Corner infielder Coby Mayo is heading to Baltimore today, which could lead to another promotion to the majors or placement on the 24-hour taxi squad. Update: Mayo is expected to be recalled. Ramón Urías was scratched from last night’s lineup with a sore hamstring. Manager Brandon Hyde said after a 3-0 win over the Royals that the Orioles weren’t su

Tomoyuki Sugano starts tonight against the Royals at Camden Yards and Kyle Gibson takes his second turn on Sunday, hoping to make a much better second impression. The Orioles are off again Monday and fly to Minnesota for a road trip that also makes a stop in Anaheim. Charlie Morton will sit in the home and visiting bullpens, where he’s operated sin

CINCINNATI – One starter couldn’t throw strikes. The other was blowing away hitters with one of the best arsenals in baseball. Together, it made for a bad combination for the Nationals. With Mitchell Parker issuing five walks in his second consecutive shaky outing, and with Hunter Greene racking up 12 strikeouts in six innings against a helpless li

Dean Kremer’s right thigh absorbed a 103.2 mph line drive from Mark Canha tonight in the second inning. Kremer raced to first base for the 1-3-1 putout, completed a few warmup tosses to appease manager Brandon Hyde and athletic trainer Scott Barringer, and went back to work. That was the only way for the Royals to slow Kremer, and just temporarily.

Orioles executive vice president Mike Elias spent about 15 minutes in the dugout today talking about the state of his 12-18 team and why he thinks it can get back to playoff form and meet the high expectations carried into the season. He blames injuries and inconsistencies among players. And he continues to take responsibility for the record based

CINCINNATI – Sometimes, a player takes great care and thought before signing with a new team. And sometimes, Andrew Chafin gets a call from the Nationals, and the veteran reliever just says yes right away. “They called and said: ‘We’ve got a job for you.’ I said: ‘Alright, let’s do this thing,’” the left-hander said. “So then I showed up today. It’

Jackson Holliday moves up to sixth in the order for tonight’s series opener against the Royals at Camden Yards. Heston Kjerstad is in right field and Ramón Laureano is in left. They occupy the last two spots in the lineup. Dean Kremer is trying to lower a 7.04 ERA and 1.565 WHIP over six starts. He’s surrendered 40 hits in 30 2/3 innings. Kremer fa

CINCINNATI – Hello from Great American Ball Park, where we could be in for a wild weather weekend. There are thunderstorms expected later this afternoon. It probably won’t postpone tonight’s series opener, but it could delay first pitch (which is already at the earlier-than-usual time of 6:10 p.m.). Then it’s supposed to rain all day Saturday and i

The Orioles have moved past a hard April, when they went 9-16 after a 3-2 March. Taking two of three games from the first-place Yankees had to feel good. Some of the heat lifted. However, there’s a long way to go. The temperature can fluctuate. The homestand continues tonight with a series against the Royals, who beat them twice last month in Kansa

PHILADELPHIA – Brad Lord had handed over the ball to his manager four times previously as a big league starter, but this one was different. Different, because he was handing the ball to Miguel Cairo, not Davey Martinez. And different, because no matter who he was handing the ball to, he was doing so beyond the fifth inning and with the Nationals le