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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 2012, 1996 Saturday, September 24, 2016 Game Stories: Orioles recap: Mark Trumbo homer in 12th completes 3-2 comeback win over Diamondbacks The Sun 9/23 On the Mark! O's keep pace on Trumbo's walk-off HR MLB.com 9/24 Orioles win in 12 innings on Trumbo’s walk-off home run MASNsports.com 9/23 O’s get walk-off win on Trumbo’s home run MASNsports.com 9/23 Trumbo's 12th-inning homer leads Orioles over D-backs 3-2 AP 9/24 Trumbo's 12th Inning Homer Gives Orioles Much Needed Win CSN Mid-Atlantic 9/24 Columns: Oliver Drake caps stellar night for Orioles bullpen with his first major league win The Sun 9/24 Orioles offense awakens at right moment to beat Diamondbacks, keep pace in playoff race The Sun 9/23 Orioles notebook: Kevin Gausman feeling better, expected to start Tuesday or Wednesday The Sun 9/23 Manny Machado honored to be named Most Valuable Oriole The Sun 9/23 Bullpen's sweet relief sets stage for clutch blasts MLB.com 9/24 Wieters' blast latest in line of big hits MLB.com 9/24 Machado voted 2016 Most Valuable Oriole MLB.com 9/24 Miley faces D-backs as O's aim to build off dramatic win MLB.com 9/24 Machado's lack of steals are deceiving MLB.com 9/23 About last night ... MASNsports.com 9/24 Wrapping up a 3-2 12-inning win MASNsports.com 9/24 Meetings and Machado (free baseball) MASNsports.com 9/23 Early notes from Camden Yards MASNsports.com 9/23 Manny Machado named Most Valuable Oriole MASNsports.com 9/23 A look at the recent strong performance by the Orioles bullpen MASNsports.com 9/24 Orioles hosting Birdland Experience Weekend for disability community MASNsports.com 9/24 Orioles hope Friday's win provides momentum STATS, LLC. 9/24 Manny Machado Says Most Valuable Oriole Is Nice, World Series Better CSN Mid- Atlantic 9/23 Adam Jones Ignores Steve Clevenger Tweets, Focused On Winning CSN Mid-Atlantic 9/23 Manny Machado Voted 2016 Most Valuable Oriole CSN Mid-Atlantic 9/23 September Games Have Major Impact On MLB Standings PressBoxOnline.com 9/23 Local Paralympic Gold Medalists Will Throw First Pitches This Weekend CBS Baltimore 9/23 Friday Replay: Where are the O's Fans? Baltimore Magazine 9/23 Myriad O’s thoughts: Fans embracing Kim; Manny as MVO; Drake gets win; Gausman update BaltimoreBaseball.com 9/24 Trumbo on walkoff win: ‘A real gut punch if it goes the other way’ BaltimoreBaseball.com 9/24 Jones and Showalter talk about Baltimore native Clevenger’s tweets BaltimoreBaseball.com 9/23 Orioles honor bus driver for rescuing students from fire in College Park FOX Baltimore 9/23 Final Home Orioles Series Of 2016 Has Giveaways, Special Events WBAL Radio 9/23 http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/blog/bal-orioles-recap-birds-diamondbacks- 20160923-story.html Orioles recap: Mark Trumbo homer in 12th completes 3-2 comeback win over Diamondbacks By Peter Schmuck / The Baltimore Sun September 23, 2016 For seven innings Friday night, it looked like the Orioles had already packed up their bats for the winter. They had floundered for six innings against one of the most ineffective starters in the National League and appeared dead in the water against one of the losingest teams in baseball. It had reached the point that the announced crowd of 37,815 was just happy to be going home with those cool Hyun Soo Kim Korean-language T-shirts. Then something almost miraculous happened. The Orioles rediscovered their power stroke just in the nick of time. They hit two late-inning homers to send the game into overtime and major league home run leader Mark Trumbo launched his 44th of the year in the 12th inning to finish a dramatic 3-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks at Camden Yards. The way the power-packed lineup had struggled during the disastrous four-game series against the Boston Red Sox, it was starting to look like there might be no turning back. But the Orioles clawed back with a solo homer by Pedro Alvarez in the eighth inning and a leadoff homer by Matt Wieters in the ninth to rejuvenate the dormant offense. “Basically, [we had] four or five games where the runs were kind of hard to come by and you have all the faith in the world in the people in here," Trumbo said, “but eventually you’re going to have to