Manny Machado has moved from third base to shortstop for Game 2 of today's doubleheader against the Athletics. Ryan Flaherty is starting at third base. Machado, Adam Jones, Chris Davis, Mark Trumbo and Jonathan Schoop are pulling double duty. Hyun Soo Kim is batting second tonight, his highest spot in the order since signing with the Orioles. For the Orioles Manny Machado SS Hyun Soo Kim LF Adam Jones CF Chris Davis 1B Mark Trumbo RF Pedro Alvarez DH Jonathan Schoop 2B Ryan Flaherty 3B Caleb...

Having scored just 10 runs their last five games, the Orioles host the Oakland Athletics tonight in the nightcap of a split doubleheader. The A's won 8-4 earlier to improve to 14-16, while the Orioles are 16-12. The pitching matchup tonight features right-handers: Ubaldo Jimenez (1-3, 5.20 ERA) makes his sixth start and Oakland's Jesse Hahn (1-0, 0.00 ERA) makes his second. Jimenez had an ERA of 3.91 before his worst outing of 2016 last Sunday against the White Sox. He gave up six runs and...

CHICAGO - On a cold, windy afternoon at Wrigley Field, where the ball isn't likely to leave the yard with nearly as much ease as it did yesterday, the Nationals and Cubs knew they'd have to manufacture their offense. The Nats did just that in the top of the third, using both a sacrifice bunt and a sacrifice fly to take a 1-0 lead. Moments later, it was the Cubs' turn to advance a runner via bunt, setting up the RBI triple that tied this game. But then Kris Bryant proved it possible to drive...

Orioles starter Mike Wright did not give up too many hard-hit balls today, but he did give up a lot of hits. Wright allowed 10 hits and five runs in the Orioles' 8-4 loss to the Athletics in Game 1 of the day-night doubleheader. "I felt like I was throwing really well," Wright said. "Just like the other games, I was executing pitches and felt my velo was pretty good. Felt pretty solid about it." Oakland scored single runs off him in the second, third and fifth innings. Then he gave up an...

Left-hander T.J. McFarland, optioned to Triple-A Norfolk this morning to create room for infielder Paul Janish on the 25-man roster, has been "recalled" and will serve as 26th man for Game 2 of the doubleheader against the Athletics. McFarland will be sent down after the final out. The Orioles can hope only for a split of the doubleheader. Breaking even after some bad breaks in Game 1. Mike Wright allowed 10 hits in five-plus innings, but not many balls were hit hard in an 8-4 loss. It's a...

The Orioles today announced that they have recalled left-hander T.J. McFarland from Triple-A Norfolk as the 26th player for Game 2 of today's doubleheader. McFarland, 26, was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk earlier today. He has gone 0-1 with a 4.73 ERA (7 ER/13.1 IP) over eight games with the Orioles this season, including five scoreless outings. In 113 career major league games (two starts) he has gone 10-6 with a 3.95 ERA (82 ER/187.0 IP).

A team struggling to score runs faced a hot pitcher. It was not a good combination today for the Orioles. They lost Game 1 of the split doubleheader 8-4 to Oakland and left-hander Rich Hill. The Orioles had scored just two runs their previous 30 innings until they scored three in the ninth today. The Orioles fall to 16-12 overall and 11-5 at home. Oakland ended a four-game losing streak, improving to 14-16. Oakland had lost nine of 12 games before this win. Hill had pitched to an ERA of 1.42...

CHICAGO - Dusty Baker likes to give his starters regular days off, and he likes to give them plenty of advance notice before doing it. So when today's Nationals lineup was posted and didn't include Daniel Murphy, the immediate assumption was that Baker planned to give his second baseman this game off all along, .406 batting average, 4-for-4 performance on Friday and career numbers versus Cubs right-hander Jason Hammel (6-for-11) notwithstanding. Turns out Baker never intended to sit Murphy...

Mike Wright was handed the ball for Game 1 of today's doubleheader against the Athletics, moving ahead of Ubaldo Jimenez, whose start last night was washed away by rain. Jimenez is starting Game 2, a decision that came down to a couple of factors. "It could go either way," said manager Buck Showalter. "I've found through the years young pitchers waiting around until 7 o'clock, some of the, not anxiety, but Mike had that kind of work day inning in between and I want to get him out there as...

CHICAGO - They say here in Chicago: If you don't like the weather, wait 10 minutes. And boy has that been true so far this weekend. It was 47 degrees and cloudy on Thursday night. Then it was 73 degrees with a warm breeze blowing out of Wrigley Field yesterday. Now it's back down in the 50s with a really strong wind blowing in from the north. At least the sun's out. Don't expect the ball to fly like it did during yesterday's game, which may not be such a bad thing for the Nationals, who...