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It's a new month, and the Nationals can only hope things go better in May than they did in April. One way to try to make that happen? Dominant performances from the top of their rotation. They're sending Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg to the mound the next two days against the Cardinals, so the table is certainly set for this to happen.
Scherzer was fantastic in his last start against the Padres, striking out 10 while allowing only two runs in seven innings. He did surrender a homer to...
Maybe the Orioles will have it going again tonight on offense when they once again face Chicago White Sox right-hander Iván Nova (0-3, 8.42 ERA). He gets the start for the Sox in Game 2. Last Tuesday in Baltimore, they hit him hard in a 9-1 win.
The Orioles produced 11 hits and nine runs over four innings against Nova at Camden Yards. They hit four homers, with Renato Núñez hitting a solo shot, Joey Rickard and Chris Davis each getting a two-run shot and Dwight Smith Jr. collecting a...
CHICAGO - The Orioles decided to use an outfielder as the 26th man in today's doubleheader, with Anthony Santander ticketed for a start in Game 2.
Santander has joined the club from Durham, where Triple-A Norfolk is playing.
"With the rainout yesterday, the off-day tomorrow, we feel good about our pitching situation," said manager Brandon Hyde. "A little bit beat up from the position-player standpoint. There are a couple guys I don't want to go both games, so Tony's going to be in...
After Tuesday's rainout, the Orioles play a doubleheader today and tonight in Chicago against the White Sox. Monday's 5-3 loss leaves the Orioles winless in four games on this road trip.
In those games, the Orioles (10-20) are batting .216 with seven runs on 29 hits with two home runs. They have scored one, two, one and three runs at Minnesota and Chicago.
The Orioles have been outscored 24-7 on this trip and their record has fallen to 10 games under .500. They've lost 8 of 10 and 10 of 13,...
CHICAGO - Trey Mancini has returned to the Orioles' lineup today for Game 1 of the doubleheader against the White Sox.
Mancini is batting second and playing right field.
Renato Núñez is the first baseman while Chris Davis goes to the bench.
Hanser Alberto is playing third base. Stevie Wilkerson is in left field.
David Hess faced the White Sox last week in Baltimore and allowed four runs in five innings. He retired 12 of the first 13 batters faced before his start crumbled in the fifth....
Double-A Harrisburg added to their record-setting start to the season with a 3-1 victory over Reading, thanks to seven strong innings from right-hander Sterling Sharp.
Sharp allowed one run on four hits and recorded one walk and six strikeouts. He threw 94 pitches, 64 for strikes, and at one point he retired 11 straight batters.
Rhett Wiseman homered for the first time since April 15. His bat has been electric to start the season, to the tune of a 1.121 OPS and a .321 average. He has seven...
Amid all the questions that were being asked of him following Tuesday night's 3-2 loss, Davey Martinez had one question for the assembled media in his postgame press conference.
"Is tomorrow May 1?" the Nationals manager asked. "I can't wait until tomorrow."
The calendar indeed has turned, and not a moment too soon for a Nats club that just endured through an awfully frustrating April (plus a couple days in March prior to that).
Losers in eight of their last 11 games, the Nationals now...
Right-hander AnÃbal Sánchez appeared to be well on his way to his first victory with the Nationals until the fourth inning Tuesday night. The Cardinals scored three runs on three hits with the benefit of two walks in that frame. That was all they would need as they erased an early 2-0 deficit to come back and beat the Nats 3-2.
Sánchez worked five innings, allowing three runs on five hits with two walks and a season-high seven strikeouts. He threw 94 pitches, 60 for strikes, striking...
The bullpen has managed to straighten itself out over the last three days. The rotation, while not pitching up to its lofty potential, is mostly giving the team a chance to win. The Nationals lineup? Well, that has now become the roster's biggest problem area.
With three key regulars on the injured list and several others struggling mightily to produce with any consistency, the Nationals just aren't doing enough at the plate these days. And so they squandered a golden opportunity to win a...
CHICAGO - The depth that the Orioles possess in the outfield was trumpeted in spring training as if the club had its own horn section. How they sent down prospects Austin Hays, DJ Stewart and Yusniel Diaz in the name of development. How they didn't need to keep veteran Eric Young Jr. as insurance.
Opinions haven't necessarily undergone makeovers, but it's easy to forget as the Orioles head into May with utility infielders pressed into outfield duty and with various prospects down below...