actually execute it.” The Orioles (83-71) came close to winning it in the ninth when Adam Jones delivered a one-out single with J.J. Hardy on second base. But Hardy was thrown out at the plate on a play that manager Buck Showalter challenged in case catcher Welington Castillo had illegally blocked home plate or missed the tag. Until the eighth inning, it was the same old story. The Orioles could not get any offensive traction even on a night when the Diamondbacks sent a pitcher to the mound with a 2-12 record and a 6.90 ERA. Shelby Miller had not delivered a scoreless outing of any length this season, but he held the Orioles to just three harmless hits over six scoreless innings Friday. You figure it out. Showalter always does the classy thing in these situations and gives the opposing pitcher the credit when the Orioles don’t show up at the plate. But that’s a hard sell now that the Orioles have scored three runs or fewer in seven straight games and 11 of their past 15 games. Orioles starter Yovani Gallardo wasn’t overpowering, but you can bet that Showalter would have signed up in blood to get the performance he delivered. Gallardo allowed single runs in the first and second innings, then shut down the Diamondbacks until it was time to line up the short-relief crew. "The past four days it was a little bit rough," Gallardo said, “but that’s how this team is. It never gives up, comes in day in and day out ready to play and it showed today, being down two runs throughout the game and then finding a way to get the victory. It’s exciting.” If this were a week ago, Showalter would not have used his “win” relievers in a game that the Orioles were trailing, but they have run out of rope here. The Detroit Tigers have replaced them in the second wild-card slot and seemed poised to push them back another game with a lopsided victory over the Kansas City Royals. Darren O’Day, Brad Brach, Mychal Givens, Zach Britton, Tommy Hunter and Oliver Drake pitched scoreless innings to buy some time and the offense finally came to the rescue in a game the Orioles could not afford to lose. “You know there’s not much margin for error," Showalter said. “We’ve been challenged scoring runs lately, but they kept passing the baton. We’ve had a lot of guys we’ve had to push because it’s the end of the season and they’ve handled it well. We’ve been able to keep the wolves at bay because of the job they’re doing.” No pinch runner for Hardy? Showalter was asked after the game why he didn’t pinch run for Hardy in the ninth inning, which – in highsight – might have allowed the Orioles to win in the ninth. “If it was 2-1, I would have," Showalter said. “In a tie game, I wouldn’t have. He just got a little slow read seeing that ball through. With two outs, he probably would have scored. Tempted, yeah, but it’s different at home than it is on the road. It’s different for me – doesn’t make me right or wrong. If it’s 2-1 it’s a little different dynamic.” Opportunities lost: The Orioles loaded the bases with two outs in the first inning against Miller with a couple of walks and a single by Manny Machado, but Alvarez was caught looking. The inning also featured a towering fly ball by Chris Davis that might have been a home run if right fielder Yasmany Tomas had not had plenty of time to settle under it and reach up before it seemed destined to land on the roof of the grounds crew shed. The Orioles also had runners at second and third with one out in the sixth inning before Alvarez and Jonathan Schoop popped out to end the inning. Shaking things up: Showalter revised the lineup a bit, moving Kim into the leadoff spot for only the second time this season and putting Adam Jones in the No. 2 slot. Showalter continues to look for something that will give the offense a spark, but nothing has worked. http://m.orioles.mlb.com/news/article/202820010/trumbos-walk-off-hr-lifts-os-over-d-backs/ On the Mark! O's keep pace on Trumbo's walk-off HR By Brittany Ghiroli and Jake Rill / MLB.com September 24, 2016 BALTIMORE -- As Orioles manager Buck Showalter likes to say: delayed, not denied. Mark Trumbo's 12th-inning walkoff homer kept the Orioles right in the thick of the American League Wild Card race Friday night, leading Baltimore to a 3-2, 12-inning win over the D-backs in a four-hour series opener.