World Champions 1983, 1970, 1966 American League Champions 1983, 1979, 1971, 1970, 1969, 1966 American League East Division Champions 2014, 1997, 1983, 1979, 1974, 1973, 1971, 1970, 1969 American League Wild Card 2016, 2012, 1996 Monday, July 24, 2017 Game Stories: Bundy gives back two leads by allowing 3-run homers, but Orioles score 2 in 8th to beat Astros, 9-7 The Sun 7/23 O's outslug Astros in wild, seesaw finale MLB.com 7/23 Slugfest in Baltimore: O’s win 9-7 to get series finale MASNsports.com 7/23 Britton gets AL saves record as Orioles beat Astros 9-7 AP 7/23 Columns: Avoiding sweep, Orioles start six-game trip hoping it's the road to the playoffs, not a dead end The Sun 7/23 Orioles notes: In first opportunity since April, Britton dominant in setting AL consecutive-saves mark The Sun 7/23 Orioles continuing to target off days to give Bundy rest, looking at 180-inning threshold The Sun 7/23 Gausman, O's set for series opener vs. Rays MLB.com 7/24 Britton sets AL mark with 55th straight save MLB.com 7/24 Caleb Joseph talks about his offensive resurgence MASNsports.com 7/24 Showalter catching on to backstop rotation MASNsports.com 7/23 Notes on the homestand, Britton’s saves and Schoop’s RBI tear MASNsports.com 7/24 Zach Britton sets an AL record and more from today’s win MASNsports.com 7/23 Showalter on Bundy’s season innings total (plus a game update) MASNsports.com 7/23 O’s game blog: O’s need a win to avoid sweep MASNsports.com 7/23 Jonathan Schoop on his recent RBI tear MASNsports.com 7/23 Zach Britton gets AL consecutive saves record as Orioles beat Astros AP 7/23 Did Zach Britton Pitch His Final Game In Baltimore With The Orioles? PressBoxOnline.com 7/23 Buck Showalter Says He Tries To Ignore Trade Rumors PressBoxOnlin.com 7/23 Pivotal Orioles-Rays series begins Monday CBS Sports 7/24 How has Dan Duquette fared in trading veterans for prospects — sell deals — in his MLB career? BaltimoreBaseball.com 7/24 Britton notches record save — is that his last at Camden Yards? (Bundy, Jimenez notes) BaltimoreBaseball.com 7/23 Zach Britton ties American League record with 55th consecutive save in Orioles’ win The Post 7/23 http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/bal-bs-sp-orioles-astros-game-story-20170723- story.html Bundy gives back two leads by allowing 3-run homers, but Orioles score 2 in 8th to beat Astros, 9-7 By Peter Schmuck / The Baltimore Sun July 23, 2017 Right-hander Dylan Bundy has been the most consistent pitcher in the Orioles rotation this season, but he has also been vulnerable to some of the same problems that have hampered his less-successful fellow starters. His performance in Sunday’s 9-7 win over the Houston Astros was a good example. On a sizzling afternoon that would eventually feature a two-run game-winning rally in the eighth inning and Zach Britton’s American League-record 55th consecutive successful save opportunity, Bundy was handed a pair of three-run leads over the course of his 5 1/3 innings of work, and each time his quest for the elusive shutdown inning was undone by a game-tying three-run homer. Diminutive second baseman José Altuve delivered the first one in the third inning after the Orioles had taken advantage of the early wildness of Astros starter Lance McCullers to score three times in the second. Norichika Aoki, who isn’t exactly Aaron Judge himself, dropped the second three-run homer on the flag court in the sixth to tie the score at 6. “They hand me a three-run lead the first time and I blow it,’’ Bundy said, “and the second time they do it again and just hand me a win and I didn’t command my pitches in the sixth inning and they got me.” Bundy ended up surrendering seven earned runs, even though he made only two unforgiving pitches. He would avoid his ninth loss when Mark Trumbo tied the game with his 17th home run in the bottom of the seventh, but raise his ERA to 4.53. “It was another one like [Chris Tillman],’’ manager Buck Showalter. “I thought he was very close to having a lot better line. He hung a curveball and [Aoki] flipped it around the pole where you don’t have to hit it very far. He was real close to having a real good outing. I know what it’ll look like. I know Dylan was disappointed. He and [catcher] Caleb [Joseph] were really frustrated after that inning. They thought they should have gotten through it.” Adam Jones kept the Orioles offense moving with