Manny Machado became the second-youngest player in postseason history to hit a home run when he took Hiroki Kuroda deep in the fifth inning Wednesday. Only Andruw Jones at 19 back in 1996 was younger than the 20-year-old. Kuroda hung a slider to Macado, and he deposited it over the left-center field fence for his first hit of the series. Ryan Flaherty also hit a solo blast, but that's all the Orioles could come up with in the extra innings loss.

Manny Machado launched two of the Orioles' seven home runs in Wednesday's 12-2 rout of the Blue Jays. Machado tagged Carlos Villanueva for a solo shot in the fifth before getting David Carpenter for a two-run bomb in the eighth. The two-homer night was his second in 45 games since making his major-league debut on August 9. Nate McLouth, Jim Thome, Mark Reynolds and Chris Davis (twice) also went deep for the Orioles in their latest must-win game. Machado is now batting .264/.291/.443 through his first 183 big-league plate appearances.

Manny Machado singled in Adam Jones in the bottom of the 14th Thursday to give the Orioles a 3-2 win over the Rays and a three-game sweep at home. What a game. The Orioles took a 2-1 lead on Taylor Teagarden's two-run double in the seventh, but gave it right back in the eighth. Extra innings saw the Rays use a five-man infield to help get out of a bases-loaded, none-out jam in the 13th, but the Orioles didn't suffer a letdown afterwards. They rallied with two outs in the 14th, as Jones's walk was followed by singles from Endy Chavez and the game-ender from Machado. It was Machado's only hit in six at-bats.

Manny Machado mania ramped up in Sunday's 5-3 win over the Royals, as the rookie third baseman hit his third home run in four games since making his MLB debut. Machado took Bruce Chen deep for a two-run blast in the second. It was his only hit in four trips to the plate, but that doesn't dampen the fact that Machado is now hitting .375/.375/1.125 with five extra-base hits and seven RBI since being summoned from Double-A Bowie on Wednesday. Far from a finished product, Machado will cool off - likely considerably - but he should be owned in all formats for the time being.