RHP David Hernandez (3-4, 3.96) tonight makes his 10th start of the season, his 4th at home and the 1st of his career vs. Oakland. Hernandez was pitching very well until his last two starts, when he has failed to pitch even five innings each vs. Boston and Detroit. He is 0-2, 8.59 in those outings, giving up 14 hits and seven earned runs over 7 1/3 innings. He allowed three homers in the two starts. Before that, over a four-start stretch, Hernandez went 2-0, 2.45. The final two starts of...

The next step is here for O's right-hander Koji Uehara. He will head to Sarasota, Florida tomorrow to begin a throwing program that the Orioles hope will lead to him returning to the team and the mound in September. But this time the 34-year-old from Japan will pitch out of the O's bullpen. He has been on the DL twice this year, most recently with right elbow tendonitis that was later termed a partially torn flexor tendon. He has spent more days this year on the DL, than on the active...

David Hernandez rebounded from two sub-par starts to win his 4th game of the year as the Orioles beat the Oakland A's 3-2 Tuesday in front of 23,006 at Camden Yards. The O's ended a nine-game losing streak vs. the A's and beat Oakland for the first time since July 22, 2007. Hernandez, who picked up his first win since July 26th, gave up two runs and six hits over 6 2/3. He is now 4-4, 3.81. He recorded a season-high six strikeouts. Dave Trembley talks with the media after the O's 3-2...

When David Hernandez pitched at Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park back-to-back and gave up just two earned runs in 13 innings, it looked like he was a pitcher on a roll. But over his last two outings, vs. Boston and Detroit, he allowed 7ER in 7 1/3 innings for an ERA of 8.59. He certainly bounced back well tonight, pitching the Orioles past Oakland, 3-2. Hernandez is now 4-4, 3.81. He gave up just six hits and two runs over 6 2/3, throwing 107 pitches. David Hernandez discusses his strong...

A rare type of win - Coming into tonight the Orioles had lost 19 straight games when scoring three runs or less. That streak ends with a 3-2 win over Oakland. Their last win in such a game was a 2-1 victory on June 21st at Philadelphia. The Orioles ended a nine-game losing streak vs. Oakland and beat the A's for the first time in over two years. Before tonight, their last win vs. Oakland was on July 22, 2007. The nine-game losing streak tied the Dodgers current nine-game win streak vs....

Game Preview Oakland (50-63) at Orioles (47-66) Now that the Orioles have ended a nine-game losing streak vs. Oakland, this afternoon they'll try to take the next step and win a series from the A's. The clubs have split the first two of this series and today, in the deciding game at 1:35 p.m. Jason Berken (2-9, 6.72) pitches for the Orioles vs. Vin Mazzaro (3-8, 5.70). The O's last win over Oakland before Tuesday's 3-2 victory came on July 22, 2007. That was also the last time the O's...

When the O's offense struggles, the message boards start buzzing with criticism of hitting coach Terry Crowley. But he can't go into the box and swing for the players. While he can and should provide help, doesn't it really become the responsibility of the guy with the bat in his hand? We could debate that for hours, but let's skip that for right now. Anyway, talking about the O's slumping offense right now is probably not at the top of Crowley's list of wonderful things. He did take...

RHP Jason Berken (2-9, 6.72) today makes his 15th start of this season, his 9th at home and the 2nd of this season vs. Oakland. Berken got that elusive second win on Friday at Toronto. He pitched six innings and gave up five hits and three runs. He allowed two homers and threw 91 pitches. That followed his worst start of the year when he gave up six runs in just 1 1/3 innings vs. Boston. Berken won his first Major League start on May 26th vs. Toronto, then went 0-9 over 12 starts before...

Jason Berken pitched shutout ball in four of his five innings Wednesday afternoon. But he gave up four runs in the fourth inning vs. Oakland and that was enough for the A's to hand him his 10th loss and win the final game of this series, 6-3. Oakland, which has won seven of its last ten games, takes the series, two wins to one. The A's are 10-1 in their last 11 games vs. Baltimore. Oakland took a 4-0 lead with a four-hit fourth inning that included two sac flies and Landon Powell's...

Some post-game comments from Jason Berken and Nick Markakis after the O's lost 6-3 to Oakland on Wednesday afternoon. Jason Berken on his outing - "I didn't feel like I had my best stuff, but I was able to make some pitches early in the game, but the big inning hurt me. For whatever reason, that's something that has hurt me all year. If you look over my starts, I've often had one bad pitch or one bad inning. You try to limit it to one or two runs if you can and try to stay out of a...