It was the sight the Orioles did not want to see: their All-Star closer walking gingerly off the field tonight in the top of the ninth inning. Zach Britton suffered a sprained left ankle while trying to field a bunt single by White Sox leadoff hitter Adam Eaton. For now, Britton's status is day-to-day until the Orioles find out more about the injury on Sunday. Britton was getting treatment after the game and not available for interviews. Right-hander Darren O'Day allowed three runs in the...

Orioles closer Zach Britton sprained his left ankle tonight while trying to field a bunt single by White Sox leadoff hitter Adam Eaton. Britton limped off the field with two outs and the score tied in the top of the ninth inning. Vance Worley gave up an RBI single to Jose Abreu, and the Orioles lost 8-7 at Camden Yards. The club announced afterward that Britton sprained the ankle. For now, it's nothing more serious than a day-to-day situation. "Left ankle, but I don't know. We'll see how it...

The Orioles lost a tough game tonight to the Chicago White Sox and also saw their All-Star closer walk off the field with an apparent leg injury. They've had better nights at Camden Yards. Zach Britton came on for the ninth in a 7-7 tie. After two strikeouts, he allowed a bunt single up the first base line to Adam Eaton. Britton fielded the ball and tried to toss it directly from his glove. He was later limping and left with head athletic trainer Richie Bancells. That brought Vance Worley in,...

The Orioles are trying to win a game tonight while hoping that they haven't lost their All-Star closer. Zach Britton limped off the field with two outs in the top of the ninth inning after Adam Eaton reached on a bunt single. No word on the exact nature of the injury. Eaton pushed the ball past the right side of the mound. Britton fielded it and tried to flip it with his glove to first baseman Chris Davis, but missed his target. Head athletic trainer Richie Bancells raced onto the field to...

Kevin Gausman stepped onto the mound tonight and entered the Bizarro World. How else to explain back-to-back errors by Manny Machado and Jonathan Schoop that gave the White Sox a 2-1 lead in the third inning? They didn't have a miscue through 22 games before tonight. Or the White Sox's attempt to get a double play changed to a triple play via manager's challenge, and Robin Ventura being ejected when it didn't go his way? Or White Sox starter Mat Latos allowing four runs, two more than he...

ST. LOUIS - He had thrown a grand total of two innings in the last 15 days. He hadn't pitched at all in 10 days. And he was facing one of the toughest lineups in baseball. Potential recipe for disaster? Not for Joe Ross, who hadn't been fazed by any situation he'd faced so far in the major leagues and wasn't about to start now. "Hey, man, there's nothing finer than a young pitcher that gets confidence and knows that he belongs here," Dusty Baker said. "And he certainly has confidence....

There are a few ups and downs in a long season and the Orioles offense can certainly attest to that. In the last four games of the Orioles' road trip that ended on Wednesday, their offense produced just five runs. But in the first two games of this series against the Chicago White Sox, the Orioles have scored 16 runs on 23 hits. Can the O's keep it going tonight and take the first three games of their series against Chicago? The White Sox brought an American League-best 16-6 record to Camden...

Matt Wieters is catching on back-to-back nights for the first time this season, as the Orioles continue their four-game series against the White Sox at Camden Yards. The Orioles have been cautious with Wieters after he experienced soreness in his surgically repaired right elbow on March 12. By starting Wieters again tonight, manager Buck Showalter can rest him for two consecutive days. He won't play in Sunday's series finale and the club is off Monday. "He hasn't had many throws, a tribute...

ST. LOUIS - The Nationals have been coming to this version of Busch Stadium for a decade now, and there may be no ballpark in America that has been less welcoming to the club from Washington than this one. That storyline may finally be changing. With a 6-1 win over the Cardinals this afternoon, the Nationals have now won two in a row and clinched their first series victory in St. Louis since 2007. And they've made it look relatively easy so far this weekend. Their 5-4 win Friday night was a...

Orioles reliever Brad Brach has been so good this year that when something doesn't go his way, it almost catches you off guard. The right-hander took an ERA of 0.68 and opponent average against of .095 to the mound last night in the seventh inning. The Orioles were holding a 3-2 lead on the Chicago White Sox. Second baseman Brett Lawrie, whose error had cost his team two innings earlier, hit a 2-2 pitch out to left field to tie the game. It was a rare misstep for Brach, who quickly recovered...