Rick Porcello

Wednesday’s game between the Orioles and the Detroit Tigers was the last between two of the best hitters in all of baseball (and two of the best teams in the American League). Well, during the regular season, at least. With a steady barrage of...

DETROIT – The Orioles can boast about a number of impressive offensive displays this season, but their assault on Detroit Tigers pitching Wednesday afternoon at Comerica Park was unrivaled. In their 13-3 thumping of the Tigers, the Orioles set a...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Baltimore Orioles - INSIDE PITCH How will the Orioles replace the effectiveness that righty Pedro Strop brought to the eighth inning in 2012? With Strop's struggles this season, that question should be looming...

MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH As the "sixth starter in a five-man rotation," according to Jim Leyland, Drew Smyly continues to do well as he walks the line between reliever and starter. "We'll see how it plays out," Leyland said...

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Tigers 13, Orioles 3 Orioles 13, Tigers 3: Chris Davis homered twice and drove in five runs and Taylor Teagarden swatted a three-run blast as visiting Baltimore routed Detroit in the rubber match of the three-game series. Davis...

Davis' bat carries Orioles to 13-3 rout of Tigers DETROIT -- Chris Davis would like to play in more lopsided games. If he keeps blasting homers like he did on Wednesday, he'll get his wish. Davis hit a pair of two-run homers, giving him a major league...

The Sports Xchange By Dana Gauruder, The Sports Xchange Orioles 13, Tigers 3 DETROIT -- Chris Davis hit a pair of two-run homers, giving him a major-league high 26 home runs, and drove in five runs to power the Baltimore Orioles to a 13-3 win over...

The Sports Xchange By Dana Gauruder, The Sports Xchange Jones, Orioles finally get best of Verlander in 5-2 win over Tigers DETROIT -- Justin Verlander made Adam Jones look helpless on many occasions. Jones finally got some revenge against the...

SportsDirect Inc. Preview: Orioles at Tigers Manny Machado is the first player in the majors to reach 100 hits this season and the Baltimore third baseman looks to add to his total when the Orioles conclude a three-game series against the host Detroit...

MLB Team Report - Baltimore Orioles - INSIDE PITCH Zach Britton stated his case on Tuesday. Amid a stretch of uncertainty for the Orioles rotation, the one-time prospect turned in a strong outing against a talented Tigers lineup. In the process,...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH Funny how things can work out, isn't it? The Tigers had a catcher, Alex Avila, whose batting average was a week's drive south of the Mendoza Line. They couldn't send him to the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Detroit Tigers - INSIDE PITCH Right-hander Rick Porcello took a lot of criticism when he was pitching poorly, so it's only fitting he gets credit for turning things around. He had an ERA that looked more like a tire...