SS Tim Beckham was scratched for the second straight game after having an abscessed wisdom tooth removed. "Tim's still got some bleeding there in the socket," manager Buck Showalter said. "Those of you all who have had wisdom teeth out, this one was a little different. It abscessed. But he wants to play. It's bleeding some and running around might exasperate that a little bit, so we're going to be careful." J.J. Hardy got his second straight start in place of Beckham, who is batting .310 with 10 home runs and 36 RBIs in 47 games since being acquired from the Rays.

SS Tim Beckham had an abscessed wisdom tooth removed Wednesday and was held out of the lineup. He could return Thursday night against his former team, the Rays. "Hopefully that will be a one-day thing where he's available again," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. Beckham is batting .310 with 10 home runs and 36 RBIs in 47 games since being acquired from Tampa Bay.

SS Tim Beckham has cooled off a bit since his hot start after the Orioles acquired him from Tampa Bay at the trade deadline. Still, he keeps coming through. He did it again Monday, going 2-for-5 with two doubles, two runs scored and one RBI.

SS Tim Beckham gave the Orioles 2-1 lead with his 21st homer of the season Tuesday in the 3-2 loss to the Toronto Blue Jays. It was his ninth homer for the Orioles after being acquired in a trade with the Tampa Bay Rays on July 31. He was 2-for-4 on Tuesday and has had at least one hit inn 34 of 40 games with the Orioles, batting .343 (59-for-172).

SS Tim Beckham continues to be one of the Orioles' top hitters since being acquired from Tampa Bay in a trade on July 31. Beckham belted his 20th home run of the season in the seventh inning, a towering drive into the left field bleachers. Beckham ranks third among AL shortstops in home runs, eight of which have come in 37 games with the Orioles. Since the trade, Beckham is hitting .350, with eight homers, 10 doubles, two triples, and 21 RBIs.

SS Tim Beckham broke out of an 0-for-6 slide by going 2-for-3, plus a walk in Thursday's loss to the Yankees..

SS Tim Beckham extended his hit streak to 10 games with an RBI single in the second inning. He has hit safely in 27 of 29 games since joining the Orioles. Beckham is batting .397 with 10 doubles, two triples, six home runs, 27 runs, and 19 RBIs during this stretch

SS Tim Beckham stretched his hitting streak to nine games with a single in the sixth inning of Wednesday's win over Seattle. Since joining the Orioles at the July 31 trade deadline, Beckham is batting .388 (47-for-121). He has hit safely in 26 of 28 games with the team.

SS Tim Beckham clubbed a three-run homer Saturday against the Red Sox, his sixth since joining the Orioles in a July 31 trade. Beckham's homer was his 18th of the season and he has 42 hits in 24 games since the trade. "Timmy's brought a lot for us, especially in that leadoff spot," manager Buck Showalter said. "... It's really made things fit well offensively." Beckham's homer capped a five-run second inning, sending a 3-2 pitch over the Green Monster in left field.

SS Tim Beckham went 1-for-6 but had two RBIs in Friday night's loud win. In 22 games with his new team, he is 41-for-101 (.406) with nine doubles, two triples, five homers and 12 RBIs -- and has a hit in 21 of the 22 games.

SS Tim Beckham has not stopped hitting since the Orioles acquired him from Tampa Bay in late July, and he kept right on going Saturday night. He led off the first with a double and later scored on a wild pitch. He finished 1-for-4 and is hitting .467 since coming to Baltimore.

SS Tim Beckham led off Wednesday's game with a home run, the second time he did that in the three-game series. Beckham is batting .485 with five home runs and 12 RBIs in 16 games for the Orioles since being acquired July 31 from Tampa Bay.

SS Tim Beckham led off Tuesday's game with a single and has hit safely in 14 of 15 games since being acquired by Baltimore from Tampa Bay on July 31. Beckham is hitting .484 with four homers and 10 RBIs with the Orioles.

SS Tim Beckham hit his first career leadoff home run, taking the first pitch from Seattle's Yovani Gallardo over the right field wall Monday. Beckham finished 3-for-5. In 14 games since joining the Orioles in a July 31 trade with Tampa Bay, he is batting .500 (29-for-58) with four homers and 10 RBIs.

SS Tim Beckham went 0-for-4 Sunday in a 9-3 loss to Oakland, ending his career-high 12-game hitting streak to start his Orioles career. In his first 12 games since being traded by Tampa Bay to Baltimore, Beckham hit .531 (26-for-49) with seven doubles, two triples, three home runs and nine RBIs

SS Tim Beckham went 4-for-5 with a career-high three doubles and three RBIs in a 12-5 rout of the Oakland Athletics on Saturday night at the Oakland Coliseum. Beckham extended his hitting streak to a career-high matching 12 games to begin his Orioles career and is batting .531 since being traded to Baltimore from Tampa Bay on July 31. Beckham has seven doubles, two triples, three home runs and nine RBIs with the Orioles. "It's fun," said Beckham, who also scored three runs. "You're playing good and your team's playing winning baseball. It's always fun. That's the end goal. The end goal is to win ball games and be in the playoffs. That's what we're shooting for."

SS Tim Beckham went 2-for-4 and extended his hitting streak to 11 games to begin his Orioles career since coming to Baltimore from Tampa Bay on Aug. 1 in a trade. Beckham singled in the first and fifth innings. He also scored a run.

SS Tim Beckham extended his hitting streak to 10 straight games by belting a 2-2 fastball off the top of the center field fence to lead off the contest with a triple. Beckham, the league's player of the week from July 31-Aug. 6, is hitting .500 with three home runs, four doubles, two triples and 10 runs scored during his hitting streak. Beckham, acquired from Tampa Bay on July 31, is the first player to start his Orioles career with a 10-game hitting streak since Eric Byrnes had an 11-gamer (July 30-Aug. 10, 2005).

SS Tim Beckham extended his hitting streak to nine games since joining the Orioles, singling in the seventh. He is hitting .514 with three home runs and six RBIs during that span.

SS Tim Beckham went 1 for 4 to extend his hitting streak since being traded to the Orioles to eight games. He's hitting .535 in those eight games with seven extra base hits and six RBI.