BALTIMORE -- Sunday's 6-5 first-half-sealing win over the Rangers could have been a feel-good occasion for the Orioles, a positive way to close a mostly miserable first half for a last-place club. But the team's first back-to-back wins at Camden Yards -- and first series win at home since May 13 -- wasn't about the on-field play. It was about the guy in the dugout.
Shortstop Manny Machado, who was removed for precautionary reasons following a 36-minute rain delay, watched the second half of the game in a sweatshirt, leaning on the home dugout railing. The biggest trade chip in advance of July 31's non-waiver Trade Deadline will represent Baltimore on Tuesday in the All-Star Game presented by Mastercard.