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CHICAGO - Paul Fry feels like the last left-handed reliever standing in the Orioles bullpen.
Richard Bleier is rehabbing a shoulder injury in Sarasota. Tanner Scott is back with Triple-A Norfolk after his latest demotion. John Means is in the rotation and makes his next start Sunday against the Rays.
Fry and Means are the only left-handers on a 13-man pitching staff. Josh Rogers made one relief appearance before returning to Norfolk.
The Orioles claimed Shawn Armstrong off waivers from the...
CHICAGO - One more out and the Orioles had their first doubleheader sweep since June 25, 2016.
One more out and Gabriel Ynoa had his first major league win since Sept. 21, 2017.
One pitch with the bases loaded and two outs in the ninth inning, and the Orioles had to settle for a split.
Yonder Alonso lined a single into left field of Miguel Castro to score two runs and give the White Sox a 7-6 win in Game 2 at Guaranteed Rate Field.
The Orioles went 1-5 on the road trip and are 11-21 as they...
The Nationals don't take lightly the decision to call up a top prospect. It's not as simple as promoting a young player because his minor league stats jump off the page. There's a mental component to it as well, and they've got a pretty good track record at knowing the right time to summon budding stars like Bryce Harper, Anthony Rendon and Juan Soto to the majors.
And they believe they picked the right time to summon Carter Kieboom to take over for the injured Trea Turner at...
This has been an unusual start to the season for right-hander Max Scherzer.
Scherzer fell to 1-4 as the Cardinals dropped the Nationals 5-1 Wednesday night despite seven innings of work and only three runs allowed.
José MartÃnez's two-run single highlighted the Cards' early three-run outburst in the first that set the tone.
Scherzer allowed three runs in that inning, then fired six shutout frames to keep his club within striking distance. In the opening inning, his defense did not help,...
Given the current state of their depleted lineup, the Nationals cannot afford to give the opposition extra runs with shaky play in the field.
They certainly can't afford to give them four extra runs.
The Nationals lost to the Cardinals for the third straight night, this time by a 5-1 count. They again struggled to come up with productive at-bats when they had opportunities to do something significant at the plate. But they also made life a whole lot tougher on their lineup - not to mention ace...
CHICAGO - The Orioles decided tonight in Game 2 that they weren't going to spot the White Sox an early lead.
Jonathan Villar drove in the final run of Game 1 with a tiebreaking sacrifice fly and scored the initial run in the nightcap after a leadoff single and stolen base in the first inning.
Dwight Smith Jr., also starting both ends of the doubleheader, lined an RBI single into left field for a 1-0 lead against Iván Nova.
Nova faced the Orioles in his last start and allowed nine runs and...
The Nationals scratched left fielder Juan Soto from the lineup with back spasms about an hour prior to first pitch against the Cardinals. Michael A. Taylor took over center field, Adam Eaton played left field and Victor Robles was in right field.
The Cardinals did not waste any time getting on the board against Nationals ace Max Scherzer. After recording the first out, Scherzer allowed singles to Paul Goldschmidt and Paul DeJong.
Marcell Ozuna then dropped a double into right field after Robles...
CHICAGO - A defense that has brought relief to Orioles manager Brandon Hyde during stretches where home runs allowed and injuries tested his patience suffered a breakdown in Game 1 of today's doubleheader.
Careful where you lean.
Three of the four runs surrendered by David Hess through three innings were unearned. The first four ground balls that he induced didn't turn into outs, and not because they sneaked through the infield.
An ugly loss was teed up, but the Orioles swung their way out of...
OK, it's only three games on the heels of 25 games with decidedly worse results. It's going to take much more time for the Nationals bullpen to be considered fixed after a disastrous opening month to the season.
But that doesn't mean the last three days can't be viewed with optimism, because it's been a night-and-day performance for this beleaguered group.
Beginning with Erick Fedde's four-inning appearance Sunday in relief of Jeremy Hellickson, the Nationals bullpen has turned itself...
Manager Davey Martinez mentioned Tuesday night after a 3-2 loss that the month of April is finally over and May 1 is upon the Nationals.
Today in preparing for their third game of the series against the Cardinals, Martinez emphasized more the importance of this game after two losses in the series and five losses in their last six games.
"You prepare yourself every day to play, whether it's April or May going to come out and play," Martinez said. "The month is over. Here we go, May 1, we got...