O's Lose 4-3 in Texas, The Rundown...

The Orioles bad season continues as they dropped the first game of the series of the three-game set to Texas, 4-3 in ten innings. Jeremy Guthrie pitched another strong game, and the Orioles mounted a comeback, but lost the game in the tenth as reliever Paul Shuey served up an RBI single to Michael Young for the walk-off win for the Rangers.

Nick Markakis had 3 hits, & drove in 2 runs. Brandon Fahey singled in a run.

The two teams square off tonight and conclude the first half of the season on Sunday.

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The Baltimore Sun, Baltimore Examiner, Orioles Hangout & Washington Post have a recap of the game.

Sun blogger, Roch Kubatko has his thoughts on last night's tough loss.

There has been a lot of talk on the net and on sports talk radio about the Orioles possibly getting Maryland native Mark Teixiera via a trade or when he's up for free agency in 2008; however, he's focusing on his time in Texas right now. The Washington Post and Orioles MLB site has more on the story, and there might be hope in securing his services down the road.

Garrett Olson is where is he with the Orioles today, thanks to the 2004 draft where the Orioles failed to sign their number one pick...

Peter Schmuck believes that the Orioles should credit Jim Palmer big-time if Daniel Cabrera turns it around...

The Baltimore Examiner wants to know what Cal Ripken means to you...

-- photo from the orioles.com website...