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Vlad Guerrero and Cesar Izturis are both 1-for-3 tonight at Bowie (updated)

Vlad Guerrero and Cesar Izturis are both 1-for-3 tonight at Bowie (updated)
BOWIE, Md. - In his first game since July 10 at Boston, Vladimir Guerrero is 1-for-3 tonight here at Prince George's Stadium for the Double-A Bowie Baysox against Trenton. He and Cesar Izturis are playing for Bowie on injury-rehab assignments. They could soon return to the Orioles, possibly as early as Tuesday at Toronto. Guerrero grounded out to short in the fifth after he lined a single to left in the first and then lined out to right an inning later. Guerrero is the Bowie DH and batting...
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Guerrero singles in his first Bowie at-bat; Mahoney drives him in (updated)

Guerrero singles in his first Bowie at-bat; Mahoney drives him in (updated)
BOWIE, Md. - In his first minor league at-bat since May 23, 2009, Vladimir Guerrero lined a single to left here tonight in the first inning on a 1-0 pitch for the Double-A Bowie Baysox. Guerrero has been on the disabled list with a fractured right wrist and could return to the Orioles soon. He is batting .279 with seven homers and 31 RBIs on the year for the Orioles. Guerrero is the DH and batting second in the Bowie lineup. Before he hit, Cesar Izturis led off and grounded out on a 1-1 pitch...
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Checking in on Zach Britton (update with Kendall note)

Checking in on Zach Britton (update with Kendall note)
BOWIE, Md. - Orioles left-hander Zach Britton is here with the Baysox and will make his third Double-A start here Monday night against Harrisburg. It appears that could be Britton's final start in the minors this year before he possibly returns to pitch Saturday for the Orioles at Yankee Stadium. Britton is 0-1 with a 3.86 ERA in two starts over seven innings with the Baysox, giving up six hits and three runs with two walks and six strikeouts. I asked him how he felt about his two Baysox...
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Izturis says his right elbow is now 100 percent

Izturis says his right elbow is now 100 percent
BOWIE, Md. - He hasn't played in a major league game since May 12, but Cesar Izturis is just about ready to return to the Orioles. He will play in his third game here tonight on his injury-rehab assignment, batting first and playing shortstop for Double-A Bowie against Trenton at 6:05 p.m. Izturis went on the disabled list on May 18, retroactive to May 13, with a right elbow ulnar nerve injury. He had an operation on May 24. He had a hard time throwing before the procedure, but pronounces...
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Adam Jones in 2011: Consistent and productive

Adam Jones in 2011: Consistent and productive
Adam Jones hit just .218 in April. But he got his offense really going in May and he wants to put the finishing touches on his best season yet in Baltimore in the season's final 65 games. "I want to have a big second half," Jones said. "I was a little frustrated going into the break. This game is bigger than me. Just want to have the right attitude and try to have a big second half for the team." He is now batting .284 with 17 homers and 58 RBIs. Jones' slugging percentage is up from...
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Bergesen, Jones and Gregg on the Orioles' win over the Angels

Bergesen, Jones and Gregg on the Orioles' win over the Angels
Just minutes after he picked up just his second win of the year, Brad Bergesen was passing around credit to his teammates. Adam Jones talks about his two-RBI game as the O's defeat the Angels 3-2 "I think Craig Tatum throwing out those guys tonight was huge for me. You get a guy on and you find those little breaks and he came up huge twice tonight and Reynolds made a couple of big plays," he said after the Orioles' 3-2 win over Los Angeles. Bergesen gave up just two runs and six hits...
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Bergesen and 'pen lead O's past Angels 3-2

Bergesen and 'pen lead O's past Angels 3-2
Brad Bergesen took the mound tonight with just one win all year over 10 starts and 18 appearances. Then, he went out and picked up No. 2. Bergesen, with some help, pitched the Orioles to a 3-2 win over Los Angeles in front of 20,311 Saturday night at Camden Yards. He entered with a 1-6 record and 5.74 ERA in his 10 starts on the season but picked up his first win since May 14 when he shutout Tampa Bay. Bergesen gave up six hits and two runs over six innings, throwing 79 pitches. After...
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Jones homer notes

Jones homer notes
Adam Jones hit another homer for the Orioles tonight. His solo shot in the last of the fourth cut the Los Angeles lead to 2-1. It was his 17th of the year and maybe the one that traveled the shortest distance. Jones crushed a liner down the left-field line that just made it into the stands, 338 feet from home plate. He likes to homer at home and now has hit 14 of his 17 on the season at Camden Yards, where Jones has an OPS of .903 compared to .666 on the road. By month, Jones hit five homers...
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Josh Bell is back and maybe for longer than a day this time

Josh Bell is back and maybe for longer than a day this time
Josh Bell got a single for the Orioles as a pinch hitter in Monday's game and then actually played an inning in left field. It was his only day here as he briefly replaced Alfredo Simon on the Orioles' roster in what turned out to be a one-day appearance. He then took a day or two off and had time to have two wisdom teeth pulled before reporting back to Triple-A. Now he is right back with the Orioles, taking Luke Scott's roster spot. He's in tonight's starting lineup, serving as the DH...
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Luke Scott confirms that his season is over

Luke Scott confirms that his season is over
Luke Scott confirmed today that his season is over. He has been placed back on the disabled list after going 0-for-3 last night and he said he will not play anymore in 2011 due a torn labrum in his right shoulder. "Yeah, there is nothing I can do," Scott said. "It will not heal on its own. I've been playing with it since the beginning of May. May 2 is the day it began really throbbing. I battled through it. I'm not helping the team out by going out there and swinging with my bat under...
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The battle to get good pitching and hitting on the same night

