Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts will fly home to Sarasota on Sunday to begin his recovery and rehab after an MRI this morning revealed a ruptured tendon behind his right knee. Manager Buck Showalter regarded the findings as "actually good news." "Considering that's the same tendon area they take out of your leg for Tommy John, which tells you some doctors think it's not a part of your body you necessarily have to have in that area," Showalter said. "We're hopeful in a three- to...

It is starting to get to the point where Orioles players are having a hard time coming up with adjectives describing what Chris Davis is doing right now. But Matt Wieters admits that the players were thinking homer just like the fans were when Davis came up in the eighth today in a 5-5 tie. "I think everybody was thinking it the way he has been swinging the bat lately," Wieters said. "He's been doing some damage and he's not missing his pitch right now. We're going to try and keep him...

The Nationals are in an unfamiliar position: They're actually trailing for the first time this season. Back-to-back home runs by Todd Frazier and Zack Cozart off Dan Haren in the second inning have given the Reds a 2-0 lead and put the Nats in a hole. Haren had struck out two straight hitters prior to the homers, getting Brandon Phillips and Jay Bruce swinging. But within two pitches, he trailed by two. Frazier teed off on the first pitch he saw, a 90 mph fastball, sending it to the second...

As Adam Jones watched Minnesota reliever Casey Fien issue an intentional walk to Nick Markakis in the bottom of the eighth inning today, he turned toward the visiting dugout and smiled at Twins manager Ron Gardenhire. Gardenhire smiled back at him. "I love the dude, I love his competitiveness," Jones said. "He's a great manager. And he always smiles at me." Jones got the last laugh, grounding a bases-loaded single into left field to tie the score at 5-5. Tyler Robertson replaced Fien,...

Chris Davis said he is now aware of the elite company he joined today as he became the fourth player in major league history to homer in each of his team's first four games of a season. "They told me. It's pretty cool," he said simply. "I saw something last year where Larry Bird was talking about individual statistics and records and people come along and break them. The biggest is championships, division titles, World Series. They can't take that away from you." Not only did Davis...

Different town, almost the same result for Chris Davis. The red-hot Oriole brought his act to Camden Yards today and didn't disappoint. After driving in four runs each of the last two games and 11 in the season's first three games, he knocked in five today as the Orioles beat Minnesota 9-5 in front of a sellout crowd of 46,653. Yes, this is unbelievable. Davis hit a grand slam in the last of the eighth to become the first Oriole to ever homer in the season's first four games and just the...

This has gotten ridiculous. And historic. With the bases loaded and one out in the bottom of the eighth inning, Chris Davis swung at the first pitch from Twins reliever Tyler Robertson and hit a grand slam to give the Orioles a 9-5 lead. Davis reached out and lifted the ball over the fence in left field, and Camden Yards erupted. He came out for a curtain call after Robertson's first pitch to Matt Wieters. Davis is the fourth player in major league history to homer in the first four games...

Did anyone notice the new warning track at Camden Yards? Orioles manager Buck Showalter is pleased that the Orioles replaced their synthetic track with a natural surface. "I know it's a lot safer," he said. "I really applaud our ownership for it, because somebody had to pay for it, and it was huge. "I know our outfielders are very excited about it. They came out with this zone rating for defense and they kept coming back about Orioles outfielders, and a couple spots they were short in...

The Orioles acknowledged the Ravens' Super Bowl victory with a video tribute during today's pregame ceremony. "I'm a big fan of them and the way they do things," manager Buck Showalter said during his session with the media. "I know Ozzie Newsome, being an Alabama guy. I got to spend some time with him. I liked to see how they did things, and I spent some time with coach Harbaugh and Ozzie, toured their facility. "The more you're around things like that, you see things don't happen...

As he tries to prove he's a better pitcher than the one that carried a 6.20 ERA last year, Orioles right-hander Jake Arrieta is going to need to limit the big inning better than he was able to today in the top of the fourth. The Twins scored four times - on two singles, a double, a triple and a walk - to take a 4-1 lead. Arrieta had allowed just two hits on 47 pitches over the first three innings, but the Twins broke through in the fourth. Brian Dozier's two-run triple keyed the inning as...