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- The Orioles are 0-8 in Toronto this season after losing, 5-3, in Monday's series opener.
- The Orioles hit four home runs, including three in the final two innings, to come back from a five-run eighth-inning deficit, but lost, 8-7, to the Toronto Blue Jays in 10 innings on Aledmys Díaz’s walk-off single off left-hander Paul Fry.
- The Orioles found a new way to lose Saturday afternoon at Rogers Centre, sinking to a season-worst 25 games below .500 after dropping a 4-3 decision to the Toronto Blue Jays on reliever Mychal Givens’ bases-loaded walk in the 10th inning.
- Orioles reliever Brad Brach squandered a three-run lead in the ninth inning in Toronto.
- Jeremy Hellickson fails to stick with the Nationals. Wade Miley receives a retention bonus from the Brewers, and Edwin Jackson gets one from Washington.
- Season previews of the Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay Rays and Toronto Blue Jays.
- Yankees provide Orioles with good precedent for what to expect in trades for top relievers
- Orioles manager Buck Showalter batted away excuses for the team's recent losing streak.
- Laurel Park closed its 2015 winter meet Sunday with a mandatory payout of its Jackpot Pick 5. Five of five winners returned $1,037.02.
- A father in Thailand who moved his family from Pittsburgh wrote about how the Travis Snider trade to Baltimore impacted them.
- Terry Hutchinson of Annapolis was named Wednesday as US Sailing's 2014 Rolex Yachtsman of the Year.
- Seeking outfield depth and a left-handed bat, the Washington Nationals sign Mike Carp to a minor league deal with an invitation to spring training, according to his agent.
- Guard Eric Laster made a jumper with one second left in regulation and Loyola Maryland ended a three-game losing streak in men's basketball with a 64-62 victory over host Columbia on Tuesday night.
- On a night when the Orioles gave away Chris Davis T-shirts with a Superman-esque O's logo on the front, the team's slugging first baseman Chris Davis continued put up unrivaled power numbers Wednesday night at Camden Yards.
- The Orioles exploded in a six-run seventh inning that featured two-run homers by Steve Pearce and Chris Davis.
- The sting from the wrenching, bitter end of the Washington Nationals' first playoff run might have faded for some by the dead of winter, but not, apparently, for the man at the very top of the organization, not for the 87-year-old real estate tycoon who grew up in Washington rooting for the Senators.
- NASHVILLE -- Impacted first hand by colleagues being diagnosed by cancer, public relations officials from Major League Baseball and its 30 clubs announced Monday afternoon they have organized a unique auction to benefit Stand Up to Cancer.
- After a rocky opening, 23-year-old Nationals right-hander Stephen Strasburg held the Orioles bats in check while getting two key hits to hand Baltimore a 9-3 defeat at Nationals Park.
- Chad Tracy came through again in the Nationals' second comeback win to open the season.
- Opening Day offered glimpses of the Nationals' strengths and weaknesses. The pitching shined, as expected, but the offense looks like it could be a problem area.
- There are a number of dark horses this year, including the Tampa Bay Rays' surprising Kyle Farnsworth