TORONTO - As the Orioles look to add younger players this year and the rebuilding process really kicks in, the club may have to do even more teaching at the major league level. Young players need to keep learning and developing, even as they play and sometimes take some lumps in the major leagues. "That is one thing that has really changed in the game over the years," manager Buck Showalter said before Saturday's game. "You have do a lot more of that at the major league level because guys...

TORONTO - It was another game where the offense produced little, the defense came up short at times and the starting pitcher did just enough to lose. The Orioles and their fans have seen this more than a few times. The Orioles are 0-6 at Rogers Centre and 28-71 for the season after today's 4-1 loss to Toronto. Three unearned runs in the Blue Jays fourth were big on a day the Orioles had just five hits, went 1-for-4 with runners in scoring position and didn't score after the first inning. The...

TORONTO - For the 2018 Orioles, many of their losses have included moments where they contributed mightily to the defeat and it happened again today at Rogers Centre. Toronto scored three runs in the last of the fourth and beat the Orioles 4-1 this afternoon in front of 35,912 to take the first two games of this series. The Orioles (28-71) are 1-8 against Toronto for the season and 0-6 at Rogers Centre. After the Orioles took a 1-0 lead in the first on Adam Jones' single, the Blue Jays moved...

The Nationals are going to have to wait a while longer to try to get over Friday night's loss to the Braves and everything else that accompanied it. Tonight's game at Nationals Park was postponed a full five hours before scheduled first pitch, with heavy rain dousing the area all morning and expected to continue straight through the evening. No makeup plans were immediately announced, but a Sunday doubleheader doesn't appear to be a viable option because the forecast remains lousy and the...

TORONTO - There was further discussion today with manager Buck Showalter during his pregame update today on the 10th inning here last night. With two outs and none on, shortstop Tim Beckham made an errant off-balance throw for what looked like a critical error that was actually scored an infield single. Then with two outs and two on, another grounder to the left side kicked off the glove of third baseman Renato Núñez and went under Beckham's glove as the winning run scored. It was a...

Renato Núñez remains at third base today as the Orioles continue their series in Toronto. Joey Rickard is in right field and Austin Wynns is behind the plate. Jonathan Schoop's game-tying home run last night was the 100th of his career. He's batting .355 (22-for-62) this month. Former Orioles shortstop and current MASN analyst Mike Bordick is celebrating his 53rd birthday today. For the Orioles Tim Beckham SS Jonathan Schoop 2B Adam Jones CF Mark Trumbo DH Chris Davis 1B Trey Mancini LF...

TORONTO - The Orioles are 1-7 against the Toronto Blue Jays this season and 0-5 at Rogers Centre. The Blue Jays have won three of those five games in walk-off fashion by one run in the tenth inning. That includes Friday's 8-7 win over the Orioles. The Orioles (28-70) are 4-7 in extra-innings games, 11-26 in games against the AL East and 12-37 on the road. While they did score seven runs last night, they went 1-for-6 with runners in scoring position. Over the past 15 games, the Orioles are...

TORONTO - The so-called second half of the season - the post All-Star part - began for the Orioles in similar fashion to much of their first half. They suffered a brutal loss, one where the winning hit kicked off or under the gloves of both left-side infielders. Tim Beckham was at short and Renato Núñez at third. They couldn't make the play and Toronto produced an 8-7, 10-inning win. The Orioles are 0-5 this season at Rogers Centre and three of those losses were walk-off losses in the...

More on Friday night's 8-5 loss to the Braves that was not related to the Stephen Strasburg-Max Scherzer dugout dustup ... * Davey Martinez's most delicate lineup decisions as the second half of the season opens is at first base, with Ryan Zimmerman back off the disabled list but Matt Adams remaining one of the team's most productive hitters. Martinez didn't hesitate to start Adams on Friday night, opting to go with the hot-hitting lefty slugger against Braves right-hander Anibal Sanchez....

The Nationals' 8-5 loss to the Braves had ended only minutes earlier when Davey Martinez summoned Stephen Strasburg and Max Scherzer to his office and closed the door. It would be roughly 15 minutes before that door reopened, and though no one was revealing the precise details of what was said during that meeting, it was clear the session was necessary after what transpired in the dugout during the top of the fifth. Strasburg, who had just been removed by Martinez after allowing six runs in 4...