Orioles pregame: Hammel throws off half mound, still optimistic he can return this season

BOSTON -- Orioles right-hander Jason Hammel threw a brief side session from halfway up the mound before Friday’s series opener against the Boston Red Sox, the first time he threw downward since coming out of his Sept. 11 start with pain in his surgically repaired right knee.

By Eduardo A. Encina

September 21, 2012