April 20, 2013

BALTIMORE (AP) — An unrelenting rain shower forced the postponement of Friday night’s game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and Baltimore Orioles.

The Orioles game with the Los Angeles Dodgers was postponed by rain. It will be made on Saturday at 1:05 p.m.

Tonight’s game between the Orioles and Dodgers has been postponed due to rain. The teams will play a split-admission doubleheader on Saturday, with the first game scheduled for 1:05 p.m. The second game will start at 7:05 p.m. The Earl…

Jake Arrieta marvels at Matt Wieters’ ability to guess when runners are going. “He’s right almost all the time.”

When catcher Matt Wieters threw out Tampa Bay’s Desmond Jennings on a stolen-base attempt Thursday, it raised the Orioles’ MLB-best caught stealing percentage to 80 percent.

The Orioles are used to scouting and preparing to play American League East foes like Tampa Bay and the Yankees in April. Getting ready to face the Los Angeles Dodgers is another test entirely.

Buck Showalter, who noted that he filled out the Ravens’ schedule in his planner in order to attend a game or two, said Jets coach Rex Ryan, a former Baltimore assistant who criticized the Orioles for not altering their schedule to allow the Ravens to …

Before Friday’s game, Dodgers manager Don Mattingly spent quite a bit of time discussing his friendship with Orioles skipper Buck Showalter, similar to the way Showalter spoke fondly of Mattingly on Thursday.

Highly touted rookie Hyun-Jin Ryu has provided some consistent
efforts in his first three starts with the Los Angeles Dodgers.
They could use another such performance Saturday when he faces the
Baltimore Orioles in the opener of a split doubleheader at…