I checked to see if Brad Bergesen was getting as many ground ball outs this year as last year and he is. Last year he averaged 1.57 ground outs for every fly out and this year he is at 1.59, actually a little better. But Bergesen clearly is not getting the great sink on the ball he was last June and July when he was rolling and too many of his pitches are finding the middle of the plate this year and tonight at Toronto. It's hard to figure. Why can't Bergy recapture the sink on the ball...

The Orioles loaded the bases in the top of the fourth inning and didn't score. The Blue Jays scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth. Going back to the title of this entry: It...never...fails. Jake Fox struck out to kill the Orioles' rally, flailing at another pitch out of the strike zone and leaving them behind, 1-0. Jose Bautista led off the bottom half with a double and scored on Adam Lind's one-out double. Aaron Hill launched a two-run homer to center field on Brad Bergesen's...

If you are squeamish, you may want to skip these stats. Yes, the O's are 0-9 this season vs. Toronto, 0-6 in Baltimore and 0-3 in Toronto. The Orioles have lost eight in a row at Rogers Centre and 17 of their last 19 there. They have been out-scored by Toronto this year 48-16, out-homered by them 18 to 1 and Toronto has produced 45 extra-base hits in the season series this year vs. the O's 11. The Jays slugging percentage vs. the Orioles is .547 with an OPS .887 in the nine games. The...

Bad news for MASN's Amber Theoharis. Due to the Canadian exchange rate, she's only in her first trimester. Here's the Blue Jays lineup: LF FRED LEWIS SS YUNEL ESCOBAR RF JOSE BAUTISTA CF VERNON WELLS DH ADAM LIND 2B AARON HILL 1B LYLE OVERABY 3B EDWIN ENCARNACION C JOSE MOLINA P BRANDON MORROW Hope you enjoyed the caps. I wasn't yelling at you. That's just how I received it in an e-mail and I did a cut-and-paste. The Blue Jays lead the season series 9-0 and have outscored the...

Ty Wigginton's three-game suspension has been reduced to two games, and he'll begin serving it tonight. Here's the Orioles lineup, minus its usual first baseman: Brian Roberts 2B Miguel Tejada 3B Nick Markakis RF Luke Scott DH Adam Jones CF Felix Pie LF Matt Wieters C Jake Fox 1B Cesar Izturis SS Brad Bergesen RHP The Orioles are down to a two-man bench with Corey Patterson and Julio Lugo.

As we have seen since the start of the season, more and more Nationals fans are tuning in to watch the team compete on a nightly basis. Today, Sports Business Journal took note of the team's ratings increase. The Nationals' 1.34 household rating in the Washington market rates higher than both the Angels and the A's. In fact, the team's ratings are up 139% on MASN this year. While fans are certainly tuning in to watch rookie Stephen Strasburg, whose games average a 4.4 rating on MASN,...

Jim and Roch recently sat down on the set of O's Xtra to discuss the possibility of the Orioles dealing Luke Scott at the trade deadline, which is fast approaching at the end of July. Jim also asked Roch about the roster move that sent Craig Tatum to Triple-A Norfolk after Tatum earned the backup catcher spot out of spring training. And finally, the pair touched on the Orioles' probable role as sellers leading up to this year's July 31 trade deadline.

Luke Scott was named the American League's Player of the Week. Scott, who was activated from the disabled list at the start of the week, led the league with four home runs and batted .481 (13-for-27). He finished second in the league with a 1.037 slugging percentage and added three doubles, eight RBIs and six runs scored. Scott hit safely in each of his seven games during the week and recorded five multi-hit games. Scott has raised his average to .296 with 16 homers and 38 RBIs. He's...

There is news to report today on two players that have been among the best this year in the Orioles farm system: L.J. Hoes and Joe Mahoney. Mahoney has been named the latest Player of the Week in the Eastern League. The 23-year-old lefty hitter went 3 for 3 in his first game at Bowie on July 9 and has been hitting ever since. He has now played 15 games at Double-A, batting .439-6-15 with an OPS of 1.317. He is batting .487 vs. right-handed pitching. Over his last four Baysox games, Mahoney...

The Orioles boarded their charter last night for Toronto without backup catcher Craig Tatum, who was optioned yesterday morning. His removal from the 25-man roster drew the ire of many fans who didn't think he deserved it. I totally understand Tatum's frustration, but I do find it interesting that he's got so many supporters now after fans were livid that the Orioles kept him over Chad Moeller. The same young pitchers who rushed to Tatum's defense yesterday were bummed that he beat out...