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- The Baltimore Orioles have a 14-10 record thus far in the month of June.
- With only two games left in the month, Baltimore is guaranteed to finish with an over-.500 record in that span.
- It’s the first time in five years they’ve done that, and fans are enjoying the hope that it’s giving them,
Things are looking up for the Baltimore Orioles.
No, really!
The Orioles are 14-10 in the month of June and highly touted prospect Adley Rutschman is beginning to come into his own. With just two games left in the month, Baltimore is guaranteed to finish June with an over-.500 record. That’s something the O’s haven’t done is a staggeringly long time. August of 2017, to be exact.
At 14-10 with 2 games left in June, the Orioles have clinched their first winning calendar month (min 5 games) since they went 17-12 in August 2017
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) June 28, 2022
Not only has it been five years since the O’s had a winning month, but every other Major League Baseball team has done so at least twice in that time frame. Even the Pittsburgh Pirates!
In that span from Sept 2017-May 2022, every other team had at least 2 winning months (min 5 games)
The Astros had 23 of them
— Sarah Langs (@SlangsOnSports) June 28, 2022
In the time since the Orioles last had a month over .500, the Houston Astros have done so 23 times and both the Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers have made three World Series appearances.
Baltimore’s offense is largely driving the success. The Orioles bats are averaging 5.04 runs per game in the month of June. Extrapolated over the course of the 2022 season, that would rank third in the league behind only the New York Yankees and Dodgers.
Following Monday’s win in Seattle, the #Orioles are now 35-40 on the year.
The O’s are 14-10 in the month of June.
They’re 21-16 since May 19. And 7-3 over their last 10.This team is scrappy, and a huge improvement over the previous seasons. #Birdland
— Ryan Decker (@RyanDecker_) June 28, 2022
Baltimore has a long way to go to be a true competitor. But fans are happily clinging on to first sign of hope they’ve had in years.
https://twitter.com/Ric0_Suave24/status/1541773887385620481?s=20&t=asHtTWMZdsClZIvvC0PVMw
Birds are back baby (until we inevitably sell half the team and play .350 ball for the last third of the season) https://t.co/OmY2qJOLgr
— johnny hustle (@jwsewall) June 28, 2022
Trust. The. Process. This team is fun. #Birdland https://t.co/tLCzc4BoJY
— Arthur Mahek (@RedPanther1313) June 28, 2022
https://t.co/U3qyWRB4Gd pic.twitter.com/qooCbdfiss
— aaron folsom (@VersaceCaesar) June 28, 2022
https://twitter.com/02samiam/status/1541666807156572160?s=20&t=asHtTWMZdsClZIvvC0PVMw
Break out the Natty Bohs, because the Orioles are going streaking!