ARLINGTON, Texas - An Orioles pitcher could throw the pitch that leads to a milestone hit this weekend. Texas third baseman Adrian Beltre has 2,996 hits and needs four to become the 31st member of Major League Baseball's 3,000-hit club. Beltre is coming off a series against Miami where he went 7-for-10 with two walks in the three-game series. The seven hits matched the second-most by a Ranger in a three-game series this season. Beltre went 5-for-15 in the four-game series at Camden Yards last...

ARLINGTON, Texas - The rehab assignments at Double-A Bowie for utilityman Ryan Flaherty and outfielder Anthony Santander got off to strong starts last night - at least for three innings. Bowie took an early 9-0 lead over Akron before the game was suspended by rain. Due to be completed today and then followed by another game, that got rained out, too. But Orioles manager Buck Showalter got a positive report on Santander, a player the Orioles took in the December Rule 5 draft who has been on the...

Ian Desmond has never been one to try to hide from his emotions, so he wasn't afraid to circle this weekend on his calendar and psyche himself up over the idea of returning to Nationals Park for the first time as a visiting player. And when the 31-year-old former-National-now-Rockie arrived at the park this afternoon and walked through the hallways he called home for seven seasons, he couldn't help but feel the emotions stir up inside of him. The only thing missing: an opportunity to actually...

ARLINGTON, Texas - As the non-waiver trade deadline approaches at 4 p.m. on Monday, we could soon have a clearer indication of the thinking of Orioles management. Are they looking to make trades to acquire prospects and build for the future? Are they looking to add to the current team, despite its 48-53 record? Are they looking to do some of both or maybe none of the above? Orioles reliever Darren O'Day is one of the longest-tenured team members. He's been an Oriole since 2012. He said the...

If you've paid close attention to the rundown of available Orioles at the non-waiver trade deadline, you've noticed how reliever Mychal Givens is nowhere to be found. He doesn't enter the conversation. The door to that room seems to be locked and bolted. It would take a special offer to pry away Givens, who may be the closer-in-waiting as the Orioles remain open to moving Zach Britton, Brad Brach and Darren O'Day. Britton and Brach can become free agents following the 2018 season. Someone...

The Nationals announced tonight's game against the Colorado Rockies has been postponed due to inclement weather. The game will be made up Sunday night as part of a day-night doubleheader. There will be separate admissions for Sunday's two games. Tickets for tonight's game will be honored for Sunday night's game. If you had tickets for tonight's game and cannot make Sunday's game, you can exchange your tickets online at nationals.com/rain. Manager Dusty Baker was asked about where a...

The Orioles begin a three-game series tonight against the Rangers with a pretty standard lineup. Trey Mancini is in left field and Seth Smith is in right against Rangers right-hander Andrew Cashner. Welington Castillo is catching. Jonathan Schoop is hitting .333 (30-for-90) this month with three doubles, seven home runs and 23 RBIs. His RBI total ranks second in the American League, his home runs are tied for third and his 30 hits are fifth. Orioles catchers lead the American League and rank...

ARLINGTON, Texas - The Orioles begin the second leg of their two-city, six-game road trip with the opener of a three-game series against Texas at Globe Life Park. The Orioles (48-53) won the opener of their series at Tropicana Field and then lost the next two games to Tampa Bay. Texas (49-52) got hammered 22-10 by Miami on Wednesday night but is 4-2 since getting swept four straight in Baltimore last week. The Orioles swept that series by a 34-11 score. The Orioles won the opening game 3-1 and...

As the Orioles continue to talk about finding another starter to upgrade their rotation, they've got a schedule set up for left-hander DL Hall to begin his professional career. Hall can't provide immediate assistance to the Orioles, but he has to start somewhere. It's happening, as expected, in the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League. Hall will make his debut on Aug. 4 at noon against the GCL Rays at the Ed Smith Stadium complex in Sarasota. The 21st overall pick this year out of Valdosta (Ga.)...

You've probably seen the forecast here, not only for tonight but for most of the day tomorrow. If you haven't, it's not good. That creates a problem for the Nationals and Rockies, who don't face each other again after this weekend and need to do everything humanly possible to play three games before either club leaves town. As always, you'll know when we know. Tonight's series opener between a division leader and a wild card leader features Tanner Roark on the mound for the Nationals,...