PHILADELPHIA - For the third time in the first five games, the Nationals blew a lead and it cost them the game, as they fell 3-2 in 10 innings to the Phillies on Saturday night. Clinging to a 2-0 lead, Nationals manager Matt Williams called on right-hander Blake Treinen to start the eighth inning. The Phillies banged four straight hits off Treinen that led to two runs. The two teams went to extra innings knotted at 2-2 until Phillies rookie center fielder Odubel Herrera smacked a double off...

Quite simply, "100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die" is a must-read for Orioles fans and for those who just love good baseball stories. This is part of a series of books on sports teams by writers from various major league cities. Connolly, the national baseball writer and Orioles reporter for The Baltimore Sun, seeks to recap the history of the franchise, highlight major and minor figures in Orioles history, and recite some of the best Orioles stories. He does so with...

Ubaldo Jimenez has walked off the mound before at Camden Yards and heard boos. Tonight, he was cheered throughout a seven-inning outing where he allowed just one hit and no runs in a 7-1 Orioles win over Toronto. He sees his 2015 season as a fresh start and a chance to put 2014 in his rear-view mirror. "Yes I do. I did from the first day of spring training," Jimenez said. "You have to forget about what happened in the past and you have to forget quick. It doesn't matter whether it is good...

Reliever Wesley Wright will undergo an MRI on Monday after being placed on the disabled list today with a strained left trapezius muscle. Wright will head to Sarasota to begin rehabbing from the injury "unless something comes up in the MRI that we weren't expecting," said manger Buck Showalter. Shortstop J.J. Hardy could report to Double-A Bowie once the Baysox are home beginning Thursday. He won't travel with the Orioles to Boston "If things progress like they're progressing," Showalter...

For the Orioles, it was a nice answer to Friday's blowout loss. For right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez, it was a fresh start and a chance to show his spring training progress was meaningful. Jimenez pitched seven scoreless one-hit innings and Jonathan Schoop hit his first career grand slam as the O's beat Toronto 7-1 in front of 38,897 at Camden Yards. After going 6-9 with a 4.81 ERA last year and pitching to a 6.59 ERA last April, Jimenez was in control from the start tonight. He retired the first...

Left fielder Jayson Werth went 1-for-4 with a home run, two walks and one strikeout over the course of a doubleheader for the high Single-A Potomac Nationals as he continues his rehab from right AC joint surgery in his shoulder. The strikeout was on a change up and the home run came on a hanging curveball off of Lynchburg. After the nightcap, Werth spoke with P-Nats play-by-play announcer Bryan Holland, who asked the veteran how his shoulder felt through several at-bats. "I feel pretty good,"...

If the Blue Jays are going to keep loading the bases with no outs, bad things are going to happen to them. Adam Jones grounded into a double play in the third inning, but Jonathan Schoop hit his first career grand slam in the fifth to extend the Orioles' lead to 7-0. Schoop also homered last night, but not as dramatically. Todd Redmond threw Schoop a 79 mph slider, an 89 mph sinker and an 81 mph slider. That last one traveled far into the night. The last Orioles grand slam was delivery by J.J....

PHILADELPHIA - The Nationals put back-to-back runners on base in the first inning when third baseman Yunel Escobar singled and right fielder Bryce Harper walked with one out. But Phillies starter Cole Hamels was able to get first baseman Ryan Zimmerman and catcher Wilson Ramos Ramos to ground out, leaving the Nats with yet another scoring opportunity squandered. The Nats have had runners on base in the first inning of each of the first five games and have left seven of them on base. They have...

Alejandro De Aza celebrated his 31st birthday tonight with a leadoff home run. Some people prefer an ice cream cake. De Aza hit a frozen rope onto the flag court in right field. (See what I did there?) The Orioles' last leadoff home run came from Nick Markakis on Sept. 25, 2014 in New York. You may remember him. Spent a lot of years in an Orioles uniform. Left as a free agent. Blue Jays right-hander Aaron Sanchez, making his first major league start after 24 relief appearances last season,...

The Orioles today announced that they have placed left-hander Wesley Wright on the 15-day Disabled List with a left trapezius strain. In a corresponding move, the Orioles have recalled right-hander Eddie Gamboa from Triple-A Norfolk. He will wear uniform number 68. Wright, 30, posted a 5.40 ERA (1.2IP, ER) over two appearances with the Orioles this season. Signed as a free agent on December 19, 2014, Wright has gone 10-18 with a 4.18 ERA (301.1IP, 140ER) over 362 career Major League games. ...