The Orioles are considering calling up Triple-A Norfolk outfielder Chris Parmelee, who is off to a good start with the Tides. The O's offense has produced just two runs in this series and just 41 runs in 15 games this month as the team has gone 5-9 in May. Orioles executive vice president Dan Duquette, in an interview this afternoon on 105.7 The Fan's "Orioles Baseball Today" show mentioned Parmelee and said it is a "distinct possibility" he could get a call-up to bolster the team's...

Triple-A Norfolk pitcher Tyler Wilson walked through the Orioles clubhouse this morning with a huge smile on his face. He's in the majors for the first time - sort of. Wilson is on the taxi squad and the Orioles must decide by 8 p.m. Monday whether to put him on the 25-man roster or send him back to Norfolk. It depends whether Chris Tillman and Bud Norris are available to pitch next week and how much manager Buck Showalter needs his bullpen today with Mike Wright making his major league...

Even though he is currently on the disabled list, Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman is excited about today's game. He has played with Mike Wright, who makes his major league debut today, in both Double-A Bowie and Triple-A Norfolk. Gausman remembers his first big league game very well. He said you try to make it just another game, but that is almost impossible to do. Gausman's first game for the Orioles was in Toronto on May 23, 2013. He went five innings, allowing seven hits and four...

Mike Wright will make his major league debut today as the Orioles try to avoid being swept by the Angels at Camden Yards. Wright hasn't pitched since May 6, when he allowed one run in five innings at Triple-A Syracuse. He walked five batters. Wright will become the 993rd player to appear in a game for the Orioles since the team moved to Baltimore in 1954. He's the third player to make his major league debut this season, joining Jason Garcia and Rey Navarro. Jimmy Paredes has hit safely in 13...

Sunday morning feels good to the Nationals, who have a chance to make it a very good road trip with a win today. The Nationals have taken two out of three in Arizona and now in San Diego, thanks to Saturday's 4-1 Max Scherzer special. Scherzer struck out 11 to get above .500. The Nationals have now climbed to within a half-game of the National League East-leading Mets, who led the division by eight games in late April. A victory today would also put the Nationals a season-high five games above...

SAN DIEGO - With runners on the corners and his pitch count climbing near 100, Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer reached back and found something extra to end a Padres threat with back-to-back strikeouts in the seventh inning last night. "I always believe your last 15 pitches kind of dictate how you feel about your start," Scherzer said. "I was still able to pitch at my best. Still had my best fastball. Still had my best stuff there, even when I was approaching the end. So when Willy...

Well, on the plus side, Ubaldo Jimenez pitched well yet again. The Orioles lost for the eighth time in 11 games last night, but Jimenez gave up just two runs over seven innings and has an ERA of 2.43 through seven starts. Last night, he pounded the strike zone and threw 37 strikes among his first 45 pitches over the first four innings. He did not walk a batter for the first time since Sept. 19, 2013. "I think I am feeling comfortable every time I go to the mound. I know I can execute my...

SAN DIEGO - Pumping his fists, revved up and yelling is how Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer left the mound after the seventh inning of Saturday night's 4-1 win over the Padres. Scherzer was dominant throughout his eighth start of the season, but he ran into difficulty in the seventh. A leadoff double by Yangervis Solarte and a single by Alexi Amarista left runners on the corners with one out and the game still in reach as the Nats led by four. But Scherzer reared back and found 96 mph a...

If there's a silver lining in the Orioles' rotation woes, it's the wealth of candidates who can fill the vacancies. It may not seem like an abundance of arms, but consider the past. Remember how the Triple-A roster was littered with journeymen and failed prospects? How a pitcher needed one decent outing and proper rest to earn serious consideration for a promotion? Sometimes, all it took was a pulse. Hold a mirror under their noses to make sure they're still breathing and hand them a plane...

Mike Wright will make his major league debut on Sunday as the Orioles' starter for the series finale against the Angels. He also needs to be the stopper, with the Orioles a season-high four games below .500 and trying to avoid a sweep following tonight's 6-1 loss before 29,102 at Camden Yards.. "Mike Wright's going to start tomorrow. I let them know," said manager Buck Showalter. "There were people who were options. He's just ready to go. Really, you don't want to have him sit any...