Chris Tillman must be living a charmed life when he gives up six runs and still registers his 14th win of the season. As manager Buck Showalter said, the Orioles probably owed Tillman after the way he's pitched for them this season. Tillman is 14-3, which currently ranks as the highest winning percentage (.824) in franchise history for a pitcher with at least 15 decisions. He's ahead of Dave McNally (21-5, .808 in 1971), Jim Palmer (16-4, .800 in 1969), Wally Bunker (19-5, .792 in 1964) and...

I guess it should have been no big surprise that the Orioles and Mariners combined for seven homers last night as the O's won 11-8 to take the series opener. Seattle gets 47 percent of its runs this year via the home run to rank first in the majors. The Orioles are second, scoring 44 percent of their runs with a homer in 2013. Of the game's 19 runs last night, 11 came off a longball. Nate McLouth talked about the O's reliance on homers to produce a lot of their runs. "I think some of...

It did not take long for Bryce Harper to back up his comments from Wednesday's postgame. Friday night in Milwaukee, Harper crushed his 16th homer of the season, a solo shot off of Brewers reliever Burke Bradenhop in the sixth inning, in the Nationals' 4-1 victory at Miller Park. The Nationals left fielder described what he saw from Badenhop for the game-changing homer. "I was trying to go up there and make something happen," Harper said on MASN's 'Nats Xtra.' "J-Dub (Jayson Werth)...

Chris Davis said he had seen the list of players that have hit 40 homers as an Oriole. He joined Brady Anderson, Frank Robinson, Jim Gentile and Rafael Palmeiro on that list tonight in the win over Seattle. "That's pretty good company to be in," Davis said. "I'm proud of the way things have gone this year, but we still have a lot more work to do. It's nice to be a big part of a winning team." After he hit 33 last season, did he think 40 would be in reach in 2013? "Maybe, you never...

The Orioles have hit at least three home runs in a game 19 times this season to lead the American League. The Braves lead the majors with 20. The Orioles' power was on full display tonight, with Chris Davis hitting his 40th home run, Nate McLouth belting his first career grand slam and Ryan Flaherty coming within a triple of the cycle in an 11-8 win over the Mariners at Camden Yards. Here's a sampling of manager Buck Showalter's post-game comments: On whether the bats are back: "Tonight,...

The Orioles scored four runs in the first inning tonight and they were just getting started. Nate McLouth hit his first career grand slam and Chris Davis became the fifth Oriole to hit 40 homers as the O's beat Seattle 11-8 in a series-opening slugfest. The O's put up so much offense tonight that Chris Tillman matched his season high with six earned runs, but still got his 14th win, one off the major league lead. Davis crushed a pitch from Aaron Harang 442 feet onto Eutaw Street in the...

Chris Davis isn't the only Oriole who can hit milestone home runs. Nate McLouth belted his first career grand slam in the bottom of the sixth inning tonight after the Orioles strung together three straight singles off Mariners reliever Brandon Maurer. J.J. Hardy, Henry Urrutia and Ryan Flaherty singled, and McLouth cleared the fence in center field to give the Orioles an 11-6 lead. At that point, Maurer had faced four batters after replacing starter Aaron Harang. It was all downhill from...

The Nationals are looking to get off to a quick start against the Brewers on Friday night at Miller Park. The Nationals have lost the first game in six straight series dating back to July 8. Washington won the first game of the series against Milwaukee and San Diego at Nationals Park to begin the month of July. Tom Gorzelanny made quick work of the Nationals in the first, getting Bryce Harper, Anthony Rendon and Ryan Zimmerman 1-2-3. Gorzelanny and Jordan Zimmermann are quick workers, so the...

Add Chris Davis to the list of Orioles who have hit 40 home runs in a season. Davis became the fifth Oriole to reach the milestone when he launched a ball an estimated 442 feet onto Eutaw St. in the bottom of the third inning to increase the lead to 5-3. Mariners right fielder Michael Morse didn't budge. The only people who moved were the fans chasing after the ball. Aaron Harang threw Davis two straight 90 mph fastballs. Davis wasn't fooled. That's three home runs in the last four games...

When he took the field tonight at Camden Yards, Roberto Alomar got another nice ovation in Baltimore as he was officially inducted into the Orioles Hall of Fame in a pregame ceremony. "It was special playing for the Orioles organization and my teammates," he said at a press conference after the ceremony. "We had great ballclubs with some great chemistry. The fans were great with sold-out crowds almost every game. It was fun to play here. This is a day I will remember for the rest of my...