ANAHEIM, Calif. -- The Los Angeles Angels are heating up on offense just as the Orioles arrive for a three-game series beginning tonight. While Los Angeles is under .500 at 19-22 overall, the Angels have won six of their last seven games and just took three of four from the rival Los Angeles Dodgers by 8-1 and 7-4 scores. Mike Trout went 5-for-7 with two homers and four RBIs in those wins. Los Angeles has scored 52 runs over the last eight games for 6.5 per game. For the season, the Angels rank...

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Orioles manager Buck Showalter is waiting for an update on pitcher T.J. McFarland. He left Triple-A Norfolk's game at Syracuse tonight after one inning. McFarland allowed two runs on two hits on 21 pitches for the Tides and then was replaced when the bottom of the second started. "Richie (Bancells, Orioles head athletic trainer) is waiting until the (Norfolk) game is over," Showalter said. "He was covering home plate and he hurt his quad. If T.J. McFarland had to leave the...

ANAHEIM, Calif. - For just the third time since he played with the Los Angeles Angels from 2010-13, Mark Trumbo is returning to play against them tonight. It is not just a series where the Orioles outfielder will face one of his former teams, but he is also returning to Anaheim, where he was born. He went to Villa Park High School in Orange County about 10 minutes from here. The Angels selected him in round 18 of the 2004 draft. "No doubt (great to be here)," Trumbo said this afternoon in the...

MIAMI - The Nationals offense picked up where it left off in New York with hard contact versus Marlins left-hander Justin Nicolino in the early going. Michael A. Taylor lined out to a diving Christian Yelich to open the game. Jason Werth then followed with a lined single to left. Although the Nationals didn't score in the inning, they were seeing the southpaw very well. In the second, they unloaded on the Marlins. Ryan Zimmerman led off with a solo homer, his fifth of the season, and the...

MIAMI - Manager Dusty Baker has placed third baseman Anthony Rendon in the No. 6 spot in the batting order again for the fourth consecutive game. Rendon raked for five hits in his last two games, but his recent bounceback at the plate actually started last week. In April, Rendon hit .242 with only four doubles and just one RBI. He had no triples and no homers in that first month. Since May 10, Rendon has hit .406 (13-for-32) with three doubles, five RBIs, five walks and two stolen bases. Baker...

The Orioles will begin their three-game series in Anaheim tonight with Paul Janish at third base and Nolan Reimold in left field.Joey Rickard is in right and Mark Trumbo is the designated hitter against Angels lefty Hector Santiago. For the OriolesJoey Rickard RFManny Machado SSAdam Jones CFChris Davis 1BMark Trumbo DHMatt Wieters CJonathan Schoop 2BNolan Reimold LFPaul Janish 3BMike Wright RHP

MIAMI - Manager Dusty Baker explained why he decided to give Ben Revere the day off and start Fort Lauderdale native Michael A. Taylor in the leadoff spot. "No Ben Revere because I like to play guy's at home, Michael A. Taylor's from here," Baker said. "And also we got a left-hander and also Ben's been playing every day since he got back." Baker said the Nationals' charter also arrived very early in the morning from New York after Wednesday night's 9-1 win. Baker said that the Revere...

Outfielder Henry Urrutia has joined Double-A Bowie and officially been added to the roster. He's batting third tonight and playing right field. The Baysox are in Harrisburg for a three-games series. The Orioles promoted outfielder Mike Yastrzemski to Triple-A Norfolk on Monday and assigned Urrutia to Bowie, a move that disappointed him and raised questions whether he'd report. He had until today to do so and arrived in Harrisburg earlier this afternoon. Urrutia was batting .245/.347/.304 with...

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Single-A Delmarva outfielder Cedric Mullins has recorded four straight multi-hit games for the Shorebirds as his bat has heated up after a slow start. The Orioles' 13th-round pick out of Campbell University last June, the 5-foot-8 switch-hitter reported to short-season Single-A Aberdeen after last year's draft and hit .264 in 68 games. Over his past four games with Delmarva, he is batting .647 (11-for-17) with three doubles, a triple, home run, four runs scored, and two...

Mike Wright made his major league debut against the Angels on May 17 in Baltimore and tossed 7 1/3 scoreless innings, holding them to four hits in a 3-0 victory. He became the first pitcher in Orioles history with a scoreless outing in his debut that included no walks. Wright's first major league strikeout came against someone named Mike Trout. I hear he's pretty good. It's just a smidgen over one year later and Wright is preparing for his second career start against the Angels, the venue...