Pushing his start through the sixth inning was the one positive that Kevin Gausman could take away from tonight's game. One positive that couldn't stop the Orioles from suffering their seventh loss in the last nine games. The Orioles fell to the Red Sox again, losing 6-2 before an announced crowd of 17,664 at Camden Yards. They trail Boston by three games in the American League East, with Mike Wright and Ubaldo Jimenez scheduled to start the last two games of the series. Gausman surrendered...

PHILADELPHIA - With Bryce Harper nursing a sore right knee, the Nationals turned to others in their lineup for tonight's supply of power. Jayson Werth, Daniel Murphy, Danny Espinosa and Stephen Drew all clubbed home runs for the Nationals, who also got a dominant start out of Joe Ross en route to a 5-1 victory over the Phillies. Werth launched his homer in the top of the first, pouncing on right-hander Aaron Nola's first-pitch fastball and sending the ball flying to left-center field. The...

Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman gave up three home runs in his last start at Houston. Tonight, he gave up three more in the first two innings. Meanwhile Boston's Mookie Betts hit three in this game by himself. Gausman gave up five early runs tonight. He would settle in, but the damage was done as Boston beat the Orioles 6-2 at Camden Yards. The Red Sox (32-20) have taken the first two games of the series by a combined 13-4 score as the Orioles (28-22) have fallen three games back of Boston...

Going into his most recent start before tonight, Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman had surrendered three home runs over his first six outings. Then came the career-tying three that he allowed in five innings at Minute Maid Park in Houston. A bad sign followed by a really bad start to tonight's game. The Red Sox hit three home runs off Gausman in the first two innings, with Mookie Betts and Dustin Pedroia going back-to-back to open the game and Betts delivering a three-run shot in his next...

PHILADELPHIA - They still boo Jayson Werth every time he steps to the plate here at Citizens Bank Park, even six years since he left the Phillies to sign with the Nationals. And then they boo even louder every time he does something that makes those fans wish their hometown team had made more of an effort to re-sign him when they had the chance. Werth was up to his old tricks again tonight, homering in the top of the first inning against Philadelphia right-hander Aaron Nola to give the...

Five pitches into tonight's start, Kevin Gausman served up two home runs to put the Orioles in an early hole. Mookie Betts and Dustin Pedroia went back-to-back, both jumping on fastballs, to give Boston a 2-0 lead. This is the first time that the Red Sox opened a game with back-to-back home runs since July 27, 2011 versus the Royals. Gausman tied his career high by giving up three home runs in five innings in his last start in Houston. He threw 18 pitches in the first inning tonight, retiring...

It's a matchup of former Orioles pitching prospects when the Birds host Boston tonight in the second game of this four-game series. Right-hander Kevin Gausman (0-2, 3.24 ERA) pitches against left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez, who is making his major league season debut for Boston. The Orioles were held to four hits Monday by knuckleballer Steven Wright and Boston hit three homers in a 7-2 win. Ryan Flaherty had an RBI double and Adam Jones a sac fly for the Orioles. Boston begins today in first...

PHILADELPHIA - His right knee still sore after getting struck by a fastball Monday night, Bryce Harper is out of the Nationals lineup for tonight's game against the Phillies, and it's possible the reigning NL MVP will miss the remainder of this series. Harper, who was diagnosed Monday with a contusion, was wearing a sleeve over the knee this afternoon and was still moving gingerly around the visiting clubhouse at Citizens Bank Park. Though he doesn't believe the injury is serious, he does...

Yovani Gallardo remains scheduled to start the first game of Thursday's doubleheader at Single-A Frederick, with catching prospect Jonah Heim behind the plate. The Orioles plan on keeping Gallardo on his injury rehab assignment for at least two starts. The first round of All-Star Game voting was released today and Manny Machado leads all American League third basemen with 630,028 votes. The Royals' Mike Moustakas, out for the season with a torn ACL, is second with 566,278 votes. Mark Trumbo...

Orioles catcher Caleb Joseph underwent a surgical procedure last night at an area hospital after being examined by a urologist. He's back home and resting while the Orioles continue their four-game series against the Red Sox. Joseph was hit in the groin area by a foul ball yesterday in the eighth inning and the Orioles placed him on the disabled list this afternoon with a "testicular injury." They recalled catcher Francisco Pena from Triple-A Norfolk. Manager Buck Showalter confirmed the...