four hits, which matched a career high he has achieved 20 times. The O’s also got multihit performances from Trey Mancini, who had a pair of run-scoring hits, and Jonathan Schoop, who had three singles to raise his team-leading batting average to .307. The Orioles finally got over on the Astros with two runs off reliever Luke Gregerson in the bottom of the eighth inning. The rally start with a one-out double by shortstop Rubén Tejada, who moved up on Jones’ fourth hit and scored on a long sacrifice fly by Manny Machado. Schoop provided the insurance run with a looping single to left-center field. Britton did the rest, striking out two in a scoreless ninth to record his sixth save of the season, and first since April 14, in his first save opportunity since returning from the disabled list. His 55th consecutive successfully converted save opportunity – dating to September 2015 – broke the AL record set in 1998-1999 by then-Boston Red Sox closer Tom Gordon. Altuve is unconscious Altuve hit the first three-run home run that erased a three-run Orioles lead in the third inning and didn’t stop there. He doubled in the fifth inning and singled in the sixth to set up the go-ahead run after Aoki hit a three-run homer to erase the other three-run Orioles lead. Altuve came into the game leading the major leagues with a .352 batting average and raised it to .358 with a career-high four hits. Mancini’s sweet music Mancini just refuses to stop hitting. He singled home a run in the third inning to temporarily reclaim the lead and doubled home a run in the fifth inning to give the Orioles their second short- lived three-run lead of the game. He raised his average to .304. Adam's big week Jones managed just one hit in 15 at-bats in the first four games of the nonmathematical second half of the season, but he pulled out of that minislump in a fury. Over the final five games of the homestand, he went 10-for-24 with three homers and nine RBIs. http://m.orioles.mlb.com/news/article/243951024/orioles-break-late-tie-to-deny-astros-a-sweep/ O's outslug Astros in wild, seesaw finale By Kyle Melnick and Mandy Bell / MLB.com July 23, 2017 BALTIMORE -- Manny Machado knocked in the tiebreaking run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning, then Zach Britton set an American League record with his 55th consecutive save to lift the Orioles to a thrilling 9-7 victory over the Astros on Sunday afternoon. The win snapped Baltimore's eight-game losing streak against Houston, including a five-game skid at Camden Yards. In his first save chance since returning from a left forearm strain, Britton struck out the first two batters before walking Marwin Gonzalez, but forced pinch-hitter George Springer to ground out to short to record the save. Britton moved into sole possession of second place in Major League history, passing Tom Gordon and trailing only Eric Gagne, who converted 84 in a row. "It's so hard to simulate that type of emotional situation in a rehab start or even out of the 'pen in a non-save situation," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "It's just completely different adrenaline. He looked like he was in his element there, finally. It's been a long haul to get back there. He was the last real piece for us to be able to get back and really be able to put what I think is a really good bullpen, if we can get deeper into games." The Astros trailed by three entering the sixth, but a three-run blast by Norichika Aoki tied the game before a sacrifice fly by Josh Reddick gave Houston a 7-6 lead. However, in the seventh, Mark Trumbo answered with a leadoff homer to knot the game at 7. The Orioles got off to a quick 3-0 lead in the second on a hit batsman, a double play and an Adam Jones single. In the third, Jose Altuve (4-for-5, three RBIs) launched a three-run blast to tie the game and extend his hitting streak to a career-high 15 games, but the Orioles tacked on another in the bottom half on a Trey Mancini single. "Well, we won the series, which is the positive side of things. Obviously today, you know both offenses swung the bat pretty well," Astros manager A.J. Hinch said. "I liked the big innings that we had coming back from their two big innings. They just had an extra one and we didn't." In the fifth, the O's added two runs to go up 6-3 on a Chris Davis sacrifice fly and an RBI double by Mancini, chasing Lance McCullers Jr.