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SARASOTA, Fla. - Orioles shortstop J.J. Hardy banged his left shoulder today in the second inning while diving for a ball hit up the middle by the Rays' Jake Elmore. He would have come out of the game if it hadn't been canceled due to rain.
Hardy wanted to keep playing, but manager Buck Showalter wasn't taking any chances.
A run scored on Elwood's infield hit, which caused a collision between Hardy and second baseman Jonathan Schoop. Hardy seemed fine afterward while sitting at his...
The Orioles have released three players from their minor league camp: right-handed pitcher Matt Price, outfielder Jake Luce and catcher Zane Chavez.
Price was drafted by the Orioles in round seven in 2012 out of the University of South Carolina, where he played on two national championship teams. He was taken three rounds after the O's drafted his college teammate, first baseman Christian Walker.
Over two seasons on the O's farm, Price went 6-7 with a 5.06 ERA in 62 games. He allowed 92 hits...
Today's Orioles-Rays game at Ed Smith Stadium has been canceled due to rain. There will be no makeup date. Fans holding paid tickets for today's game purchased online at www.orioles.com, via phone at (877) 222-2802, or directly from the Ed Smith Stadium Box Office may exchange their tickets for any of the remaining Spring Training games at Ed Smith Stadium, subject to availability, or request a refund.
Season Plan Members and fans that purchased tickets through StubHub will automatically...
ORIOLES QUICK WRAP
Score: Orioles 4, Rays 3 (4 innings - canceled)
Recap: The game was halted at 2:04 p.m. due to rain and canceled 16 minutes later. The stats don't count. It's like the game never happened. Bud Norris allowed three runs and four hits in four innings, with two walks, one strikeout and one home run. Rene Rivera hit a solo homer to center field off Norris in the third. Nolan Reimold homered on the first pitch thrown by Rays starter Everett Teaford and also doubled off Mike...
NATIONALS QUICK WRAP
Score: Nationals 1, Cardinals 1 (nine innings)
Recap: Jordan Zimmermann allowed just one run on four hits with two walks, a hit batter and four strikeouts in six innings. Catcher Jose Lobaton drove in the Nats' only run when he doubled home second baseman Dan Uggla in the second. It was part of a 3-for-3 day for Lobaton that included two doubles.
Need to know: The Nats offense is sputtering the past three games, having scored only four runs in 27 innings. Reliever Drew...
SARASOTA, Fla. - The tarp is on the field and it's pouring.
No, wait, the rain just stopped, the sun is peeking through the clouds and the grounds crew is sweeping water off the tarp.
Oh, Florida!
Caleb Joseph is supposed to catch today. He' s also expected to be behind the plate for most of the games while Matt Wieters is on the disabled list.
It would be Joseph's first opening day in the majors and the latest twist to a professional career that wasn't always pointed in the right...
There will be books written about baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams for as long as the printing presses roll.
Williams provided a lot of material in a life filled with his baseball superstar status, turbulent private life, running quarrels with the Boston baseball press and cryogenic ending. In "The Kid," Ben Bradlee Jr. left none of that life untouched in this can't-wait-to-turn-the-page read.
Check out the accompanying video for more on "The Kid."
A shout out to the Selby Public...
VIERA, Fla. - It's time for the medical report from Nationals camp. Unfortunately, this has become the featured portion of manager Matt Williams' morning press conversations. Let's start with the most positive news of the day.
Center fielder Denard Span, who is recovering from abdominal muscle surgery, is scheduled to swing a fungo bat in the cages today.
"It's good progress," Williams said. "It's part of the rehab progression. Of course we want him back as quickly as possible, keeping...
SARASOTA, Fla. - Orioles manager Buck Showalter has Kevin Gausman scheduled to start Tuesday's game against the Rays in Sarasota.
The pitching schedule will change if today's game is rained out, but the Orioles are taking batting practice and the storm isn't expected to arrive until later this afternoon. We're working off our 12th forecast of the morning.
Gausman worked the eighth inning yesterday in Lakeland and surrendered a tiebreaking two-run homer to Victor Martinez. Showalter...
VIERA, Fla. - The Nationals have reassigned the following players to minor league camp: infielders Cutter Dykstra and Emmanuel Burriss, catcher Steven Lerud, outfielder Derrick Robinson, infielder/outfielder Kila Ka'aihue and right-hander Manny Delcarmen.
Right fielder Bryce Harper is back in the lineup after dealing with a stomach virus the past two days. Right-hander Drew Storen is among the pitchers scheduled to appear today after starter Jordan Zimmermann. It will be Storen's first...