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There’s no single explanation for why the Orioles’ rotation has come together. There rarely is in baseball. But it’s hardly a stretch to suggest that two big reasons are pitching coach Dave Wallace and bullpen coach Dom Chiti, who functions as Wallace’s assistant, both additions to the staff this season.

Krista Klaverweiden and Crystal Godzieba work for the State of Maryland Department of Social Services in Worcester County. They met earlier this year at their job training, and the perfect outing for the new friends was a day at Camden Yards, stardom on the MLB.com game show “Bucks on the Pond” powered by Ford, and even a mac ‘n cheese hot dog at Stuggy’s outside Gate H.

Since 1960, there have only been 17 players who have posted an OPS+ of at least 160 and a strikeout rate below eight percent. The Tigers’ Victor Martinez could be No. 18 this year — and the first switch-hitter.

The D-backs dismissed Kevin Towers as general manager on Friday, ending his nearly four-year reign with the team. He has been offered a different position in the organization, and the team said in announcing its decision that he is “evaluating the opportunity.”

Reds pitcher Homer Bailey will have surgery to repair a small tear in the flexor mass tendon near his right forearm on Friday morning. A timetable isn’t specific, but Bailey is expected to be ready for the start of Spring Training.

Tigers right fielder Torii Hunter always views the proverbial glass as half-full, not half-empty, even while limping around the visiting clubhouse. Hunter was not in Detroit’s starting lineup Thursday against the Indians because of a bone bruise on his left foot, but he was available to pinch-hit.

The Cardinals have called up first baseman Xavier Scruggs from Triple-A Memphis earlier than expected to give manager Mike Matheny more options behind the struggling Matt Adams.

Chicago’s inner-city youth baseball and softball programs received another significant boost on Thursday, this time with support from the city and its Major League teams.

Parenthood trumped the pennant race Thursday for the Brewers’ Ryan Braun, who missed the start of a four-game series against the Cardinals to be beside his wife, Larisa, and the couple’s first child.

When the Red Sox take the field to start a homestand against the Blue Jays on Friday night, the expectation is that Dustin Pedroia will be at second base.

Martin Prado ran at about 50 percent prior to Thursday’s game against the Red Sox to test out his strained left hamstring for the first time since he suffered the injury on Tuesday.

Yankees president Randy Levine said on Thursday that he believes the organization has been able to strike a good balance between celebrating Derek Jeter’s final season and continuing to focus on the objective of winning baseball.

The Rockies’ extreme wave of injuries has exposed the team’s lack of depth. But in the same sense, it has also allowed an opportunity to discover talent that never would have been tapped into if it wasn’t for this series of bad breaks.

The Yankees are moving forward with Masahiro Tanaka’s rehab process, and he will throw a bullpen session Saturday at Yankee Stadium.

Desmond Jennings continues to miss time with left knee soreness, and it doesn’t look like the Rays’ leadoff man is getting much closer to returning to center field. Thursday was his seventh straight game out of the starting lineup.

Nationals reliever Tyler Clippard, the second-longest-tenured player on the club, made it clear Wednesday morning that he wants a World Series ring. “We want to seal the deal,” the setup man said.