MINNESOTA - The Orioles continue to move their international signing bonus slots in exchange for young players. The latest trade came late tonight when they acquired right-hander Aaron Myers, 23, from the Brewers and assigned him to Single-A Delmarva. The Brewers signed Myers as an undrafted free agent in 2015 out of Longwood University in Farmville, Va. He's 6-2 with a 2.63 ERA in 41 minor league games, with 28 walks and 106 strikeouts in 89 innings. Opponents are batting .202 against...

Max Scherzer communicates with his manager and pitching coach as well as anybody in the sport, and for that and many other reasons he has earned the trust of both to dictate (most of the time) how long he can remain in a ballgame. So if you're wondering who decided Scherzer should remain on the mound in the top of the eighth inning Friday night, as his pitch count first topped 110 and then reached 120, the answer is ... Scherzer himself. "He said he was good," manager Dusty Baker said. "We...

How did the Nationals pull a 5-4, 10-inning victory over the Braves out of their caps tonight? Take your pick. There was Daniel Murphy's game-winning hit to deep left field in the bottom of the 10th, but that wouldn't have been possible without Adrián Sanchez's first career hit to ignite the rally. And the Nationals only found themselves in a situation where one run would win the game because Matt Albers induced a 6-4-3 double play from Matt Kemp in the top of the 10th with the go-ahead...

MINNESOTA - A game that started with back-to-back home runs for the Orioles, that began with such promise that a six-run lead was attached to it like ribbon, deteriorated into one of the worst losses of the season. The fact that it doesn't immediately vault to No. 1 without debate speaks volumes. Kevin Gausman failed to record an out in the fifth inning, another sizeable margin punctured under his watch, and the Orioles fell to the Twins 9-6 before an announced crowd of 28,668 at Target...

They endured through a miserable Thursday night (and Friday morning) at the ballpark that included a controversial rain delay, the injury of their center fielder and a loss to the Braves. And then they endured through eight frustrating innings tonight in which they couldn't produce against a 42-year-old knuckleballer and were on the verge of another loss. And then came one of those magical bottom-of-the-ninth rallies that can completely change your opinion of a long night at the ballpark....

Max Scherzer has been very good but had one little slip-up. R.A. Dickey, meanwhile, has been near-perfect. And so the veteran right-hander on the mound tonight at Nationals Park making a run at history isn't Scherzer, but rather Dickey, who has tossed four no-hit innings so far to lead the Braves to a slim lead over the Nationals. Dickey and Scherzer each retired the first nine batters he faced before anyone finally broke through in the fourth. Scherzer opened that frame allowing a leadoff...

The Orioles are 0-4 on a seven-game road trip and look to begin to change that tonight. They play at Minnesota in the second game of a four-game series that leads into the All-Star break. Minnesota won 6-4 last night scoring six runs in the last of the third off Dylan Bundy. The Orioles had 11 hits but went 2-for-9 with runners in scoring position. They have scored just seven runs on this trip, batting .148 (4-for-27) with runners in scoring position. Bundy is 2-3 with an ERA of 8.53 over his...

MINNESOTA - Orioles manager Buck Showalter has chosen left-hander Wade Miley to start Saturday afternoon's game against the Twins at Target Field. Miley is taking his regular turn. It was in doubt as Showalter debated whether to start Chris Tillman, who returns on Saturday from paternity leave. Tillman is flying into Minnesota late tonight. "I just didn't like the idea of ... he hasn't really done much," Showalter said. "I don't think it's in his best interest or ours. And I think Wade...

They lost Adam Eaton to a season-ending ACL tear on April 28. They lost Jayson Werth to a bone bruise on the inside of his left foot on June 3. And now that they've lost Michael A. Taylor to a strained right oblique muscle, the Nationals are finding their outfield depth tested like never before. With Taylor officially placed on the 10-day disabled list this afternoon, the Nationals will turn to their third-string center fielder for the immediate future: Brian Goodwin. And they'll turn to a...

MINNESOTA - Whether Chris Davis is ready for more baseball activities won't be clear until the Orioles first baseman wakes up on Saturday and determines that the soreness hasn't returned to his right side. Davis took batting practice, threw and fielded ground balls earlier today and said he responded favorably to it. Still no setbacks as he tries to return from a strained oblique. "I think the biggest test is probably going to be tomorrow, what I feel like tomorrow, from what I hear. But I...