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Rookie Yefry Ramirez and four relievers combined on a four-hitter, Jonathan Schoop drove in a run with a sixth-inning sacrifice fly and the Orioles beat the Texas Rangers 1-0 Saturday night in a matchup of last-place teams.
In part because of a promotional giveaway (Maryland script flag jerseys), a crowd of 38,328 came to support the club with the worst record in the big leagues. Also in attendance: Hall of Fame third baseman Brooks Robinson , the 81-year-old former Oriole was introduced as the team’s new special adviser.
And so, on a perfect night for baseball, Baltimore fans were treated to a victory and a bit of nostalgia.
”It’s been a tough season so far for our fans,” Orioles manager Buck Showalter conceded. ”Getting a chance to see Brooks, that’s a highlight of any day or any season, really.”
So was the win. Making his fourth start and bidding for his first major league victory, Ramirez pitched five innings of two-hit ball before being pulled in a scoreless game.
Brad Brach (1-2), Donnie Hart and Mychal Givens followed before Zach Britton worked the ninth for his third save.
It was pretty special, especially for a team that came in with collective 4.92 ERA.
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Brach, Britton, shortstop Manny Machado and center fielder Adam Jones are among those likely to be dealt by the last-place Orioles before the July 31 non-waiver trade deadline.
After languishing on the disabled list for 11 weeks, Rangers lefty Martin Perez (2-4) allowed one run and five hits over seven innings in his first start since April 29. It was the best of his six starts this season, but he didn’t get a win to show for it.
”It was a good outing for me,” Perez said. ”To come back after two months and a half and throw again like this, make me happy.”
Neither team got a runner to third base until the sixth inning, when the Orioles scored on a walk, an infield hit and a sacrifice fly by Schoop .
The Rangers used a single and an error to get two on with no outs in the eighth. But pinch-runner Isiah Kiner-Falefa was picked off second base, and the uprising fizzled from there.
”We stranded eight runners and made a base-running mistake that hurt us late,” manager Jeff Bannister said.
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On the opposite end of the spectrum, teammate Delino DeShields went 0 for 2 and is hitless in his last 25 at-bats since July 4.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Rangers: To make room for Perez, LHP Alex Claudio (left ankle sprain) was placed on the 10-day DL and OF Austin Jackson was released. … Manager Jeff Banister said C Carlos Perez, who’s been sidelined since mid-June with a right ankle sprain, will finish his rehab assignment on Tuesday. The team will then decide whether to bring him off the DL.
Orioles: RHP Jimmy Yacabonis is too sick to make his scheduled start Sunday, manager Buck Showalter said. Yacabonis was slated to start for injured Andrew Cashner (neck spasms). RHP Chris Tillman, who is slated to conclude his rehab assignment Sunday with Triple-A Norfolk, is an option.
UP NEXT
Rangers: LHP Mike Minor (6-5, 4.56 ERA) takes Texas into the All-Star break, pitching the series finale Sunday. The 30-year-old will seek to add a notch to his team-leading victory total.
Orioles: The All-Star break can’t come soon enough for the Orioles (27-69), who last year lost their 69th game on Sept. 7.
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MINNEAPOLIS — Eighty-one games boil down to the finale for the Denver Nuggets and Minnesota Timberwolves.
Win and in.
Months of play have led to Wednesday’s final regular-season game between the two teams in Minnesota. Wednesday’s winner will go to the playoffs. The loser will start its offseason. There are different seeding possibilities for the winner in the packed Western Conference standings but a win is the only thing that matters for now.
“I just want to clinch it,” Timberwolves coach Tom Thibodeau said after Monday’s victory against Memphis. “Tonight, Wednesday [url=http://www.pantherscheapshop.com/cheap-authentic-graham-gano-jersey]Graham Gano Jersey[/url] , whenever it is. Just get it done. We talked about finishing. That’s been our thing. Just finish. And whatever way we have to get there, let’s get there.”
Thibodeau was talking to reporters before Denver had finished its game on Monday night to set up Wednesday’s showdown. The Nuggets came from behind to beat Portland 88-82.
“Our guys stepped up and understood the urgency of the situation,” Denver coach Mike Malone told the team’s website.
Two weeks ago, the season coming down to the final game was unlikely. Minnesota was playing without All-Star Jimmy Butler and fading down the stretch. When the Wolves lost 100-96 at Denver on April 5, it was their final game without Butler and ended a 6-9 stretch.
Minnesota has won the past two games with Butler back in the lineup after knee surgery.
Monday’s win against Portland was the Nuggets’ sixth in a row.
“We’ve got to go to Minnesota,” Denver swingman Will Barton told the team’s website, “and get the job done.”
It will be a different matchup than even six days earlier. Butler didn’t play in that game. Still on a minutes restriction, Butler played 22:58 in Monday’s win and had 15 points, three steals and three assists.
However, forward Taj Gibson left Monday’s game early with a sore neck and is questionable for Wednesday.
“We’ll see,” Thibodeau told the Minneapolis Star Tribune about Gibson’s availability. “Based on what he did today, we’ll see how he feel tomorrow. If he’s not (in), we have more than enough. We just need guys to step and get it done.”
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“I hope so,” guard Jamal Crawford told the Star Tribune about Gibson playing. “To be honest, Taj is the heart and soul of our team. Everybody talks about everybody else for good reason, but he’s the guy who’s the rock of our team. Knowing Taj, I would put my money that he plays, I hope.”
The Nuggets got back guard Gary Harris on Monday after he missed 11 games with a knee injury. He had 12 points and two steals in 18 minutes off the bench.
“He didn’t play like a player that missed 25 days,” Malone told the team’s website.
While Minnesota is sitting on a 13-season playoff drought, Gibson knows the intensity that will come Wednesday after having experienced a win-and-in regular-season finale in 2010 with the Bulls. Teammate Derrick Rose also was on that Chicago team.
“We’ve been through this before,” Gibson told the Star Tribune. “It all comes down to knowing your opponent and wanting it even more. Understanding the last game with Denver didn’t sit right with us.”
Butler has pushed his team all season. He has one more in the regular season.
“A win can control our own destiny,” he told the Star Tribune. “We’ve got a game on Wednesday anyway. No matter what, we’re going in there to win.”
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