One of the top pitching prospects in the Nationals system is on the seven-day disabled list. Right-hander Erick Fedde was diagnosed earlier in the week with mild oblique soreness. Fedde is 3-3 with a 5.00 ERA in nine starts for Single-A Potomac. He has not allowed a run in his last two starts, May 23 and 28, combining for 11 scoreless frames. * What a doubleheader for David Masters yesterday with Potomac. He finished with six RBIs in the two-game sweep. He had the game-winning hit in the first...

Manager Buck Showalter likes to point out that the Orioles posted winning records in April and May, and they're undefeated in June. They've played only two games this month, but spare him the details. His club belted seven home runs last night, including three in the eighth inning. It's the fifth time that the Orioles have hit at least seven in a game, the last time on June 16, 2015 versus the Phillies. Mark Trumbo has four multi-home run games this season. His two blasts last night traveled...

He was named to the All-Prospect Team last December by the Arizona Fall League, but left-hander Tanner Scott's Carolina League debut did not go smoothly. Pitching for Single-A Frederick, the 21-year-old southpaw with the fastball that can touch 100 mph had an ERA of 12.19 with 15 walks in 10 1/3 innings in April. On April 27, he gave up seven runs in just 2/3 of an inning. But the Orioles' No. 11 prospect according to Baseball America has been almost unhittable since the calendar flipped to...

For as long as Steve Gorman can remember, baseball has provided a connection to his older brother Jim. When Steve moved from Baltimore to Kentucky in 1975, he kept up with his beloved Orioles through day-old box scores in the local newspaper. When the Orioles would make an appearance on national television, the phone rang and Jim would tell Steve to watch for him on the broadcast. Jim, the first white player to play basketball at Morgan State, had a penchant for finding the camera and making...

Orioles manager Buck Showalter confirmed that Yovani Gallardo will make a second rehab start after going three innings today at Single-A Frederick. Gallardo will pitch Tuesday at an undetermined affiliate. Showalter said the reports on Gallardo from special assignment pitching instructor Ramon Martinez were favorable despite the three runs and seven hits. He referenced the "porous" infield defense at Frederick that contributed to at least three hits. "(Martinez) said he probably should have...

Manager: Joe Girardi (9th season) Record: 25-28 Last 10 games: 4-6 Who to watch: CF Jacoby Ellsbury (.281 average, .342 on-base percentage); RF Carlos Beltran (12 HR, 51 hits); RHP Nathan Eovaldi (6-2, 3.71 ERA); LHP Andrew Miller (6 saves, 1.25 ERA) Season series vs. Orioles: 1-2 Pitching probables: June 3: RHP Nathan Eovaldi vs. RHP Chris Tillman, 7:05 p.m., MASNJune 4: RHP Ivan Nova vs. RHP Tyler Wilson, 7:15 p.m., FOXJune 5: LHP CC Sabathia vs. RHP Kevin Gausman, 1:35 p.m., MASN Inside the...

A new month brought a new Ubaldo Jimenez for five innings tonight. Five glorious innings of one-hit shutout ball. Five innings that provided a reminder of how good he can be when he's on his game. Jimenez can tease with the best of them. The Red Sox scored five runs off Jimenez in the sixth and he never recorded an out, leaving with a 5-4 deficit that Mark Trumbo quickly erased with his second home run of the night. The Orioles bailed out Jimenez while unloading on the Red Sox. They flicked on...

New Orioles left-hander Brian Duensing arrived in the clubhouse around 4 p.m. and will be in the bullpen tonight. Duensing, a third-round pick of the Twins in 2005, has held left-handed hitters to a .238 average in seven major league seasons. Right-handers are batting .292. The Orioles don't have a lefty specialist in their bullpen with Brian Matusz traded to the Braves and now a free agent. Is it important? "I feel good about (Brad) Brach," said manager Buck Showalter, noting how the...

Can a struggling pitcher with a poor career record against Boston beat this hot-hitting Red Sox team tonight at Camden Yards? We are going to find out as the Orioles (29-22) host Boston (32-21) in the finale of this four-game series. A win pulls the Orioles within one game of first place while a loss sends them to three games out in the American League East. Right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez (2-6, 6.36 ERA) pitches against right-hander Rick Porcello (7-2, 3.68 ERA). Jimenez has allowed six runs in...

FREDERICK - He faced Single-A hitters from the Potomac Nationals and he allowed three runs in three innings. But Orioles right-hander Yovani Gallardo was upbeat about his rehab outing today for the Frederick Keys. Over three innings and 59 pitches, he allowed seven singles and the three runs with two walks and four strikeouts. He is not sure where he will pitch next but the progress he has been making continued today, he said. Gallardo has been on the disabled list since April 23 with right...