three from Boston, winning their fifth series in a row! Our Stephen Heckman recaps the series, highlighting key moments and performers:

O’s walk-off twice, sweep Tigers in 3: Series Recap

The Orioles have swept the Tigers in three games, including two walk-off wins in the opener and finale! Our Stephen Heckman recaps the exciting series from Camden Yards:

O’s begin home stand with 3 against Tigers: Series Preview

The O’s are back home at Camden Yards to take on future Hall of Famer Miguel Cabrera, old friend Jonathan Schoop and the Detroit Tigers! Our Justin Sutphin has your Series Preview, with game one starting lineups, our BATTERY ❌️-FACTOR and more:

Patience is a virtue for the Baltimore Orioles

The Orioles are being much more patient and disciplined at the plate as of late, and it’s no coincidence. Our Justin Sutphin breaks down the philosophy the O’s front office and coaching staff have implemented:

Orioles take up-and-down series against White Sox: Series Recap

Our Stephen Heckman recaps the Orioles’ series win over the White Sox, highlighting key moments and standout performers:

Orioles head to South Side to face Sox: Series Preview

Our Stephen Heckman has your Series Preview for the Orioles’ matchup against the Chicago White Sox, including game one starting lineups, our BATTERY ❌️-FACTOR and more:

No place like home: Returning to Camden Yards to watch Rodriguez’s home debut

Our Jason Benowitz guides us through his experience of watching Grayson Rodriguez’s home debut and taking in Camden Yards for the first time in 2023:

Mountcastle, Rutschman, Hays lead Orioles to series win over A’s

The Orioles took three of four from the Oakland Athletics thanks to the bats of Ryan Mountcastle, Adley Rutschman and Austin Hays! Our Stephen Heckman recaps the series:

O’s wrap up home stand with 4 against A’s: Series Preview

The Orioles begin a four-game series against the Oakland A’s tonight from Camden Yards! Our Justin Sutphin has your Series Preview with game one starting lineups, our BATTERY ❌️-FACTOR for the series and more:

O’s drop home-opening series to Yankees: Series Recap

The O’s dropped their first series at home to the Yankees, two games to one. Our Jared Watson recaps the series, highlighting key moments and standout players:

Rodriguez debuts, Orioles win first series of 2023

Our Stephen Heckman recaps the Orioles’ first series win of 2023 against the Texas Rangers, highlighting key performers, including the exciting major league debut of top pitching prospect, Grayson Rodriguez:

O’s bullpen & outfield miscues lead to series loss in Boston

The Orioles have dropped the opening series of the 2023 season to the Red Sox, losing two of three. Our Stephen Heckman recaps the series from Boston:

Orioles season opener: The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

The Orioles were victorious on Opening Day against the Red Sox, but it was not an easy win. Our Stephen Heckman dives into the good, the bad and the ugly of yesterday’s performance:

Orioles open 2023 season in Boston: Series Preview

ORIOLES BASEBALL IS BACK! Our Stephen Heckman has your Series Preview for the 2023 opener against the Red Sox, which includes game one starting lineups, our Battery ❌️-FACTOR for the series and more:

The Baltimore Battery’s Orioles 2023 season predictions

The 2023 season is just a day away, and The Baltimore Battery staff have made their predictions for the Orioles’ season, as we predict the overall team record, the O’s offensive MVP and the team’s most valuable pitcher:

Predicting O’s Opening Day starting lineup

With Opening Day just one week away, our Zack Bucklew predicts the Orioles’ starting lineup for the 2023 season opener against Corey Kluber and the Red Sox:

Irvin continues to produce, O’s beat Boston

Our Stephen Heckman recaps today’s Orioles victory over the Red Sox by highlighting key performers and providing comments from Anthony Santander, Félix Bautista and manager Brandon Hyde:

O’s split squads led by pitching, victorious in both games

Our Stephen Heckman recaps the Orioles’ split squad victories today by highlighting key performers, providing a crucial update on John Means and having comments from manager Brandon Hyde:

O’s defeat Sox on backs of Rodriguez & Rutschman

The O’s defeated the Red Sox today thanks to lockdown pitching and timely hitting! Our Stephen Heckman recaps the game, highlighting key players, provides comments from Brandon Hyde and has updates on two lefty pitchers:

Kyle Bradish makes statement in O’s, Twins 5-5 tie

The Orioles and Twins ended their game in a tie, but Kyle Bradish was outstanding tonight on the mound! Our Stephen Heckman recaps Bradish’s outing, along with other key players, has post-game comments from Brandon Hyde and more:

