Chris Waters

Olympics Track and field 8 P.M. [CHS. 11, 4]: On the menu tonight are finals in the men's 200 meters and the women's 400-meter hurdles. Baseball Orioles@Red Sox 7 P.M. [MASN]: The Orioles send rookie Chris Waters (1-0, 4.32 ERA) to the mound to face Boston.

On Friday, the first day that players were able to sign with new teams, the Orioles made no contract offers to any available free agents. Andy MacPhail, the club's president of baseball operations, said he spent more than an hour Friday with owner Peter Angelos. MacPhail would not offer specifics but said it was a "regular meeting" in which he updated Angelos on the front office's plan for the offseason. Although no formal offers have been made, MacPhail said the Orioles touched base with representatives for nearly all the club's targets before Friday to express interest.

Chris Waters, whose shutout Tuesday night defied science, is scheduled to pitch the final game ever at the old Yankee Stadium on Sunday night. Against Andy Pettitte. It's not exactly a pitching matchup made in Monument Park, but - no matter what happens the rest of his career - Waters will have an amazing memory that no one will ever be able to take away from him. (For more, go to baltimoresun.com/schmuckblog)

On Friday, the first day that players were able to sign with new teams, the Orioles made no contract offers to any available free agents. Andy MacPhail , the club's president of baseball operations, said he spent more than an hour Friday with owner Peter Angelos . MacPhail would not offer specifics but said it was a "regular meeting" in which he updated Angelos on the front office's plan for the offseason. Although no formal offers have been made, MacPhail said the Orioles touched base with representatives for nearly all the club's targets before Friday to express interest.

Fri Blue Jays, 7:05 p.m., MASN2 Starters: Blue Jays' Scott Richmond (0-3, 5.14) vs. Chris Waters (3-4, 5.06) After a day off, Waters will make his final start of the season and second against Toronto. He threw a shutout against the Blue Jays on Sept. 16. Richmond has never faced the Orioles. DAN CONNOLLY Sat Blue Jays, 7:05 p.m., MASN2 Starters: Blue Jays' John Parrish (1-0, 4.10) vs. TBA Sun Blue Jays, 1:35 p.m., MASN2 Starters: Blue Jays' TBA vs. Jeremy Guthrie (10-11, 3.57)

1 Hot running Waters?: The last time Chris Waters (left) pitched against the Blue Jays, he threw a shutout. He gets another shot tonight (7:05, MASN2) at Camden Yards. 2 Big one on pitch: Wake Forest brings its No. 1 men's soccer ranking to College Park as the Demon Deacons take on No. 2 Maryland (8 p.m.). 3 And another one: No. 3 Archbishop Curley travels to No. 2 McDonogh (4 p.m.) for a rematch of last year's MIAA A Conference soccer final. 4 Bullish: Hereford, ranked No. 5 in football, has outscored its past two opponents 73-7, but tonight the visiting opponent is No. 9 Perry Hall (7 p.m.)

A recap of the Orioles' 11-6 win over the Indians last night: MONTANEZ DELIVERS TWICE Given the start with a left-hander on the mound for Cleveland, rookie outfielder Lou Montanez delivered, offensively and defensively. In the fourth inning, he made a diving catch on Asdrubal Cabrera's sinking line drive in shallow left center field. At the plate, he singled in the fourth inning and then drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning with a double to right-center field off reliever Rafael Perez.

ANAHEIM, Calif. - Chris Waters wasn't even the Orioles' first choice. They had wanted to give the ball to Triple-A Norfolk's Hayden Penn before a piece of a broken bat bloodied the pitcher's leg in a warm-up start, scuttling him from consideration. So with few other options, Waters, a 27-year-old left-hander who has toiled in the minor leagues since 2000 and hadn't pitched regularly above Double-A until a couple of months ago, was given the assignment of facing the best team in the major leagues.

On Friday, the first day that players were able to sign with new teams, the Orioles made no contract offers to any available free agents. Andy MacPhail, the club's president of baseball operations, said he spent more than an hour Friday with owner Peter Angelos. MacPhail would not offer specifics but said it was a "regular meeting" in which he updated Angelos on the front office's plan for the offseason. Although no formal offers have been made, MacPhail said the Orioles touched base with representatives for nearly all the club's targets before Friday to express interest.

On Friday, the first day that players were able to sign with new teams, the Orioles made no contract offers to any available free agents. Andy MacPhail , the club's president of baseball operations, said he spent more than an hour Friday with owner Peter Angelos . MacPhail would not offer specifics but said it was a "regular meeting" in which he updated Angelos on the front office's plan for the offseason. Although no formal offers have been made, MacPhail said the Orioles touched base with representatives for nearly all the club's targets before Friday to express interest.

