For a baseball team, scoring two runs on eight hits is not a big night on offense. But that is the Orioles' total in two games this weekend against Los Angeles Angels pitching. "You know, we are just not getting the timely hits right now," Steve Pearce said after tonight's 6-1 loss. "Hitting a lot of balls hard right at people. Tomorrow is a new game and we have to shake it off. We're still four or five games back. Still a long season and we are hoping to turn this thing around starting...

SAN DIEGO - After Padres starter Odrisamer Despaigne struck Jayson Werth on his left wrist with a fastball on Friday night, the 35-year old attempted to remain in the game. When the top of the second inning ended, Nationals manager Matt Williams met Werth outside the dugout to check on the 13-year veteran. "I got my glove (and) was like trying to squeeze it and I just couldn't," Werth said. "I told Matt, 'It's gonna come back. I'll go play defense and if it's not good by the time we...

The Orioles came into this game with a record of 5-8 in May and were scoring just 3.1 runs per game this month. They couldn't even hit that total tonight. Angels right-hander Matt Shoemaker, whose ERA was 6.61 at gametime, shut down the Orioles and Mike Trout homered as Los Angeles beat the O's 6-1 at Camden Yards. In falling to 15-19, the Orioles are four games under the .500 mark for the first time this season. They have lost the first two games of this series, scoring two runs on eight...

For the second straight night, the Nationals lit up the scoreboard in the first inning. Ian Desmond ripped a line drive past Padres third baseman Will Middlebrooks for a double and Yunel Escobar wasted no time plating Desmond with a single to right. Bryce Harper followed by battling Padres starter Andrew Cashner in a 10-pitch at-bat before knocking a base hit to right. That left runners at the corners for Ryan Zimmerman, who scored Escobar on a slow-rolling groundout. Zimmerman stands fifth in...

SAN DIEGO - Nationals starter Doug Fister met with team orthopedist Dr. Wiemi Douoguih in Washington, D.C., today after experiencing tightness in his right forearm in the second inning of his Thursday night outing. "He's got a flexor strain," Nationals manager Matt Williams reported. "The fact that there's no tear in the MRI, that's a really good sign." Fister was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Friday. "He gets shut down for a few days, making sure that it's calmed down...

Tyler Wilson has been scratched from tonight's start with Triple-A Norfolk and he's no longer with the team. Wilson is in Baltimore as insurance in case the Orioles need him on Sunday. He's not necessarily the starter for the series finale against the Angels. He could be sent back. There are multiple factors at work here, including rain that's caused the start of tonight's game to be delayed. Bud Norris and Chris Tillman are unavailable to start on Sunday. Manager Buck Showalter is...

The Orioles need a win tonight to avoid falling four games below the .500 mark for the first time all year. At 15-18, they are now three games under .500 for the fifth time this year, and they have lost seven of 10 games heading into the second game of this weekend series with the Los Angeles Angels. Tonight's game will not start on time. The tarp is on the field and we are in rain delay right now at Camden Yards. Ubaldo Jimenez (3-2, 2.41 ERA) makes his seventh start of the year tonight...

Get used to seeing the Orioles list their upcoming starters as TBD. The rotation is a puzzle with Bud Norris and Chris Tillman unable to start this weekend and the club having another off day on Monday. Manager Buck Showalter doesn't know when the two right-handers will be available and how it impacts the other starters. Norris has bronchitis, but he's no longer running a fever and he was allowed inside the clubhouse today. "Bud, just talked to him, he's obviously lost some weight and he's...

SAN DIEGO - The Nationals will be without Jayson Werth this evening after the left fielder was struck by a pitch in his left wrist during his second at-bat last night. Werth left the game and was taken for X-rays, which were negative. Rookie Michael A. Taylor will start in left today and bat eighth. Taylor was the hero on Wednesday after coming off the bench to hit a grand slam in the top of the ninth inning to beat the Diamondbacks 9-6. In 24 games this season, Taylor is batting .264 with...

At 15-18, the Orioles are now three games under the .500 mark for the fifth time this year. They have never fallen four games under .500 and need a win tonight to avoid that. That is quite a change for a team that is coming off a 96-win season. The Orioles had four more wins at this point last year and, at 19-14, were in first place. They begin play tonight tied for last in the American League East and four games out. O's outfielder and team leader Adam Jones this afternoon assessed the team...