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After Sunday afternoon's 10-3 victory over the Oakland Athletics, the Orioles (70-59) moved to 11 games over .500.

Right-hander Jason Hammel will likely make his first minor-league rehab on Thursday for Double-A Bowie. Hammel, who has been on the the disabled list with a right forearm strain, will throw 45-50 pitches. He will likely make two starts before rejoining the club, and he could return in either a starting or relief role.

Brian Roberts, who has never appeared in a playoff game in his lengthy his career, did his part in the fourth inning Friday night to bring a playoff atmosphere to Camden Yards.

The steady stream of fans heading toward the exits in the ninth inning of the Orioles' 7-4 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night signaled that they had seen enough.

Baltimore Orioles' offense simply couldn¿t take advantage of continual opportunities in a 4-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Rays.

The Orioles are facing reigning Cy Young Award winner David Price tonight at Camden Yards in the opener of a three-game series with the Tampa Bay Rays, and the left-hander will be facing a slightly different Orioles lineup.

When the Orioles sent outfielder-designated hitter Henry Urrutia back to Triple-A Norfolk after Friday night's loss to the Colorado Rockies, it ended the Cuban defector's first stint in major league baseball.

The Orioles, who hadn¿t played at Camden Yards since Aug. 4, were coming off a 4-4 interleague road trip out west that included three consecutive walk-off losses.

While many Orioles haven't had the chance to look through the outline of the proposed instant replay installation released by Major League Baseball on Thursday, some still feel the much-talked-about subject will ultimately be a positive for the game.

Orioles closer Jim Johnson blew his third straight save opportunity, and his ninth of the year, and the Arizona Diamondbacks completed a three-game sweep with a 5-4 victory.

Despite Chris Davis' majors leading 43rd homer of the season and a gritty rally in the ninth, the Orioles dropped their series opener to the Arizona Diamondbacks, 7-6, with a walk-off loss in front of an announced 18,889 at Chase Field.

Orioles center fielder Adam Jones said he wants to move on after an incident in which he said a fan threw a banana toward him in center field at San Francisco's AT&T Park.

SAN FRANCISCO --The Orioles have to be feeling good about themselves heading into their three-game series in Arizona tonight. They took two of three from a Jekyll-and-Hyde Giants team that can play well enough to be deserving of the title defending World Champions on day and can then stink up the joint the next.

The Orioles rallied from an early two-run deficit to score 10 unanswered runs for a 10-2 victory Sunday afternoon in their series finale in San Francisco in front of an announced sellout crowd of 41,622 at AT&T Park

When Manny Machado steps in for his first at-bat tonight against the San Francisco Giants at AT&T Park, it will mark the one-year anniversary of his major league debut.

The Orioles have played well on the road this season, and sometimes getting away can relieve some pressure.

Danny Valencia is up from Triple-A Norfolk, but maybe just for a day.

The best homer-hitting team in baseball did it again Friday night, launching three longballs -- including Chris Davis' 40th homer of the season and Nate McLouth's first career grand slam -- to beat the Seattle Mariners, 11-8, at Camden Yards.

Brett Oberholtzer wasn't a household name entering Wednesday night's game between the Orioles and Houston Astros, with only three major league appearances and a 7.36 ERA.

In a month when the Orioles made three trades to bolster their pitching, the club¿s offense ended July with a whisper not befitting of a playoff contender.

The Orioles placed right-hander Jason Hammel on the disabled list with a flexor mass in his right arm retroactive to Monday, manager Buck Showalter said before Wednesday's game against the Houston Astros. He's eligible to return Aug. 13.

Orioles manager Buck Showalter is continuing to give some of his key players days off from playing in the field. Tonight, it is Adam Jones, who will be the Orioles' designated hitter against the Astros.

When L.J. Hoes was called up to the Orioles last September, it was to learn. The Orioles were in the heat of the playoff race, and Hoes -- the team's 2012 minor league player of the year -- was on the periphery.

The Orioles couldn't wait to get home after their 7-1 loss to the Royals on Thursday night. And this morning, neither can I as I sit in the Kansas City International Airport airport terminal at 4:30 a.m.

As well as Wei-Yin Chen pitched through his first seven innings in a 4-3 loss to the Royals on Wednesday night, one of the main storylines of the night ended up being how the Orioles couldn't score more runs off Kansas City starter Ervin Santana.

Just five outs away from gaining a game on the Boston Red Sox and pulling within 2 ½ games of the American League East lead, the Orioles saw their lead quickly disappear into the Kansas City night.

Over the first four games of the second half, the Orioles seem to have finally assembled the winning formula of consistent hitting, quality starting pitching and stellar defense.

Henry Urrutia will make his second major league start tonight, hitting eighth as the Orioles' designated hitter against the Kansas City Royals.

Orioles third baseman Manny Machado said there's no specific reason why he hit without batting gloves in last night's 7-4 win over the Rangers.

Henry Urrutia's first major league at bat came with the bases loaded in the first inning Saturday night in the Orioles' 7-4 win over the Rangers.

As the Orioles open up the unofficial second half of the season, they know that the texas Rangers could be one of the teams they end up battling for a possible playoff spot.

Orioles center fielder Adam Jones has suddenly drawn four in his past three games entering Saturday.

The Orioles began the season¿s unofficial second half with a gritty 3-1 win Friday night over the Texas Rangers in front of an announced 40,068.

The Orioles¿ roster will be shuffling before they open the second half of the season tonight in Texas, and all signs point to left-fielder Nolan Reimold heading to the disabled list.

As much focus has been placed recently on the Orioles starting rotation¿s inability to consistently carry the team deep into games, right-hander Miguel Gonzalez has been a steadying force throughout.