The Orioles enter a new month with pitchers Alexander Wells and Dusten Knight added to their expanded roster. Wells has a 7.71 ERA and a 1.929 WHIP in six games with the Orioles, but he's strung together three consecutive scoreless appearances with Triple-A Norfolk. Knight allowed six earned runs (seven total) and eight hits with four walks and nine strikeouts in his five outings with the Orioles over 7 1/3 innings. Both pitchers were on the taxi squad during the series against the Blue Jays...

The Washington Nationals returned from rehab assignment and reinstated catcher Alex Avila from the 10-day Injured List and selected the contract of left-handed pitcher Alberto Baldonado on Wednesday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcements. Avila, 34, returns to the active roster after missing 52 games with bilateral calf strains. Prior to being placed on the Injured List on July 3 (retroactive to July 2), Avila made 23 starts, reaching...

With an opportunity to expand their rosters by two players now that the calendar has shifted to September, the Nationals chose to add a veteran catcher who had been injured for two months and a journeyman left-hander who will be making his major league debut. The Nats activated Alex Avila off the injured list and selected the contract of reliever Alberto Baldonado from Triple-A Rochester, a couple of non-traditional September call-ups but ones who will supplement what already has become a...

With heavy rain and wind expected all day and evening as the remnants of Hurricane Ida sweep through the mid-Atlantic, the Nationals wasted no time and announced the postponement of tonight's series finale against the Phillies more than eight hours before scheduled first pitch. The game will now be made up Thursday at 1:05 p.m., the full nine innings scheduled. Tickets and parking passes for tonight's postponed game will be honored Thursday. The chances of playing the game as originally...

Davey Martinez was adamant. This was not the end of the road for Victor Robles with the Nationals. "I've said this before, and I mean this with all my heart: We want Victor to be successful up here," an emotional manager said Tuesday night on Zoom when asked about Robles' demotion to Triple-A. "He's still young, he's (24) years old, he's got a bright future here with us. ... I mean, I know this is not the last we're going to see of Victor." That's of course what any manager, but...

BOWIE - Last Thursday night, the Double-A Bowie Baysox, chasing a playoff spot, were hosting Erie. Bowie had lost the first two games of that series, blowing a ninth-inning lead in the series opener, and on this night, they held a 6-3 lead. But by the eighth inning, the game was tied 6-6. But Bowie would not let this game get away. Lefty-hitting right fielder Kyle Stowers, the O's minor league home run leader, blasted one out to center for a two-run shot and an 8-6 lead. Three outs later, the...

On a day in which the Nationals all but admitted their once highly touted center fielder has become a bust, they proceeded to watch their $140 million No. 3 starter take another step toward locking up the worst pitching season in club history. The Nats were able to option Victor Robles to Triple-A. They have no such luxury with Patrick Corbin. With yet another dreadful performance during a 12-6 loss to the Phillies, Corbin added another disappointing chapter to his regrettable season and made...

The Orioles can happily push aside August, giving it a hard shove after losing 24 of 28 games, and get down to September business. There's always something to keep them active and it's usually about the roster. The difference now is they can expand it rather than just plugging holes. With the team in Canada and transporting a taxi squad, the logical moves today would be to recall left-hander Alexander Wells and right-hander Dusten Knight since they're already in the visiting clubhouse at...

In a season with so many challenges for the Orioles, testing them seemingly in every way imaginable, the attempt to win a game on a particular night can suddenly become a struggle of a different sort. Just trying to get a hit. Blue Jays left-hander Hyun Jin Ryu allowed two baserunners in the first inning tonight but retired 15 batters in a row and flirted with history until Ryan Mountcastle lined a double into right field with two outs in the sixth in a one-run game. Austin Hays drove in the...

The Orioles had to wonder whether lefty Keegan Akin could put together another good start to follow up his recent seven-inning outing. As the game wore on, they also had to wonder if they would get to Hyun Jin Ryu, a pitcher who has finished in the top three of the last two Cy Young Award votes, once in each league. The answers were yes and yes. And they helped the Orioles pick up a rare win against an American League East opponent. The Orioles (41-90) beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-2 tonight at...