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They’re a real trustworthy bunch.Emergency road work on Allendale Road in south Edmonton is causing grief for businesses that are now accessible only through a series of detours. “I can’t say this about every team I’ve had, but this team will be as good as it’s capable of being - I feel like, anyway. “Our guys, they’re going to be able to have a real peace about the endgame here, because they’ve given themselves every chance,” he said. From here on out, beyond the regular season, we’re going to see pitching that’s going to be top of the line, and it’s important against guys of that caliber to be able to scrap together some runs.”Īs soon as Saturday, the Orioles could clinch their opportunity. “Especially going into the situation we’re in, I like the execution just as much, though. “That’s kind of what we’ve proven we do,” Trumbo said. Mark Trumbo, the major league leader in home runs, sounded almost apologetic Friday when asked about the Orioles’ three-homer fifth inning, which included his 47th of the season. The Orioles’ reliance on power, without power arms in their rotation, could be a dubious formula for October success. So we’re just trying to get the best players we can for the value, that’s all.” We’ve tried to develop some good starters, which we’re making progress on. “Sometimes the value’s in the relief pitchers. “We just try to get the best players we can get,” Duquette said. The Orioles have found a way, but this was not part of some master plan. Every team with a higher starters’ E.R.A. Yet the Orioles’ power and bullpen - anchored by the incomparable Zach Britton - have been enough to overcome the lack of speed, and a rotation with a 4.74 E.R.A. They have by far the most home runs, with 250, but have just 19 stolen bases and six triples, which would be the fewest ever by a team in a season. The Orioles have gotten this far with extremes: They lead the majors in home runs, and have stolen the fewest bases. Just got to win a couple more games and get into the tournament and take our chances.” “Some of the teams that get into the tournament as a wild card, they do pretty well. “If you get in the tournament, who knows, right?” Duquette said. There’s a lot of different things that will cloud your mind if you let them.” “The focus is trying to win these nine innings tonight, believe me. “We could be playing Monday, we could be playing Tuesday, we could be playing Wednesday - and we could not be playing at all,” Orioles Manager Buck Showalter said Friday afternoon, as rain washed out batting practice. The Seattle Mariners are still alive, and the Tigers, conceivably, could play five games in five cities from Sunday through Thursday. Other possible outcomes are in play, too. That could set up a three-way tie for two spots. But if Detroit is just a half-game ahead or behind after Sunday, the Tigers will have to make up a rained-out game against Cleveland on Monday. If Toronto pulls even with the Orioles at the end of the regular season, the Blue Jays will host the wild-card game on Tuesday because they won the teams’ season series. That would be a tidier outcome than a slew of other possibilities. At 88-72, they can clinch one of the wild-card spots with a victory on Saturday and a loss by the Detroit Tigers. Now the Orioles have won six of their last seven. We played good defense, we got good pitching. “I really did, because we’d played a good game. “I thought we were going to win that game, frankly,” said Dan Duquette, the Orioles’ executive vice president for baseball operations. They nearly fell three back on Wednesday, before a ninth-inning, pinch-hit homer by Hyun Soo Kim in Toronto. With a soggy 8-1 victory over the Yankees in the Bronx - and the Blue Jays’ 5-3 loss at Fenway Park - the Orioles now stand a game ahead of the Blue Jays. The Orioles have reason to be confident if they keep winning, they will need no help to host a game at Camden Yards next week. He left the room before the Red Sox obliged, lifting the Orioles into the top spot in the American League wild-card race. “Strike him out,” said Schoop, who had just driven in five runs against the Yankees. The televisions in the middle of the room were showing the final inning of the Toronto Blue Jays’ game in Boston. Jonathan Schoop finished his interview in the Baltimore Orioles’ clubhouse Friday night, then peeked over the heads of the reporters by his locker.
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