SEATTLE - Early in tonight's game, Mariners right-hander Taijuan Walker has been up for the challenge of facing this red-hot Orioles team. Walker retired the first nine Orioles on just 34 pitches as Seattle led 1-0 after three innings. The 23-year-old needed 12 pitches to get through the first and second frames, and retired the Orioles on 10 pitches in the third. His defense provided plenty of help. Third baseman Kyle Seager made a diving stop to rob Adam Jones to start the game. Center...

The Orioles today announced that they have reinstated right-hander Vance Worley and catcher Caleb Joseph from the 15-day disabled list, selected the contract of right-hander Chaz Roe from Triple-A Norfolk, optioned right-hander Oliver Drake and catcher Francisco Pena to Triple-A Norfolk, and placed left-hander T.J McFarland on the 15-day disabled list with left knee inflammation (retroactive to June 29). Worley, 28, was placed on the 15-day disabled list on June 14 (retroactive to June 13)...

SEATTLE - The Orioles have played 14 series at home this year and have lost just one. They have won 10, lost one and tied three series at Oriole Park. The Seattle Mariners are the team that won that series in Baltimore. Tonight, the Mariners will host the Orioles at Safeco Field looking to end the Orioles' latest seven-winning streak. The Orioles have outscored their opposition 61-29 during their third seven-game winning streak of the 2016 season. The Birds have won nine of 11 and 19 of the...

If anyone was worried the Nationals, after the highs of a three-game sweep over the rival Mets, might suffer from some form of letdown against the Reds, they needed watch only one inning of baseball to have those fears assuaged. The Nationals jumped out to an early lead behind Ryan Zimmerman's three-run homer in the bottom of the first, then rode Danny Espinosa's historic pair of homers in the third and fourth innings en route to a 13-4 thrashing of an overwhelmed Cincinnati club. Winners of...

SEATTLE - The Orioles roster has a new look tonight for the opener of a four-game series at Safeco Field. Caleb Joseph and Vance Worley have been activated off the disabled list and Chaz Roe has been added from Triple-A Norfolk. Roe had to be added to the 40-man roster and the Orioles had one spot open to add him. The O's are down to just one lefty - Zach Britton - in their bullpen, as T.J. McFarland goes to the DL with a left knee injury. He first got hurt in Norfolk and the knee is bothering...

SEATTLE - There is still no timetable for Orioles reliever Darren O'Day to be activated from the disabled list. He last pitched June 1 and is on the DL with a right hamstring strain He has thrown two bullpen sessions and manager Buck Showalter said the second was not as encouraging as the first. For now, it looks like the next step will be another bullpen at some point before he can advance to throwing in a simulated game. "We are just trying to take it slow and do it right," O'Day said...

Throughout his season-long struggles, and especially this month, it seems like Ryan Zimmerman perpetually has found himself behind in the count, often 0-2, before making an out. So when Zimmerman finally found himself in an advantageous situation tonight - ahead in the count, 2-0, with two on in the bottom of the first - he made sure to make the most of it. And when Danny Espinosa found himself at the plate with the bases loaded in the bottom of the third, he did the same thing he's been doing...

If the Orioles can hit one home run tonight at Safeco Field, they will set a new major league record for homers hit in June. The Orioles are currently tied with the 1996 A's, both teams having hit 55 June homers. The Orioles' top seven home run hitters are in tonight's lineup, so that weighs in their favor. So does the fact that Mariners starter Taijuan Walker has allowed 14 homers in 75 2/3 innings. With a right-hander pitching for the Mariners, Hyun Soo Kim starts in left field and bats...

SEATTLE - The Orioles' short-season Single-A Aberdeen affiliate will have a new manager when they play at Vermont tonight. Luis Pujols managed the IronBirds in last night's doubleheader at Vermont, where Aberdeen lost both games. Kevin Bradshaw is taking over as skipper as of tonight, and will mange the club for the remainder of the season. An Orioles official said the team would not have a comment on the reason for the change. Bradshaw was the field coach for the Orioles' Rookie-level Gulf...

The Nationals still haven't decided if Stephen Strasburg will return from the disabled list this weekend, but Dusty Baker seems to prefer taking the cautious route with his rehabbing right-hander. Strasburg, who is eligible to come off the DL on Friday, continues to prepare as though he may start Sunday's series finale against the Reds. Rookie Lucas Giolito, though, also is preparing for the same assignment, with the club holding off for now choosing between the two. Both Strasburg and...