MIAMI – Well, if the Nationals thought the Marlins’ pitching staff was tough to hit over the first two games of this three-game set, it isn’t going to get any easier in tonight’s finale. Pablo López brings his 4-1 record, 0.814 WHIP and major league-leading 1.05 ERA to the mound as the Marlins look to complete their second sweep of the Nationals th

Jorge Mateo has returned to the Orioles lineup for tonight’s game against the Yankees. Mateo wasn’t available since Sunday’s collision with Detroit’s Spenser Torkelson that left him with a bruised shoulder and chest. Austin Hays is playing left field on back-to-back nights since returning to the lineup. Tyler Nevin is the first baseman and Anthony

MIAMI – Baseball’s a hard game. It’s one of the hardest games in professional sports. It’s a game in which if you succeed one-third of the time, you’re considered one of the best in the sport. So naturally, there are going to be plenty of ups and downs throughout the course of a 162-game season. All teams will go through hot streaks. All teams will

The Orioles didn’t wait long this season to create some roster and injury intrigue, to build speculation and curiosity within the media until further details became available. Remember the third game at Tropicana Field? Come on, it wasn’t that long ago. The club hadn’t confirmed its fifth starter, who became Spenser Watkins. Dean Kremer began to wa

If anyone was worried about right-hander Grayson Rodriguez when he recently gave up eight runs over 7 1/3 innings about two and a half weeks ago in back-to-back starts versus Gwinnett, call off the dogs. No reason for worry, concern or anything of the sort. Right now the opposite is true. After his latest outing last night - a dominant performance

MIAMI – Nelson Cruz has been in big spots throughout his 18-year career. And he’s been in much bigger games than the Nationals’ 38th game of the season against a division opponent. But after missing Monday’s series opener with an illness, Cruz found himself back in the lineup Tuesday night, and wouldn’t you know it, the game put him in one of

The timing of Spenser Watkins’ start for the Orioles was bound to shift the attention away from him at various points in the night. Grayson Rodriguez was pitching for Triple-A Norfolk in Charlotte. The internet is still a thing. You get the idea. The No. 1 pitching prospect in baseball struck out a season-high 11 batters in 5 1/3 scoreless innings,

MIAMI – After a rough start to the week in the form of an 8-2 loss to the Marlins on Monday, the Nationals were greeted to some good news before the second game of this three-game set at loanDepot Park. Nelson Cruz returns to the starting lineup after being a pregame scratch with an illness before last night’s game. He left the Nationals clubhouse

The Orioles have not scored more than three runs since beating St. Louis 5-3 a week ago today in that series-opening game. Since then they have lost five of six games, scoring nine runs and the search for offense continues tonight in Baltimore. The Orioles (14-22) host the New York Yankees (26-9) in the second game of a four-game series and seven-g

The Orioles doubled down on their earlier roster move that promoted left-hander Nick Vespi to the majors. Pitcher Logan Gillaspie was recalled from Triple-A Norfolk this afternoon to increase bullpen depth during a rough stretch of games. Infielder Rylan Bannon was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk. Gillaspie, added to the 40-man roster after the 2021 s