The tarp officially went on the field at 8:47 last night, and with the way things have been going this month, the Orioles probably wouldn't mind if it stayed on until Opening Day 2009 at Camden Yards. That likely won't happen, but the Orioles at least got a three-inning reprieve from another nine-inning loss. They fell, 3-0, to the Toronto Blue Jays last night at Camden Yards in a game that was called in the top of the seventh inning because of heavy rains after a delay of 1 hour, 5 minutes.

1 Hot running Waters?: The last time Chris Waters (left) pitched against the Blue Jays, he threw a shutout. He gets another shot tonight (7:05, MASN2) at Camden Yards. 2 Big one on pitch: Wake Forest brings its No. 1 men's soccer ranking to College Park as the Demon Deacons take on No. 2 Maryland (8 p.m.). 3 And another one: No. 3 Archbishop Curley travels to No. 2 McDonogh (4 p.m.) for a rematch of last year's MIAA A Conference soccer final. 4 Bullish: Hereford, ranked No. 5 in football, has outscored its past two opponents 73-7, but tonight the visiting opponent is No. 9 Perry Hall (7 p.m.)

Fri Blue Jays, 7:05 p.m., MASN2 Starters: Blue Jays' Scott Richmond (0-3, 5.14) vs. Chris Waters (3-4, 5.06) After a day off, Waters will make his final start of the season and second against Toronto. He threw a shutout against the Blue Jays on Sept. 16. Richmond has never faced the Orioles. DAN CONNOLLY Sat Blue Jays, 7:05 p.m., MASN2 Starters: Blue Jays' John Parrish (1-0, 4.10) vs. TBA Sun Blue Jays, 1:35 p.m., MASN2 Starters: Blue Jays' TBA vs. Jeremy Guthrie (10-11, 3.57)

NEW YORK - Chris Waters started the season at Double-A Bowie, his ninth straight year in the minor leagues. During that span, he had pitched one career game at the Triple-A level. He didn't even get an invitation by the Orioles to major league spring training. More than five months ago, the left-hander, 28, was about the unlikeliest candidate to be on the mound the night of the final regular-season game at Yankee Stadium. But that's exactly where Waters will find himself tonight, though he didn't realize it until last week when he was informed by a reporter.

Chris Waters, whose shutout Tuesday night defied science, is scheduled to pitch the final game ever at the old Yankee Stadium on Sunday night. Against Andy Pettitte. It's not exactly a pitching matchup made in Monument Park, but - no matter what happens the rest of his career - Waters will have an amazing memory that no one will ever be able to take away from him. (For more, go to baltimoresun.com/schmuckblog)

Last week, Scott Lewis pitched against the Orioles' Double-A Bowie team. Last night, the Cleveland Indians left-hander made his major league debut at Camden Yards. With the way this season has spiraled out of control the past few weeks, was there any question that the soft-tossing rookie would have more success against the Orioles than he did versus the Baysox? Lewis dominated last night, allowing just three hits in eight scoreless innings as the Indians beat the Orioles, 7-1, in front of an announced 12,438.

Luis Terrero is getting a second chance with the Orioles organization this season with Triple-A Norfolk, and the 28-year-old outfielder from the Dominican Republic is making the most of the opportunity. "They all create their own opportunities," Tides manager Gary Allenson said. "Obviously, if there's going to be an opportunity [with the Orioles], he's one of the ones at the top of the list." Through Saturday, the 6-foot-2, 215-pound left fielder was tied for third in the International League in hitting with a .331 average, third in RBIs with 39 and had five home runs and 12 doubles.

If the ball hadn't soared directly into the sun, maybe Chris Waters' second career start would have gone differently. But into the sun it went, and Orioles shortstop Alex Cintron couldn't see well enough to keep the ball from dropping to the grass. Waters walked the game's second batter on four pitches, several nowhere near the plate. Then, as big league stars will do, Texas Rangers center fielder Josh Hamilton punished him with a thunderous homer. Just like that, a pitcher who had been masterful in his one-hit debut was on his way to allowing six runs.

Olympics Track and field 8 P.M. [CHS. 11, 4]: On the menu tonight are finals in the men's 200 meters and the women's 400-meter hurdles. Baseball Orioles@Red Sox 7 P.M. [MASN]: The Orioles send rookie Chris Waters (1-0, 4.32 ERA) to the mound to face Boston.

A recap of the Orioles' 11-6 win over the Indians last night: MONTANEZ DELIVERS TWICE Given the start with a left-hander on the mound for Cleveland, rookie outfielder Lou Montanez delivered, offensively and defensively. In the fourth inning, he made a diving catch on Asdrubal Cabrera's sinking line drive in shallow left center field. At the plate, he singled in the fourth inning and then drove in the go-ahead run in the eighth inning with a double to right-center field off reliever Rafael Perez.