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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.
- Orioles right-hander Chris Tillman pitched well for five innings Friday night, but he ran into another middle-inning road block in the opener of a three-game
- The Orioles have remained atop the American League East standings despite an offense that has yet to truly find its footing this season. Yes, they’ve had their
- Yovani Gallardo hasn't been an Oriole for long — just two weeks to be exact — but manager Buck Showalter already liked what he had seen well before the veteran right-hander took the mound for his first spring training appearance with his new team Wednesday afternoon against the Philadelphia Phillies.
- After third baseman Manny Machado injured his right leg during an at-bat in the bottom of the third inning, Chris Davis entered as a defensive replacement at third base to start the top of the fourth.
- Buck Showalter has been frustrated by the ambiguity of baseball's new replay review system, so when a call was overturned against the Orioles in the seventh inning of the club's 8-3 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Sunday afternoon, the manager wanted some answers.
- OK, I really don¿t know whether Adam Jones and Mike Trout would actually vote for each other if it came down to one or the other starting in center field in the All-Star Game, and a couple of votes probably wouldn¿t make much difference with them locked in a tight battle to be the top votegetter among American League outfielders.
- Orioles manager Buck Showalter said there is a simple key to competing with the slugging teams of the American League, clubs that seemingly can score at will: Play excellent defense.
- Twice in two nights, Orioles closer Jim Johnson faced off against one of the most intimidating lineups in the major leagues, and twice in two nights, Johnson notched the save.
- 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.
- The news broke this afternoon that the Los Angeles Angels have agreed to a five-year, $125 million deal, pending a physical, with talented but troubled slugger Josh Hamilton.
- Brian Matusz had already allowed 11 hits through five innings of work Tuesday night, but Orioles manager Buck Showalter wanted to see if he could scrape one more inning out of his left-handed starter.
- Brian Matusz had some terrible outings last year, but he actually set a futility record on Tuesday. Against the Los Angeles Angels, the Orioles lefty allowed five runs on 13 hits in five-plus innings.
- Nick Markakis drove in all of the Orioles runs in their 3-2, 10th inning victory.
- Orioles: Matt Wieters "comfortable" in his first start at first base. Buck Showalter says struggling Kevin Gregg will still be closer; Josh Bell demoted to make room for Ryan Adams.
- The St. Louis Cardinals held it together without Albert Pujols, going 7-7 and scoring 4.2 runs per game.