Jordan Zimmermann notched his 17th win last night, most in the National League. Rafael Soriano recorded his 40th save, second-most in the NL. Jayson Werth leads the league in OPS and slugging percentage, and is one percentage point behind Chris Johnson for the league lead in batting average. Denard Span has a 21-game hitting streak and has worked his average up to .281. Wilson Ramos has 12 homers and 46 RBIs in just 231 at-bats. Tyler Moore is hitting .388 since his promotion with three...

The Orioles have expanded their roster to 34 players, including 16 pitchers. They can bring up more this month. Guys have gathered in Sarasota to work out and wait for a call. And yet, manager Buck Showalter felt short-handed last night while trying to protect a one-run lead against the Yankees. That's a pretty neat trick in September. Showalter isn't going to broadcast injuries and alert the opposing manager, but he told reporters after a 7-5 loss that the Orioles had "a couple of pieces...

The high Single-A Potomac Nationals' season ended in Salem on Tuesday as the Red Sox won the Mills Cup championship 6-4. The Red Sox won the series over the P-Nats, three games to none. Left-hander Sammy Solis took the loss, allowing five runs on six hits in 3 1/3 innings, with two walks and four strikeouts. Solis allowed two runs in the second and then the Red Sox scored four times in the fourth inning to take commanding 6-1 lead. Catcher Adrian Nieto went 2-for-4 with three RBIs, but the...

Orioles manager Buck Showalter wanted to avoid using a couple of relievers tonight, which explained why he sent Kevin Gausman back out for the eighth inning. He noted how Francisco Rodriguez struggles to hold runners, which explained why Gausman stayed in the game to face Alfonso Soriano. In the end, the Orioles suffered a 7-5 loss to the Yankees at Camden Yards and remained 1 1/2 games behind the Rays for the last wild card spot. Darren O'Day has pitched twice since Aug. 28. He's...

After Kevin Gausman retired the Yankees in order in the top of the seventh, getting two strikeouts, he had pitched 10 shutout innings this season with 12 strikeouts against the Yankees. But they got to him fast an inning later. An Alex Rodriguez double was followed by a Robinson Cano single to tie the game at 4-4. Alfonso Soriano then hit a two-run homer the Yankees had a quick 6-4 lead on the rookie right-hander on their way to a 7-5 win over the Orioles. "Kind of missed my spot against...

The Orioles finally got to Ivan Nova. But the Yankees got to Kevin Gausman and Francisco Rodriguez. Down 4-3 heading to the top of the eighth, the Yankees doubled, singled and homered against Gausman to take a two-run lead and beat the Orioles 7-5 at Camden Yards. Gausman had pitched a 1-2-3 seventh but gave up an Alex Rodriguez double, Robinson Cano RBI single and Alfonso Soriano two-run homer as New York quickly scored three to take a 6-4 lead. They added a run off of Francisco Rodriguez on...

Yankees right-hander Ivan Nova started off Chris Davis with an 81 mph curveball in the bottom of the fifth inning. Davis supplied all the power, homering to center field with Henry Urrutia aboard to give the Orioles a 4-1 lead. Davis has 49 home runs this year to tie Frank Robinson for second place on the club's single-season list behind Brady Anderson, who hit 50 in 1996. Davis and Robinson share the record for most single-season home runs hit in Baltimore with 27. Robinson did his damage...

Prior to last season, the Mets brought in the fence in left and left-center field at Citi Field in order to make the park a bit smaller, and installed what they call the Party City Deck between the new fencing and the old wall that they had out there. It's an area for fans to hang out during the game and get a unique view just above the fence. And it's also a prime area for souvenirs, especially the last two days. The Nationals are wearing out that Party City Deck during this series, and...

Orioles bench coach John Russell and Yankees first base coach Mick Kelleher took out the lineup cards before tonight's game. No managers. No punches thrown. So far, so good. I wasn't sure if plate umpire Jim Joyce was going to issue warnings during the pregame stretch. After the bottom of the first inning, both bullpen coaches started screaming at each other and had to be restrained by the closers. OK, not really, but wouldn't that be kind of cool? Miguel Gonzalez is going for his...

Tonight the Orioles try to figure out how to hit Yankees right-hander Ivan Nova. While Nova doesn't have dominant career numbers against the Orioles, he has been dominant in his last two starts against them. On July 5 Nova pitched a complete game, three-hitter in a 3-2 Yankees win. On Aug. 31 at Camden Yards he pitched a complete-game, three-hit shutout in a 2-0 win. He needed just 102 pitches in the first game and 104 in the second. The Orioles hit .105 (6-for-57) in those two games. He is...