Kelvim Escobar

At Oriole Park at Camden YardsDay Time TV StartersTonight 7: 35 13, 50 David Wells (8-6, 5.58) vs. Scott Erickson (3-8, 6.51)Tomorrow 7: 35 HTS Joey Hamilton (1-5, 8.02) vs. Jason Johnson (1-3, 6.39)Thursday 3: 05 HTS Kelvim Escobar (7-6, 5.93) vs. Sidney Ponson (7-5, 3.70)Radio: All games on WBAL (1090 AM) and WTOP (1500 AM)Blue Jays updateToronto probably can't wait to get back into the Orioles' bullpen, which absorbed all three losses in the Blue Jays' sweep last week at SkyDome. Two of the games went 10 innings.

Orioles@Los Angeles Angels Day .................... Time .............. TV ..........................Starters Tonight ............ 10:05 .............. 54 ............ Bruce Chen (0-5, 8.08) ................................................................ vs. Kevin Gregg (2-2, 4.30) Tomorrow ........ 10:05 ............. 54 ............ Erik Bedard (5-3, 5.08) .............................................................. vs. Ervin Santana (4-2, 5.02) Sunday ................ 3:35 .....

BaseballRangers: Activated P Danny Patterson from 15-day DL. Designated P Julio Sanata for assignment.Blue Jays: Recalled 3B Tom Evans from Triple-A Syracuse. Assigned 1B Carlos Delgado to Single-A Dunedin on a rehabilitation assignment. Placed P Kelvim Escobar (elbow) on 15-day DL, retroactive to April 16.Rochester (Triple-A): Signed free-agent OF Ricky Otero to contract.BasketballClippers: Announced six-year agreement to play home games at Staples Center in Los Angeles beginning in 1999-2000 season.

At SkyDome, Toronto' Day, Time, TV, StartersTonight, 7: 05, HTS, Scott Erickson (15-12, 4.07) vs. Roger Clemens (19-6, 2.63)Tomorrow, 7: 05, HTS, Mike Mussina (13-8, 3.24) vs. Chris Carpenter (11-7, 4.47)Wednesday, 7: 05, HTS, Juan Guzman (10-15, 4.19) vs. Kelvim Escobar (6-3, 3.77)Radio: All games on WBAL (1090 AM) and WTOP (1500 AM)Blue Jays updateThis team was supposed to end up being buried after gutting itself as the July 31 trade deadline approached. Instead, the Blue Jays threw a scare into Boston, closing within three games in the wild-card chase before slipping to four back.

Scouting report: O's vs. Blue Jays At SkyDome, Toronto Day...Time...TV...Starters Tonight...7:05...54, 66...Omar Daal (4-8, 5.02) vs. Doug Davis (3-4, 5.53) Tomorrow...7:05...13, 66...Rick Helling (4-5, 5.81) vs. Kelvim Escobar (5-3, 3.79) Wednesday...7:05...CSN...Sidney Ponson (9-4, 3.93) vs. Cory Lidle (10-4, 4.82) Thursday...7:05...CSN...Rodrigo Lopez (1-4, 6.64) vs. Mark Hendrickson (5-5, 5.40) Radio: All games on WBAL (1090 AM) Blue Jays update Toronto swept two games from the Orioles in a rain-shortened series at Camden Yards last week.