The quest for a .500 season just got a little harder. A 7-0 loss to the Yankees tonight, played before an announced crowd of 25,253 at Camden Yards, left the Orioles at 72-81 with only nine games remaining in the season. They need to run the table to post a non-losing record. The schedule includes six more games with the Yankees, including the fina

Ryan Mountcastle didn’t play the past two days in Chicago because of a sore finger, but he’s batting leadoff tonight for the first time in his career. Mountcastle is part of interim manager Tony Mansolino’s right-handed lineup against Yankees lefty Max Fried. “Just trying to give Jackson (Holliday) a blow for today,” Mansolino said. “Like a lot of

Ryan Mountcastle is batting leadoff tonight for the first time in his career, in his 646th major league game, as the Orioles begin a four-game series against the Yankees at Camden Yards. Interim manager Tony Mansolino is using a right-handed heavy lineup against Yankees left-hander Max Fried. Colton Cowser is on the bench again, with Jorge Mateo in

Inside their clubhouse Wednesday evening, the Nationals packed up their bags and prepared to depart for New York. What they really were looking forward to, though, was the day off they’ve got in the Big Apple before opening a three-game series Friday against the Mets. It’s their first day off in two weeks, since the Thursday they had in Chicago on

CHICAGO – The Orioles are back home for a four-game series against the Yankees that begins tonight, followed by three against the Rays and a final trip to the Bronx. The light at the end of the tunnel isn’t another oncoming train. The season is almost done. An entire day passed yesterday without a roster move, if you don’t count the Braves claiming

As the bottom of the fifth came to a close at windy, gray Nationals Park late this afternoon, the home team finally had reason to feel encouraged for the first time in this four-games-in-48-hours series against the Braves. Brad Lord had tossed five scoreless innings to continue his September resurgence. The lineup had figured out Atlanta starter Hu

CHICAGO – With a Wild Card berth no longer a mathematical possibility, official elimination arriving late last night, the Orioles must set other goals over the last few weeks. Perhaps they can finish in fourth place in the division. Maybe post a non-losing record along the way. Sights are lowered for a team in the basement. The Orioles completed th

The Orioles have made the following roster move: RHP Carson Ragsdale claimed off waivers by the Atlanta Braves.

The Nationals will get a look at another newly acquired reliver before season’s end, calling up right-hander Sauryn Lao from Triple-A and optioning Orlando Ribalta to Rochester before today’s series finale against the Braves. Lao was claimed off waivers from the Mariners on Sept. 3, a 26-year-old rookie who pitched in two major league games for Sea

It was a miserable Tuesday at Nationals Park, in more ways than one. There was a day-night doubleheader. There was a two-hour rain delay before they could start the nightcap. There were extra innings in that nightcap. And, ultimately, the Nationals lost both games to the Braves, leaving them in danger of a four-game sweep if they lose today’s serie