After starting the year at 6-1, the Orioles have now lost five in a row to fall back to 6-6. Zach Britton took his first major league loss as Cleveland scored four in the third inning to beat the lefty and the Orioles 8-2 in the start of a three-game series. Britton gave up five runs and eight hits over six innings in falling 2-1 with an ERA of 2.75. Asdrubal Cabrera had a pair of two-run singles as the Tribe improved to 9-4. Justin Masterson improved to 3-0 with an ERA of 1.33, allowing just...

Oh sure, now Koji Uehara pitches. Uehara took care of the eighth inning tonight, long after the Indians took care of the Orioles. We're talking five straight losses and a .500 record. And it doesn't sting any less to me when it's a blowout. There isn't as much to second-guess, but it's still painful. Zach Britton is human. Pass the word. He allowed five runs and eight hits in six innings. There were bound to be nights like this one. It just would have been more convenient if it...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. - Hagerstown Suns right fielder Bryce Harper went 0-for-3 with a walk in his home debut, a Lakewood BlueClaws 8-4 victory before a sold-out 6,017 at Municipal Stadium. The 2010 No. 1 draft pick, Harper said he was concerned more about the loss than not getting a hit in four at-bats. "Not really frustrated about anything, actually," Harper said. "I am more frustrated that we lost. I am having good at-bats. I feel good up there. I feel strong up there. It is just going to...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. - In the bottom of the seventh inning, Bryce Harper walked with two outs and a man on second base. Facing Lakewood pitcher Tyler Knigge, Harper worked the count to 2-2, then 3-2. Harper then fouled off a pitch and forced the walk. The 2010 No. 1 overall pick is now 0-for-3 with a walk on the game. Lakewood continues to lead the Suns 8-4.

HAGERSTOWN, Md. - Lakewood led the Suns 8-2 heading into the bottom of the sixth inning. Bryce Harper, who was 0-for-2 with a groundout and a strikeout, led off the inning with a sharp grounder to the Lakewood first baseman, who gloved it cleanly and threw to the pitcher for a 3-1 putout. Harper now 0-3 on the night.

After giving up just one run over his first 15 2/3 major league innings, Zach Britton allowed four in the last of the third at Cleveland tonight as the Tribe took the lead on the Orioles. Britton looked sharp at the start tonight, retiring the first six batters with three strikeouts. But Cleveland, which is 8-4 and tied for first in the AL Central, broke through with a four-run, six-hit inning. It included Lou Marson's RBI single, Asdrubal Cabrera's two-run single and a Travis Hafner sac...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. - Lakewood led 5-0 heading into the bottom of the fourth. Bryce Harper was due up second in the inning. Adrian Sanchez led off with a clean base hit, the first of the game for the Suns. Harper then worked the count to 2-2 before striking out swinging on a changeup from BlueClaws starter David Buchanan. Harper is now 0-2 in his home debut. The Suns scored a run in the inning on an error by the shortstop. Lakewood leads 5-1 heading to top of fifth.

HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The Lakewood BlueClaws lead the Suns 5-0 in the bottom of the third. The BlueClaws scored three runs on four hits off Hagerstown starter Chris McKenzie in the second. Then in the third, Torre Langley smacked a two-run double down the right field line that Bryce Harper got to, but then he air-mailed the cutoff man at first base. Harper is 0-1 at the plate and is six batters away from his next at-bat, likely in the fourth inning.

HAGERSTOWN, Md. - The Hagerstown Suns (6-2) are hosting the Lakewood Blueclaws on Friday night in their home debut from Municipal Stadium. Lakewood did not score in the top of the first. In the bottom of the first inning, designated hitter Randolph Oduber led off with a walk, but second baseman Adrian Sanchez followed by grounding into 5-4-3 double play. Bryce Harper, batting third, took a called strike and a ball to even the count at 1-1. On the third pitch of the at-bat, Harper broke his...

HAGERSTOWN, Md. - Nationals No. 1 draft pick