For the second straight night in this series, an O's starting pitcher failed to get one out in the sixth inning. Tonight, Chris Tillman gave up six hits and four runs over five innings as Tampa Bay beat the Orioles 6-2. "It's disappointing," Tillman said of not getting deeper in the game. "I have some things to work on right now and the biggest thing is strike one. Maybe five or six guys tonight, I was able to get strike one. "It's huge, we need to start giving the bullpen a break....

The Orioles' No. 6 through No. 9 hitters in the lineup went 1-for-14 last night and 1-for-14 tonight. There's good consistency and bad consistency. There's also the postgame media session with manager Buck Showalter, who addressed his starters going five innings in back-to-back outings. "The off day and some of the good starts, we were in a position the last two days to cover it," Showalter said following tonight's 6-2 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays. "Mac (T.J. McFarland) gave us some...

Matt Moore hadn't given up a run in his first two starts this year. He gave up two tonight, but that was not nearly enough to beat him as the Tampa Bay Rays beat the Orioles 6-2 in front of 13,591 at Camden Yards. The Orioles fall back to .500 at 7-7 and this three-game series is even at a win each heading into Thursday night's series finale. Moore gave up five hits and two runs over 6 2/3 innings to improve to 3-0 with an ERA of 1.00. He went 2-2 with a 1.83 ERA in four starts against...

It hasn't been a good night for the Orioles and we still have three more innings to play. Or should I say, but we still have three more innings to play? Depends whether that glass is half full or empty. Chris Tillman became the latest Orioles starter to exit in the middle innings, lasting only five and departing with the Rays leading 4-2. Rule 5 pick T.J. McFarland replaced him and gave up his first major league run in the sixth inning on a walk and two hits. McFarland had tossed 5 1/3...

Ross Detwiler's third start of the season has gone much the same as his first two. And that's a good thing for the Nationals as they look to leave Miami with a series win. Through four innings tonight, Detwiler has held the Marlins scoreless, allowing four hits and striking out four. He's thrown 61 pitches thus far, 45 for strikes. In typical Detwiler fashion, he's been attacking opposing hitters tonight, throwing 56 fastballs among those 61 pitches. Despite the heavy dose of two- and...

The Tampa Bay Rays entered this series in Baltimore trailing the Orioles' Chris Davis in homers for the season. Davis had six and the entire Rays roster had five heading into Monday's series opener. But in the first 11 innings of this series, Tampa Bay hit five homers and they have now moved ahead of Davis on the year, 10-6 in the homer race. Desmond Jennings led off last night's game with a first-pitch homer off Jake Arrieta, and Tampa hit two in the eighth off Pedro Strop, with Kelly...

First baseman/outfielder Matt Skole, the Nationals' fourth-ranked prospect, is expected to miss three to four months after undergoing successful Tommy John surgery, general manager Mike Rizzo told reporters in Miami. Skole was injured on a freak play at first base in a game with Double-A Harrisburg last week when his non-throwing arm was hit by a runner. He fractured his wrist on the play. A second examination revealed the torn ligament (UCL) in his left arm. He had surgery early...

The Orioles hadn't allowed a run in the first inning before last night. Now they can't stop doing it. Desmond Jennings led off last night's game with a home run. Kelly Johnson, the second batter tonight, homered to right field. I guess that's progress. Johnson has gone deep in back-to-back games. He hadn't faced Chris Tillman until tonight. All three outs recorded by Tillman came on fly balls to right fielder Nick Markakis. I'm not sure of the significance, but that's what...

As they try to go two games over the .500 mark tonight and improve to 4-1 this season against Tampa Bay, the Orioles face tough lefty Matt Moore tonight. He is 2-0 this year and has not allowed a run in 11 1/3 innings. Moore went 2-2 with a 1.83 ERA over four starts against the Orioles last year, when he was 11-11 with a 3.81 ERA over 31 starts for the Rays. Tonight, Moore is attempting to become the seventh major leaguer since 1916 to win his first three games of a season, all starts,...

Not much news to report this afternoon from Camden Yards, but there are plenty of updates. Steve Johnson will pitch four innings on Thursday at extended spring training, and Tsuyoshi Wada will pitch three. Wada most likely will need at least one more outing before the Orioles consider sending him on an injury rehab assignment, but Johnson is likely to begin one after Thursday. Johnson could join any affiliate on a rehab assignment. Cuban outfielder Henry Urrutia could be assigned to...