Why stop at one home run? Chris Davis has homered twice tonight, sending an Ivan Nova curveball onto the flag court in right field in the sixth inning to increase the Orioles' lead to 11-2. Ridiculous. Out of control. Davis has six career multi-homer games and three this season. The others came on May 29 vs. Washington and June 19 in Detroit. Davis has tied his career high with five RBIs tonight. It's the fourth time overall and third this season. Oh, there's more. Davis' 30 home...

BOWIE, Md. - Left fielder Bryce Harper played nine innings in what is likely his final rehab game before returning to the Nationals. Harper has been recovering from left knee bursitis since late May. On Saturday night, he faced off against Orioles left-hander Wei-Yin Chen, also on a rehab assignment. Harper went 0-for-3 with a walk, a run and a pair of strikeouts. Bowie won the game 6-4. Harper struck out looking against Chen with a man on first base in the first inning. Leading off the...

BOWIE, Md. - Left-hander Wei-Yin Chen, out since mid-May with a strained right oblique, said he's ready to return to the Orioles rotation after pitching tonight for Double-A Bowie. Now we wait to find out if the O's brass agrees with him. He had one bad inning - giving up four runs in the fourth - over a five-inning outing for the Baysox. Chen gave up five hits with two walks and five strikeouts. He threw 79 pitches. He used all his pitches and took a two-hit shutout to the fourth. He was...

Chris Davis isn't satisfied with terrorizing opposing pitchers. Now he's taking aim at his own relievers. Davis hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the first inning tonight, the ball landing in the Orioles' bullpen and causing teammates to scatter on the bench to avoid becoming seamheads. Davis has 29 home runs, 77 RBIs and serious designs on the American League Most Valuable Player Award. Yankees starter Davis Phelps faced nine batters and threw 30 pitches in the inning. He'd like to...

BOWIE, Md - Wearing a No. 16 home white jersey, the same number he wears for the Orioles, left-hander Wei-Yin Chen has pitched two shutout innings tonight for the Double-A Bowie Baysox in a rehab start against the Harrisburg Senators. In the top of the first, he struck out Bryce Harper. Brian Goodwin singled to right to lead off the game before Chen fanned Harper looking on a 2-2 fastball over the outside corner. Chen then picked Goodwin off first before he struck out Jerad Head swinging to...

Orioles manager Buck Showalter explained to reporters why the club designated first baseman Travis Ishikawa for assignment this afternoon and recalled pitcher Jair Jurrjens. "Just felt like we needed some coverage in our bullpen tonight after last night, and we're going to make a move with Brian (Roberts) tomorrow, anyway," Showalter said. The Orioles will continue their attempts to trade Ishikawa. If he goes through waivers and clears, he can choose to become a free agent. "Hoping it...

NEW YORK - Last night, the Nationals picked up what manager Davey Johnson and a couple players called their "biggest win of the year." They came back from three runs down, scored five runs in the final two innings and earned a hard-fought road victory in a game in which they faced arguably the toughest starter in the league. Today, the Nats scored just a single run, got shut down (yet again) by a starter with a 4.60 ERA and made three errors in a 5-1 loss to the Mets. How do you explain the...

BOWIE, Md - Since June 18, Nolan Reimold has been playing with the Double-A Bowie Baysox for the first time since 2008. But his minor league rehab stint may only have two games to go. Reimold will play left field and bat third tonight and he expects to play in at least one game of Sunday's doubleheader. After that, he could be rejoining the Orioles for their road trip that begins Tuesday. Reimold hasn't played in the majors since May 11 due a right hamstring injury, but he says he's ready...

First baseman Travis Ishikawa received the news this afternoon that the Orioles designated him for assignment to make room for pitcher Jair Jurrjens. He took it in stride, knowing that it was a distinct possibility. "They needed another arm," he said. "I don't know what's going to happen now. They have a few days to try to trade me, and then if they can't trade me, I go through the waiver process and see if anybody claims me. If they don't, I can either accept my assignment to Triple-A...

BOWIE, Md. - Wei-Yin Chen's rehab assignment, which could be a short one, begins tonight at Prince George's Stadium and Nolan Reimold's rehab continues as the Double-A Bowie Baysox host the Harrisburg Senators. Bryce Harper will play left field and bat second for Harrisburg, putting three current big leaguers on the field at first pitch tonight. Chen is expected to throw 75-80 pitches tonight, which could get him five or six innings. He has pitched twice in simulated games and this will...