TORONTO - The Orioles will send two players to the All-Star Futures Game set for Sunday, July 9 in Miami: Triple-A Norfolk catcher Chance Sisco and Double-A Bowie pitcher Tanner Scott. They will play for Team USA against the World Team. Sisco played in the game last year and homered in his hometown of San Diego. Sisco is batting .266/.342/.383 with 16 doubles, three homers and 28 RBIs. He is batting .311 with an OPS of .805 in 21 games this month. He was ranked before the season as the...

TORONTO - Before his team meets Toronto in the final game of a three-game series tonight, Orioles manager Buck Showalter provided another positive report on Orioles closer Zach Britton. Britton pitched the fourth inning today for Double-A Bowie in a win over Altoona. He got a groundout and two strikeouts on 14 pitches with eight strikes. "He got the win," Showalter said. "He got the lineup card. I started to ask him when was the last time he got a win at Double-A? No, it went well and he...

The Nationals have two starters - and possibly a third - with a case to make the National League All-Star team, but NL manager Joe Maddon has no idea if there's a scenario that would put Max Scherzer, Gio Gonzalez and Stephen Strasburg on the team for the July 11game in Miami's Marlins Park. "I haven't even looked at it,'' the Chicago Cubs' manager said before Thursday's game at Nationals Park. "I'm relying on Major League Baseball to tell me what we have. I don't even know who is...

TORONTO - Orioles reliever Mychal Givens had a very solid 2016 season. He is having an even better 2017. Last year, he went 8-2 with an ERA of 3.13 and a WHIP of 1.272. This season, he is 6-0 with a 2.31 ERA and a WHIP of 1.077. Givens has made dramatic improvement in getting left-handed batters out. Last season, they hit .366 with an OPS of 1.025 against him. This season, those numbers are .174 and .557, respectively. He has even lowered his batting average against versus righty batters from...

The Cubs used a pair of two-out base hits to get to Nationals starter Joe Ross in the first. Ross struck out the first two batters in the game in Jon Jay and Ian Happ. But then Anthony Rizzo doubled. On the very next pitch, Willson Contreras singled to left field to score Rizzo. Ryan Raburn made a nice throw to Daniel Murphy to nail Contreras at second base to end the inning. The Cubs led 1-0. In the bottom of the first, Trea Turner walked and stole second. It was his sixth stolen base of the...

Oriole Park at Camden Yards has recently been named one of 10 finalists for "Nicest Place in America in 2017" by Reader's Digest. Since Camden Yards opened 25 years ago, it has long since been a welcoming place to visitors. The Baltimore Orioles began the Birdland Community Heroes program in 2016 to honor people from around the Orioles community who have had a positive impact on others, whether it be through their selfless acts of service, teaching, charity or working through various...

Oriole Park at Camden Yards has recently been named one of 10 finalists for "Nicest Place in America in 2017" by Reader's Digest. Since Camden Yards opened 25 years ago, it has long since been a welcoming place to visitors. The Baltimore Orioles began the Birdland Community Heroes program in 2016 to honor people from around the Orioles community who have had a positive impact on others, whether it be through their selfless acts of service, teaching, charity or working through various...

Joey Rickard is playing left field tonight and Craig Gentry is in right for the Orioles in the series finale against the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Manager Buck Showalter is breaking out his right-handed lineup against Jays left-hander J.A. Happ. Rubén Tejada is starting at shortstop to interrupt Paul Janish's streak of four consecutive games. In his last 18 games, Trey Mancini is batting .412/.459/.721 (28-for-68) with four doubles, one triple, five home runs, 13 RBIs and nine multi-hit...

TORONTO - The Orioles have won all three previous series this season against the Toronto Blue Jays. To go 4-for-4 they need to win the rubber match tonight at Rogers Centre. The Orioles won the series opener 3-1 on Tuesday night, but were blanked on five hits 4-0 last night. They were shut out for the fifth time while Toronto pitched its fifth shutout. The Orioles are 3-10 when held to five or fewer hits. Toronto is 37-40, and has lost four of six and seven of 12 games. The Blue Jays are 20-18...

Nationals fans know that MASN on-field reporter Dan Kolko, who is in his fourth season as a member of MASN's broadcast team, is always bringing them behind-the-scenes views during home and road games. Now, "MASN All-Access" - along with Kolko's MASN colleagues Bob Carpenter, F.P. Santangelo and Mark Zuckerman - is giving fans an exclusive, hilarious look into the daily routine of "MASN Dan" and his preparation throughout the season. You go, Dan Kolko! Video by Paul MancanoArticle by...