Chris Davis will find out tonight whether his hot streak extends into another city as the Orioles begin a three-game series in Anaheim. Davis has homered in three of the last four games, four of seven, five of nine and eight of 15. His 79 RBIs rank third in the majors and trail leader Josh Donaldson by only two. Davis has collected nine home runs and 26 RBIs in his last 15 games. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the only other Orioles to match Davis' totals in the same span are Jim...

A relief pitcher in college with big strikeout numbers, left-hander Garrett Cleavinger has gotten his pro career with the Orioles off to a strong start, pitching for short season Single-A Aberdeen. Taken by the Orioles in the third round of the draft in June with the 102nd selection out of the University or Oregon, Cleavinger has not been scored on in his first eight pro games. Over 10 innings, he has allowed three hits with seven walks, nine strikeouts and a .100 average against. "It's been...

Drew Storen faltered some in Thursday afternoon's win over the Arizona Diamondbacks. He walked a batter. It was his first walk in seven appearances and 28 at-bats. Washington's 27-year-old set-up man stranded the runner he put on, but snapped a streak of consecutive batters set down at 19. What's wrong with Drew? Nothing. Nothing at all. Though he gave up the walk, Storen did go on to complete another scoreless inning of work, extending his streak of scoreless appearances to 14 for 13 1/3...

Lost a bit after another stellar performance from Joe Ross, and the subsequent big news that he was taking Doug Fister's spot in the rotation, was the spark that Ian Desmond provided early in yesterday's 8-3 win over Arizona. Desmond was given Wednesday off after going through a 4-for-31 stretch, which included a startling 14 strikeouts. In the second inning, Desmond jumped on right-hander Jeremy Hellickson's first-pitch changeup, smacking a no-doubter over the visitors' bullpen in deep...

The Orioles continue their West Coast trip tonight in Anaheim with Kevin Gausman taking the mound as their most effective healthy starter. Gausman has allowed two runs and 10 hits over his last two outings, with one walk and 11 strikeouts in 14 2/3 innings. His ERA is down to 3.97 ERA in 14 games, including six starts. Ubaldo Jimenez is 1-3 with a 10.61 ERA in four starts in the second half after going 7-4 with a 2.81 ERA in 17 starts before the All-Star break. Left-hander Wei-Yin Chen hasn't...

Right-hander Joe Ross continued to showcase his ability to pitch at the major league level with another solid six innings Thursday in an 8-3 win over the Diamondbacks. Ross allowed only five hits, one run and no walks while striking out seven over 89 pitches, an amazing 62 for strikes. His only mistake was a changeup to Jarrod Saltalamacchia for a solo homer. Manager Matt Williams said the poise that the 22-year-old Ross has displayed in only his seventh major league start is rare but...

Orioles first-round draft pick, outfielder DJ Stewart, knows that expectations will be high for him as a top pick. He knows that makes him a bit of marked man for opponent pitchers to try and get him out as he is now 31 games into his pro career with short-season Single-A Aberdeen. Baseball America rated Stewart as the 30th-best player in the draft this year. He was the first outfielder taken in Round 1 by the Orioles since Nick Markakis in 2003. Selected by the Orioles with the 25th pick on...

Following another impressive performance from rookie Joe Ross in the Nationals' 8-3 win over the Diamondbacks, manager Matt Williams announced a major shakeup to the starting rotation. "Doug (Fister) is gonna go to our bullpen," Williams said. Ross will remain in the rotation with Stephen Strasburg (strained left oblique) set to return from the disabled list to start Saturday night against the Rockies at Nationals Park. The next start for Ross will come early next week in Los Angeles. Fister...

Manager: Mike Scioscia (16th season) Record: 57-50 Last 10 games: 3-7 Who to watch: CF Mike Trout (.303/.394/.611 with 32 HR, 68 RBIs, 6.7 WAR), RF Kole Calhoun (.277/.330/.438 with 15 HR, 59 RBIs), 1B Albert Pujols (.257/.316/.519 with 30 HR, 66 RBIs), RHP Garrett Richards (11-8, 3.46 ERA), RHP Houston Street (26 saves, 2.66 ERA) Season series vs. Orioles: 2-1 Pitching probables: Aug. 7: RHP Kevin Gausman vs. LHP Andrew Heaney, 10:05 p.m., MASN2 Aug. 8: RHP Ubaldo Jimenez vs. RHP Garrett...

For the third straight game, the Nationals have scored first. Ian Desmond mashed right-hander Jeremy Hellickson's first offering deep over the wall in the left-center alley in the second. The solo shot was Desmond's 12th homer on the season. Nationals rookie right-hander Joe Ross has struck out three over the first two innings while yielding one hit. Update: Desmond roped a double off the wall in left to start the fourth. A line drive single to center from Wilson Ramos gave the Nats runners...