Joe Ross mowed down the Giants lineup the first time through, striking out six of the first nine batters he faced over three perfect innings. But, in the fourth, the rookie right-hander ran into trouble. Gregor Blanco led off with a single, advanced to second on Matt Duffy's deep fly out to center and then scored on Brandon Belt's double off the left field wall. After Buster Posey grounded out, Hunter Pence crushed a hanging slider to deep left for a two-out, two-run homer. Brandon Crawford...

Straight from Nashville, Tenn., singer/songwriter Briana Tyson graced Camden Yards with an on-field pregame performance before the Orioles took on the A's. After the O's wrapped up an 18-2 blowout victory, we suppose you can call her a good luck charm! In her first visit to Baltimore, Tyson chatted with MASNsports.com's Julia Morris about her new album, her Birdland performance, her love of baseball and much more before taking the field to perform original music during her pregame set. She...

This time, no late-game heroics were necessary. Instead, an early-game barrage against the Oakland starting pitcher got it going. Then the O's offense kept it going. Leading 6-2 in the last of the fifth, the Orioles added to their lead, producing their biggest inning of the year in a 18-2 romp over the Oakland A's this afternoon at Camden Yards. The Orioles had 26 hits to tie their team record set on Aug. 28, 1980 at Memorial Stadium against the California Angels. The Orioles scored nine runs...

If you blinked today, you didn't miss the bottom of the fifth inning. It lasted an eternity. The Orioles reached season highs with nine runs and 10 hits to take a commanding 15-2 lead over the Athletics at Camden Yards. And they scored twice in the sixth on Caleb Joseph's home run to go ahead 17-2. Joseph has a career-high four RBIs. The Orioles have a season-high 22 hits - the previous high was 20 - and we're still in the sixth. They sent 13 batters to the plate in the fifth. Jonathan...

The Nationals send rookie Joe Ross to the mound in hopes of ending a five-game losing streak. Ross is coming off his worst outing since making his major league debut on June 6. The 22-year-old surrendered five runs on six hits with four walks in the Nats' 5-0 loss to the Dodgers last Tuesday. It was the first time Ross allowed more than three runs in any of his eight starts in the big leagues. Ross a native of nearby Berkeley, Calif., attended Bishop O'Dowd High School in Oakland, 18 miles...

Bryce Harper, the National League's home run leader, will start in right field this afternoon as the Nationals attempt to prevent a four-game sweep in San Francisco. Harper fouled a ball off his left foot in the seventh inning last night, dropping the young slugger to his knees. He continued the at-bat, lining out to center before heading for the clubhouse. Harper told reporters after the 12-6 loss that X-rays on the left foot were negative. The Nats need Harper's bat in the lineup, facing...

Orioles left-hander Wei-Yin Chen needed 22 pitches today to get through the first inning, the last 11 in Brett Lawrie's at-bat, but he managed to strand runners on the corners and keep the game scoreless. It didn't stay that way for long. Gerardo Parra homered for the second time in two games to give the Orioles a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first. Parra fouled off three straight pitches from Athletics starter Kendall Graveman - a changeup, sinker and cutter - before lining a slider into...

Orioles manager Buck Showalter said Matt Wieters just needs to get past "a little knot" in his right hamstring. Wieters remains out of the lineup, but he could be ready for Monday night's series finale against the Athletics. The Orioles will consider a move to the disabled list if Wieters can't play. "He was a little, I wouldn't say sore, but just from all the treatment he got," Showalter said. "They were trying to get that last little knot out of there. I'm hoping he's an option for...

The Orioles have won the first two games of this series with Oakland with walk-off victories on homers in the 13th on Friday by Manny Machado and in the ninth last night by Chris Davis. Davis now has 11 career multi-home run games (four this season) and has hit three career walk-off home runs. He also hit walk-off homers on June 23, 2014 against the White Sox and on May 14, 2009 versus Seattle as a member of the Texas Rangers. Davis' recent hot streak is something never before seen in O's...

To say the least, 25-year-old right-hander Mychal Givens has gotten his big league career off to a strong start. In five games in the majors for the Orioles, he has pitched 7 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing just three hits. Givens has walked one, fanned 10 and has a .125 batting average against. Lefty batters are just 1-for-11 against him. Right-handed hitters are 2-for-13 with eight strikeouts against the sidearm delivery he features. Givens got his first major league win July 31 versus...