PITTSBURGH - Orioles first baseman Chris Davis became so frustrated with his failed at-bats Sunday in Kansas City that he made some adjustments in batting practice today and made a statement to his wife that seemed to give him a fresh perspective on the season. "I think it was good to have a day off and clear my head," he said. "I told Jill today I'm just going to start over. I'm going to start the season over today, and that's kind of what I did." He did some serious damage at the...

PITTSBURGH - Most of Orioles manager Buck Showalter's postgame comments to reporters tonight were related to first baseman Chris Davis, who hit three home runs and collected five RBIs in a 9-2 win over the Pirates. The questions kept pertaining to Davis. It was an obvious direction to steer the interview. "The thing I like is he's been playing good defense and you see him go down the line. He had a big night for us tonight. We all know he's capable of that, but not on that level. That's...

Chris Davis is back hitting homers for the Orioles. Entering tonight's game with three homers on the year in 30 games and 104 at-bats, Davis hit three in one game as the Orioles routed Pittsburgh 9-2 tonight at PNC Park. Davis hit a two-run shot during the O's four-run fifth, a solo homer in the seventh and a two-run blast in the ninth. He had four hits, five RBIs and homered in his last three at-bats. This is Davis' second career three-homer game and eighth career multi-homer game. He...

PITTSBURGH - Miguel Gonzalez's quality start tonight isn't going to get much attention. Chris Davis is hogging it. Davis turned in his second career three-homer game in the Orioles' 9-2 win over the Pirates before 22,787 at PNC Park. Davis had four hits, three home runs and five RBIs on the night. His two-run shot off Jeanmar Gomez in the top of the ninth completed the scoring and raised his average to .257 with six homers and 20 RBIs. The oblique is fine. The power is back. Davis'...

PITTSBURGH - The Orioles scored six runs in Sunday's loss to the Royals, perhaps a sign that their offense was ready to bust loose. They have six runs tonight in five innings. Adam Jones hit a three-run homer in the ninth in Kansas City, and his RBI double in the fifth tonight plated Manny Machado for a 3-1 lead over the Pirates. Machado made a tremendous slide to avoid catcher Chris Stewart's tag, reaching for the plate with his left hand. That's two aggressive sends from acting third...

PITTSBURGH - Adam Jones singled into left field with two outs in the top of the first inning tonight to extend his hitting streak to 14 games. Jones is six games away from tying his career-longest streak set in May 2012. During his current streak, Jones is batting .357 with five home runs, 11 RBIs and eight runs scored. Jones is 5-for-16 with three home runs lifetime against Pirates left-hander Francisco Liriano. Miguel Gonzalez threw 19 pitches in the first inning, including 16 for...

The Reds picked up where they left off on Tuesday against the Nationals. Fresh off a 4-3, 15-inning marathon win Monday night (Tuesday morning), Cincinnati scored a run in its first at-bat. With one out, Skip Schumaker went after the first offering from Nationals starter Doug Fister and laced the two-seam fastball for a double to left field. Brandon Phillips and Todd Frazier also went after the first pitch from Fister, both of which were two-seam fastballs. Phillips grounded out. But...

Pittsburgh's PNC Park is the latest stop where the Orioles will try to get their offense going with some consistency. The Orioles scored 12 runs in a four-game series split at Kansas City and have scored three or fewer in 12 of the last 21 games. The Orioles scored 11 runs on 21 hits with three homers in a doubleheader sweep of the Pirates on May 1 at Camden Yards. In fact, the Orioles have won five in a row against Pittsburgh, scoring a total of 38 runs. But you have to go back to 2012 for...

PITTSBURGH - The Orioles will extend Dylan Bundy to two innings and around 30 pitches in his next extended spring training start Saturday against the Rays. He threw 18 pitches in one inning today against the Twins and allowed two home runs. I'm told that a strong wind was blowing out to right-center field, carrying four balls over the fence in the game. Edgmer Escalona threw one inning today at extended spring training and faced two extra batters to reach his pitch count. Johan Santana will...

Manager Matt Williams had another update on third baseman Ryan Zimmerman's recovery from a right thumb fracture. Williams reported the latest X-ray showed the thumb was getting "better". "He is seeing the occupational therapist to get a splint that will allow him to start throwing a baseball a little bit," Williams said. "It is not really throwing, but it puts his thumb in a position where he can start working his arm which is good, which he needs to do. "I don't know if he will be...