Officially, Gio Gonzalez's four-inning stint against the Cardinals on Sunday afternoon doesn't exist. It was washed away, just like the game itself, after four innings. What happened before, however, left both Gonzalez and Nationals manager Davey Johnson quite pleased. Gonzalez allowed two singles, fanned a pair and had a 1-0 lead when rains swept through Roger Dean Stadium in Jupiter, Fla., before the top of the fifth. As the Nationals packed up to head back to Viera, Fla., Gonzalez told...

SARASOTA, Fla. - I'm still waiting for the Orioles to send out the names of the players who were involved in the first round of cuts. There won't be any major surprises. Maybe one name will make you say, "Wow, already?" But I'll wait until it's official. So what did manager Buck Showalter think of left-hander Dana Eveland today? "You can see why he's had some success, but as you move up levels, there's a fine line," Showalter said. "He does things that allowed him to have success...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Reliever Darren O'Day was supposed to pitch the ninth inning today, but he was scratched because of some tightness in his groin. Oliver Drake worked the ninth and gave up a run in a 6-1 loss to the Red Sox. The Orioles were held to three hits, including Steve Tolleson's leadoff double in the ninth. Tolleson was thrown out at the plate to end the game. He briefly disputed the call. As for O'Day, he said the discomfort surfaced while he was warming up in the...

Today's Nationals-Cardinals game in Jupiter, Fla., has been canceled after a rain delay. The Nats were leading 1-0 after the fourth inning when play was halted. Lefty Gio Gonzalez went four innings for the Nationals in his second spring start. He allowed two hits and struck out two. The Nationals scored in the third inning when Brett Carroll hit a leadoff single off St. Louis starter Jake Westbrook, went to third on a one-out single by Andres Blanco and then came home on Roger Bernadina's...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Orioles left-hander Dana Eveland was charged with only one earned run in two innings today. A run wouldn't have scored in the first if he gloved Ryan Sweeney's comebacker with two outs. He would have been spared two unearned runs in the second if Chris Davis made a better throw to second base. None of that mattered to Eveland, who allowed six hits and fell behind too many batters. He didn't try to put a positive spin on his outing, much to his credit. "Not very good," he...

Nationals manager Davey Johnson told reporters in Jupiter, Fla., before today's game against the Cardinals that outfielder Michael Morse had a cortisone shot Saturday and could return to the lineup as the designated hitter by tomorrow. Morse was scratched from Tuesday's lineup with a sore right lat muscle, and has been trying to work through the problem since then. Some of the pain has subsided, Johnson said, but Morse still feels some problems when he throws. Johnson said he was "a little...

SARASOTA, Fla. - The Red Sox brought a few of their top players to Ed Smith Stadium today, perhaps their way of jabbing at manager Buck Showalter for the lineup he posted at their Fort Myers complex. Just a hunch. Dana Eveland allowed three runs in two innings today, but only one was earned because of Chris Davis' throwing error with one out in the second. Nate Spears flied out, which should have put Eveland back in the dugout, but Dustin Pedroia followed with a two-run double to left-center...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Tommy Hunter went three innings and recorded 13 outs in today's B game against the Red Sox on the Camden Yards field. The Orioles want to increase his pitch count, so they kept him on the mound for the extra batters. Hunter threw 42 pitches. He gave up two hits, though the second one came after he had retired the first three batters. Kevin Gregg threw 15 pitches in the fourth and gave up a solo homer to Juan Carlos Linares. He struck out one batter. Linares glanced back at...

With only four teams on Florida's East Coast for spring training, someone has to bite the bullet when it comes to scheduling Grapefruit League games. Today, it's the Nationals, who make their second trip to Jupiter, Fla., in three days, this time for an exhibition contest against the Cardinals. The nearly two-hour drive to Roger Dean Stadium isn't really a bad one - it's straight down Interstate 95 from Space Coast Stadium in Viera, Fla. But since the Nats are doing it two days after they...

SARASOTA, Fla. - The Orioles are playing two games today. Here are the lineups for the "real" one that begins at 1:05 p.m. For the Orioles: Robert Andino 2B J.J. Hardy SS Adam Jones CF Matt Wieters C Mark Reynolds 3B Wilson Betemit LF Chris Davis 1B Jai Miller RF Ryan Adams DH Dana Eveland LHP For the Red Sox: Spears 3B Pedroia 2B Ellsbury CF Ortiz DH Sweeney RF Aviles SS Ross LF Shoppach C Anderson 1B Lester LHP Lester is 14-0 lifetime against the Orioles. The numbers won't be adjusted...