Pitching one night after Chris Tillman held Detroit scoreless on one hit over seven innings, right-hander Andrew Cashner could not follow that up tonight at Camden Yards. Detroit ended a 22-innings scoreless run scoring once against him in the first and then opened up a big early lead in the second on its way to an 9-5 win at Oriole Park. The Orioles fall to 7-20 for the year. They have lost six of seven, 12 of 14 and 14 of their last 17 games. They are 2-6 on this homestand and 4-10 at home...

Momentum in baseball always has been and always will be the next day's starting pitcher. Whether it's your own or the opposition. Chris Tillman tossed a one-hit shutout over seven innings last night to give the Orioles a rare win, but Andrew Cashner allowed five runs in the first two innings tonight and progress was halted. Left-hander Francisco Liriano exited in the seventh with only one run against him and the Orioles were beaten 9-5 before an announced crowd of 20,896 at Camden Yards that...

The Nationals were again entrenched in a close game, again against the Diamondbacks. Right-hander Jeremy Hellickson entered the top of the sixth inning nursing a 2-1 lead and then allowed a solo shot to David Peralta, his second homer of the game. The blast to right field tied the game at 2-2. Hellickson had not labored, holding at just 57 pitches, 43 for strikes. Later in the 10th inning, manager Davey Martinez wanted to pitch Austin L. Adams because he thought Arizona was going for...

After Chris Tillman's gem last night and a 6-0 win, the Orioles (7-19) host the Detroit Tigers (10-14) tonight in the second game of a weekend series. Tonight's game will not start on time. At around 6:30 p.m. the Orioles annouced a delayed start due to inclement weather. No start time has been announced. Update: Now we do have a start time. The Orioles announced tonight's game will start at approximately 7:30. Last night's win, as Tillman allowed one hit over seven scoreless, snapped...

A combination of factors allowed outfielder Joey Rickard to make it back to Baltimore. The desire to have a four-man bench. The reduced need for a second left-handed reliever. Opposing left-handed starters the next two games. And most important, Rickard's scorching stretch at Triple-A Norfolk. The former Rule 5 pick batted .345/.456/.473 with five doubles, one triple and 10 RBIs in 16 games with the Tides. He went 5-for-5 on April 20 and 3-for-5 on April 23 and he reached base in all 15 games...

The Nationals finally solved left-hander Patrick Corbin and the answer came from Ryan Zimmerman. Moved up to the No. 2 spot in the order, Zimmerman crushed a Corbin four-seam fastball with a man on base in his second at-bat. David Peralta quickly answered as well in the top of the fourth with a solo shot down the left field line off of Nationals starter Jeremy Hellickson. Arizona got two more men on in that inning thanks to a single by Daniel Descalso and a walk to Christian Walker. But...

The Orioles optioned left-hander Tanner Scott to Triple-A Norfolk this afternoon and recalled outfielder Joey Rickard from the Tides, giving them a four-man bench and Richard Bleier as the sole left-handed reliever. Scott has allowed three runs and six hits with one walk and five strikeouts in 4 2/3 innings over his three appearances. He goes back in Norfolk's bullpen, where the Orioles want to get him more consistent work and have him pitch on back-to-back days. Manager Buck Showalter is...

April 28, 2012, 19-year-old Bryce Harper made his major league debut at Dodger Stadium as the Nats faced off against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Harper went 1-for-3, a double off of Chad Billingsley, with one RBI. Manager Davey Martinez is now his manager on that "birthday" six years later. "Hey, by the way, happy major league birthday to Bryce Harper, 25 years old, six years, pretty impressive," Martinez announced during his pregame media session Saturday before the Nationals faced off...

The Orioles haven't posted their lineup tonight, but outfielder Joey Rickard walked through the clubhouse. Are the Orioles going back to a four-man bench? Is there an injury? Stay tuned. Rickard is batting .345/.456/.473 with five doubles, one triple and 10 RBIs in 16 games with Triple-A Norfolk. The Orioles are facing left-handed starters in the last two games of their series against the Tigers before heading to the West Coast. Trey Mancini was removed from last night's game for a defensive...

Nationals manager Davey Martinez decided to tweak the lineup a bit for Saturday's second game of the series against the Diamondbacks and their 4-0 left-hander Patrick Corbin. Center fielder Michael A. Taylor is back after just pinch-hitting in game one. But the bigger eyebrow raiser was seeing Ryan Zimmerman moved up to the No. 2 spot and Howie Kendrick placed in the cleanup spot at No. 4. "I kind of like it," Martinez said. "I've done it before with Joe (Maddon), moving guys around. Just...