Orioles left-hander Brian Matusz will pitch twice at extended spring training, his first start coming tomorrow, before he reports to one of the affiliates on his injury rehab assignment. Matusz will make his first start for an affiliate on May 16, according to manager Buck Showalter. As the plan is currently constructed, Matusz will throw two to three innings tomorrow at Twin Lakes Park and three to four innings in his next start. He'll go at least four innings in his first start with a...

Here is the Orioles lineup for tonight's series opener against Tampa Bay: Brian Roberts 2B Nick Markakis RF Derrek Lee 1B Vladimir Guerrero DH Luke Scott LF Adam Jones CF Matt Wieters C Mark Reynolds 3B Robert Andino SS Zach Britton LHP

The Orioles are encouraged by the preliminary reports on Single-A Delmarva shortstop Manny Machado's left knee. The club will know more after receiving the results of Machado's MRI, but director of player development John Stockstill is hopeful that it's a "few days" thing. Machado will undergo an MRI in Asheville, N.C. this afternoon, and team orthopedist Dr. John Wilckens will view the results later tonight and lay out a diagnosis. Machado was walking around fairly easily last night...

Major League Baseball and Susan G. Komen for the Cure have announced the winner of the 'Honorary Bat Girl' contest, a campaign to recognize incredible MLB fans who are going to bat against breast cancer in their daily lives. The winner of the contest for the Orioles is Brigid Morahan of Annapolis. Morahan, a pediatric nurse in the Intensive Care Unit at Johns Hopkins Hospital and mother of three, is a one-year survivor of breast cancer. She will be recognized in a special on-field ceremony...

The Tampa Bay Rays hit Baltimore tonight with a record of 17-14 and that is good for second in the American League East, one game behind the Yankees. Since starting the year with a 1-8 record, Tampa is 16-6. That is the best record in the major leagues since April 11. The Rays have the best road record in the AL at 8-4 and the best road record in the league since the start of last season at 55-38, a win percentage of .591. Tampa has scored 73 runs on the road this year, averaging 6.1 runs per...

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Newcomers to Birdland might be surprised to learn that Camden Yards was once a mecca for all sorts of stars and personalities. Almost as soon as the downtown ballpark opened in April 1992, a steady stream of celebrities, entertainers, athletes and heads of state have made a beeline for Oriole Park to watch the Birds, chow down on Boog's and take in the Baltimore skyline. Rocker Joan Jett was a familiar presence in the years immediately after Camden Yards opened. Before he was a "Celebrity...

Mark Reynolds batted .198 last year for the Arizona Diamondbacks. He's hitting .198 going into tonight's series-opener against the Tampa Bay Rays. This .198 looks a lot better than the other one. Reynolds has gone 4-for-6 over his last two games after a 5-for-53 slump. He's collected at least one hit in five of his last seven games. Maybe he'll clear the Mendoza Line tonight. Reynolds went 1-for-3 with two strikeouts in his only previous game against Rays starter James...

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