ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Adam Jones is out of the Orioles' lineup again for the second game of their series against the Rays. He also didn't play last night. Chris Davis returns and is the first baseman, with Trey Mancini serving as designated hitter. Joey Rickard is in right field and Chance Sisco is catching. David Hess will make his start after a football nailed him in the eye yesterday afternoon. Hess was questionable before being sent to an ophthalmologist, who determined that the rookie...

They may have had different reasons for it, but the Nationals and Cubs were united in their displeasure with the end result of Friday night's scheduled game. For those who missed it (or fell asleep along the way), a recap: The start of the game was delayed 1 hour, 21 minutes due to rain, then started only to be halted after 23 minutes due to more rain. Then after waiting another 2 hours, 54 minutes for the rain to clear out, the game was postponed and rescheduled as a straight doubleheader...

After becoming the third club in team history to lose 100 or more games last night, the Orioles would become the second Baltimore club to have lost 101 or more if they get beat tonight. The Orioles (41-100) play at Tampa Bay (76-64) in the second of a three-game series and eighth game of a nine-game road trip, during which the Orioles are 1-6 so far. O's starter Dylan Bundy gave up six runs last night in a 14-2 loss to the Rays. Bundy has pitched to a 10.67 ERA over his last six starts. In his...

After a long and frustrating Friday night at the ballpark that featured fewer than two innings of baseball, the Nationals and Cubs are going to spend a long Saturday afternoon and night at the ballpark, hopefully playing 18 innings of baseball. Everything that happened last night is wiped out, officially speaking. They'll start from scratch at 3:05 p.m. today, with Max Scherzer and Jaime Garcia on the mound for their respective clubs. Cole Hamels will pitch the nightcap for Chicago; the Nats...

At this point, if Dylan Bundy is not hurt, as everyone insists, the Orioles need to either consider shutting him down for the season or skipping him one or two starts. Time to let this kid have a break to regroup, catch his breath and not face another major league team until late in the next homestand at the earliest. After his first five starts this year, Bundy had a 1.42 ERA. At the end of June his ERA was 3.75. But now he continues to struggle and the Orioles need to let him come up for air...

They waited 1 hour, 21 minutes for the first storm to clear out and then started the game. They played for 23 minutes, completing the first inning and the first two outs of the second inning, before the second wave of rain became too intense and forced both teams to leave the field. And then after another 2 hours, 54 minutes spent watching the heavens open up again, then stop, the Nationals' game against the Cubs was finally postponed, some 4 1/2 hours after it was originally scheduled to...

ST. PETERBURG, Fla. - There may not be a more interesting moment today than the posting of the Orioles' lineup for their game against the Rays. Adam Jones sat out last night's 14-2 loss, an unusual occurrence in a series opener and with a left-hander on the mound for the opposition. Joey Rickard started in right field and hit a two-run homer off Blake Snell to continue his assault on his former organization. Meanwhile, Jones' name didn't appear in the box score. Manager Buck Showalter spoke...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Rookie David Hess will make his start on Saturday night against the Rays, with only a slight discoloration in the corner of his left eye. He let a football smack him in the face, but he caught a break. Hess is taking anti-inflammatory drops for his eye, but he's fine except for the kidding that comes from such a mishap. He has to wear it - and an LSU football helmet, which he donned early in the game while watching from the dugout. "I could not entirely tell you where...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Orioles were bound to reach 100 losses this season. They couldn't run the table after No. 99. Too big of a task. One more home run allowed and Dylan Bundy would have sole possession of the club's single-season record. The two dubious milestones collided tonight. Nick Ciuffo hit his first major league homer, a three-run shot off Bundy in the bottom of the second inning, Kevin Kiermaier matched it in the third and the Rays topped the Orioles 14-2 at Tropicana...

With Daniel Murphy now playing for another team, Wilmer Difo is getting his shot to play every day for the Nationals. And with the opportunity to see Difo play day in and day out, manager Davey Martinez was asked recently what improvement he has seen from the second baseman since Murphy's departure? "His offense. He's really staying on the ball and using the middle of the field," Martinez said. "He's driving the ball left-center field, which is really nice to see. That's the key for him...