The Baltimore Orioles will option rookie starter Kevin Gausman to Triple-A Norfolk, following his outing against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday night, a game in which the Orioles would win 5-4 in 13 innings. The third-overall pick in the 2012 MLB Amateur Draft out of LSU, Gausman has moved quickly throughout the Baltimore organization and was the first player from last year's first round to make his big lea ...

Detroit Tigers closer Jose Valverde took the mound in the bottom of the ninth, looking to close out the game and cement a 5-3 victory. However, Baltimore's offense had other plans on Friday night. On the third pitch of the inning, Orioles right fielder Nick Markakis launched a solo home run to right field, pulling the Orioles within one run of Detroit. Adam Jones and Chris Davis would follow with singles, l ...

The Baltimore Orioles would get the best of the Washington Nationals in a game that witnessed eight home runs, grabbing a 9-6 victory. Washington third baseman Ryan Zimmerman would launch three home runs Wednesday evening, a solo shot in the first and fourth innings, capped by a two-run shot in the fifth. Zimmerman would add to his impressive offensive performance a pair of gold-glove worthy plays at third, ...

Baltimore Orioles reliever Pedro Strop  was placed on the 15 day disabled list with a lower back strain in the team recalled right-hander Steve Johnson from Triple-A Norfolk. Johnson is 0-1 with a 13.50 ERA in one appearance with the Orioles this season. The move is retroactive to May 24. Strop has  struggled this year going 0-2  with a 6.11 ERA over 22 games. He has walked 14 batters and 17 2/3 innings. St ...

Sean Nolin started his first game in the major leagues for the Toronto Blue Jays  and lasted an inning and a third surrendering six earned runs and seven hits. Nolin lost for the first time since Aug. 27, 2011, when he was pitching for Class A Lansing. Chris Davis launched his major league-leading 16th home run  and the Baltimore Orioles scored nine runs in the first three innings to beat the Blue Jays 10-6 ...

The Toronto Blue Jays' bats came out ready to swing on Thursday, scoring 12 runs and spoiling Baltimore Orioles rookie starter Kevin Gausman's major league debut in a 12-6 victory. Gausman worked five innings in his debut, surrendering four runs on seven hits with five strikeouts and two walks. In five innings, Gausman tallied a pitch count of 89, 58 of which were strikes. Of the 24 batters that he faced, G ...

The Baltimore Orioles have found a solution to their recent pitching woes, calling up Kevin Gausman from Double-A Bowie who will make his first start Thursday in Toronto. As BNS reported earlier Gausman has been solid in his time at Double-A Bowie this season. In eight starts for Double-A Bowie this season, Gausman has posted a 3.11 ERA and solid 49/5 strikeout to walk ratio in 46.1 innings of work. Jon Mor ...

The Baltimore Orioles starting rotation has been exposed for its true composition, that of a struggling core of pitchers who have been unable to counter and support the production of the club's solid offensive lineup, in the wake of injuries to starters Wei-Yin Chen and Miguel Gonzalez. Veteran journeyman Freddy Garcia and former-Braves starter Jair Jurrjens have joined the rotation in recent weeks to susta ...

Miguel Gonzalez will return from the disabled list for the Baltimore Orioles and will start against the New York Yankees.  The Orioles have lost six straight games and three of four to the Yankees in 2013. The Orioles have also dropped seven straight at home for the first time since an 11-game slide Aug. 22-Sept. 7, 2007. Last season, Gonzalez was 2-0 with a 2.63 ERA in two starts against New York.Gonzalez, ...

After a 2012 season that saw Baltimore Orioles closer Jim Johnson save 51 games, the last three games for the Baltimore "fireman" have been uneventful. Coming into the ninth-inning with a 4-3 lead over the New York Yankees on Monday, Johnson would surrender a solo home run to Travis Hafner, which would tie the game 4-4 and force extra-innings where the Orioles would eventually lose 6-4 in 10 innings. Monday ...

The Baltimore Orioles placed left-hander Wei-Yin Chen  on the 15 day disabled list with the right oblique strain. In  his last start chanting left after five shutout innings with the pain in his right side.  he was evaluated and an MRI revealed the strain. Chen, who is 3-3 with a 3.04 ERA Becomes a second member of the Orioles starting rotation to go on the disabled list in the past week. Miguel Gonzalez  w ...

Dylan Bundy will not be able to resume baseball activity for six weeks, but the Orioles are likely relieved the number two prospect in baseball will not require surgery. Bundy made his major league debut in 2012 for the Orioles, throwing just 1.2 innings as part of a September callup. The 20-year-old felt tightness in his forearm and elbow pretty much since the beginning of the year, but an MRI revealed no ...

Jake Arrieta has yet to figure it out at the Major League level and now he's left the Orioles with some decisions to make. Arrieta has yet to have a full season or an ERA under 4.66 for Baltimore and his biggest woes of his career forced the Birds to send him back to AAA Norfolk. The 27-year-old righty was dreadful to start the season, tossing 19 innings over four starts and surrendering: 14 runs, 16 walks ...

The Baltimore Orioles won their 17th straight extra innings game, including 16 last season when Matt Wieters hit a grand slam in the bottom of the 10th inning to beat the Tampa Bay Rays 10-6. Reigning AL Cy Young winner David Price was handed the lead by the Rays offense three times, only to give it right back to Baltimore. Nolan Reimold and Steve Pearce also homered for the Orioles, who took two of three f ...