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--3B Melvin Mora wasn't in Thursday's lineup, but he popped out as a pinch hitter in the ninth. Mora drove in his 100th and 101st runs Wednesday before suffering an apparent aggravation of his left hamstring injury. He'll reportedly need a few days to recover.
--RHP Daniel Cabrera will be shut down for the remainder of the season, according to The Baltimore Sun's Web site. Cabrera reportedly underwent an MRI Thursday, the results of which were positive. The Orioles are terming his injury an elbow sprain and shutting him down as a precaution.
--RHP Jeremy Guthrie and the club are aiming for a start in Tuesday's doubleheader with Tampa Bay. Guthrie is on the 15-day disabled list with a shoulder impingement, and the potential that he returns this season will be predicated upon his performance in a side session Saturday.
BY THE NUMBERS: 3 -- Players who could reach 50 doubles this season. Through Sept. 14, DH Aubrey Huff had 48, 2B Brian Roberts had 47 and RF Nick Markakis had 45.
QUOTE TO NOTE: "I know the difference between pain and being sore. But when you are this old and you throw for this long, you deal with it. You go on any pitcher this age and something is going to be wrong, probably. But I have no excuses." -- LHP Jamie Walker, to The Sun, in regards to his struggles this season and the elbow inflammation that sidelined him in the second half.
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