There seems to be an unofficial theme at the Inaugural Orioles Cook-Off at the ESPN Zone Tuesday, so hopefully you're in the mood for Spanish tortillas, fish tacos, and chicken enchiladas. Three of your favorite O's, ace Jeremy Guthrie, 2B Brian Roberts, and veteran CA Gregg Zaun will be trading their bats and gloves for recipes and oven mitts in the Orioles first-ever cook-off competition at the ESPN Zone in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. According to Rob Kasper of the Baltimore Sun,...

Not this time - O's starter Jeremy Guthrie was on a four-start roll that ended today, as he allowed 12 hits and five runs in 5 2/3IP. Guthrie is now 10-14, 5.06. Over his previous four starts, Guthrie was 3-1, 1.33 and had allowed just 4ER over 27 innings. The O's are now 11-18 in Guthrie's 29 starts. In 12 games, 11 career starts vs. New York, Guthrie is 3-6, 4.78. The O's bullpen, which had pitched to an ERA of 7.05 over the last 14 games, really struggled today. In 2 1/3 innings,...

The next time you visit the ESPN Zone in Baltimore's Inner Harbor, say for an Oriole player Q&A, you'll notice a special new addition to the restaurant's menu: Orioles Catcher Gregg Zaun's famous Chicken Enchiladas. As the winner of the Inaugural Orioles Cook-Off at the ESPN Zone this afternoon, Zaun earned a black and orange spatula plaque and his recipe, which includes shredded chicken slow-simmered in taco seasoning, beans, cheese and enchilada sauce, earned a place on the ESPN...

Game Preview Tampa Bay (72-71) at Orioles (58-84) With three weeks to go in Major League baseball's regular season, tonight the Orioles host Tampa Bay at 7:05 p.m. It's the start of a seven-game homestand, the O's next to last homestand of the year. The O's host Tampa for four games and Boston for three over the next seven days. Tonight, David Hernandez (4-7, 5.05) pitches for the O's vs. the Rays David Price (7-7, 4.65). The Orioles took two of three from New York over the weekend. ...

RHP David Hernandez (4-7, 5.05) tonight will make his 16th start of this season, his 8th at home and the 1st in his career vs. Tampa. Hernandez allowed four hits, all homers in a loss Tuesday vs. Boston. He gave up six runs in just 2 2/3 innings. Hernandez has given up seven homers in 7 2/3 vs. New York and Boston over his last two starts. He has allowed 12 homers over his last 23 innings and 21 on the year in 82 innings. Giving up the longball is one reason he has struggled recently. ...

If the name Steve Johnson sounds familiar, you might remember reading about O's broadcaster Dave Johnson's son in an article here in the Orioles Buzz back in February. That far back, Steve Johnson's only connection to the Orioles was his father, Dave Johnson, who was nice enough to include me on emails updating Steve's progress in the Dodgers' minor league system. That connection looks like it might now extend further than mere interest in the progress of a former Oriole and MASN...

The quality of David Hernandez's pitches was not his problem tonight. The location of said pitches was a huge problem. Tonight he struck out five batters in three plus innings, so when he put the ball where he wanted he got positive results. That was not often enough however, not nearly. But he gave up nine hits and five runs, including two more homers. His pitches usually were up and in the middle of the plate, two big problems. The recent numbers on Hernandez are alarming. He's given...

It's part of the nature of a sports fan. Every fan, no matter how loyal or faithful, has his or her own ideas about what might work better than what's already been tried. So if you think you could GM better than the rest of 'em, the job offer has arrived at MASNsports.com. MASN announced its first Fantasy Baseball contest today, challenging fans to put together their own Major League Baseball roster and compete with other fans for weekly prizes throughout the second half of the baseball...

Number nine hitter Reid Brignac led the way as Tampa Bay broke out of its hitting slump and beat the Orioles Monday 8-4 to end an 11-game losing streak. That was the longest losing streak in the Majors this year. The Rays had scored just eight runs over their past seven games and 23 runs during the losing skid. Brignac went 4 for 4 with a homer, two doubles and 3 RBI as Tampa overcame a 4-1 first-inning deficit behind a 15-hit attack. His two-run homer in the second was the first of his...

Long time coming - Tampa Bay snapped an 11-game losing streak with Monday's 8-4 win. During the streak, the Rays were out-scored 61-23. Tampa was 0-7 on its current road trip, losing four at New York and three in Boston. A loss would have extended Tampa's losing skid to 12 games, which would have been its longest since September of 2004. The Tampa club record is 15 losses in a row in 2002. This was the Rays first win since September 2nd vs. Boston. Tampa offense: During losing streak:...