The Orioles' 14-1 romp over the first-place Atlanta Braves last night had a distinct homegrown flavor. In Cedric Mullins, DJ Stewart, Ryan Mountcastle, Chance Sisco and Austin Hays, the Orioles had five homegrown players in their starting lineup. That was the most of any game this season. The five helped the club produce a season high in runs as they combined for nine hits, including two home runs and nine RBIs. Hays just rejoined the club Monday, coming off the injured list. He had been out...

Ryan Mountcastle is making his first major league start at first base tonight as the Orioles continue their series against the Braves at Camden Yards. Mountcastle has been working out at first and played the position in the minors before the Orioles shifted him to left field during the 2019 season at Triple-A Norfolk. Austin Hays remains in left field and is batting ninth. Hanser Alberto returns to the lineup at second base. José Iglesias remains the No. 2 hitter. DJ Stewart is batting third...

The Nationals' final road trip of 2020 begins tonight in St. Petersburg, Fla., where they'll face the Rays in the first of a quick two-game series. It's a rematch of last week's two-gamer in D.C., both of those games won by the Nats. But the challenge may be greater this time. For one thing, the Nationals just lost their best reliever. Tanner Rainey has been placed on the 10-day injured list with a right flexor strain, a move that is retroactive to Sept. 12. Rainey had pitched very well...

The Orioles will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1970 World Series championship on Friday, September 18, during the 7:35 p.m. ET game against the Tampa Bay Rays. The celebration will recognize the 1970 team, which went 108-54 during the regular season and defeated the Cincinnati Reds, 4-1, to win the club's second World Series title. On Friday at 6:00 p.m., a special roundtable discussion featuring several Orioles Alumni who were on the 1970 World Series team will stream on Orioles...

It was stunning, surprising, unexpected. All of that and maybe more. The Orioles scored three runs over four games at Yankee Stadium and then they scored nine in the last of the third last night. And it was against the first-place Atlanta Braves. The Orioles won via a 14-1 blowout, producing more runs than they have in any game this year, and their biggest margin of victory. They had 16 hits in four games over the weekend and 15 last night. They hit two home runs in the entire series in New...

The return of reliever Darren O'Day to Camden Yards this week brings back memories of the July 31, 2018 trade that really emphasized the degree of the Orioles' roster teardown. How it was happening at a feverish pace. More so due to the pitcher who accompanied O'Day to Atlanta - 27-year-old starter Kevin Gausman, the fourth overall pick in the 2012 First-Year Player Draft out of LSU. Manny Machado had been traded to the Dodgers two weeks earlier. Closer Zack Britton was dealt to the Yankees,...

If the Orioles can't jump back into playoff contention over the last two weeks of the season, they certainly can find other ways to make good use of these games. Get Austin Hays back in the major league flow after another freakish injury, whether he's starting in an outfield corner or in center. Learn whether Cedric Mullins can be more than a fourth outfielder and whether DJ Stewart can avoid a power outage. Reintroduce Ryan Mountcastle to first base, the third of his four positions as a...

After a weekend where the Orioles scored three runs in four losses at Yankee Stadium, we didn't have to wait long to see if the club would break out tonight. The Orioles led 10-0 by the third inning and the top four in their order were putting up crazy numbers. They piled it on to beat the first-place Atlanta Braves 14-1 in a blowout win to start a three-game series and eight-game homestand against first-place teams. In the four games at New York, the Orioles batted .138 (16-for-116) and went...

Things move fast in a shortened 60-game season and the final homestand will begin tonight. The Orioles (20-26) will host the Atlanta Braves (28-19) to start a three-game series and an eight-game homestand versus first-place teams. Tampa Bay is in town beginning Thursday. The Braves lead the National League East by 3 1/2 games over Miami and by four over Philadelphia. Atlanta just won three out of four at Washington, a series that began a day after Wednesday's 29-9 win over Miami. The Braves...

This one's hard to believe, but it's true: The Nationals today begin their final road trip of the season. With their first and only trek to Florida to face the Rays and Marlins, the Nats are wrapping up the most difficult part of their shortened schedule from a health-and-safety standpoint. They've managed to travel to Baltimore, Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Atlanta so far and avoid any positive coronavirus tests. Now they finally venture south to the Sunshine State. The Nationals were...