The three non-roster players who arrived yesterday at Camden Yards received the bulk of the attention. Each brought his own equipment bag and storylines. Pedro Álvarez had to spend most of the summer at Triple-A Norfolk before finally making it back to the majors, his power bat and track record unable to entice another team into take advantage of the opt-out clause in his contract. Manager Buck Showalter wanted Álvarez, but understood the challenges of carrying a player who projected as a...

The Orioles will get Adam Jones back in the lineup on Saturday after tonight's ejection, but they won't be able to count on Craig Gentry for a while. Gentry suffered a non-displaced fracture in his right middle finger while attempting to bunt in the third inning. He's scheduled to see a hand specialist over the weekend and appears headed to the disabled list. The injury is more serious than the laceration announced earlier, before the Orioles defeated the Blue Jays 1-0 on Jonathan Schoop's...

MILWAUKEE - Yes, they still need to win games over the season's final month so they can wrap up their fourth division title in six years. But at this point, given their comfortable standing, the Nationals can afford to look not just at each individual game, but at the larger picture, especially for those players who are trying to best position themselves to be in peak form come October. In that regard, few members of the roster are positioning themselves better right than Tanner...

The Orioles were challenged tonight by Blue Jays pitcher Joe Biagini, a procession of relievers and whatever curse was bestowed upon their center fielders. Plate umpire Pat Hoberg ejected Adam Jones in the bottom of the first inning for arguing balls and strikes. Jones' replacement, Craig Gentry, exited in the top of the fourth inning with a laceration on his right middle finger. Meanwhile, a game remained scoreless until the bottom of the 13th. Kevin Gausman blanked the Blue Jays through the...

On a night that starters Kevin Gausman and Joe Biagini put up zeros, the game with no runs finally got one. The Orioles won it 1-0 on a walk-off RBI double by Jonathan Schoop in the last of the 13th. Manny Machado singled to start the 13th for his fourth hit. Schoop then lined one in the gap in right-center and the Orioles produced their 10th walk-off win of the year. In the top of the 13th, left fielder Trey Mancini made a great leaping catch with two outs and a man on second to end the inning...

MILWAUKEE - Tanner Roark did just about everything he could, aside from one bad pitch in the bottom of the first. Who knew that one bad pitch would prove the entire difference in the game for the Nationals? Unable to solve Brewers starter Jimmy Nelson or a pair of relievers, who combined to record 17 strikeouts, the Nationals wasted perhaps Roark's best outing of the season and were left to stew over a 1-0 loss at Miller Park. "Very rarely does it happen," said Roark, who had taken the loss...

MILWAUKEE - The Nationals are giving themselves plenty of opportunities to get on the board against Jimmy Nelson. They just aren't making anything out of those opportunities so far. Despite six baserunners in three innings - four of them reaching at least second base - the Nationals have posted nothing but zeroes against the Brewers, making for a frustrating start to tonight's game. Nelson has baffled them, in particular with a curveball that he is rarely throwing in the strike zone but is...

The Orioles lost their center fielder after one inning tonight and it had nothing to do with an injury. Plate umpire Pat Hoberg tossed Adam Jones from the game for arguing balls and strikes. Jones stood in the dugout when Hoberg turned toward it and signaled for his removal. Jones struck out on three pitches, all fastballs, from Blue Jays starter Joe Biagini. He fouled off the first, took the second and swung through the third. Manager Buck Showalter raced out of the dugout to argue on Jones'...

MILWAUKEE - Ryan Madson is back on the Nationals active roster. Whether he's ready to pitch quite yet remains to be seen. Madson was one of five players added to the roster before tonight's game against the Brewers, joining fellow pitchers Enny Romero, Austin Adams and Erick Fedde, plus catcher Raudy Read as the club's first round of September call-ups. All technically are eligible to appear in games immediately, but Madson may need a bit more time. Out since Aug. 14 with a sprained index...

With their seven-game win streak gone as of last night, the Orioles will try to start a new one tonight when they host Toronto. The Blue Jays scored all their runs with two outs in Thursday's 11-8 win. The loss dropped the Orioles record to 68-66. They are third in the American League East, eight games back of Boston and 3 1/2 behind second-place New York. Minnesota continues to hold the second AL wild card and leads Los Angeles by 1 1/2 games and the Orioles by 2 1/2. Even in a loss last...