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Alex Rychwalski | Surprise, surprise! It wasn't Hyde

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The Baltimore Orioles can confidently say after 50 games, Brandon Hyde was not the problem. Hyde probably had a smirk on his face in the Tampa Bay dugout this week. The fired Baltimore manager now-assistant coach with the Rays had a front-row seat to his new club sweeping the Orioles.

The series featured an embarrassing pitching performance and two winnable games, the latter a 3-1 collapse in ...

The Baltimore Orioles can confidently say after 50 games, Brandon Hyde was not the problem. Hyde probably had a smirk on his face in the Tampa Bay dugout this week. The fired Baltimore manager now-assistant coach with the Rays had a front-row seat to his new club sweeping the Orioles.

The series featured an embarrassing pitching performance and two winnable games, the latter a 3-1 collapse in which the Orioles had two outs in the eighth and lost 5-3 in the series finale Wednesday. The Orioles are now a season-worst eight games below . 500 at 21-29, and it’s a new low point for a Baltimore team with the highest payroll in franchise history at $198.

2 million. They rank 18th in runs scored, 26th in team ERA (4. 97), 28th in starting pitching ERA (5.

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