SARASOTA, Fla. - The Orioles scored six runs off Twins left-hander Francisco Liriano in 1 2/3 innings. Making his first official spring start, Liriano departed with his team trailing, 6-1. Adam Jones doubled with two outs in the second to score Nick Markakis, who walked after J.J. Hardy grounded into a double play. A misplayed fly ball off Vladimir Guerrero's bat allowed Jones to score. Jake Arrieta has given up one run and two hits in two innings. He's thrown 22 pitches, 13 for...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Sounds scandalous, but I'm referring to today's game. Shame on you. The Orioles scored four runs off Twins left-hander Francisco Liriano in the first inning to take a 4-0 lead. J.J Hardy walked, Adam Jones singled with one out, Vladimir Guerrero walked and Mark Reynolds drilled a 94 mph fastball into left-center field for a 2-0 lead. Luke Scott bounced to first, making him 0-for-13 this spring, but Guerrero scored on the play. Nolan Reimold followed with a single, giving...

A quick update for our Nats Buzz readers. I landed in Melbourne, Fla., this afternoon along with nearly a dozen Nationals fans (including this guy) just in time to hear Shuttle Discovery's final sonic boom. Starting tomorrow, I'll be at Space Coast Stadium all week to bring you Nats Buzz, off-the-field type updates as often as I can. If you have any questions or topics you'd like me to explore, leave your suggestions in the comments. If you're down in Viera this week or for the Yankees...

Orioles manager Buck Showalter told reporters that Justin Duchscherer's hip is fine today and he'll pitch again Sunday in an intrasquad game. Duchscherer is scheduled to throw three innings if his pitch count allows it. Showalter doesn't want Brian Matusz to pitch in relief again and he needs to separate the left-hander from Duchscherer, which explains the intrasquad game. "That will allow us to control the environment a little bit," Showalter said. Also, Derrek Lee's MRI is scheduled...

When we all got to see Zach Britton pitch so well on the MASN telecast Monday night, many O's fans may have been thinking the same thing: I hope this is a glimpse at a future when young pitcher after young Orioles pitcher takes the mound and shuts down another American League East opponent. Despite the fact it was just an exhibition game, you probably got excited also watching Britton buzz through Derek Jeter, Robinson Cano and Mark Teixeira on just 13 pitches in that first inning. Whenever...

SARASOTA, Fla. - The good news for Luke Scott is he's fully aware of the glitch that's caused him to go hitless with five strikeouts in 12 spring training at-bats. The bad news is he's been unable to correct it. "I don't feel good at the plate. My timing's off," Scott said. "Batting practice, I feel great. My swing is fine. Mechanically, I'm sound. But getting my timing, getting comfortable, I just haven't found a good rhythm. It's early. I've only got 12 at-bats. It's coming...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Overheard this morning at breakfast: "Oh, it's going to be chilly Friday. Sixty-eight degrees." Yeah, chilly. Brian Roberts said his back feels a little better, but he won't play in today's game against the Twins in Sarasota. And there's no way he's traveling to Fort Myers tonight for the other split-squad game. "It's not too bad," he said. Roberts said he woke up with back spasms a few days ago. He said they weren't caused by him diving into first base during...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Derrek Lee will have a precautionary MRI on his wrist tomorrow. According to the team, Dr. John Wilckens feels confident that there is no damage to the wrist and that the discomfort is the result of tendinitis due to a lack of baseball activity while he was recovering from surgery. However, just to be safe, Lee will have an MRI in Sarasota tomorrow.

CLEARWATER, Fla. - Rule 5 pick Adrian Rosario walked the first two batters he faced in the bottom of the ninth while protecting a 3-2 lead. The next batter, Michael Martinez reached on a bunt single, with Rosario falling backward after fielding the ball. Carlos Rivero followed with a single into center field, scoring two runs and giving the Phillies a 4-3 victory over the Orioles before a sell-out crowd of 9,039. Your lesson for today: Don't walk the first two batters you face while...

CLEARWATER, Fla. - The Orioles are taking a 3-2 lead into the eighth after scoreless innings from Michael Gonzalez and Jim Johnson. Gonzalez issued a two-out walk and gave up a hit in the sixth. Johnson gave up back-to-back hits with two outs in the seventh, though shortstop Pedro Florimon easily could have been charged with an error on the second one. Both relievers struck out one batter. Here are some quotes from left-hander Brian Matusz, who was charged with two runs in relief: "It was...