Joba Chamberlain says he was available for Game 5

Joba Chamberlain, forced to leave ALDS Game 4 after taking a bat shard off his right elbow, gave a thumbs-up sign on the field during batting practice when asked if he would be available for Game 5.

Standing by his locker after the game, the righthander said he would have been ready had he been needed. Obviously, given CC Sabathia's performance, he was not.

"Not with big fella pitching,'' Chamberlain said. "But physically I felt great.''

“Nothing different,’’ Cano said of how he felt in this series compared to the end of the season. “They pitched me [well].’’

“We all know [without] Matt and Jonesy, we would be spectating from a long way away, starting probably around sometime in August if it wasn’t for the type of plays they made,’’ Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. “I haven’t thought about it twice. I don’t get frustrated with them. I get frustrated for them because we know how good they are. And we’re very, very lucky in Baltimore to have those young men.’’