The long major league season is nearing its halfway point and the Orioles have yet again been heavily reliant upon the bullpen. Since the return to winning ways in 2012, the bullpen has been impressive despite being over-worked - in particular in 2012. The 545 1/3 innings pitched by relievers in 2012 were fourth-highest in the majors, while the 514 innings pitched in 2013 were the 11th-highest. With respect to ERA, the mark of 3.00 in 2012 was the fifth-best in the majors, compared to 3.52 in...

MILWAUKEE - That ballgame have enough for ya? Tremendous pitching, sparkling defensive plays, gutty efforts from guys on both ballclubs. It was one of those games you hate to see one team lose. Fortunately for the Nationals, they weren't that one team tonight. The Nats pulled out a 4-2, 16-inning win over the Brewers tonight, and they got contributions from throughout the roster. Anthony Rendon tied the game in the eighth with a solo homer to the opposite field. The bullpen worked 10...

For Zach Clark, this was his ninth season, and as it turned out, his last in the Orioles organization. The right-hander who pitched in 196 games for the club since 2006 was released June 13. The 30-year-old UMBC product saw every stop on the O's farm and even made the majors for one game last season. But the 2013 season was certainly a wild one for him. Just days after he gave up three runs in 1 2/3 innings on May 1 at Seattle in his one and only career game in the majors, he was designated...

Miguel Gonzalez has allowed 17 hits and seven runs over 10 innings in two starts since coming off the disabled list with a right oblique strain. He took the loss tonight, giving up nine hits and three runs over five innings in a 4-2 loss to Chicago. "Yeah, I'm healthy," Gonzalez said. "Just got to keep working hard and having my team in the game, that is the most important thing. "The only pitch (really working) was my slider, that was good. Made some good pitches when I got in trouble,...

After back-to-back nights facing left-handed starters, the Orioles will take their cuts against White Sox right-hander Hector Noesi in the finale of their three-game series at Camden Yards. David Lough's chances of returning to left field improve slightly, but Steve Pearce keeps forcing his way into the lineup. He won't cool down enough to warrant a seat on the bench. Pearce and Nelson Cruz are conspiring, though unintentionally, to keep Lough out of the lineup. And Lough hasn't helped his...

The Orioles are 1-4 in games after walk-off wins following tonight's 4-2 loss to the White Sox before 20,596 at Camden Yards. I'm not sure what you should do with that information, but there it is. Here's manager Buck Showalter to discuss Miguel Gonzalez's outing, the Orioles going 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position tonight and 3-for-20 in the past two games, Caleb Joseph's failure to tag Alexei Ramirez in the eighth and his decision to pinch-hit Ryan Flaherty for Joseph: On...

This time there was no ninth-inning magic. No comeback. Not even a lead. Chicago scored single runs off Miguel Gonzalez in the first, second and fourth innings and beat the Orioles 4-2 tonight in front of 20,596 at Camden Yards. The Orioles lost for just the second time in seven games to fall to 17-18 at home and 40-36 for the season. Gonzalez gave up a homer to the second batter he faced, Gordon Beckham, and several loud hits early on. He pitched out of a bases-loaded jam with no outs in...

Miguel Gonzalez has worked five innings in each of his two starts since coming off the disabled list, and he left tonight's game with the the White Sox ahead 3-0. Steve Pearce broke up Jose Quintana's shutout bid with a leadoff home run in the bottom of the sixth. In his last seven games, Pearce is 13-for-27 with four doubles, three home runs, eight RBIs, six walks and seven runs scored. Is that good? Gonzalez knows he needs to be better. Gonzalez is charged with three runs and nine hits...

The Nationals wasted no time scoring against the Brewers' Yovani Gallardo. Denard Span singled to right field for the Nats' first hit of the night. With Anthony Rendon batting, Span stole his 13th bag of the season. Span then went to third on Rendon's single and scored on Jayson Werth's RBI groundout to give the Nats a 1-0 lead. Gallardo has allowed just two runs in his last 21 innings, struck out 20 and walked three. The Nats lineup made Gallardo throw 29 pitches in the first....

WOODBRIDGE, Va. - Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper slammed a three-run homer in his second game of the rehab process on Tuesday for Single-A Potomac Nationals. Harper went 2-for-3 with a single, homer, walk, scored a run and drove in four. In his final at-bat, facing Salem right-hander Kyle Kraus, Harper crushed a 3-1 pitch over the right center field fence for a three-run shot to give Potomac a 10-0 lead in the fifth inning. "It felt really good," Harper said. "Trying to go up there...