Japanese left-hander Tsuyoshi Wada has agreed to accept being optioned to Triple-A Norfolk once his injury rehab assignment concludes this weekend. The final details are being ironed out. Wada has to give his consent, according to a clause in the two-year, $8.15 million contract that he signed on Dec. 14, 2011. Wada has made six starts with Norfolk, going 1-4 with an 8.14 ERA in 24 1/3 innings. The Tides are playing a doubleheader tonight, with Josh Stinson starting Game 1 and Jair Jurrens...

The Orioles have reached contract agreements with two more draft picks, coming to terms with their second-round selection, California high school catcher Chance Sisco, and their fifth-round pick, left-handed pitcher Travis Seabrooke from Crestwood Secondary School in Ontario, Canada. The signings will not become official until the players pass physicals and that is still to come for both. An 18-year-old lefty hitter, Sisco was the 61st pick in the draft. The 17-year-old Seabrooke was the...

From 2006-09, the Orioles went 3-15, 6-12, 6-12 and then 2-16 in the season series against the Boston Red Sox. Looks like those days are over. Last year, the Orioles went 13-5 against the Red Sox. With last night's win, the Orioles are 3-1 this season against Boston. The Orioles have now won 12 of the last 16 against Boston. Since July 19, 2011, they are 22-9 against Boston. They have won five straight and eight of the last nine series between the teams. "We believe we can play with...

At Camden Yards this evening, it's night two of a game within a game. The Orioles are playing the first-place Red Sox and once again, the league's best basestealer may challenge the league's best catcher throwing out runners. Last night, Jacoby Ellsbury tried twice and got thrown out once by Matt Wieters. When Wieters gunned down Ellsbury in the seventh inning with an amazing throw, that snapped Ellsbury's streak of stealing 18 consecutive bases. Ellsbury is 30-for-33 on the year and...

Pitcher Jake Arrieta hadn't arrived at Camden Yards when reporters met with manager Buck Showalter shortly after 4 p.m., but he's on the field now for batting practice and will be available in the bullpen. "It's his day to pitch," Showalter said. "We needed some length out there and Jake fit for us. We'll see what the next couple days bring. Freddy (Garcia) would also be available to us in the 'pen tonight. He was available last night, too, in his words." Arrieta is "an option" to...

The Orioles today announced that they have recalled right-hander Jake Arrieta from Triple-A Norfolk. Arrieta is 3-3 with a 5.50 ERA (36.0IP, 22ER) in seven games (six starts) for the Tides this season. This will be Arrieta's third stint with the Orioles in 2013. He was most recently with the team from May 18-23 but did not appear in a game during that time. He was also with the club from Opening Day through April 22 and is 1-1 with a 6.63 ERA (19.0IP, 14ER) in four starts for the Orioles...

For only the fifth time in his career, Ryan Zimmerman will be the designated hitter as the Nationals take on the Cleveland Indians. Ironically, on June 13, 2010, Zimmerman was the designated hitter and batted third as the Nationals beat the Indians, 9-4, in Cleveland. The game was Stephen Strasburg's second start of his career and his second win. The lineup also has Steve Lombardozzi at second base. That means this will be Anthony Rendon's first day off since returning to the roster for a...

The last time the Nationals ventured to Cleveland was 2010. The weekend series was June 11-13, 2010, almost the exact same time of the year. Cleveland was hoping LeBron James would stay with the Cavaliers and the Indians were a below-.500 ball club. The Indians won the first two games of the series pretty easily - 7-2 and 7-1. The Nationals' first two starters were Luis Atilano and J.D. Martin. The highlight early in the series was former Nationals outfielder Austin Kearns' two Friday night...

Chris Tillman takes the mound tonight for the Orioles, who will attempt to beat the Red Sox in the regulation nine innings. Something different to break the monotony. Tillman is 1-1 with a 2.97 ERA in six career starts against the Red Sox. In seven home starts this year, he's 1-2 with a 5.31 ERA over 39 innings, with four quality starts. For the Orioles Nate McLouth LF Manny Machado 3B Nick Markakis RF Adam Jones CF Chris Davis 1B Matt Wieters C J.J. Hardy SS Chris Dickerson DH Ryan Flaherty...

Stephen Strasburg's second major league start took place in Cleveland's Progressive Field on June 13, 2010. After a dazzling 14-strikeout major league debut at Nationals Park, the Nats and Strasburg took the show on the road. The game between a 31-33 Nationals team and a 25-37 Indians team was picked up on a national broadcast solely because Strasburg was going to be on the mound. In the first two games of that three-game weekend set, the Indians drew 22,041 Friday night and 19,484 Saturday...