The Orioles have played a series of close games since they beat Kansas City 14-2 on the road a week ago tonight. We'll see if that continues this evening in the second game of a four-game series against Texas. The Orioles (46-94) have played six straight games decided by two runs or fewer. They are 1-5 in those games after Thursday's 3-1 loss to the Rangers. This is the second game of a seven-game homestand for the Orioles, who are 22-47 in home games and now 13-33 in series-opening...

ATLANTA - The Nationals turn to their left-handed starter Patrick Corbin tonight as they look to get back in the four-game series against the Braves. Atlanta rode the pitching of their southpaw Max Fried on Friday night to a 4-2 opening win. Right-hander Stephen Strasburg lasted six innings last night, surrendering only three runs for his 19th quality start in 29 games this season. Corbin is the only Nationals starter with more quality starts (21). Nationals manager Davey Martinez said...

ATLANTA - The story in game one was left-hander Max Fried as the Braves defeated the Nationals 4-2. The 25-year-old left-hander, who attended the same high school as former Nats starter Lucas Giolito, tossed seven shutout innings against the Nats, striking out nine. But once the Nats got past the Harvard-Westlake, Ca., graduate and into the Braves bullpen, they finally put together another familiar comeback, scoring two and bringing the tying run to the plate with two outs in their last at-bat....

As Double-A Bowie and Single-A Delmarva began the minor league playoffs this week, the Orioles' Trey Mancini remembered one of the best years of his baseball life. Mancini was on the 2015 Bowie team that won the Eastern League championship. It remains to present day the only title in Baysox history and the last title won by an Orioles' affiliate. In the opening round, Bowie lost Game 1 to Altoona but won three straight to advance to face a prospect-laden Reading team for the title. Reading...

ATLANTA - The Braves scored early on versus Stephen Strasburg. And with Max Fried putting together one of the best starts of his career, Atlanta held off the Nationals for a 4-2 win Thursday night. Fried was next to brilliant, firing seven shutout innings, striking out nine and allowing one infield single for his 16th win. "He was really good, he threw all his pitches for strikes, kept us off balance most of the night," said Nationals manager Davey Martinez. "When you see Juan (Soto) have...

Alan Mills became the third manager of an Orioles minor league affiliate to earn an award for his work in 2019. And he's still uncertain about his future, wondering if he's going to stay with them, the obvious preference, or be searching for a job. Mills was chosen as the Rookie-level Gulf Coast League's Manager of the Year after leading the rookie-level Orioles to the top record at 38-15. The season was cut short due to the threat posed by Hurricane Dorian and the playoffs were...

John Means found a needed distraction again tonight as he stepped on the mound. His thoughts locked on baseball. An escape of sorts before his personal life again takes hold and spins him around. Making his second start since returning from the family medical emergency list, Means plowed through the Rangers batting order for six innings and waited for the Orioles to hand him a lead. He got it, but the first hard-hit ball of the night against him resulted in a two-run homer for Nick Solak in the...

ATLANTA - The Braves took advantage of some well-placed base hits and timely base running in the first off right-hander Stephen Strasburg. Ronald Acuña Jr. singled on a line drive to left field. The speedster moved to second base on a steal. Ozzie Albies then dropped in a perfectly placed bloop double into shallow left field to score Acuña with the first run of the game. Freddie Freeman singled to left field to score Albies and suddenly it was 2-0 Braves. Left-hander Max Fried's...

ATLANTA - The Nationals have looked forward to this series for a while now, even if they would not admit it out loud. The four-game series against the first-place Braves is upon them. But Nationals manager Davey Martinez said his team is repeating the mantra that it cannot get ahead of itself even with only 23 games remaining. "Trea (Turner) talked about it yesterday - just control today, win today," Martinez said. "Go 1-0 today and go from there." But with the National League East deficit...

The Orioles have their rotation set through their four-game series against the Rangers and are going to figure out later how to insert a fifth starter. The team is off again Monday, which gives manager Brandon Hyde some maneuverability. He's staying with John Means, Dylan Bundy, Aaron Brooks and Asher Wojciechowski, and can decide between Gabriel Ynoa and left-hander Ty Blach for the fifth spot. Blach allowed two runs and two hits in five innings Tuesday against the Rays and Ynoa followed by...