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Before Wander Suero pitched a 1-2-3 top of the eighth, before Adam Eaton and Howie Kendrick hit back-to-back homers in the bottom of the eighth, before Sean Doolittle closed it out in the top of the ninth for the Nationals' first save of the season, there was AnÃbal Sánchez.
The Nats' dramatic 3-2 win over the Pirates on Saturday wouldn't have been possible without the late heroics of several key figures. But neither would it have been possible without the seven standout innings...
After a standout 2018 season that ended with him being named the Orioles' co-Minor League Pitcher of the Year, lefty Zac Lowther moved up to Double-A Bowie this year.
His first start went as many of his 2018 starts did. He threw five scoreless innings on two hits with two walks and six strikeouts. Lowther is scheduled to make his second start for Bowie this afternoon.
In 23 games last summer between Single-A Delmarva and Single-A Frederick, the 22-year-old Lowther went 8-4 with a 2.18 ERA and...
BOSTON - The Orioles are continuing their series against the Red Sox this afternoon with clouds in the forecast but minus the huge one that hung over the clubhouse while Chris Davis struggled to get a hit.
Players had Davis' back. They grew more protective of him as stories of the hitless streaks appeared daily.
If anyone doubted the closeness of this group of players, it should be put to rest.
Check the reaction in the dugout after his two-run single in the first inning. And how players...
As he stood in the batter's box with two outs in the bottom of the eighth, fouling off pitch after pitch, Adam Eaton heard some random pockets of the stands at Nationals Park begin to cheer. He wasn't exactly sure what had happened, but he knew they weren't cheering his foul balls off Richard RodrÃguez.
What Eaton didn't know was that 2.4 miles north of here at Capital One Arena, Brooks Orpik had just scored in overtime to give the Capitals a Game 2 win over the Hurricanes in their...
The Nationals finally found a formula to win a game late: Get a scoreless top of the eighth from one of their few effective relievers, take the lead with back-to-back homers in the bottom of the eighth, then let Sean Doolittle take care of the ninth.
Oh, and do all this moments after the Capitals win a playoff game in overtime a few miles away.
Talk about a turn of events.
On an otherwise lazy Saturday afternoon that saw them flail away at the plate for seven innings against Chris Archer, the...
BOSTON - Chris Davis went through the victory line on the field today, handled a walk-off television interview, returned to the clubhouse and was swarmed by his teammates.
Streaks were broken. Friendships were strengthened.
Players pounded their fists on lockers as Davis raised his hands in the air. A few of them spoke. He wasn't drenched in beer and water, but the showering of affection meant more to him.
Davis ended his hitless streaks with a two-run single off Rick Porcello in the top of...
Austen Williams figured something was up when he was summoned out of Fresno's bullpen in the third inning of Friday night's game at Las Vegas. He knew he wasn't being called in to pitch that early in a game.
Sure enough, Williams' hunch was correct. He was being called up to Washington, and now he had to race the clock (and the sun) to get to D.C. in time for today's 4:05 p.m. game against the Pirates.
Williams' itinerary: A red-eye flight from Las Vegas to Chicago, then a connecting...
BOSTON - Chris Davis rounded first base today and slapped his hands together. Solid contact made twice in one at-bat.
Davis lined a two-run single into right field with two outs and the bases loaded in the top of the first inning. The Orioles, slow starters at the plate this season, grabbed an early lead off Red Sox right-hander Rick Porcello. Davis, off to the slowest start in major league history, finally had his first hit.
Porcello missed with a changeup on his first pitch and Davis lined a...
After losing their road trip opener 6-4 at Boston last night, the Orioles face the Red Sox again today at Fenway Park. Both clubs are 5-9 after Friday's result. Boston has won two in a row, while the Orioles have lost four straight and eight of nine games.
Right-hander Andrew Cashner (2-1, 5.28 ERA) will make his fourth start. He's thrown 15 1/3 innings allowing 19 hits and 10 runs (nine earned) with a WHIP of 1.761. In 31 starts over two seasons with the Orioles, Cashner is 6-16 with an ERA...
The sun is out, and it's going to be a warm afternoon here on South Capitol Street as the Nationals and Pirates return to action after last night's rainy (and frustrating, for the Nats) affair. They'll try to get back on track with AnÃbal Sánchez on the mound, though, as we all know, the performance of the starter matters less than the performance of whichever relievers are summoned from the bullpen to replace said starter.
On that front, the Nationals have a new face in the bullpen...