Orioles reliever Darren O'Day removed himself from tonight's game. No umpiring controversy and no arguments. O'Day appeared to suffer a leg injury while fielding Jean Segura's bunt in the eighth inning after Dee Gordon's leadoff double. He hopped off the mound as Segura reached, his pursuit of the ball on the left side of the infield compromised, and threw one warmup pitch before heading to the clubhouse with head athletic trainer Brian Ebel. The Mariners worked Tanner Scott for a walk to...

Bowie, MD. - Double-A Bowie left-hander Keegan Akin, who is having one of the best seasons of any Orioles minor league pitcher, left his start tonight against Akron due to groin tightness. Akin was throwing his warmup tosses before the top of the fifth when he apparently felt something. He bent over on the mound as athletic trainer Brian Guzman came out to check on him. Akin the left the game and walked directly from the mound to the Baysox clubhouse down the right field line. The Orioles'...

The Orioles host the Seattle Mariners tonight in the second game of a four-game series and a seven-game homestand. They lost 5-3 last night in the series opener. It was the Orioles 12th loss in their past 13 home games. The Orioles (23-54) have lost 13 of 17, 20 of 26 and 34 of their past 49 games. They are 11-24 at home and 12-30 on the road. Seattle (48-31) is in second place in the American League West, 3 1/2 games behind division-leading Houston. If the season ended today, Boston and...

Bowie, MD. - The Orioles got some good news today on Double-A outfielder Austin Hays. He has been out since May 24 with an ankle bone bruise and tendinitis and has been in a walking boot. But he is expected to get that boot off in a week and then slowly begin some light baseball activities. Hays was the Orioles 2017 minor league Player of the Year and a finalist for Baseball America's national Player of the Year. But he injured his shoulder in spring training and then got off to a slow start...

Right-hander Jimmy Yacabonis has been scratched from tonight's start at Triple-A Norfolk and replaced by reliever Joely Rodriguez. Yacabonis is in play to start Thursday for the Orioles. It would be his first rotation assignment in the majors after 16 relief appearances. The Orioles are converting Yacabonis to a starter this year, and he's gone 3-2 with a 3.14 ERA and 1.10 WHIP in 13 games with the Tides. Opponents are batting .205 against him. Yacabonis had a stretch of six starts when he...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Nationals scoreless streak reached 18 innings after 11-0 and 1-0 shutouts against the Rays at Tropicana Field. The offense has struggled in June, having been shut out seven times in 22 games. It was the second time this month the Nats had been whitewashed in back-to-back games. It happened on June 10 against the Giants (2-0) and June 12 against the Yankees (3-0). The Nats found themselves in a similar rut earlier in the season, and now must find a way to get out of it...

The Orioles are placing starter Dylan Bundy on the 10-day disabled list with a left ankle injury and recalling left-hander Donnie Hart from Triple-A Norfolk. The move will be announced later today. Bundy rolled the ankle Saturday afternoon while rounding third base at SunTrust Park. He tried to throw off flat ground this afternoon and was limping. Manager Buck Showalter is hoping that Bundy returns on July 6 in Minnesota. He doesn't want Bundy pitching on July 4 in Philadelphia with no...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Even facing two pitchers that were on target, it would be hard to ignore the Nationals struggles on offense against the Rays. The Nats fell 1-0 Tuesday afternoon, just 17 hours after an 11-0 shutout. The offense mustered five hits in the two-game series. Sure Blake Snell was good, and so was Nathan Eovaldi, but the Nats went just 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position and struck out a whopping 23 times in the series. They went three-up and three-down 11 times in 18...

Danny Valencia is starting in right field tonight to give the Orioles an extra right-handed bat against Mariners left-hander James Paxton. This is Valencia's 43rd career start in right. Trey Mancini is leading off and playing left field. Chris Davis moves down to seventh as the only left-handed hitter in the lineup. Tim Beckham is batting eighth and Caleb Joseph continues to catch. Manny Machado has hit safely in 28 of 34 home games this season, batting .360 (45-for-125). He's a career .317...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Surprisingly, the Rays connected with base hits in their first two at-bats against the Nationals ace right-hander Max Scherzer. Kevin Keiermaier, who already has a grand slam in the series, went after Scherzer's first pitch and singled over Wilmer Difo's head into right field. Matt Duffy put together a 10-pitch at-bat and singled to put runners on the corners. Jake Bauers grounded out to second base, but his fielder's choice scored Keiermaier. Right-hander Nathan...