Orioles’ Pitching Woes Continue

Baltimore pitcher Scott Kamieniecki experienced discomfort in his neck and was scratched from his scheduled start today against the Texas Rangers.

“He’s better today than we was yesterday, and yesterday he was better than he was the day before,” Baltimore Manager Ray Miller said of Kamieniecki.

The Orioles already have starters Mike Mussina and Jimmy Key on the disabled list, so Scott Erickson and Doug Drabek are currently the only healthy pitchers in the five-man rotation.

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Dan Quisenberry, who led the major leagues in saves from 1979-85, will be inducted into the Kansas City Royals’ Hall of Fame before tonight’s game against Oakland. Quisenberry underwent surgery in January for a malignant brain tumor.

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Kevin Ritz gave up six hits, including a game-winning homer, during a rehab assignment Friday with the Colorado Rockies’ double-A affiliate, the New Haven Ravens.

Ritz, 32, was 6-8 for Colorado last season and began this season on the disabled list with a tender right shoulder.

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A $60-million Cleveland Indians stock offering will go on sale next week.

Richard Clark, spokesman for the underwriter McDonald & Co. Securities in Cleveland, said the sale would begin Wednesday or Thursday.

The stock will be sold for $14 to $16 per share and could raise $54 million to $62 million. Club owner Richard Jacobs will use the proceeds for investment purposes.

The offering could give investors 51% of the team and the management company that runs Jacobs Field.

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Chicago Cub right fielder Sammy Sosa missed Friday’s 5-3 victory over Atlanta because of a jammed thumb, an injury suffered in the ninth inning of Thursday’s 8-7 loss to the Phillies when he fell rounding third base and had to dive back into the bag.

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Roberto Alomar became Baltimore’s career batting leader with three hits in the Orioles’ 6-3 victory over Texas. Alomar has a .326 average with Baltimore and now has more than the 1,200 at-bats required to officially pass Bob Nieman.