Power Surge: Mountcastle, Hays slug Orioles to win over Pirates

The O’s were clicking on all cylinders today, as they defeated the Pirates, 7-4. Our Stephen Heckman recaps who stood out for the team, provides updates on a flux of O’s pitchers and post-game comments from Brandon Hyde:

Bradish strong again in O’s win over Rays

The O’s are back in the win column, as they beat the Rays by a score of 5-2 today from the Trop! Our Stephen Heckman recaps who stood out for the team today and provides injury updates on Terrin Vavra and Ryan Watson, along with post-game comments from Brandon Hyde:

Birds tie with Buccos in Gibson debut

The Orioles and Pirates ended their game in a 1-1 tie tonight, but the O’s pitching was phenominal. Our Stephen Heckman recaps who stood out for the Birds tonight, provides side notes and has post-game comments from Dean Kremer, Kyle Gibson and manager Brandon Hyde:

MLB rule changes: How they could affect the Orioles

With the new rule changes implemented by Major League Baseball this year, our Dakota Pitts tells us which Orioles could be affected the most in 2023:

5 Orioles poised for breakout seasons in 2023

After a surprising 2022 campaign, the Orioles rebuild is officially behind them, as they look forward to postseason contention. Our Justin Sutphin lists five O’s players who are poised to have breakout seasons in 2023:

Orioles 2023 projected starting lineup & player stats

With the 2023 season approaching, the Orioles’ lineup is as strong as it’s been in years. Our Stephen Heckman projects what each member of the O’s lineup will do statistically this year:

Baltimore Orioles 2022 season recap: Part 3 – Pitching & Defense

One of the biggest factors in the Orioles’ success in 2022 was the much-improved pitching staff and Gold-Glove-caliber defense! In part three of our Orioles 2022 season recap, our Steve Katz dives into the numbers, while also highlighting key contributors:

Orioles sweep Nats: Take MASN Cup

The O’s put a couple curly W’s in the win column, as they swept the Nationals in a brief two-game series! Our Stephen Heckman recaps the exciting series from our Nation’s Capital:

O’s win series against A’s

The O’s took their fifth straight series this weekend, taking two of three from the Oakland Athletics! Our Stephen Heckman recaps the exciting series from OPACY:

O’s catch Cleveland off Guard, complete 4-2 road trip

The O’s are absolutely red hot, as they took another series, this time against the Guardians! Our Stephen Heckman recaps the exciting series that caught Cleveland “off Guard”:

Orioles stymie ChiSox, take 2 of 3 from Camden Yards

The O’s fought hard, and it payed off, as they won their series against the Chicago White Sox, two games to one! Our Stephen Heckman recaps the exciting series:

O’s add to Red Sox’s woes, take 2 of 3 in series win

The O’s took the Little League Classic by storm and took their weekend series against the Red Sox, two games to one! Our Stephen Heckman recaps the exciting series:

O’s take series from Jays, 1.5 back of Wild Card spot

The Orioles took two of three from the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto, with a make-up game match-up against the Cubs from OPACY set for this afternoon! Our Stephen Heckman recaps the series from Toronto:

O’s take series from Jays, move into Wild Card spot

The Orioles took their series against the Toronto Blue Jays, with game three postponed due to rain! Our Stephen Heckman recaps the exciting series:

Birds set to battle Halos for 4 games at OPACY

The O’s look to extend their win streak to a season-high five games, as they begin their four-game series against the Los Angeles Angels! Stephen Heckman has your Series Preview:

Orioles make history in June 2022: Breakdown of first winning month in almost 5 years

The O’s had their first winning month since August of 2017 in the month of June! Our Zack Bucklew breaks down the exciting month of Birdland baseball:

Orioles win second straight series against Rays: Series Recap 6/17/22 – 6/19/22

The O’s celebrated Father’s Day weekend with a series win against the Tampa Bay Rays! Justin Sutphin recaps the exciting series:

O’s host Rays for 3 games at OPACY: Series Preview 6/17/22 – 6/19/22

The Orioles are back home to start a three-game series against the Rays tonight at Oriole Park at Camden Yards! Justin Sutphin has your Series Preview:

Orioles split 4-game series with Blue Jays: Series Recaps 6/13/22 – 6/16/22

The O’s came to play in Toronto, as they split their first series with the Blue Jays in 2022. Justin Sutphin recaps the series:

Orioles, Blue Jays finally meet for 4 games: Series Preview 6/13/22 – 6/16/22

The O’s wrap up their brief road trip with four in Toronto against the Blue Jays! Justin Sutphin has your Series Preview:

O’s, Royals split series from Kauffman Stadium: Series Recap 6/9/22 – 6/12/22

The O’s split their four-game series with the Royals from Kauffman Stadium. Justin Sutphin recaps the series:

Orioles meet Yankees for 3 in Bronx: Series Preview 5/23/22 – 5/25/22

The O’s are headed north to the Bronx to play the Yankees in a three-game set. Stephen Heckman has your Series Preview:

Scrappy O’s walk-off Rays twice in series win: Series Recap 5/20/22 – 5/22/22

Orioles Magic filled Oriole Park at Camden Yards this weekend, as the debuting Adley Rutschman and the rest of the never-say-die O’s won their series against the Rays, two games to one! Stephen Heckman recaps the series:

Orioles host Rays for hot weekend set: Series Preview 5/20/22 – 5/22/22

Following an exciting walk-off victory to avoid a sweep, the Baltimore Orioles now host another AL East opponent, this time the Tampa Bay Rays! Justin Sutphin has your Series Preview:

O’s return home to host red hot Yankees: Series Preview 5/16/22 – 5/19/22

The O’s have returned home to Camden Yards after a tough road trip, but it won’t get any easier with the Yankees in town. Justin Sutphin has your Series Preview:

O’s visit old friend in Detroit for 3 at Comerica: Series Preview 5/13/22 – 5/15/22

The O’s are headed north, as they go to the Motor City to play old friend Jonathan Schoop and the Detroit Tigers in a three-game set! Justin Sutphin has your Series Preview:

O’s take final 2 in a series split with Twins: Series Recap 5/2/22 – 5/5/22

The O’s split their four-game series against the Minnesota Twins, winning the final two games of the series. Justin Sutphin recaps the series:

O’s, Twins begin 4-game set at OPACY: Series Preview 5/2/22 – 5/5/22

The O’s continue their homestand with four games against Carlos Correa and the Minnesota Twins. Justin Sutphin has your Series Preview:

O’s win 2 straight to take series from Red Sox: Series Recap 4/29/22 – 5/1/22

The O’s are at it again, as they took two out of three from the Red Sox this weekend from beautiful Camden Yards. Justin Sutphin recaps the series:

Orioles drop all three in New York: Series Recap 4/26/22 – 4/28/22

The O’s had an absolutely brutal series sweep handed to them by the New York Yankees. Justin Sutphin recaps this series from the Bronx:

Orioles win series over Angels in Anaheim: Series Recap 4/22/22 – 4/24/22

The Orioles won their second series of the season, taking two of three from the Los Angeles Angels. Justin Sutphin recaps the series:

Orioles drop 3 of 4 in near empty Oakland Colesium: Series Recap 4/18/22 – 4/21/22

The O’s dropped 3 of 4 from the Oakland A’s, in what was a tough series on a lot of notes. Justin Sutphin recaps the series from the Oakland Coliseum:

Orioles win their first series against Yankees in 2022: Series Recaps 4/15/22 – 4/17/22

The O’s picked up their first series win of 2022, and it happened against the division rival New York Yankees. Justin Sutphin recaps the series:

O’s lose 2 heartbreakers, drop first home series against Brewers: Series Recaps 4/11/22 – 4/13/22

The O’s won their home opener but dropped two of three against the Milwaukee Brewers in their first series at Camden Yards in 2022. Justin Sutphin recaps the series:

O’s drop all 3 to Rays in season opener: Series Recap 4/8/22 – 4/10/22

The Orioles were handed a sweep to start the season courtesy of the Tampa Bay Rays. Justin Sutphin recaps the opening series:

Baltimore Orioles announce 2022 roster

Opening Day is just over 24 hours away, and the Orioles have officially announced their 2022 Opening Day roster! Stephen Heckman reports:

2021 Baltimore Orioles stat leaders – Offense Edition

There you have it, folks. The 2021 season has officially come to a close. While the Atlanta Braves took care of the Houston Astros in this year’s World Series, we can now look back at some stat leaders for the Orioles this past season!

Orioles salvage one against Yankees in season series finale: Series Recap 9/14/21 – 9/16/21

The final series against the Yankees was supposed to be dominated by New York. Unfortunately for the Yankees, they found out the Baltimore Orioles were a bit tougher than expected.

Orioles wrap up season series with Yankees: Series Preview 9/14/21 – 9/16/21

For one final time, the Orioles and Yankees match-up here in 2021. With a chance to play spoiler once again, the O’s come into this series with not much to play for besides that.

Red hot Blue Jays come to Camden Yards for 4 games: Series Preview 9/10/21 – 9/12/21

As the Blue Jays are nipping at the ankles of the Yankees for the second Wild Card spot, they come to Baltimore for four games against the Orioles.

Orioles win 2 of 3 in Yankee Stadium: Series Recap 9/4/21 – 9/6/21

Ain’t the beer cold! It’s been a while since the Orioles delivered excitement like this! And even better, it comes at the expense of the New York Yankees!

