Baltimore Orioles News

BALTIMORE (AP) _ Kevin Millar would rather help the Baltimore Orioles become a winner than join a club that already is one. As the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline nears, it's a sure bet the Orioles will be fielding offers for Millar, a playoff-tested veteran who's as valuable in the clubhouse as he is at the plate. If the Orioles deal Millar to a contender, the 35-year-old first baseman would be playing significant games in August ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) _ Kris Benson will have surgery on his ailing right shoulder, and the Baltimore Orioles right-hander likely will be sidelined for the entire 2007 season. ``At this point, we're probably looking at surgery,'' Orioles executive vice president Mike Flanagan said Thursday morning. ``It hasn't been determined yet with who or when, but it just reached a point with the rehab that it was getting sore and ...

The New York Mets will play the Baltimore Orioles in next year's Hall of Fame game on May 21, a rematch of the 1969 World Series. Orioles great Cal Ripken Jr. is expected to be the focus of the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies on July 29. A two-time MVP who played in 2,632 consecutive games to break Lou Gehrig's record streak, Ripken is considered a certain first-ballot inductee next ...

Pat Dobson, one of four pitchers to win 20 games for the Baltimore Orioles in 1971, has died. He was 64. Dobson died suddenly Wednesday night in the San Diego area, the San Francisco Giants said Thursday. He was a special assistant to Giants general manager Brian Sabean this year, his ninth with the club. The team didn't immediately release details about the cause of death. But USA Today reported ...

Devern Hansack pitched no-hit ball for five innings before Sunday's game was called because of rain, giving Boston a 9-0 win over Baltimore _ but not giving the Red Sox rookie official credit for a no-hitter. In only his second major league outing, Hansack became the ninth AL pitcher to allow no hits in a complete game of fewer than nine innings. In September 1991, a committee chaired by then-commissioner ...

Kevin Millar's two-run single in the ninth inning lifted Baltimore to a 5-4 victory over the Boston Red Sox on Saturday night, snapping the Orioles' nine-game losing streak at Fenway Park. Miguel Tejeda and Jay Gibbons led off the ninth with singles off Mike Timlin (6-6). After a fielder's choice and passed ball put runners at second and third, Millar hit a ball off the Green Monster to give the ...

Manny Ramirez returned to the Boston Red Sox starting lineup for the first time in 18 games. Ramirez was set to bat fourth as the designated hitter Saturday against the Baltimore Orioles, allowing Boston manager Terry Francona to give David Ortiz a day off before Sunday's season finale. ``I thought putting Manny in as a DH is a good way to maybe split the difference,'' Francona said. ``Maybe he could ...

Daniel Cabrera came within two outs of a no-hitter against the Yankees' mighty lineup before Robinson Cano slapped a clean opposite-field single in the ninth inning, and the Baltimore Orioles beat New York 7-1 Thursday night. Flashing a fastball that touched 97 mph, Cabrera overcame three errors behind him and cruised into the ninth with a chance to make history at Yankee Stadium. But after Johnny Damon grounded weakly to ...

The odds of such an occurrence seem insurmountable, yet Jay Gibbons pulled off the unimaginable feat: He hit a foul ball that injured his wife. The scene occurred in the ninth inning of the Baltimore Orioles' game against Minnesota on Saturday. Gibbons fouled a ball straight back over the screen and into the rib cage of his wife, Laura. ``She's just a little bruised up. She's going to be OK,'' ...

Daniel Cabrera took a four-hitter into the seventh inning, Brian Roberts homered and drove in three runs, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Minnesota Twins 7-3 on Friday night. Torii Hunter scored twice for the Twins, who started the day a half-game behind Detroit in the AL Central and 5{ games in front of the Chicago White Sox in the wild-card race. Minnesota cut a four-run deficit to 5-3 and ...