Video entry: Checking in with a few notes after O's latest spring win

The Orioles have back-to-back wins for the first time in the Grapefruit League after beating Tampa Bay 4-3 on Wednesday afternoon.

It was a well-pitched game, as seven Baltimore pitchers combined on a four-hitter with 12 strikeouts.

Reliever Andrew Kittredge allowed a three-run shot in the fourth and was the only Baltimore pitcher to give up any runs.

Here is a video entry today noting good days for two O’s in lefty Trevor Rogers and minor league outfielder Vance Honeycutt.

Rogers has fanned six in five scoreless frames over two games now and looks in mid-season form before we get to March 1.

Baltimore pitchers have fanned 66 over six games in spring training to lead MLB.

For Honeycutt, he is 2-for-2 with two homers. He had two homers over his last 33 games last season for High-A Aberdeen and has matched that with a couple of nice swings under the Florida sun.

After he struggled so badly last year - a .559 OPS and 40.8 strikeout rate - over 101 games for Aberdeen, it is nice to see him do this early on for the Orioles.

It should build some confidence and maybe jump-start a better season for him.

Click here from the O’s X feed for the Honeycutt homer and click here for Tyler O’Neill’s RBI double in the third. He went 2-for-2 yesterday and is 4-for-6 to start his spring.

Leave a comment with any early impressions you have on O’s spring training or any thoughts on the team right now.

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