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O's overcome Rays despite Shields' 15-K night Associated Press, ESPN.com Chris Davis homered for the sixth straight game and the Baltimore Orioles overcame a club-record 15 strikeouts by James Shields to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 1-0 Tuesday night, pushing the AL East race to the final day of the season.
	O's top pick Gausman throws bullpen session Oct 2, 2012 MLB.com Kevin Gausman threw a bullpen session at Tropicana Field on Tuesday afternoon, and the young lefty -- the organization's first-round pick in this past June's First-Year Player Draft -- said he got goosebumps just being around the Orioles.
	Davis ties O's mark with HR in sixth straight game Oct 2, 2012 Brittany Ghiroli, MLB.com Orioles right fielder Chris Davis tied a club record by homering in his sixth consecutive game on Tuesday night. With the Orioles trying to make up ground in the American League East race, Davis sent Rays starter James Shields' pitch deep to center fiel…
	Bucs hope to follow the lead of A's, Nats, O's Oct 2, 2012 MLB.com The Orioles, Athletics and Nationals -- all recently downtrodden franchises which among them have had 27 consecutive non-winning seasons -- are all in the postseason.
	The Playoff Picture: How Did the Pundits Do? Oct 2, 2012 Dave Seminara, nytimes.com An analysis of preseason picks from 133 baseball writers at 19 publications and sites reveals that not a single writer predicted the A's or the Orioles to make the playoffs.
	State of the Race: Yankees Have an Edge as Season Winds Down Oct 2, 2012 Justin Sablich, nytimes.com A Yankees victory Tuesday night, coupled with another Orioles loss, would finally end a tense division race in the American League East.
	Girardi Rests His Bullpen as Sabathia Goes 8 Oct 2, 2012 Ken Plutnicki, nytimes.com C.C. Sabathia went eight innings against Boston on Monday night despite a 9-0 lead in the second inning and a chance to rest him.
	The Playoff Picture: Rating the A.L. Rotations Oct 2, 2012 Benjamin Hoffman, nytimes.com A look at the top three starting pitchers of the American League teams that qualified for the five playoff spots.
	In East, little room for error, as O's learn Oct 2, 2012 Hal Bodley, MLB.com It's going down to the wire for the Orioles and Yankees. And, while both teams have clinched playoff berths, the AL East is still for the taking, and Baltimore wants to grab hold, not content for a Wile Card spot.
	Who Will Be the Next Orioles? Oct 2, 2012 grantland.com The Baltimore Orioles were a bad team in 2011. Terrible, really. They won 69 games, finished last in the AL East, and allowed 152 more runs than they ...