Cardinals' Season On The Show: Yadier Molina Walks It Off On Opening Day Against Orioles

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KSDK

Chris Davis: 'There Is Something Left In The Tank'

Shortly after reporting to the Orioles spring complex Monday morning, Chris Davis stood in front of his clubhouse locker and hinted at a potential choice that would’ve resulted in him being elsewhere. The hypothetical series of events went like this: The Orioles’ first full-squad workout of the spring is here, but Davis is not. He is retired, home in Texas with his wife Jill and three young daughters, having willingly forgone the final three years on his contract.

Baltimore Official Site

Marco Gonzales Solid Again, But Bats Go Quiet

In the Mariners’ season filled with the expected ups and downs of youth and roster turnover, Marco Gonzales has been the one consistent force.

Seattle Official Site

Chris Carter, The Home Run King Forgotten By MLB, Is Theatening Mexico's Single-Season Homer Record

The scene occurs too often to inventory or romanticize. A batter takes a half-hearted swing on a pitch about knee-high and over the plate. On contact the ball punctures the night sky, zipping away on a steep arc. The outfielder drifts back, taking more steps than required, before conceding defeat on the warning track. Home run. The sum of a skilled hitter, an errant pitch, and a nutty ball.

CBS Sports

Mark Trumbo Begisn Rehab Stint In Triple-A Norfolk

Mark Trumbo’s long recovery from right knee surgery took a step forward on Tuesday, as the veteran designated hitter began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Norfolk.

Baltimore Official Site

Orioles Activated Chris Davis From The Injured List

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Orioles Placed Chris Davis On The Ten-Day Injured List

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Albert Pujols Propels Angels With 59th Multi-Home Run Game

Picking up where he left off on Thursday, Albert Pujols homered twice and added a single as the Los Angeles Angels beat the Baltimore Orioles, 7-2, on Saturday at Camden Yards.

Anaheim Official Site

Chris Davis Goes Deep As Orioles Hammer Four Homers

Chris Davis recognized the pitch up and sprung, hands shooting upward from their load point right around his letters. The fastball buzzed in at 92 mph, sent from Ivan Nova with intention of beating Davis in the place his uppercut swing, for years now, has routinely been slow to reach.

Baltimore Official Site

First Home Run For Chris Davis...Time To Drop The Bat

Turns out, a four-game road series against the defending World Series champions is just what Chris Davis and the Orioles needed.

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It's A Hit! Chris Davis Ends Hitless Streak

It’s over. The streak is over.

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Matt Wieters Has Productive Game In First Start For Cardinals; Paul DeJong Continues His Rise; Michael Wacha Throws Too Many Strikes; Matt Wieters Feels For Chris Davis; Yairo Munoz Jions Club; Surpassing The Dodgers

When a baseball team has an early day game after a night game, with a subsequent day off to follow, a manager often turns to some of his bench players to get them playing time and to rest regulars. Cardinals manager Mike Shildt turned to all his bench players for the finale of the four-game set with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Post-Dispatch

Chris Davis Extends Hitless Run To A Record 16 Plate Appearances

What a difference a week makes. Each time Chris Davis walks to the plate, the sound that fills Oriole Park is one of compassion, of support, of empathy in an unconditional form.

Baltimore Official Site

For Long-Struggling Chris Davis, Orioles Home Opener Turns Out To Be Nothing To Celebrate

Chris Davis woke up with a positive attitude Thursday. He was back home among his loved ones and hoping that being back in front of the home crowd on Opening Day at Oriole Park would be some kind of elixir for what has ailed him at the plate for the past couple of years.

Baltimore Sun

Adam Wainwright Anticipates Pirates Opener; Michael Wacha Returns; Kolten Wong Dinged; Dexter Fowler Sits As He Hits Milestone; Dakota Hudson To Be Skipped, Will Go To Bullpen; Bunting For Hits

Of the 20 ballparks in which Adam Wainwright has pitched more than once, his earned-run average of 5.54 at PNC Park in Pittsburgh, where he will start for the Cardinals in Monday’s Pirates home opener is the highest of his career.

Post-Dispatch

Russell Martin's Pitching Feat First Since 1963

Dodgers catcher Russell Martin got a rare opportunity on Saturday, when manager Dave Roberts tabbed him to close out Los Angeles’ 18-5 rout of the D-backs -- and he made the most of it.

Los Angeles Official Site

Mark Trumbo Has Encouraging Return To Lineup

Should Mark Trumbo have dug into the batter’s box two weeks from now, or in May or even in August -- the last time he had prior to Tuesday -- he admits the objective would’ve been different. But at the current juncture, Trumbo mainly just wants to get out of it, whether he reaches base safely or not.

Baltimore Official Site

Chris Davis Returns To Orioles Lineup, Laces RBI Single

Now on the other end of the bout of bronchitis and left hip flexor strain that have punctuated his preseason, Chris Davis returned to game action Tuesday admittedly “feeling a little nervous.” And still searching.

Baltimore Official Site

Paul Goldschmidt, MLB's Most Underpaid Player, Is About To Hit Paydirt

Reggie Jackson, Mr. October himself, walked over Wednesday towards the St. Louis Cardinals dugout, had a simple request.

USA Today

Chris Davis Day-To-Day With Left Hip Flexor Strain

First baseman Chris Davis was a late scratch from the lineup in the Orioles’ 10-4 loss to the Pirates on Tuesday at Ed Smith Stadium. He is day to day with a left hip flexor strain.

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