Adam Jones doesn't think he'll be cleared to play for a few more days because of soreness in his upper back. Felix Pie is starting in center field tonight. "He had that one swing that really bit him last night," manager Buck Showalter said. Update: Jones was given the option of receiving a cortisone injection, but he's undecided. He's never had one. For now, he still hopes to return in a few days. Showalter said it's too soon to determine whether the club will call up an outfielder...

Potomac Nationals first baseman Tyler Moore has won the Carolina League Player of the Year honors. Moore has guided the P-Nats to challenge for the Northern division title with a scorching second half of the season, dating back to mid-July, when he was batting below .200. He has hit 22 of his homers since early July. He has raised his batting average 67 points to .262. "I would have never thought I could be in this position after the first half I had," says Moore. "I tried to make the...

For the Orioles: Brian Roberts 2B Nick Markakis RF Ty Wigginton 1B Luke Scott DH Felix Pie CF Matt Wieters C Nolan Reimold LF Cesar Izturis SS Josh Bell 3B Brad Bergesen RHP For the Red Sox: Scutaro SS Drew RF Martinez C Ortiz DH Beltre 3B Lowrie 2B Lowell 1B Nava LF Kalish CF Matsuzaka RHP Update: Brian Matusz was named AL Rookie of the Month for August. In six August starts, Matusz went 4-1 with a 2.43 ERA. He's the first Oriole to be named Rookie of the Month since Nolan Reimold (June...

MASN, the local leader in live sports entertainment, has announced its extensive NCAA college football line-up for the 2010 season. The network will host 45 games and ten conferences this season including some of the best football programs in the country and many local colleges and universities within MASN's seven-state territory. College football action kicks off on Saturday, September 4th with St. Francis at Liberty at 12 p.m. and and Coastal Carolina at West Virginia at 3:30 p.m., both...

Brad Bergesen might not have flipped the page on his calendar. Bergesen was 3-0 with a 2.72 ERA in five starts last month. In his most recent outing, he held the Angels to one run over eight innings, and it scored on a questionable balk call. He doesn't look like a pitcher who needs to be shut down. Tonight, Bergesen faces the Red Sox in September. He's hoping that change is good. Bergesen is 1-2 with a 3.71 ERA lifetime against the Red Sox, with three walks and 20 strikeouts in 26 2/3...

September means roster expansion. It also means shutting down the occasional player. It also means shopping for school supplies, which ranks in the top three of my least-favorite tasks in life. I'd rather remove my appendix with a melon baller. But I digress... We already know that the Orioles are going to add more players from the minors, including pitcher Chris Tillman. At least one more reliever is coming up - and that doesn't include David Hernandez, who will be activated from the...

The Bowie Baysox will play their final regular season home game tonight, hosting Altoona at 7:05 p.m. The Baysox are 73-64 and trail Harrisburg by a half game for second place in the Eastern League's Western Division. The top two teams make the playoffs, so the Baysox are looking to catch and pass Harrisburg. Bowie has five games remaining and Harrisburg has six. After tonight, Bowie ends the regular season with a four-game series at Richmond. Last night, Joel Guzman and Brandon Waring...

Some final notes and quotes after Boston's comeback, 9-6 win over the Orioles. There are clubhouse comments from Jake Arrieta, Ty Wigginton and Nolan Reimold. Arrieta on facing Boston: "Those guys are similar to the Yankees where they see a lot of pitches, lot of veteran players that really work the counts. Felt like I was in a lot of deep counts. I felt like I did a good job at going 0-2 and getting ahead of some guys, but they fought their way back in some counts. "A basehit here...

Cuban-born pitcher Yunesky Maya did quite well in Syracuse Wednesday, going 5 2/3 innings, allowing one run on six hits with two walks and three strikeouts and earning the win as Syracuse dropped Rochester 7-2. Maya (1-1) threw 98 pitches, 62 for strikes. Chiefs play-by-play announcer Jason Benetti said Maya had good breaking stuff and was in control most of the night. Elsewhere, left-hander Sammy Solis was perfect in his two-inning debut for Hagerstown, allowing no hits, no runs, no...

On a night when the Orioles scored more runs vs. Jon Lester than they had in any of his previous 15 starts against them, they still could not beat him. After the Orioles had given up just three runs total during a four-game win streak, Boston stormed back with six in the 7th for a comeback, 9-6 win over the Orioles. Buck Showalter meets with the media after the O's 9-6 loss to the Red Sox Lester entered with a 12-0 record and career 2.00 ERA vs. Baltimore, but the O's scored four in the...