- Commissioner’s statement on Ventura, Marte
- Ronnie O’Sullivan: Masters champion ‘felt so vulnerable’ in final
- Arron Fletcher Wins 2017 WSOP International Circuit Marrakech Main Event ($140,224)
- Smith challenges Warner to go big in India
- Moncada No. 1 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- Braves land 2 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- Kingery makes MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- New Zealand wrap up 2-0 after Bangladesh implosion
- Mathews, Pradeep, Gunathilaka to return to Sri Lanka
- Elliott hopes for rain for Poli
O’s ride hot hand, 2nd-half star Ubaldo
- Updated: September 30, 2016
TORONTO — Just who is this guy anyway?
Ubaldo Jimenez, who had struggled enough to be demoted to the bullpen, continued his sensational second-half turnaround on Thursday night to move the Orioles into a tie with the Blue Jays for the top American League Wild Card spot. Jimenez — who has been the O’s most consistent pitcher over the past month — again came up big, tossing 6 2/3 scoreless innings in Baltimore’s 4-0 critical road series win.
“How do you describe that outing? That’s seven in a row for him now,” Orioles manager Buck Showalter said of Jimenez, who lasted just one out the previous time he started in Toronto in June.
“We were trying to decide how we wanted to go with pitching. The deciding factor was going with the hot hand, regardless of how someone has pitched in a ballpark. That kind of overrides that. Boy was he solid. He gave [catcher Matt Wieters] a lot of weapons to work with tonight. He had both sides of the plate, stayed aggressive, didn’t let …
