The Orioles have announced new promotions available exclusively within the free MLB.com Ballpark mobile application at Oriole Park during the 2015 season. MLB.com Ballpark offers mobile check-in, social media, special offers, rewards, and exclusive content for anyone with a supported Android smartphone or iPhone. Incentives for fans to "check in" using MLB.com Ballpark include offers that will reward fans at every home game and that reward fans for checking in over the course of the entire...

You already know the Orioles will need help from familiar names like Manny Machado, Matt Wieters and Chris Davis after Nelson Cruz and Nick Markakis departed via free agency. National writers and reporters repeated that line of thinking often during the preseason, and it isn't wrong. But things rarely go as expected, and the Orioles are likely going to need more than that over the course of a long season. It's also a bit simplistic - of course the O's could use strong performances from their...

Nothing says opening day more than Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon, right? Not exactly. Opening day conjures images of Clayton Kershaw's curveball, Adam Wainwright's heat and Justin Verlander's postseason bling. But Colon, the 41-year-old pitcher with a roundish body, pitched six strong innings in the Mets' 3-1 win versus the Nationals on Monday at quiet Nationals Park. The Mets' No. 5 starter was a surprising choice for the start because the Mets also have Jacob deGrom, the National League...

Most of the sold out crowd at Nationals Park yesterday must have thought they were experiencing déjà vu. Though the stakes were nowhere near as high, the results were eerily similar to last year's National League Division Series. In fact you could have just cut and pasted a headline from last year's playoffs atop the opening day story: Nats pitching dazzles, while bats remain dormant. The Nationals only produced nine runs and 26 hits in 45 innings of postseason baseball against the...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Orioles are making another roster move today with first baseman Chris Davis coming off the restricted list. The suspension finally is behind him. Steve Clevenger figures to be optioned to Triple-A Norfolk. The Orioles have been checking the trade market. The Tides don't need four catchers. Clevenger won't be happy about being sent down. Reliever Ryan Webb isn't happy that the Orioles designated him for assignment yesterday after talking about placing him on the...

Whispers began traveling throughout the ballpark of the possibility for history in the making as Nationals starter Max Scherzer secured his second out in the sixth inning with the scoreboard still reading zero in the hit column for the Mets. With the Nats clinging to a 1-0 lead, Scherzer surrendered his second walk of the day to Mets right fielder Curtis Granderson, the only two stains on an impeccable pitching line until that point. What happened next immediately changed the attitude of the...

The Orioles' first game of the 2015 season looked like a lot of them we saw during a 96-win 2014 season that ended with an American League East championship. They got very solid starting pitching, hit homers, turned a nifty double play and played solid defense. The other team made mistakes and the Orioles made them pay for them in a win over Tampa Bay. We've seen it all before. Most nights, it is a formula that will lead to a win. The Orioles are 12-3 on opening day since 2001. They have won...

A pair of miscues by Nationals shortstop Ian Desmond overshadowed an impressive debut for Max Scherzer in Monday's 3-1 opening day loss to the Mets. The first fielding mistake cost Scherzer a 1-0 lead in the sixth inning. With two outs and a runner on first, David Wright's pop-up behind second base was dropped by Desmond and the Mets were in business with runners on second and third. Second baseman Dan Uggla appeared early on to have a good beat on the pop up, waving away the other fielders,...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Orioles are 5-2 against the Rays on opening day and have won 13 of 20 games between them since the start of last season. They've held Tampa Bay to three runs or fewer 13 times and now lead the all-time series 149-148. Here are a few more fun facts after a season-opening 6-2 win: * The Orioles' three home runs were one short of their opening day record. They hit four in 2006 and 1982. * The Orioles have won five straight opening day games and are 40-22 all-time. *...

Chris Tillman ended the 2014 regular season pitching like an ace and he started 2015 in the same fashion today. Tillman took a shutout into the seventh, pitching the Orioles past Tampa Bay 6-2 in the season opener at Tropicana Field. Tillman went 6 2/3 innings, allowing just four hits and one run with three walks and four strikeouts. Evan Longoria homered off him in the seventh for his sixth career homer in 36 at-bats off Tillman, who threw 95 pitches, 52 for strikes. The right-hander is now...