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All the elements that usually make a baseball game unremarkable were right there: miserable weather, a tiny crowd and a week night in April. Because the Baltimore Orioles excelled in such conditions, manager Buck Showalter relished his team's 6-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Monday night. Adam Jones hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning after Hyun Soo Kim and Jonathan Schoop went deep in the sixth, rallying Baltimore at cold, damp Camden Yards. Continue to Article

April 24, 2017 11:50:pm EST

The Orioles found themselves on the wrong end of another early-inning meltdown by Ubaldo Jimenez on Monday night, but everything turned out all right again. Somehow, Jimenez has managed to remain undefeated through four starts, even though he has only pitched well in one of them. Of course, he’s not exactly 4-0, but the Orioles have still won all his starts after pounding three home runs off Tampa Bay ace Chris Archer on the way to a soggy 6-3 comeback victory over the Rays before an announced 11,142 at Camden Yards. “That’s one of our best wins this year,’’ manager Buck Showalter said. “Talking to the team before the game, you know the tough series over the weekend, you come in tonight and you Continue to Article

April 24, 2017 11:37:pm EST

Major League Baseball acted swiftly in disciplining Boston Red Sox pitcher Matt Barnes for a dangerous pitch near the head of Baltimore Orioles third baseman Manny Machado on Sunday. Barnes was handed a four-game suspension on Monday. In an announcement by MLB's chief baseball officer, Joe Torre, the league said that Barnes also received an "undisclosed fine for intentionally throwing a pitch in the area of" Machado's head. Continue to Article

April 24, 2017 7:39:pm EST

Two right-handers with something to prove will be on the mound on Tuesday night when the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox start the latest chapter in their long rivalry. For the Yankees, hard-throwing Luis Severino hopes to continue to prove he belongs in the rotation for a team aiming to continue to prove it has enough starting pitching to compete. For the Red Sox, reigning Cy Young Award winner Rick Porcello hopes to continue what he hopes is the climb back to showing last season's 22-4 record was no fluke. Continue to Article

April 24, 2017 7:03:pm EST

MLB has suspended and fined Boston Red Sox reliever Matt Barnes for throwing at the head of Baltimore Orioles third baseman Manny Machado. Barnes' suspension will last four games. His fine is an undisclosed amount. Barnes has elected to appeal, and so his suspension will be postponed until the appeal process has finished. Continue to Article

April 24, 2017 6:43:pm EST