Adam Jones is back in the Orioles lineup tonight after sitting out Game 2 of last night's doubleheader. Nolan Reimold is in left field and Delmon Young is in right against Rangers left-hander Wandy Rodriguez. Chris Davis is serving as the designated hitter. The Orioles are 10-1 at home and 18-8 overall in June. The last time they posted 20 wins in a calendar month was September 1999 (20-8). Manny Machado is batting .419 (18-for-43) with five doubles, two home runs and 10 RBIs during a 10-game...

Right-hander Matt Hobgood, the Orioles' 2009 first-round draft pick, will have arthroscopic right shoulder surgery July 6 to remove a bone spur. The procedure will end his 2015 season. Hobgood is 1-1 with an ERA of 6.52 in six games this year at Double-A Bowie. He got off to a good start for the Baysox, throwing 5 1/3 scoreless innings in his first two games, but a DL stint soon followed, and on June 19 he went back on the disabled list for the second time. The recovery time for this surgery...

The Orioles that is plugging along and moving up the standings in the American League East, but also seem to be getting healthy. Yesterday's return of Adam Jones to the lineup provided the O's with a sense of relief after he missed just over a week with a shoulder ailment. Matt Wieters has returned from Tommy John surgery, and though he isn't playing every day, he's still providing a boost to the batting order and behind the plate. J.J. Hardy, Ryan Flaherty, David Lough, Miguel Gonzalez and...

Many Nationals fans might have predicted at the start of the season that by the end of June, the team would have settled into first place in the National League East and reeled off a season-high eight straight wins. Even their most ardent supporters, however, might not have predicted that they'd have done it largely without the players projected to be their top offensive weapons. Jayson Werth and Ryan Zimmerman have been on the disabled list and were not a part of the Nats' recent run of...

Shortstop Trea Turner is still looking for his first Triple-A base hit. On Sunday, Turner pinch-hit in the eighth inning and popped out for pitcher Rafael Martin. He is now 0-for-9 with Syracuse, with a run scored and a strikeout. After 68 Double-A games, Turner had accumulated an amazing 25 multi-hit games and a .327 average. In that span, he had a 16-game hitting streak and a 10-game hitting streak while with the San Antonio Missions, a Padres affiliate. He spent 10 games with Double-A...

Not only do the Orioles have the best winning percentage in their division today, but so do their top two farm team, as well. The Orioles are playing .547 (41-34) ball, tops in the American League East by percentage point over Tampa Bay. Triple-A Norfolk, at .573 (43-32), leads its division in the International League, as does Double-A Bowie, at .575 (42-31) in the Eastern League. The Orioles used pitching (two shutouts) and power (five homers) to sweep Cleveland 4-0 and 8-0 on Sunday, posting...

The Nationals' season-high eight-game winning streak came to an end with Sunday night's 8-5 loss to the Phillies in the series finale. Despite the setback, the Nationals head to Atlanta experiencing the potential resurgence of two key players: right-hander Stephen Strasburg and shortstop Ian Desmond. Strasburg pitched brilliantly in yesterday's 3-2 win over Philadelphia in the first game of the doubleheader. The 26-year-old gave up just two runs on only four hits while striking out a...

A two-game display of pitching and power. Five homers, two shutouts and a 41-34 record for the Orioles, who move into first place in the American League East by percentage points. For Chris Tillman, it was a much-needed outing. He pitched seven scoreless on four hits, throwing 110 pitches in tonight's 8-0 win over Cleveland. He began the day with a 6.22 ERA. What was the difference? "I think I was able to command the fastball and make some good pitches early on. I think that is the key to...

Do the Orioles activate second baseman Jonathan Schoop from the 60-day disabled list today or send him to Triple-A Norfolk to continue his injury rehab assignment? No, I really want to know. If you have the information, please pass it along. (I'm a day late in saying that I really want to gnome. Time to put that one to bed.) The Orioles will have to create room for Schoop on the 25- and 40-man rosters. They don't have any other players to transfer to the 60-day disabled list. Of course, a...

The Orioles have moved ahead of the Rays by percentage points for first place in the American League East, the result of winning 18 of their last 23 games, including a doubleheader sweep of the Indians at Camden Yards. The Orioles are seven games above .500 as they wait for the Rangers to arrive for the next series. Manager Buck Showalter doesn't make a daily check of the standings before the All-Star break. Still too soon. "It's a return for that (good play), but it can be very fleeting,"...