O's game blog: Right-hander Corbin Burnes takes the ball in Game 2 at Houston
Steve Melewski
Orioles
HOUSTON - Coming off a 14-11 loss Friday in which O's pitching allowed a season-high 14 runs and saw its team ERA jump from 3.13 to 3.28, it's a good time today to send their ace pitcher to the mound.  They do just that as right-hander Corbin Burnes (8-2, 2.14 ERA) makes his 16th start. Burnes begins today tied for first in the American League in E
O's offense gets challenged today by pitcher who threw a no-hitter earlier this year
Steve Melewski
Orioles
HOUSTON – Today in Game 2 of this series for the Orioles at Houston a hot offense meets a pitcher having a big year. Right-hander Ronel Blanco (7-2, 2.43 ERA), who pitched a no-hitter April 1 and who threw seven no-hit innings in his last start pitches for Houston. Righty Corbin Burnes (8-2, 2.14 ERA) starts for Baltimore.  Blanco will face a Balti
O'Hearn stays in left field for second game against Astros
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The Orioles will try to rebound today from last night’s bizarre 14-11 loss to the Astros in Houston. A win would have moved them into first place because the Yankees also lost. Colton Cowser is in right field and Ryan O’Hearn is in left again. Austin Hays stays on the bench. Anthony Santander, who’s homered 11 times this month, is the designated hi
A look at Colton Cowser's Houston homecoming (more on Friday's loss)
Steve Melewski
Orioles
HOUSTON – Outfielder Colton Cowser is returning home this weekend as the Orioles play at Houston's Minute Maid Park. It’s a ballpark he has been in as both a fan and a player. “Feels like home. Hot,” he said Friday afternoon in the Baltimore clubhouse. Born in Houston, Cowser still lives in the area. He attended Cypress Ranch High School in Cypress
Herz gets the full high-altitude experience in first Coors start
Mark Zuckerman
Masn
DENVER – DJ Herz’s start Friday night bore no resemblance to his previous outing, when he took Nationals Park by storm and struck out 13 Marlins batters over six innings of one-hit, shutout ball. In this game at Coors Field, the rookie left-hander lasted only 3 2/3 innings, giving up four runs (three earned) on seven hits, all while throwing 76 pit
Thoughts and quotes on Orioles' status in league, outfield production and Westburg's mature approach at plate
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The reversal of the measuring stick can’t be argued or ignored any longer. The Orioles don’t use other teams to gauge their chances of making a deep run in the postseason. To confirm how they stack up against the rest of the field. You sweep the Rays in a four-game series at Tropicana Field and win two of three against the Braves, Phillies and Yank
Bats come alive in Colorado as Nats cruise to victory (updated)
Mark Zuckerman
Masn
DENVER – Nobody in the clubhouse wanted to admit it this afternoon, but surely everyone was thinking it. If ever there was a place built to snap a moribund lineup out of its funk, it had to be Coors Field, right? The Nationals arrived in the Mile High City reeling from a three-game series against the Diamondbacks in which they scored a total of fiv
O's lose crazy series opener, falling behind by 11 runs before a late rally at Houston (updated)
Steve Melewski
Orioles
HOUSTON – Some nights you win by 12 runs and some nights you lose big. It doesn’t happen on back-to-back nights very often. It actually was about to happen to the Orioles, who were down by 11 runs after Houston scored nine in the sixth inning. But it did not, as the Orioles' relentless offense produced three homers in the eighth inning when they sc
O's game blog: Grayson Rodriguez gets the start in Houston series opener
Steve Melewski
Orioles
HOUSTON – After a stunning 17-5 win over the New York Yankees on Thursday, which gave the O’s two wins in three games that series, their road show has arrived in Houston for a weekend series against the Astros at Minute Maid Park. The Orioles (49-25) are on a 107-win pace after winning back-to-back series from Philadelphia and New York. Overall the
Abrams returns to lineup, Cavalli cruises through rehab start
Mark Zuckerman
Masn
DENVER – CJ Abrams is back in the Nationals’ lineup tonight, his left wrist taped up as he tries to protect a ganglion cyst that developed earlier in the week and kept him from playing the last two days. “I’m not really sure what that is,” he said. “But it can’t get worse, so I’m good for tonight.” The cyst is on the palm side of Abrams’ wrist, und