The Orioles, with their 9-5 victory over Oakland, are assured of having their first winning season since the team finished first in the AL East in 1997. The Birds will finish the campaign with a 93-69 record for a second-place finish, but will earn a spot in the postseason as the play-in Wild Card team.

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The Orioles, with their 9-5 victory over Oakland, are assured of having their first winning season since the team finished first in the AL East in 1997. The Birds will finish the campaign with a 93-69 record for a second-place finish, but will earn a spot in the postseason as the play-in Wild Card team.

The Orioles secure their first winning record since 1997 with a 9 – 5 win over the Athletics, giving them 82 wins on the year. Matt Wieters homers twice off Dan Straily to lead the offense, but the O’s can’t gain ground on the first-place Yankees, who beat the Rays, 6 – 4, behind Hiroki Kuroda and Rafael Soriano’s 40th save of the season. At the end of the day, New York leads by one game over Baltimore and 5 over the falling Rays.

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The Orioles secure their first winning record since 1997 with a 9 – 5 win over the Athletics, giving them 82 wins on the year. Matt Wieters homers twice off Dan Straily to lead the offense, but the O’s can’t gain ground on the first-place Yankees, who beat the Rays, 6 – 4, behind Hiroki Kuroda and Rafael Soriano’s 40th save of the season. At the end of the day, New York leads by one game over Baltimore and 5 over the falling Rays.