The battle to get good pitching and hitting on the same night
Consistency is not the Orioles' strong point this season. Probably not shocking you with that announcement. Now that they have put together a few good starting pitching performances lately, they have seen the bats fall off. The Orioles starters have pitched to an ERA of 3.05 the last three games and 4.04 over the last six games. Nothing exceptional about that, but much better than the starters had been doing. Also, four times in the last six games an O's starter has pitched 6 2/3 innings or...
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Not this time against Santana, as Orioles lose series opener

Not this time against Santana, as Orioles lose series opener
The last time the Orioles faced Angels starter Ervin Santana before tonight, they got to him for 12 hits and nine runs over 3 2/3 innings. That was last August. He did a little better this time. He held the Orioles scoreless into the last of the eighth and pitched Los Angeles to a 6-1 win in the series opener in front of 24,823 at Camden Yards. Santana (5-8) gave up just one run and three hits over 7 2/3, throwing 105 pitches. The Orioles finally scored on a J.J. Hardy RBI single, avoiding a...
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The starters look to start pitching better

The starters look to start pitching better
When Jeremy Guthrie and Jake Arrieta each pitched seven innings in the final two games of the series against Boston, it was just the second time on the season that O's starters went seven or more in two or more consecutive games. May 12: Zach Britton, 9 IP vs. Seattle May 13: Jeremy Guthrie, 8 IP at Tampa May 14: Brad Bergesen, 9 IP at Tampa July 19: Jeremy Guthrie, 7 IP vs. Boston July 20: Jake Arrieta, 7 IP vs. Boston In the last 33 games, Orioles' starters have completed seven innings...
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Scott can rely on teammates for the decision about his shoulder

Scott can rely on teammates for the decision about his shoulder
As I wrote earlier, Luke Scott plans to play the next three to five days and if things don't improve with the torn labrum in his right shoulder, he will possibly shut himself down for the season. At that point, he could opt to have surgery or go through a rehab process to heal the shoulder. He knows the clock is ticking, because whichever decision he would make, he needs time to get his shoulder fully healed before the 2012 season starts. "Yeah. At the same time, it's pointless if I am up...
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Decision day is looming for Luke Scott

Decision day is looming for Luke Scott
Luke Scott may have hit two homers for Double-A Bowie last night, but don't take that as a sign that the torn labrum in his right shoulder is feeling better. Scott, who was activated off the disabled list and will start for the Orioles tonight, said discomfort and issues with the shoulder are still there. He said he has reached the point where he must soon make a decision whether he can play well with this injury or choose other options to get him healthy for next season. He said he will...
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Rehabbing Dan Klein still hopes to pitch later this year

Rehabbing Dan Klein still hopes to pitch later this year
Early this season, it looked like Orioles minor league pitcher Dan Klein might be at Triple-A or possibly even with the Orioles by now. But instead, he is spending these days in Sarasota, Fla., rehabbing a small SLAP tear in his right labrum. The doctors say surgery is not necessary and Klein, who last pitched in a game June 1 for Double-A Bowie, is in his fourth week in Sarasota, but has not yet been cleared to begin a throwing program. "I am still kind of in the rehab and strengthening...
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Minor league notes on Miclat, Mahoney, Davis and Aberdeen's draft picks

Minor league notes on Miclat, Mahoney, Davis and Aberdeen's draft picks
Early in the season, Double-A Bowie outfielder Xavier Avery was piling up the stolen bases. He now has 26 to rank second in steals among O's minor leaguers. Now Bowie's Greg Miclat is showing the way with 32 stolen bases. That, by the way, is in 32 attempts. Yes, Miclat is 32-for-32 and has not been caught stealing this year. Miclat stole four bases in April, 13 in May, six in June and he has nine in July. The second baseman, a fifth-round draft pick in 2008 out of the University of...
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Matt Angle talks about his first few days in the big leagues

Matt Angle talks about his first few days in the big leagues
He can't be sure how long his time in the major leagues will last, but after playing more than 500 games in the Orioles' farm system, outfielder Matt Angle was excited to get his first call to the big leagues over the weekend. The 25-year-old Angle, a seventh-round draft pick out of Ohio State in 2007, was batting .266 with seven doubles, four homers, 20 steals and 29 RBIs in 81 games with Triple-A Norfolk. But he was batting .320 since June 1 and hit .380 in his last 16 games with the...
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Jones laments loss and Tatum talks about key at-bat in the second

Jones laments loss and Tatum talks about key at-bat in the second
After getting shutout in a game where the opponent starter walked six batters, Adam Jones was not a happy camper. "We should have had runs off their starter. We put ourselves in the (right) situation, that's all you can ask for," Jones said. He was asked if it was tough to pick up the ball out of the hand of Boston starter Andrew Miller, who pitched 5 2/3 scoreless innings as the Sox won 4-0 to take the series. "No, not at all. We should have put so many runs on. He should not have been...
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Arrieta against Boston: Something to build on

Arrieta against Boston: Something to build on
After a four-start stretch where he didn't pitch past five innings, Jake Arrieta produced his first quality start since mid-June today in the Orioles' 4-0 loss to Boston. "Think overall, did a good job of pounding the zone and forcing the issue of contact," Arrieta said after giving up nine hits and three runs over seven innings. "Making them earn their hits and they put some good swings on pitches. Several guys in that lineup are hot right now. "Ellsbury is the guy that hurt me today....
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