Buck Showalter has shuffled the Orioles' lineup after using the same order over the last three games. Nick Markakis moves up from third to leadoff. Nate McLouth slides from the top spot to seventh. Alexi Casilla is playing second base and batting ninth. For the Orioles Nick Markakis RF Manny Machado 3B Adam Jones CF Matt Wieters C Chris Davis 1B J.J. Hardy SS Nate McLouth LF Nolan Reimold DH Alexi Casilla 2B Chris Tillman RHP For the Rays Desmond Jennings CF Kelly Johnson 2B Ben...

Double-A Harrisburg Senators third baseman Anthony Rendon is continuing to prove how good a hitter he is when healthy and given the chance to play multiple games. Through 13 games, Rendon is hitting .311 (14-for-45) with eight runs, four doubles, two homers and seven RBIs. He had a 4-for-4 game at Altoona on Sunday, with two doubles. Rendon has had multi-hit games in three of his last six games. He has also walked 12 times, and his on-base percentage is up to .467. His on-base plus slugging...

The Orioles have announced new promotions available exclusively within the free MLB.com At The Ballpark application at Oriole Park during the 2013 season. MLB.com At The Ballpark offers mobile check-in, social media, special offers, rewards and exclusive content for anyone with an Android smartphone or iPhone. Incentives for fans to "check-in" using At The Ballpark include offers that will reward fans at every home game and several that reward fans for checking in over the course of the...

All four Orioles full-season minor league affiliates now have winning records. In fact, the four clubs have combined to win 19 of their last 25 contests through Tuesday's games. * Triple-A Norfolk is 7-6 with six wins in its last eight games * Double-A Bowie is 7-6 with six wins in its last eight games * Single-A Frederick is 7-4 with three wins in a row * Single-A Delmarva is 8-5 with four wins in the last six games Jason Pridie's three-run triple with two outs in the top of the ninth last...

Through 14 games last season, the Nationals were 10-4 coming off an 11-4 loss to the Houston Astros in their 14th game of the season. It was a hot start - and an important one, as the Phillies were missing key pieces, the Marlins weren't playing up to expectations and the Braves were missing Tim Hudson. The Nats' hot start catapulted them into a division lead they would only relinquish once during the rest of the season. It was an impressive start, but it came against the eventual 101-loss...

Last Friday night, Adam Jones dropped an easy fly ball. He dropped that fly ball and it basically cost the Orioles a game against the hated Yankees. How did you feel when it happened? Did you think, "So it goes. Errors are part of the game, even for a player as good as Jones." Or did you find a more sinister angle? Did you think, "Why did he have to blow a bubble? Doesn't he know we need every out we can get? We can't afford to make mistakes like that!" It's not that these are the only...

Orioles starting pitchers have allowed three earned runs or fewer for the last seven games. In that time, the Orioles' rotation ERA is 3.63. This is pretty solid. If you don't think so, consider that the Orioles had the best record in the majors the last two months of last season going 38-20 and the rotation ERA then was 3.85. Also consider that, after six games, the Orioles' rotation ERA was 5.67, so the 3.63 since then is a nice improvement. Now the Orioles need their starters to get...

The Nationals were on the losing end of an 8-2 ballgame in Miami last night, but that's one game of 162. Of bigger concern right now are the struggles of two Nats veterans, guys who appear to be battling some confidence issues at this point. Let's start with Dan Haren. The 32-year-old right-hander, who signed a one-year, $13 million deal with the Nats this offseason, was facing a Marlins team that had scored just 1.8 runs per game entering Tuesday's contest, by far the fewest in the...

Nolan Reimold went 0-for-3 last night, which wouldn't be worth mentioning if he started in left field. But every failed at-bat by an Orioles designated hitter is magnified over these first few weeks of the season. The club's designated hitters are 3-for-43, which works out to a .070 average. The unit has one RBI. That's not much production when the word "hitters" is included in the name. A few more notes from last night: Nate McLouth is 4-for-12 with three doubles and three runs scored...

There seemed to be a theme in the postgame questions tonight, and it was about Jake Arrieta. He pitched a game where he allowed just one run on three hits, but again his pitch count was high and he needed 112 pitches to get through five innings and the first batter of the sixth. "He battled," catcher Matt Wieters said. "He didn't have his best command, but he was able to pound the zone enough to make some pitches when he needed to. We'd like to throw more strikes and get ahead of more...