Fun fact - yesterday was Blaze Alexander's 1st career game in RF.
He's now played every position on the field other than P, C, & 1B
And all but those + LF for the Orioles 23 games into the season.
Mini Milestones Game 23 Edition
Samuel Basallo: 2 hits in a game ties career high (5th time)
Leody Taveras: 1st career grand slam
Rico Garcia: 70th career appearance
Anthony Nunez: 1st career win; 10th career appearance; 2 IP in a game ties career high (3rd time)
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Taveras of course put us over the finish line. Not trying to forget him.
Just in bed already lol
W!!!
11-12
What an absurd win 😂
Bradish had some bad luck and wasn't sharp all wrapped up in one; but battled!
Bats were awful until Basallo saved us twice.
Pen was good till Foster.
It works lol.
Get another tomorrow.
Brutal way for KC to drop their 8th straight lol
Hmmm .. maybe like 2-5 times a year depending on the year??
Not common but not unheard of!
Mini Milestones Game 22 Edition
Jeremiah Jackson: 1st career stolen base
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Mini Milestones Game 21 Edition
Nothing 😭
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Mini Milestones Game 20 Edition
Dylan Beavers: 50th career game played
Sam Huff: 100th career game played
Jeremiah Jackson: 10th career HR; 5 HR in a season ties career high
Grant Wolfram: 30th career appearance
Rico Garcia: 2 wins in a season sets new career high
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Today was Dean Kremer's 44th career quality start. That ties him with Dylan Bundy for the most with the Orioles in the past 10 years (2017-2026)
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W!!
10-10!
What a satisfying and necessary win!
Good on Bassitt for BATTLING!
And the bats for never letting it die!
Love it!
Get another tomorrow!
Rico Garcia
10 IP
0 Runs
0 Hits
0 HBP
3 BBs
10 Ks
The man has been NAILS
Mini Milestones Game 19 Edition
Blaze Alexander: 150th career game played
Cameron Foster: Major League Debut; 1st career strikeout
Tyler Wells: 300th career strikeout
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Baz I'm not concerned over. He's showing excellent stuff & fight to keep things from snowballing even if the results are average so far.
He's currently a mid rotation guy with ace potential. His extension was what a mid rotation guy gets. It works .. hopefully he keeps improving
Tough because I love the fight in the 9th .. but also the bats were so lifeless the first 8 & a loss & 3 game losing streak after your highest point in 2 seasons are bummers no matter how you lose
This team is better & different than 2025 - but still more we need to see.
Mini Milestones Game 18 Edition
Blaze Alexander: 10th career stolen base
Kyle Bradish: 400th career strikeout
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That's the 400th strikeout of Kyle Bradish's career
Congrats Kyle!
Mini Milestones Game 17 Edition
Taylor Ward: 25th career stolen base
Samuel Basallo: 50th career total base; 7 walks in a season sets new career high; 2 hits in a game ties career high (4th time)
Colton Cowser: 200th career hit
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Mini Milestones Game 16 Edition
Jeremiah Jackson: 1st career grand slam; 100th career total base; 3 hits in a game ties career high (4th time)
Albert Suarez: 80th career appearance
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W!!!
9-7
What a freaking win!
A genuine team win -- but also hats off to JJ and Alonso!
And the 1st place Orioles move to 2 games over .500 for the 1st time since the last game of the 2024 season 😳
Yep!
2 earned, 2 unearned
People will probably be annoyed that I'm saying it; but Dean had a decent start to his season today
2 ERs over 5 - would have gotten 6, or 7, later in the yr with a higher pitch count
9Ks 0 BBs
The HRs yes (though Marte's 1st was absurd) but not bad from your 5 to start the yr
This bad boy arrived today
Mini Milestones Game 15 Edition
Samuel Basallo: 6 walks in a season ties career high
Cade Povich: 200th career inning pitched; 40th career appearance
Anthony Nunez: 10th career strikeout
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Mini Milestones Game 14 Edition
Jeremiah Jackson: 3 hits in a game ties career high (3rd time)
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Mini Milestones Game 13 Edition
Shane Baz: 300th career inning pitched
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W!!
8-7!
5-1 in the last 6 is such a nice feeling.
Povich shoved.
Basallo and Alonso both shaking off the early season rust, which will make our lineup so much more dangerous. Mayo with a clutch hit too.
After the Yankees lose their 5th straight we're tied for 1st!
I think Povich is currently the 6th man, Young the 7th. No matter how today goes. Kremer up soon.
But I also know SPs just have a lot of growing pains. Wouldnt be surprised to see both much better this yr than last, and that would be awesome.
We'll see them both a decent bit.
The whole team has also seen a ton of off-speed stuff .. which just naturally slows the bat some too + small sample sizes.
If youre worried about some of the slow starters, Alonso should be bottom of that list.
People have said theyre worried about Pete Alonso's slow start because his bat speed is down a little.
But the whole point of bat speed is to hit the ball hard, and he's never hit the ball harder.
He's just a streaky hitter with a slow 13 game start in a new city. It'll even out