The Orioles have their first 4-0 start since 2011. They have now won four or more consecutive games to begin a season for the eighth time in franchise history. The club's best-ever start was 5-0 in 1970. They have outscored their opponents 17-7, allowing two, two, two and one run in those games. Their team ERA is 1.50 and the starters' ERA is 1.42. They've out-homered their opponents 7-3 and outhit them 37-26. The Orioles had just one homer in their first two games and then hit three in the...

Freezing rain, snow, high winds, temperatures in the 20s. Buy me some peanuts and Cracker Jack - plus a scarf, mittens, hot chocolate and a set of jumper cables shoved up my nose to keep me functioning. (Nose was my second choice. I was advised by a friend that my first choice probably would get me fired.) Let's play snow ball tonight at Camden Yards while also pausing ever so briefly to appreciate Tropicana Field and all of its climate-controlled goodness. And I do mean briefly. The Orioles'...

He might be one of the best pitchers in the American League, but Tampa Bay right-hander Chris Archer does not have a good record against the Orioles. He is now 2-5 with a 5.03 ERA in 10 career games after the Orioles beat him 6-1 tonight. Archer allowed a career-high four homers with three coming in the fifth inning in a span of five batters. What was the key against Archer tonight? "Just patiently waiting," Manny Machado said after hitting his second homer of the season. "Wait him out....

The Orioles are 4-0 for the first time since 2011, and a win in their next game would make them 5-0 for the first time since 1970. Can they run the table? Tonight's 6-1 win over the Rays gave the Orioles at least four wins in a row to start a season for the eighth time in franchise history. Chris Tillman rebounded from a shaky first inning to hold the Rays to one run through the fifth. "It was similar to Ubaldo (Jimenez) last night," said manager Buck Showalter. "It's going to be hard to...

There surely will be far greater milestones for Bryce Harper to achieve before his career is complete, but the reigning National League MVP has a chance tonight to reach a significant number along the way faster than almost anyone else in baseball history. Harper's next home run will be the 100th of his career, no small achievement for a player with his limited experience. In fact, if Harper manages to homer at any point in the next eight days, he'll become the eighth youngest player in...

Last year, when he finished fifth in the American League Cy Young voting, Tampa Bay right-hander Chris Archer gave up three homers in a game just once in 34 starts. Tonight he gave up three homers in the fifth inning. The O's bashed Archer for six runs on 10 hits with four total homers over five frames tonight in a 6-1 win over Tampa Bay. The Orioles improved to 4-0. Their best-ever start was 5-0 in 1970. Chris Davis hit his second homer of the year in the second inning to tie this game 1-1...

The Orioles shifted their infield tonight against the second batter of the game, Tampa Bay first baseman Logan Morrison, a left-handed hitter played to pull the ball. Ryan Flaherty abandoned third base and moved over to second, with Jonathan Schoop sliding to his left and back toward right field. Manny Machado was alone on the left side of the infield, manning the shortstop position. Machado often takes that spot in the shift, but he's actually playing it tonight. Morrison hit a sharp ground...

When the Orioles host the Tampa Bay Rays tonight in their first American League East game of 2016, we'll find out if right-hander Chris Tillman can pick up where he left off on Monday afternoon. Tillman was carrying some strong stuff when he pitched two scoreless innings opening day against Minnesota before he did not return to the game after a rain delay. He retired six batters in a row - the last five via a strikeout - showing a mid-90s fastball. He needed just 22 pitches to buzz through the...

With frigid temperatures and the possibility of snow in Saturday's forecast, Kevin Gausman may have his start at Double-A Bowie pushed back to Sunday. Gausman attended high school in Colorado and is used to firing mid-90s fastballs in the snow. He said he's pitched while wearing a hooded sweatshirt. But the Orioles aren't going to expose him to those elements while he's trying to return from right shoulder tendinitis. Asked if he's concerned about Gausman pitching on Saturday in...

In his first start of the year last night, catcher Caleb Joseph had a big impact on the Orioles' 4-2 win. He caught three pitchers who combined to give up just two runs, no walks and 12 strikeouts. He also threw out two runners trying to steal second base, including pinch-runner Eduardo Nunez with Dylan Bundy on the mound nursing a one-run lead in the top of the eighth. "Big," Joseph said this afternoon. "You work on it all spring, but you can't simulate that game speed and that game...