Injury puts end to Tejada's Orioles games streak
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Baltimore Orioles shortstop Miguel Tejada was put on the disabled list on Friday due to a fractured left wrist, ending the longest active consecutive games streak in the major leagues.
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Kris Benson is experiencing increased soreness in his right shoulder, a development that means the Baltimore Orioles pitcher may need surgery on his torn rotator cuff. Working on the advice of two doctors, Benson is attempting to rehabilitate the injury at spring training camp. If his bid is unsuccessful, the operation would force the right-hander to miss the 2007 season.
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Orlando HernÃ¡ndez, their most reliable pitcher this season, pitched Tuesday night as if he were still bothered by the sore tendon in his right foot that forced him to miss a start.
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Baltimore Orioles pitcher Kris Benson is making a final, desperate attempt to avoid surgery on his injured right shoulder with aggressive rehabilitation.
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Carlos Almanzar left the game with an apparent right forearm injury with two outs in the ninth...Texas beat the A&#39;s for only the seventh time in 18 outings this season, but have won three of four from Oakland...Mark Kotsay and Jermaine Dye had three hits
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Mark DeRosa's season began with great promise. It ended with a knee injury Saturday night, the latest in a recent string of bad news for the Atlanta Braves player.
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Baltimore's Aubrey Huff hit for the cycle, collecting all four types of hits, but the Orioles lost to the Los Angeles Angels 9-7 on Howie Kendrick's ninth-inning home run on Friday.
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Miguel Tejada and Chris Gomez drove in two runs apiece and the Baltimore Orioles beat Oakland 6-5 Saturday to snap the Athletics' 10-game home winning streak.
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The New York Mets may have more postseason pitching issues to deal with after Orlando "El Duque" Hernandez, scheduled to start Game One Wednesday against the Dodgers, hurt his right calf during Tuesday's practice.
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Coco Crisp slumped over in center field in the sixth inning last night after careening into the wall on a Miguel Tejada double. Another injured Red Sox player? It seemed almost fitting.
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Javier Vazquez and Esteban Loaiza have been among the worst pitchers in baseball in the second half of the season, and the Baltimore Orioles battered them on Friday.
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The Philadelphia Phillies ended their seven-game losing streak Thursday night, using an outstanding pitching performance by Ryan Madson to defeat the Baltimore Orioles 4-0.
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Nomo improved to 5-5 in his career against Arizona in his 297th career start...Giovanni Carrara retired the side in the seventh for the Dodgers...The Diamondbacks activated pitcher Scott Service from the 15-day disabled list and recalled pitchers Randy
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The end of Miguel Tejada's consecutive games played streak reminds Hall of Famer Cal Ripken of how much good luck he had.
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Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling had surgery Tuesday to repair his injured right ankle. Schilling pitched Game 6 of the American League Championship Series and Game 2 of the World Series last month with the torn sheath of his ankle tendon sutured into place so it wouldn't flop over the bone when he pitched.
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The season could be over for Los Angeles Angels right-hander Bartolo Colon, who learned Friday he has a rotator cuff problem &#151; the latest setback in an injury-plagued season for last year's AL Cy Young winner.
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The return of pitcher Francisco Liriano toÃÂ the wild-card leading Twins comes to a sudden halt Wednesday during a 1-0 loss to the A's as Liriano feels a pop in his pitching elbow and leaves the game during the third inning.