Checking on the farm and Orioles-Athletics (Machado homer breaks tie)

Double-A Bowie was being no-hit for eight innings tonight by Altoona's Adrian Sampson before Mike Yastrzemski doubled with one out in the ninth - his fifth hit in two games with the Baysox. First baseman Christian Walker picked up his first Triple-A hit tonight in his second game with Norfolk. He drew three walks last night. Single-A Frederick's Parker Bridwell allowed one run and four hits in seven-plus innings. Hunter Harvey allowed one run and two hits in five innings for Single-A Delmarva, with no walks and eight strikeouts, to lower his ERA to 2.94. Top catching prospect Chance Sisco, serving as the Shorebirds' designated hitter tonight, went 2-for-4 with two RBIs and is batting .352. The Blue Jays lost tonight and could fall five games behind the Orioles. Manny Machado was greeted with a loud chorus of boos as he batted in the second inning. Get used to it. Players on both sides appear to have moved on, but not the crowd at O.co Coliseum. (Yes, the name of the ballpark has changed again, as if that makes the place more appealing. It's like putting lipstick on a pig.) Machado flied to deep left to strand J.J. Hardy. He's reached base safely in a career-high tying 16 straight games. Chris Tillman again got through the first two innings unscathed. He's allowed 16 runs in the first and 15 in the second this season, but he seems to be finding smoother early sailing. Going into tonight's game, Tillman was 6-0 with a 5.20 ERA and six quality starts on the road this season. Tillman has allowed three or fewer earned runs in 27 of his last 35 road starts dating back to July 4, 2012. Update: Coco Crisp singled with two outs in the third inning, took second on a wild pitch and scored on John Jaso's double. Samardzija has hit Caleb Joseph and Hardy. Hardy got it worse, the ball slamming off the back of his helmet. Machado singled into right field to put two on with no outs in the fifth, but Joseph grounded into a double play. End of rally? Not quite. Jonathan Schoop ran the count full and homered to left field to give the Orioles a 2-1 lead. Update II: Derek Norris homered with one out in the bottom of the fifth to tie the game 1-1. Norris lined a slider into the left field seats. Update III: Sweet revenge. Machado hit a two-run homer to left in the seventh inning to give the Orioles a 4-2 lead and silence a crowd that's been riding him all night. Machado is 17-for-34 since returning from his five-game suspension.