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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Orioles manager Buck Showalter was away from the team for one day for the birth of his grandson. The distance didn't quiet the buzz over his club's streak of allowing five runs or more in 19 consecutive games, one shy of the major league record.
Showalter hasn't really been listening to it, and he stated this afternoon that he'd be happy with a 6-5 win. Just score more runs than the opposition. He can live with the totals.
By the second inning, the Rays had five runs...
A hot and humid night and the Reds did not agree with Stephen Strasburg in the top of the first.
Cincinnati had no trouble finding a way to connect on Strasburg's pitches, beginning with a solo homer by Scooter Gennett. His drive, No. 10 on the season, went over the right-center field fence to give the Reds a 1-0 lead.
Joey Votto then singled and Adam Duvall doubled. The Duvall double came when Wilmer Difo, starting in center field for the first time, and right fielder Bryce Harper converged....
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Orioles manager Buck Showalter had another early wake-up call this morning to catch his flight from Dallas to Tampa following the birth of his first grandchild.
Daughter Allie had a boy, Winston, who weighed 9 pounds, 1 ounce.
"I had to fight emotions a lot," Showalter said. "I remember holding my daughter like that. I was afraid I was going to drop it."
Showalter wasn't going to drop his guard in front of the media. He wasn't going to get emotional as he sat in the...
After completing a 3-4 homestand that leaves them two games under .500 at 35-37, the Orioles begin a six-game road trip tonight in St. Petersburg, Fla., against the Tampa Bay Rays. The trip also will take them to Toronto for three games beginning Tuesday.
The Orioles have been a very poor road team with a 11-23 record away from Oriole Park. They have lost 12 of their last 13 and 20 of the past 25 road games.
The Orioles will try to avoid tying a major league record tonight. They've allowed...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Closer Zach Britton will pitch Saturday in a relief role at Single-A Delmarva instead of working the first inning. The Orioles want him to get into the proper mindset.
Manager Buck Showalter indicated that Britton could pitch Monday at Double-A Bowie and make back-to-back appearances later in the week. Britton would complete his injury rehab assignment at Triple-A Norfolk.
Infielder Ryan Flaherty has a locker in the visiting clubhouse at Tropicana Field. He came over from...
The Nationals hoped they'd have Jayson Werth and Koda Glover back by now. Turns out the player closest to returning from the disabled list is Sammy SolÃs.
SolÃs has made four rehab appearances for Triple-A Syracuse, including back-to-back games earlier this week, and appears to be on the verge of rejoining the Nationals bullpen.
"Sammy Solis is getting close," manager Dusty Baker said this afternoon. "He's getting very close."
The left-hander has been on the DL since April 19 with...
Wilmer Difo will make his first start in center field tonight in the series opener against the Reds, due to the undisclosed injury to Michael A. Taylor.
As in Miami, manager Dusty Baker did not give any further details as to why Taylor is out of the lineup again.
"I told you the other day he was hurting," Baker said. "He feels better today. Just didn't feel it was worth a chance in him going back to where he was. We will see. They'll work on him during the course of the game. Might be able...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Reliever Darren O'Day is back in the Orioles bullpen tonight, the location in foul ground at Tropicana Field robbing him of the opportunity to catch a few more home run balls.
O'Day hasn't pitched for the Orioles since June 6 before going on the disabled list with soreness in his right shoulder. He greeted his return to the active roster with the usual humor, so dry that it should come with a drop of vermouth and an olive.
"I'm excited," he said, his voice offering...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Reliever Darren O'Day was activated from the disabled list today to fill the vacancy created after the Orioles optioned Gabriel Ynoa late last night.
O'Day was on the DL with a right shoulder strain, his last appearance coming June 6 against the Pirates. He's 1-1 with a 3.86 ERA in 24 games over 23 1/3 innings.
Adam Jones returns to the Orioles lineup after being rested last night.
The Orioles have allowed five runs or more in 19 consecutive games, one shy of the major...
The Washington Nationals recalled infielder Wilmer Difo on Friday and optioned right-handed pitcher A.J. Cole to Triple-A Syracuse. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement.
Difo, 23, returns to the Nationals after a 10-day stint with Triple-A Syracuse in which he played in 10 games and was 7-for-40 (.175) with two doubles, an RBI and five walks. A member of the Nationals' Opening Day 25-man roster, Difo is hitting .184 (16-for-87) with...