The Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays wrap up their four-game series this afternoon at Oriole Park. Toronto posted wins by 11-2 and 5-2 Thursday and Friday. The Orioles won 6-4 last night as Trey Mancini hit a three-run homer and drove in four runs. Following today's game the Orioles play 10 straight games against American League division leaders. They host the New York Yankees for three and Houston Astros for three, before beginning a road trip with four games over three days at Yankee...

So the Orioles ended a losing streak with last night's 6-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays. Yep, they had lost the first two games of this four-game series. But two games doesn't make much of a losing streak. No, not that one. With that win, the Orioles snapped a 33-game losing streak when the opposing team records 10 or more hits and the Orioles record nine or fewer. They had won just one of the last 53 such games and that was on Mar. 30 at Yankee Stadium. That was the second game of this...

PHOENIX - Stephen Strasburg took the mound tonight at Chase Field looking to continue perhaps the best sustained stretch of his career. The right-hander had won seven consecutive starts and just completed a perfect a 5-0 July in which he drove in more runs (six) than he surrendered (four). And then the Diamondbacks dug in to face Strasburg and did what nobody else has done to him. Well, nobody else but themselves. Over the course of 4 2/3 harrowing innings in the desert, Arizona's lineup...

The Orioles could go back-to-back days with a roster move, which would be as surprising as cracking open a peanut M&M and finding a peanut. The only shocker yesterday was the use of a two-man bench after the Orioles designated José Rondón for assignment and recalled pitcher Branden Kline. Especially with Hanser Alberto and Stevie Wilkerson hobbled. Unusual and risky. Wilkerson wasn't supposed to be in the lineup ... until he started in center field. Alberto figured to be ready after...

The Orioles offense awoke from its recent slumber tonight. It was enough to get the team a win, it's first after two losses in the series against Toronto. And after a stretch of four losses the past five games. Jonathan Villar and Trey Mancini homered during Baltimore's four-run last of the fifth, and two later runs broke a 4-4 tie as the Orioles beat the Blue Jays 6-4 in front of 12,951 at Oriole Park. Toronto lefty Thomas Pannone pitched five innings without allowing a hit to the Orioles...

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a ball tonight that should have sent the cover in one direction and yarn in another. It also should have landed in Anthony Santander's glove, except he broke in and tried unsuccessfully to make a leaping catch. Guerrero had a run-scoring double with two outs in the first inning, another early lead for the visitors, and the Orioles probably had a "here we go again" moment as their homestand reached its third game. At least Santander didn't get hit squarely in the...

PHOENIX - The Nationals continue to hope Roenis Elías suffered only an upper leg cramp running down the line Friday night to try to beat out a chopper to short, but they are still planning to have the newly acquired reliever undergo an MRI to check for a hamstring strain and may feel compelled to place him on the injured list in the next 24 hours to be safe. General manager Mike Rizzo today referred to Elías having "tweaked his hammy," and though he doesn't sense the left-hander's...

After two straight losses to Toronto, the Orioles host the Blue Jays tonight in the third of a four-game series and 10-game homestand. The Blue Jays have hit seven homers in winning the two games by 11-2 and 5-2 scores. In this series, the Orioles have scored four runs on 15 hits, going 1-for-15 with runners in scoring position. In the 13 games before this series started, they went 8-5, scoring 83 runs. The Orioles (36-73) have lost four of their last five games. Over longer stretches, they are...

Here are some updates on a few pitchers working for the high Single-A Potomac Nationals. One of those previewed - Kyle Johnston, the Nats' No. 21-rated prospect - was sent to the Toronto Blue Jays for right-handed reliever Daniel Hudson last week. P-Nats manager Tripp Keister gave updates on three other pitchers, all southpaws: Tim Cate, Nick Raquet and Carson Teel. Cate is the left-handed starter taken in the second round of the First-Year Player Draft in 2018. He has gone 4-3 with a 3.64 ERA...

The two-man bench utilized by the Orioles will be a short-term arrangement. Manager Brandon Hyde explained the need for an extra reliever, with Branden Kline recalled for the fifth time. Hyde said Miguel Castro has been under the weather and unavailable. Castro didn't sit in the bullpen last night. "We have a few guys who are unavailable," Hyde said. "We wanted to make sure that we were healthy and had enough people going into the Yankees series." Also, the Orioles are expected to go with...