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- Jeremy Hellickson fails to stick with the Nationals. Wade Miley receives a retention bonus from the Brewers, and Edwin Jackson gets one from Washington.
- Even after a 3-1 win over the Tigers, there's no guarantee that the shoulder problem that has kept the right-hander out for much of the last month is behind Tillman.
- Victor Martinez led off the eighth with a home run off Brad Brach, and the Orioles’ comeback at Comerica Park on Friday night went for naught.
- Mike Wright and Tyler Wilson will be competing all spring for a spot starter/long relief job. Both pitched well Tuesday.
- Ultimately, the Los Angeles Angels won, 3-1, in a tremendous pitchers' duel between two guys who like to throw strikes — and lots of them. Angels right-hander Jered Weaver and Orioles lefty Wei-Yin Chen kept the offense to a minimum in a game that lasted just 2 hours, 23 minutes.
- A day after Orioles manager Buck Showalter finished second in the Sporting News' American League Manager of the Year voting, none of the team's players were selected for the publication's AL All-Star team.
- Right-hander Kevin Gausman, who will start Friday against the Seattle Mariners, said he hopes to rebound from a poor showing in his last outing.
- The Orioles bullpen couldn't hold the lead handed to it by right-hander Chris Tillman, though, as the Angels rallied for two runs in the eighth for their major league-leading 31st comeback win.
- When Orioles closer Zach Britton took a comebacker off the inside of his right elbow in the ninth inning of Monday¿s 4-2 win over the Angels, Britton made sure he got the out first before giving in to the pain.
- In Monday night's series opener against the Los Angeles Angels, Adam Jones hit a pair of two-run homers for his fifth career multihomer game, providing the Orioles with all the offense they needed in a 4-2 victory at Angel Stadium of Anaheim.
- Orioles first baseman Chris Davis is lauded for having the best power in the American League as Baseball America published the findings of its "best tools" polling Tuesday.
- The Baltimore Orioles are stuck with a struggling Pedro Strop for now.
- Leading 4-2 in the seventh, Orioles reliever Pedro Strop allowed a three-run triple to Angels No. 9 hitter Erick Aybar that sparked a six-run inning and quickly changed the momentum of the game.
- With the chance to add to a 2-1 lead with the Orioles' top hitters due up, left fielder Nate McLouth took off from first base in an attempt to steal his 23rd base of the year.
- 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.
- Right-hander Freddy Garcia did more than enough to earn the win in his first start in an Orioles uniform on Saturday, holding the Los Angeles Angels hitless for six innings.
- Chris Tillman's homecoming was a memorable one as he turned in one of his most dominating starts of his big league career, allowing just three hits over eight scoreless innings to lead the Orioles to a 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels in the opener of this four-game series.
- Stephen Strasburg surrendered three hits over two innings -- including a single and home run to the first two batters he faced -- in his first action since Sept. 7.
- Shortstop J.J. Hardy was rewarded on Tuesday, winning the first Gold Glove of his eight-year big league career, joined by second-time winners Adam Jones and Matt Wieters to make the Orioles' first trifecta of Gold Glove winners since 1998.
- Shortstop J.J. Hardy, center fielder Adam Jones and catcher Matt Wieters were named American League Gold Glove winners at their positions on Tuesday night. It's the first time since 1998 that three Orioles have earned baseball's annual benchmark of fielding excellence in the same season.
- Three Orioles players were named Gold Glove finalists for the second straight season, and just as 2011, two O¿s players should win the game¿s highest honor in fielding when they are announced tonight.
- Catcher Matt Wieters is up for his second consecutive American League Gold Glove Award, center fielder Adam Jones will be going for the second (2009) of his career and shortstop J.J. Hardy is seeking his first.
- The Orioles went into the All-Star break with an all-around uninspired performance, falling to the Angels 6-0 in front of an announced crowd of 37,108 at Angel Stadium.
- Rocky fifth inning for Jake Arrieta sinks Orioles in 6-3 loss to Angels
- Orioles: O's lose series opener to Angels in Anaheim, commit three errors as Brian Matusz loses his 12th straight decision, the longest active streak in the major leagues
- Baltimore Orioles: Alfredo Simon is an on-again, off-again pitcher who was off again in a lopsided 11-2 loss to the Los Angeles Angels at Camden Yards.