There’s not much to complain about on a Sunday afternoon in mid-September in Washington, D.C. The summer’s heat and humidity have departed the region for the year. And there were matters of sport of all kinds happening in the area on a lovely sunny, 70-degree day in the District. As it pertained to the local baseball club, this afternoon went as ea

DETROIT – An O’s starter pitched well, but got little or no run support. A recurring theme in Birdland a lot lately. Facing a traditional starter – not an opener – was not something that helped the struggling Orioles offense today. They saw Detroit right-hander Keider Montero. And while his 4.88 ERA was not impressive, his last outing was. He pitch

CJ Abrams remains out of the Nationals lineup for this afternoon’s finale against the Marlins. It’s the third straight game the young shortstop will miss, but the team remains hopeful he could be available off the bench to pinch-hit. Abrams was scratched from the lineup before Friday’s game after jamming his left shoulder while making a diving play

DETROIT - They lost Friday's game 1-0 at Comerica Park. And, behind right-hander Corbin Burnes, the Orioles beat the Tigers 4-2 Saturday night. Today they try to end this series and road trip on a winning note.  At 84-65, they begin play two games back of the Yankees for the American League East lead and two games up on the Royals for the top AL wi

DETROIT – Heston Kjerstad is back with the Orioles, finally free of concussion symptoms and feeling good about his swing and his health. He is batting fourth as the DH today, so thrust right back into the mix in a prominent spot. He wants to help an offense that has produced just 15 runs in five games this road trip. Over the last nine games, in go

The easy part of the Nationals’ 2024 schedule comes to a close today. After this final game against the Marlins, the remaining four opponents over the season’s final two weeks are all over .500, with three of them entering today in a playoff position. With a win this afternoon, the Nats will improve to 11-2 against the Fish, a good sign that the sc

DETROIT - The Orioles are adding Heston Kjerstad to their roster for today’s series finale with the Detroit Tigers. The O's announced that move and series of others this morning. In addition they have reinstated righty reliever Jacob Webb from the injured list where he was out due to right elbow inflammation. Webb has pitched to a 3.08 ERA wit

DETROIT – The pressure was most definitely on the Orioles Saturday night at Comerica Park. On this night, they stood up to it with an important and impressive 4-2 win over a hot Detroit Tigers team that had won 21 of 30 coming into play. The O’s were three games back of the Yankees for the division lead and Kansas City had pulled within two games f

The penultimate road trip of the season concludes later today in Detroit, which limits my usage of the word "penultimate." At least until the next-to-last regular season game. The Orioles are off Monday and host the Giants and Tigers before wrapping up the regular season in the Bronx and Minnesota. Those last six games could be meaningful. Don’t yo

DETROIT – An Orioles starting rotation that had been pitching well recently kept it going tonight behind their ace. With the team losing and not scoring many runs in dropping six of eight games, it was harder to notice the solid rotation outings. But in the last three games, O’s starters had an ERA of 1.37. Over their past seven games their ERA was