O’s take final trip to Bronx for 3 against Yanks: Series Preview 9/3/21 – 9/5/21

For one last time this year, the Orioles play a series in Yankee Stadium. It’s historically a place the O’s suck in, yet this season has been a tad better. In six games played in the Bronx, the Orioles are 2-4. Still not good, but an improvement nonetheless.

O’s take one game, drop series to Jays: Series Recap 8/30/21 – 9/1/21

The Orioles visited Rogers Centre for the first time since 2019 to face the Blue Jays. And during this series, the O’s did something they seldom do in that stadium, win a game.

Orioles visit Blue Jays at Rogers Centre for first time since 2019: Series Preview 8/30/21 – 9/1/21

This August has been arguably the worst month in Orioles history. With two games left on the calendar this month, the Birds are currently 3-23. To make matters worse, the Orioles now travel to Rogers Centre, a stadium where they have been historically bad in recent years.

O’s end losing streak by stifling Ohtani and Angels in series victory: Series Recap 8/24/21 – 8/26/21

Sweet victory; the losing streak is over! We’re not talking about it anymore! Instead, there’s a new streak in the air, and that’s a winning streak! It has been done before!

Orioles continue home stand with 3 games against Angels: Series Preview 8/24/21 – 8/26/21

This series is going to be a collection of familiar faces, mixed in with some new ones.

Losing streak reaches 18 games after sweep by Braves: Series Recap 8/20/21 – 8/22/21

Three weeks; that’s how long it has been since the Orioles last won a game. Unlike the previous 15 games, these three losses to the Atlanta Braves were all close and games the Orioles could have won.

O’s losing streak reaches 15 after sweep from Rays: Series Recap 8/17/21 – 8/19/21

This 2021 season has certainly reached a new low. After this last series sweep to the hands of the AL-East-leading Rays, the Orioles have now dropped their last 15 games, all by multiple runs. This is a MLB record.

O’s swept at home by red hot Rays: Series Recap 8/6/21 – 8/8/21

Ahh, this was quite a frustrating weekend of baseball. Despite the exciting Orioles Hall of Fame ceremonies, this series felt like a display of Hall of Shame play.

Orioles host A.L.-East-leading Rays for 3: Series Preview 8/6/21 – 8/8/21

Happy weekend, Birdland! Our Orioles come back home following a frustrating three-game road trip in New York. Meeting the O’s in Baltimore will be the A.L.-East-leading Tampa Bay Rays.

Orioles take one game from Yankees in Bronx: Series Recap 8/2/21 – 8/4/21

The Orioles headed to the home of the New York Yankees for a three-game set and ended up taking one in the Bronx.

O’s, Tigers split series in Detroit: Series Recap 7/29/21 – 8/1/21

The Orioles headed into Detroit to face the Tigers, and, believe it or not, it was a battle of two teams playing fantastic baseball since the All-Star Break.

Sweep, there it is! O’s take down Nats in three: Series Recap 7/23/21 – 7/25/21

With the Nationals’ season hanging in the balance, Washington came to visit the Orioles for a critical three games to see what direction they would be heading towards.

Orioles return from All-Star Break to face Royals: Series Preview 7/16/21 – 7/18/21

Hallelujah, Orioles baseball is back! After an extremely exciting All-Star period for Oriole fans, our team returns to work to take on the Kansas City Royals.

O’s, Jays take game each in postponed 3-game set: Series Recap 7/6/21 – 7/8/21

With only two series left before the All-Star Break, the Blue Jays traveled to OPACY to start the first of these last two sets. It was the third meeting between the O’s and Jays in a month. I’ll tell you, I am a fan of the Blue Jays’ uniforms, but I’m tired of seeing them.

O’s, Jays matchup for third series in month span: Series Preview 7/6/21 – 7/8/21

Since June 18, the Orioles and Blue Jays have spent a lot of time together, enough for seven games since that date. This Tuesday through Thursday, the Toronto/Buffalo Blue Jays make their way into Camden Yards for games eight, nine, and 10 on the season. Mind you, it’s not even the All-Star Break yet.

Lord Mountcastle shining brightly in June, wins A.L. Rookie of the Month

The Baltimore Orioles are in the middle of a complete club rebuild from top to bottom. While the big league club is still growing, one thing that can be certain is that the O’s have a young star in the making in Ryan Mountcastle.

O’s take on Ohtani & Angels in Anaheim: Series Preview 7/2/21 – 7/4/21

We hope you got your coffee brewing, Birdland! This will be a late weekend, as the Orioles travel out to California to take on the Los Angeles Angels. The Birds will get a good look at MLB’s ultimate phenom, Shohei Ohtani, but only from the batter’s box.