MINNESOTA - The Orioles scored three runs in the first inning today and shut down. Kevin Gausman cruised through the fourth and spun out of control. A season that can't get any worse keeps finding ways. Light-hitting Bobby Wilson's two-out, bases-loaded double in the sixth off Miguel Castro broke a 3-3 tie and the Twins rallied past the Orioles on their way to a 5-4 win at Target Field. Castro replaced Gausman, who was done after throwing 41 pitches in the fifth to run his count to 90. The...

The Orioles keep looking for some offense and continue not finding much. In the four games of their current road trip - all losses - they have scored two, one, two and two runs. That is seven runs on 30 hits, and they've gone 3-for-27 (.111) with runners in scoring position. They'll try again today to get the bats going in the third game of a four-game series at Minnesota. The Twins began this series with a six-game losing streak, 11 losses in 13 games and were coming off a 1-8 road trip. But...

MINNESOTA - The Orioles haven't settled on the second starter for Monday's doubleheader against the Yankees at Camden Yards. The only confirmation involves Yefry Ramirez's start in the other game. Jimmy Yacabonis has been pulled from Sunday's start with Triple-A Norfolk and could join the Orioles. However, manager Buck Showalter also will consider relievers Mike Wright Jr. and Miguel Castro. "We'll see how things go the next couple of days," Showalter said. Wright has lowered his ERA...

MINNESOTA - Trey Mancini is on the bench today and Jace Peterson is in left field as the Orioles continue their series against the Twins. Peterson is batting ninth. Tim Beckham continues to lead off. Danny Valencia is in right field and Chance Sisco is behind the plate. Kevin Gausman makes his second start against the Twins this season. He allowed six runs and seven hits over four innings on April 1. Brian Dozier, Miguel Sanó and Eduardo Escobar hit home runs. In his last four starts,...

Manager: Aaron Boone (1st season) Record: 58-29 Last 10 games: 6-4 Who to watch: DH Giancarlo Stanton (21 HR, 51 RBIs), SS Didi Gregorius (10 SB), 3B Miguel Andújar (25 doubles), RF Aaron Judge (.280 with 25 HR, 58 RBIs), RHP Masahiro Tanaka (7-2, 1.087 WHIP), LHP Aroldis Chapman (24 saves) Season series vs. Orioles: 3-3 Pitching probables: July 9 (Game 1): RHP Luis Cessa (0-1) vs. RHP Jimmy Yacabonis (0-0), 4:05 p.m., MASNJuly 9 (Game 2): LHP CC Sabathia (6-3) vs. RHP Yefry Ramirez (0-2),...

Can a walk-off winner be more meaningful victory than cruising to a 7-2 victory? What if you couple the best comeback of the season with a walk-off home run the next game? Nationals right fielder Adam Eaton said that makes it that much more special. "Absolutely. We are all human here," Eaton said Friday night following the Nats' 3-2 win over the Marlins on a walk-off home run from Mark Reynolds. "When you come in to the next day, you got a little more to you, you got a little more happier...

In a season that has been extremely tough on their fan base, the Orioles made a move yesterday that avoided what would have been another gut punch. Within 90 minutes of the deadline to sign 2018 draft picks, the Orioles reached an agreement with University of Arkansas right-handed pitcher Blaine Knight. During such a miserable season, letting one of the top college pitchers get away would have further riled up an already riled-up fan base. And it would have been a big mistake. The Orioles need...

Mark Reynolds raced out of the blocks when he joined the Nationals, hitting four homers in his first six games with the team. He ended up with six homers in May, his first month with the club. His next homer didn't arrive until June 29 at Philadelphia. Then came the walk-off thriller Reynolds produced as a pinch-hitter last night. Nats manager Davey Martinez said Reynolds made an adjustment last week in the series against the Phillies that has started to pay dividends. "He's actually been...

MINNESOTA - The next step in Chris Tillman's injury rehab assignment takes him down to the Carolina League, his fourth level of the minors, while the Orioles figure out exactly what to do with him. There doesn't appear, at least on the surface, to be a clear plan with Tillman beyond deciding the location of his starts. He's pitched for short-season Single-A Aberdeen, low Single-A Delmarva and Triple-A Norfolk. The Single-A Frederick Keys get a turn Tuesday night because they're home. It's...

The biggest comeback of the season in the opener of a four-game series to snap a five-game skid? Check. A nail-biting low-scoring affair culminating in a dramatic walk-off win in the second game? Check. Suddenly, the Nationals have a different kind of streak going, and they have been via a pair of thrillers. Pinch-hitter Mark Reynolds crushed a walk-off solo homer over the left field wall to lift the Nats a 3-2 win over the Marlins before 32,652 at Nats Park. It was their second win a row,...