Manager Buck Showalter said he was still 50-50 whether he would shut down Jake Arrieta until the club decided to schedule an MRI on the rookie's right elbow, which followed his admission that he felt "a little tightness" after his last start. Arrieta was fine the next day, but the Orioles decided to be cautious. "He's 20, 23 innings over where he's been. He's in a good spot and I think it's best to stop his innings right now," Showalter said. "We looked at all the variables involved...

The Orioles have decided to shut down Jake Arrieta, primarily because of a bone spur in his right elbow that might require surgery after the season. Arrieta said he's been pitching with the spur since college and it only has a slight effect on his flexibility. Arrieta insisted that it doesn't influence the way he pitches. The surgery isn't considered a serious procedure, but there's no reason to put it off if the spur could potentially cause him problems later in his career. Arrieta...

O's pitcher Jake Arrieta revealed this afternoon that he has a bone spur in his right elbow. He said it does not impact his pitching and he has no pain from it, but the Orioles are considering Arrieta undergo a procedure to have it removed. "I've got a bone spur and I've had it for years. It's never bothered me. I think they just want to monitor it and make sure it's not getting any bigger. I think if it does, they might take it out. "They could shave it off. It's limited my...

For the Orioles: Brian Roberts 2B Robert Andino 3B Nick Markakis RF Ty Wigginton 1B Jake Fox DH Adam Jones CF Nolan Reimold LF Craig Tatum C Cesar Izturis SS Jeremy Guthrie RHP

Still hurts. I thought I could sleep it off, as if that ever works, but just the idea of being down a game in this series with CC Sabathia and Andy Pettitte taking the ball makes my body ache. One more strike and we'd be discussing the possibility of a sixth consecutive series win. It could still happen, of course. I'm talking mathematically. But as long as we're dealing in numbers, Sabathia and Pettitte are a combined 40-8 lifetime against the Orioles. We'll see what happens. This team...

So the Orioles are 9-3 in their last 12 games. Two of the losses have come vs. the Yankees with Koji on the mound in the ninth inning. The other came at Detroit, when the O's led 2-1 going to the last of the eightth, but gave up five runs. They were several outs away over three games from a possible 12-game winning streak. That would have been one uplifting win for the Orioles had they held on Friday night. They would have been 4-1 in their last five games versus the Yankees with a win...

For the second time in eight games, the Yankees beat Koji Uehara and the Orioles on a ninth inning homer. A-Rod's three-run shot off Koji on a 2-2 pitch gave the Yankees a 4-3 comeback win over the Orioles on a night when the O's were a strike away from a win over the New Yorkers. "I feel bad. The pitch before the home run, the fastball inside, I didn't get that call. Little disappointed," Koji said through his interpreter. He was asked again if he felt that 1-2 pitch to A-Rod, the...

One strike away from victory. "We may have had it, too," manager Buck Showalter said. Asked again about Koji Uehara's 1-2 pitch to Alex Rodriguez, Showalter replied, "It was close. It was obviously a better pitch than strike one to Matt Wieters. I'll tell you that." Uehara was visibly upset that he didn't get the call from plate umpire Ted Barrett, and practically inconsolable after Rodriguez launched a three-run homer on the next pitch. Buck Showalter talks with the media after the...

Down to their last out and last strike tonight, New York's Alex Rodriguez hit a three-run homer to left off Koji Uehara to give the Yankees a stunning, 4-3 comeback win over the Orioles tonight in front of 32,874 at Camden Yards. The O's took a 3-1 lead to the 9th, but Koji gave up singles to Jorge Posada and Curtis Granderson. He faced A-Rod with two on and out and just missed on an inside fastball on the 1-2 count. The next pitch sailed over the left field fence to give the Yankees the...

Koji Uehara just blew another save to the Yankees, and it almost brought him to his knees. Actually, it caused him to squat in front of the mound, his back turned to home plate, as catcher Matt Wieters tried to console him. Uehara served up a three-run homer to Alex Rodriguez on a 2-2 pitch with two outs in the top of the ninth, giving the Yankees a 4-3 lead. Rodriguez unloaded on a 90 mph fastball one pitch after Uehara thought he had a called third strike on another fastball. Plate umpire...