SAN DIEGO - Top pitching prospect Hunter Harvey, recovering from sports hernia surgery, allowed two hits and struck out six batters today in three scoreless innings for the Gulf Coast League Orioles. Harvey threw two scoreless innings with five strikeouts in his previous start with the team. He's nearing an assignment with one of the full-season affiliates. Parker Bridwell, on Double-A Bowie's disabled list with a broken rib, got the win today with two scoreless innings. During his pregame...

SAN DIEGO - Reliever Vance Worley is flying to Seattle today and will meet up with the Orioles after they complete a two-game series against the Padres. Caleb Joseph is catching again at Single-A Frederick and will meet the team Thursday in Seattle. More roster moves are coming. Jonathan Schoop continues to bat second today and Mark Trumbo is in right field. Joey Rickard is in left and Francisco Pena is behind the plate. For the Orioles Adam Jones CF Jonathan Schoop 2B Manny Machado 3B Chris...

SAN DIEGO - Triple-A Norfolk catcher Audry Perez was named to the International League's All-Star team, the latest honor bestowed upon the organization's backstops. Double-A Bowie's Chance Sisco was named to the Eastern League's All-Star team, Single-A Frederick's Jonah Heim was chosen to the Carolina League's All-Star team, and low Single-A Delmarva's Yermin Mercedes and Alex Murphy (Calvert Hall) were selected to the South Atlantic League's All-Star team. Still worried about the...

We've known over the past couple of seasons that the Orioles are a homer-happy ballclub. The offense lives and dies by the longball. But this season, they're in the hunt to make history three times with home runs. Two of the possible record-breaking moments are very imminent. First, the record closest to beating is the most homers in June by a team. The mark to beat is 55, set by the 1996 Athletics. After three home runs in the Orioles' offensive explosion Tuesday night, the Birds sit at 54...

Ben Revere had a really good day on Monday, going 4-for-5. Maybe it's a sign that he's returning to form. Then again, he didn't get a hit last night. But even if he is getting back to his old self, he still can be a divisive player. That's because he's the kind of hitter that is ideal for a sabermetric vs. traditionalist head-butting. As a speedster who (usually) hits for a high batting average, he is an old school dream at leadoff. On the other hand, he has an unimpressive OBP and sees...

Shortstop Wilmer Difo went 4-for-5 with a double, a grand slam and seven RBIs as Double-A Harrisburg outscored Bowie 13-10. First baseman Shawn Pleffner went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two runs. Rafael Bautista, Andrew Stevenson and Stephen Perez each added a pair of base hits. The Senators tallied four runs in the fourth and eighth innings. Difo's career-high seven RBIs marks the second time in a week a Senators player had tallied seven RBIs in one game. Left fielder Isaac Ballou also had a...

SAN DIEGO - As Orioles manager Buck Showalter aligned his rotation in the weeks leading to the first interleague games in National League ballparks, he wanted to set up Yovani Gallardo for starts that would allow the veteran right-hander to bat. If you're going to lose the designated hitter, substitute him with a pitcher who's hit 12 career home runs and has won a Silver Slugger Award. And if Ubaldo Jimenez was going to re-enter the rotation, let him bat as a former National League pitcher...

SAN DIEGO - The Orioles are getting on a serious roll, one that manager Buck Showalter can both appreciate and keep in its proper perspective. The club has won six games in a row to move 16 above .500, collecting 17 hits tonight in an 11-7 win over the Padres that was marred only by the bullpen's failings toward the end. "We haven't even played half the season," Showalter said. "That's for people that ... You've got to stretch out the good times, shorten the bad ones. It's going to...

Lucas Giolito got most of the attention last night and deservedly so, despite the odd nature of his rain-shortened, major league debut. But there were some other noteworthy developments during the Nationals' 5-0 victory over the Mets, so let's give some of those their due ... * Wilson Ramos continues to hit as well as any hitter in baseball. With a 2-for-4 night that included a two-run double, the Nats catcher extended his current hitting streak to 11 games, during which he's batting .383...

Like every kid who grows up with a baseball in one hand, a bat in the other and the imagination to believe anything is possible, Lucas Giolito had played out his major league debut in his own mind plenty of times. But did he ever envision that debut being interrupted twice by rain, the second delay dragging on long enough to prevent him from re-taking the mound despite his effectiveness? "Not once," the 21-year-old said with a laugh. "I never saw rain in the forecast at all. I thought it...