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| Simon goes for O's in Arlington |
MLB Baseball |
04/14/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Dominican right-hander Alfredo Simon makes the third start of his major-league career tonight when the Baltimore Orioles visit the Texas Rangers for the second game of a three-game week-opening series at Rangers Park. A 6-foot-4, 230-pounder, Simon made his 2009 debut on Thursday against the New York Yankees, allowing home runs to Mark Teixeira and Nick Swisher over five innings of an 11-2 drubbing at Camden Yards. He was touched for four hits and four runs in his stint, in which he walked tw |
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| Uehara tries for another win in Arlington |
MLB Baseball |
04/13/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Japanese-born right-hander Koji Uehara looks for a second win in as many major league starts tonight when the Baltimore Orioles visit the Texas Rangers for the opener of a three-game series at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. A 34-year-old of Neyagawa, Japan, Uehara pitched well in relief for the Yomiuri Giants in 2008, saving 32 games before coming to America to join the Orioles this spring on a two-year contract. He officially opened his American League stint with Baltimore last week against |
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| Rays homer four times in rout of Orioles |
MLB Baseball |
04/12/2009 |
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| Baltimore, MD (MySportsbook) - James Shields pitched seven shutout innings, and the Tampa Bay Rays crushed the Baltimore Orioles, 11-3, at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Shields (1-1) yielded only three hits and a walk while striking out three for the Rays, who had dropped the first two games of this series. He responded nicely after the Red Sox scored five runs off him in his first game of the season. Evan Longoria went 3-for-5 with two runs batted in and his league-leading fifth homer of the year, while Jason |
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| Guthrie, O's bullpen silences Rays |
MLB Baseball |
04/12/2009 |
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| Baltimore, MD (MySportsbook) - Jeremy Guthrie threw six shutout innings while Melvin Mora had a grand slam as the Baltimore Orioles downed the Tampa Bay Rays, 6-0, in the second of a three-game set at Camden Yards. Guthrie (2-0) gave up just five hits and had two strikeouts while Matt Albers, Jamie Walker and Chris Ray combined to give up three hits and two walks over the final three innings for the Orioles, who have won four of five to start the season. Adam Jones and Nick Markakis each drove in a run in the |
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| Rays aim to even weekend set with surging O's |
MLB Baseball |
04/11/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Tall Texan Jeff Niemann makes his 2009 debut in the Tampa Bay starting rotation tonight, when the Rays visit Camden Yards for the second of three games with the host Baltimore Orioles. A 6-foot-9, 260-pound native of Houston, Niemann had a brief stint with the American League champions in 2008, appearing in five games and making two starts while allowing 18 hits and nine earned runs in 12 innings. Overall, he was 2-2 in those appearances and struck out 14 batters while holding opponents to a |
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| Marquee mound matchup highlights Jays-Indians tilt |
MLB Baseball |
04/11/2009 |
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| ason, the Indians' staff has posted a brutal 11.18 ERA and allowed the opposition to hit a robust .365 with a .669 slugging percentage. Cleveland pitchers have surrendered 42 runs, the most by any team over a season's first four games since the 1978 Baltimore Orioles gave up 44. The Tribe's poor mound work continued in Friday's home opener, as five Cleveland arms combined to give up 17 hits as the surging Blue Jays earned a drawn-out 13-7 victory in a game delayed by rain for nearly four hours. Adam Lind and Ale |
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| Orioles stay hot to start season, clip Rays in series opener |
MLB Baseball |
04/11/2009 |
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| Baltimore, MD (MySportsbook) - Melvin Mora went 2-for-4 with three RBI as the Baltimore Orioles took a 5-4 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays in the opener of a three-game set at Camden Yards. Adam Jones had two hits and two runs scored while Nick Markakis added an RBI and a run scored for the Orioles, who have won three of their four games on the young season. Mark Hendrickson (1-0) was solid in the start as he gave up just one run on six hits with two walks and two strikeouts in 5 1/3 innings of work. "For me |
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| Rays renew acquaintances with O's in Baltimore |
MLB Baseball |
04/10/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - Right-handed Ohio native Andy Sonnanstine takes his first crack at following up on a breakout 2008 season tonight when the defending American League champion Tampa Bay Rays open a three-game series against the Baltimore Orioles at Camden Yards. A 26-year-old, Sonnanstine reached the majors with the Rays in 2007 and struggled, winning just six times in 16 decisions with a 5.85 earned run average over 130 2/3 innings in 22 starts. He bounced back in the No. 4 slot for the Rays during their surp |
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| Burnett hopes to get the Yanks off the schneid in Baltimore |
MLB Baseball |
04/09/2009 |
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| (MySportsbook) - A.J. Burnett makes his New York debut this afternoon, as the Yankees try to avoid a sweep at the hands of the Baltimore Orioles in their season-opening, three-game series at Camden Yards. Burnett signed a five-year, $82.5 million deal with the Yankees this offseason following a career year in Toronto that saw him go 18-10 with a 4.07 earned run average. In addition to posting the most wins of his career, he also set career-highs with 231 strikeouts and 221 1/3 innings pitched. He was 3-0 with |
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| Markakis leads the way as O's fend off late challenge from Yanks |
MLB Baseball |
04/09/2009 |
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| Baltimore, MD (MySportsbook) - Nick Markakis went 3-for-3 with a two-run home run and finished with three runs driven in and two scored, as the Baltimore Orioles staved off a late rally to edge the New York Yankees, 7-5, at Camden Yards. Gregg Zaun and Cesar Izturis each drove in a run for the O's, who have won both contests with New York to start off the season. Adam Jones and Aubrey Huff each had a double and knocked in a run in the win. Koji Uehara (1-0), making his major league debut, got the win after go |
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