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Norfolk first baseman Travis Ishikawa exercised his opt-out clause. The Orioles have 48 hours to promote him or trade him or he becomes a free agent.

Chris Davis' walk-off single to left gave the Orioles a 5-4 win and ended a four-hour, 35-minute marathon at Camden Yards.

Triple-A Norfolk first baseman Travis Ishikawa, who was named the Orioles¿ organizational player of the month for May, has asked through his representation for an early opt-out of his contract, but it has not been granted.

One night after Camden Yards was transformed into a slipping, sliding mud bowl by heavy rainstorms, the Orioles played one of their crispest games of the season on a pleasant baseball Tuesday evening in Baltimore.

Consecutive infield singles from Danny Valencia, Steve Pearce and Ryan Flaherty with two outs set up right fielder Nick Markakis¿ two-run single to right-center field.

The Orioles wouldn¿t say it, but they¿re probably glad they won¿t see the Tampa Bay Rays again until mid-August.

This afternoon, the Orioles will try to avoid being swept by the Rays for the second time in the past month.

An ESPN report Tuesday that roughly 20 major league players will be suspended for their involvement with performance-enhancing drugs as part of the Miami-based Biogenesis clinic scandal has been met with trepidation by Orioles officials.

The Mitchell Report was supposed to bring end to Major League Baseball's steroid scandal.

Each Wednesday, Baltimore Sun blogger Matt Vensel will highlight five statistics that really mean something for the Baltimore Orioles.

Chris Tillman's home and road splits are pretty stark right now.

Five times Chris Tillman has pitched in opposing parks this season, and five times the Orioles (33-25) have been victorious. He is 4-0 in those games.

The 2013 baseball season could be unlike any other in history, with an unprecedented wave of suspensions possible by the All-Star break in the mushrooming Biogenesis scandal.

Entering Sunday's series finale with Detroit, the Orioles bench had struggled throughout the year in contributing late in games, hitting just 1-for-18 in pinch-hit situations.

The Orioles (32-25) captured two of the three games in the home series against the Tigers (30-25), winning both after trailing early.

A contingent of Orioles players and staff, led by manager Buck Showalter, visited wounded veterans Tuesday at the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda before the team's game against the Washington Nationals.

OK, so the Orioles go into this afternoon¿s series finale in Toronto having won four of their last five games and you might be asking yourself how.

Orioles center fielder Adam Jones, who now has nine homers on the season, has homered in each of the first three games of the series here in Toronto.

For the second time within an 18-hour span, the Orioles bats jumped on a Toronto starter early.

In their third victory in four games, the Orioles hit four homers, including J.J. Hardy's three-run blast to left off Blue Jays rookie Sean Nolin just three batters into the game.

Orioles outfielder Nolan Reimold has a slight tear in his right hamstring that's causing nerve pain in his upper leg, a club source said Wednesday.

The Orioles announced after Saturday's 10-6 loss to the Tampa Bay rays that they optioned infielder Ryan Flaherty to Triple-A Norfolk.

The Orioles need to solve how to keep seven players with major league experience with just five Triple-A roster spots available

The Orioles optioned third baseman Danny Valencia to Triple-A Norfolk during Thursday¿s Grapefruit League game against the Pirates.

In what could be his final outing before he is sent to minor league camp, Orioles pitching prospect Kevin Gausman threw two scoreless innings in relief against the Red Sox, striking out Mike Napoli and Jarrod Saltalamacchia.

Orioles third baseman Danny Valencia launched a solo homer in the ninth inning off Red Sox reliever Terry Doyle to give the Orioles an 8-7 win over Boston at JetBlue Park on Tuesday afternoon.

While Jake Arrieta threw 4 2/3 scoreless innings for his second straight scoreless spring outing, Buck Showalter quickly pointed out that Arrieta had seven three-ball counts and threw just eight first-pitch strikes to the 19 batters he faced.

Jake Arrieta's bid to make the Orioles' rotation likely was strengthened Monday when he allowed two hits and struck out five through four innings in a 4-3 loss against the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Lineups for the game at Bradenton and an update on Chris Tillman

Orioles' Dylan Bundy and Kevin Gausman pitch tonight against the Boston Red Sox.

Left fielder could end up on disabled list at end of spring training if he can't play in field on regular basis

Several notes from Orioles camp including Nick Markakis not expecting to play Thursday.

Nolan Reimold hadn't yet faced an opposing pitcher in 10 months heading into Sunday's Grapefruit League game against the Toronto Blue Jays. But Orioles manager Buck Showalter had already noticed the progress Reimold made this spring after season-ending neck surgery last year.

Orioles fans who hope to see Adam Jones, Matt Wieters and Nick Markakis at the team's first road Grapefruit League game today against the Blue Jays in Dunedin will be disappointed.

The Orioles played on the Ed Smith Stadium main field for the first time this spring on Thursday afternoon, making it the site for their second straight day of intrasquad games.

SARASOTA, Fla. -- Before this past offseason, Orioles third baseman Manny Machado spent the previous two offseasons training with Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez.

This spring, baseball is reeling from yet another ugly peformance-enhancing drugs scandal.