The Single-A Hagerstown Suns came back to defeat Greenville 8-5 to finish the first half of the season with 44 wins. But because Greensboro won earlier in the day, the Suns did not win the first half of their Northern division in the South Atlantic League. Despite a big lead out of the gates, the Suns lost seven of their final 10 games of the first half to come up a little bit short. But Hagerstown demonstrated how they can win games with a comeback in the sixth inning. Trailing 3-1, Isaac...

The Orioles are in St. Petersburg, Fla. today, and I'll be joining them later if my 6:15 a.m. flight arrives safely. Matt Wieters is in Gulf Breeze, Fla., undergoing a second elbow exam by renowned and feared orthopedic surgeon Dr. James Andrews. Feared by clubs who send their players to him and brace for the worst possible outcome. How often is the news good? Wieters was told he didn't need surgery during his first visit. That's one. No one in the organization will be shocked if...

Less than a year since he underwent Tommy John surgery, right-hander Dylan Bundy returned to a pro mound tonight as he gave up one run over five innings for short-season Single-A Aberdeen at Hudson Valley. Bundy gave up five hits and threw 65 pitches in his outing for the IronBirds. He walked none and struck out six. He left with Aberdeen trailing 1-0. Bundy's fastball was sitting in the 91 to 93 mph range. Bundy threw 10 pitches in a 1-2-3 first, getting three groundball outs. He gave up a...

So much for momentum. The Nationals finished off a 5-5 road trip this afternoon with a 5-2 loss to the Cardinals, who have taken 12 of the last 14 regular season games between the teams. It's Washington's fourth straight loss after starting the trek 5-2 through San Diego and San Francisco. Doug Fister saw a streak of five straight wins halted, Ryan Zimmerman made a couple of nice plays in his first career game at first base and the Nats had a chance to do some damage in the ninth inning, but...

Adam Jones would not characterize it as frustrating, but the Orioles left their series with Toronto right where they started it. They split the four games and are 4 1/2 games back of the first-place Blue Jays. "Not frustrating," Jones said. "They're a good team, man. We could have got swept. We could have swept them. Look at the bright side, we got two out of four. Now let's go on the road and start the series off right tomorrow in Tampa. "It's not a missed opportunity. Because we are...

The Orioles finally get a decent stretch of games at home and they go 5-5 before heading back on the road. They're also .500 against the Blue Jays after today's 5-2 loss before a sellout crowd at Camden Yards. "They're a really good team and there's no secret why they're there," said manager Buck Showalter. "They're very athletically talented and their pitching has really been solid. We knew that. I think the team everybody thought they might be last year, they are this year....

The Orioles are still trying to put it all together and match up strong starting pitching with solid hitting. Today was another day with half the equation. While Chris Tillman produced the rotation's seventh straight quality start, the bats were mostly quiet in a 5-2 loss to Toronto in front of 46,469, the fifth sellout of 2014. The Orioles split this four-game series with first-place Toronto and leave it right where they started at 4 1/2 games out. Blue Jays starter J.A. Happ, who had an...

Orioles manager Buck Showalter removed Chris Tillman today after 92 pitches. There may have been more in the tank, but Showalter decided that Tillman was done. Tillman retired eight of the last nine Toronto batters he faced, and the rotation produced its seventh straight quality start. He allowed three runs and eight hits in seven innings, with no walks or strikeouts. It marked the sixth time in Orioles history that a starter went seven or more innings without a walk or strikeout. Jimmy Key...

The Nationals had the bases loaded with one out in the second, and failed to push a run across in a scoreless tie. In the bottom half of the inning, they paid for it. Allen Craig singled up the middle and Matt Adams launched a two-run homer to right off Doug Fister. Yes, the same Adams who homered on Friday and Saturday. That's three games in a row with home runs since he was activated off the disabled list Friday. Fister stranded runners at second and third to escape further damage in the...

Chris Tillman has retired six consecutive Toronto batters this afternoon and eight of the last nine. Are his troubles in the past? They're still in his rear-view mirror, another run scoring against him in the first inning. That's 15 runs in the opening frame in his 15 starts this season. Jose Reyes led off with a single and scored with one out on Jose Bautista's double to right-center field. Three batters into the game and Tillman already was behind 1-0. Dioner Navarro led off the second...