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The Orioles purchased the contract of outfielder Xavier Avery from Triple-A Norfok.

Frank Robinson, who led the Orioles to their first world championship, is No. 4 on The Baltimore Sun's list of top athletes

Former Orioles pitcher Koji Uehara is finally settling in with the Rangers. The right-hander has allowed 2 runs in 10 innings for Texas.

Before the Texas Rangers' Josh Hamilton did it Tuesday night, the Rocky Colavito was the only player to hit 4 homers in a game against the Orioles.

Orioles send down Tommy Hunter and Ronny Paulino to add bullpen arms. Right-handers Jason Berken and Stu Pomeranz called up from Norfolk after team's 17-inning game.

Robert Andino and the Orioles are not stopping to look back at last year's walk-off win over the Red Sox in the regular-season finale. As the team faces Boston for the first time since Andino's big hit, it says its focus is on 2012.

Arrieta tosses eight innings in 5-0 win vs. the Yankees

By the end of Tuesday night, Orioles manager Buck Showalter had reached the 1,000-win milestone, left-hander Brian Matusz had sidestepped club infamy and designated hitter Nick Johnson had finally exhaled.

The Orioles have been one big hit away from beating the Yankees in each of their last three meetings, but you can't curse the fates when you have made a habit of losing to them for so many years.

Kevin Cowherd: Let's not spoil Orioles' fun by looking ahead to tough stretch

Jim Johnson is back with the Orioles after a four-night hospital stay. The closer was diagnosed with a severe case of food poisoning.

Nick Johnson, a career .270 hitter entering this season, went hitless in three at-bats Thursday. That put him 0-for-26 for the season and gave him the club¿s all-time hitless record for a position player to begin an Orioles career.