HOUSTON – Outfielder Colton Cowser is returning home this weekend as the Orioles play at Houston's Minute Maid Park. It’s a ballpark he has been in as both a fan and a player. “Feels like home. Hot,” he said Friday afternoon in the Baltimore clubhouse. Born in Houston, Cowser still lives in the area. He attended Cypress Ranch High School in Cypress

DENVER – DJ Herz’s start Friday night bore no resemblance to his previous outing, when he took Nationals Park by storm and struck out 13 Marlins batters over six innings of one-hit, shutout ball. In this game at Coors Field, the rookie left-hander lasted only 3 2/3 innings, giving up four runs (three earned) on seven hits, all while throwing 76 pit

The reversal of the measuring stick can’t be argued or ignored any longer. The Orioles don’t use other teams to gauge their chances of making a deep run in the postseason. To confirm how they stack up against the rest of the field. You sweep the Rays in a four-game series at Tropicana Field and win two of three against the Braves, Phillies and Yank

DENVER – Nobody in the clubhouse wanted to admit it this afternoon, but surely everyone was thinking it. If ever there was a place built to snap a moribund lineup out of its funk, it had to be Coors Field, right? The Nationals arrived in the Mile High City reeling from a three-game series against the Diamondbacks in which they scored a total of fiv

HOUSTON – Some nights you win by 12 runs and some nights you lose big. It doesn’t happen on back-to-back nights very often. It actually was about to happen to the Orioles, who were down by 11 runs after Houston scored nine in the sixth inning. But it did not, as the Orioles' relentless offense produced three homers in the eighth inning when they sc

HOUSTON – After a stunning 17-5 win over the New York Yankees on Thursday, which gave the O’s two wins in three games that series, their road show has arrived in Houston for a weekend series against the Astros at Minute Maid Park. The Orioles (49-25) are on a 107-win pace after winning back-to-back series from Philadelphia and New York. Overall the

DENVER – CJ Abrams is back in the Nationals’ lineup tonight, his left wrist taped up as he tries to protect a ganglion cyst that developed earlier in the week and kept him from playing the last two days. “I’m not really sure what that is,” he said. “But it can’t get worse, so I’m good for tonight.” The cyst is on the palm side of Abrams’ wrist, und

HOUSTON – It’s a bit of a family affair in the dugouts in Houston this weekend as the Astros host the Orioles for a three-game series. Two good friends, who are now also brothers-in-law, will manage against each other in the O’s Brandon Hyde and Houston’s Joe Espada. Their friendship goes back many years and they married sisters. Espada was Houston

DENVER – The Nationals couldn’t hit a lick in three games at home against the Diamondbacks. Maybe a three-game series at Coors Field against the Rockies will do the trick. If ever there was a ballpark – and an opposing pitching staff – that could snap a team out of its offensive funk, this is that combination. There’s no better place to hit in base

The Orioles begin their three-game series in Houston with Colton Cowser out of the lineup for the second consecutive day. Ryan O’Hearn is making his second start in left field, with Cedric Mullins in center and Anthony Santander in right. Jordan Westburg is the third baseman. Adley Rutschman is serving as designated hitter.   Texas native Gray