Orioles manager Buck Showalter joked that he had a choice of talking to first baseman Chris Davis or meeting with reporters following tonight's 5-4, 10-inning win over the Astros. He chose the scribes. Davis, back from his rehab game at Double-A Bowie, would have to wait a few minutes. The Orioles will wait until Sunday morning to decide whether to activate Davis from the disabled list or have him serve as the designated hitter at Bowie. "We're not going to make that decision tonight, but I...

The tarp is coming off the field at Camden Yards and tonight's game is expected to resume at approximately 10:55 p.m. We have a light rain falling. We can live with it. In the event that the rain had decided to stick around until some ungodly hour, the game would have been suspended and resumed on Sunday. The score no longer reverts back to the eighth inning. The Astros wouldn't have been awarded a win. The delay started at 10:01 p.m. and the remaining fans are watching the Cardinals-Pirates...

BOWIE, Md. - After playing nine innings at first base and getting four at-bats tonight for Double-A Bowie in its 7-6 loss to New Britain, Chris Davis feels he's ready to return to the Orioles. Out since April 26 with strained left oblique, Davis went 1-for-4 with a single in the eighth inning. He can be activated by the Orioles for Sunday's game and said he feels ready to rejoin the team. "I think so, but we'll find out," he said tonight in the Baysox clubhouse. "I'm going to go back and...

A's ace Sonny Gray has allowed three earned runs in a game only twice this year. He surrendered that many in an inning when the Nationals jumped all over the American League ERA leader with three runs in the third. With one out, Danny Espinosa launched his fifth homer of the season to right-center for a 1-0 Nats lead. Zach Walters and Denard Span followed with singles to right before Kevin Frandsen doubled to center to score both runners and up the advantage to 3-0. In that one frame,...

It may not be aesthetically pleasing, but Orioles starter Miguel Gonzalez has made it through the sixth inning tonight against the Astros at Camden Yards. One more out and he will reach a season high in innings. Left-hander Troy Patton began to warm in the bullpen in the sixth inning as the Astros put runners on second and third with one out. Gonzalez retired the next two batters on a pop-up and grounder and made it back to the dugout with his pitch count at 83. Gonzalez has allowed two runs...

In a perfect world, the Nationals would have Bryce Harper in left and Adam LaRoche at first tonight in Oakland. Instead, Zach Walters gets his first start of the season at a position he has never played in the major leagues, and only once patrolled in 465 minor league contests. Walters will man left field for the Nats tonight rather than shortstop or third base, where he has played exclusively in the majors over the last two seasons. "We just have a need, especially against Sonny (Gray) with...

Adam LaRoche's strained quad could very well land the Nationals first baseman on the disabled list after all. Nothing has been decided, but LaRoche had an MRI done Saturday after the quad tightened again during Friday night's game, and the Nats will have to decide whether to continue to let him work through it or rehab it to full health. LaRoche served as the team's designated hitter Friday, but is out of the lineup tonight because of what he felt in the series opener at Oakland. "It...

Orioles manager Buck Showalter returned from his son Nathan's graduation today at TCU and is in his customary position along the dugout railing. Showalter had a good view of Nick Markakis' leadoff single in the bottom of the first inning that extended the right fielder's hitting streak to 17 games, the longest active in the majors. Markakis lined the fourth pitch from Astros starter Collin McHugh, an 89 mph fastball, into right-center field. Seven of Markakis' hits during the streak have...

OAKLAND - Adam LaRoche will get to rest his injured quad entirely tonight, as manager Matt Williams has given the veteran first baseman the night off one game after putting him at designated hitter. Williams had said he expected LaRoche to be at first for tonight's game with Athletics ace Sonny Gray on the mound. The Nationals manager is likely to share why LaRoche is out of the lineup during his pregame meeting with the media. With LaRoche out, Kevin Frandsen starts at first for the second...

BOWIE, Md. - Chris Davis arrived in Bowie a little after 4 p.m. today. There was no on-field batting practice, so he took some swings in the cage and took a few ground balls on the field. Now it's almost time for him to play a rehab game at 6:35 p.m., one that could soon lead him back to the lineup in Baltimore. Davis has been on the disabled list since April 27 with a left oblique strain. Will this will be a one-night appearance in Bowie? He's able to come off the DL on Sunday. "I don't...