Patrick Corbin knew the situation when he took the mound Sunday afternoon at Nationals Park. He knew what happened to the home club on opening day, then again on Saturday. He knew the responsibility that rested upon his left arm in his first-ever start for his new team. "I just wanted to go out there and give us a chance to win after those first two games," he said. "I'm not saying we had to win this, but I just wanted to go out there and do my best." Corbin wasn't quite calling the...

What did we learn about the Orioles through their first series of the 2019 season? Besides how the players were overjoyed that Brandon Hyde earned his first win as manager, the outpouring of affection coming from 12-ounce cans. They want to get all of the firsts out of the way as quickly as possible. Hyde's first win. Richie Martin's first hit. Mike Wright's first save. John Means' first win. All of it happening in the Bronx. What's next, Andrew Cashner's first shave? Hyde won't be a...

It sure took a while on Sunday, and it wasn't supposed to go this way, but the Orioles beat the Yankees 7-5 and took two of three in the weekend series. In the three games, the Orioles scored 14 runs and the Yankees scored 15 runs. Down one in run differential, but more importantly up one in the standings and ahead of all but the Rays, who are 3-1 in the American League East after opening weekend. Orioles pitchers made clutch pitches throughout the last two days. New York went 2-for-12 (.167)...

The bullpen struggled in the season-opening series with the Mets. In the eighth inning alone, the Nationals 'pen allowed eight runs on 11 hits in the three games combined. On Sunday, the Nats relinquished a 5-2 lead, but rebounded in the end thanks to a dramatic walk-off solo homer by Trea Turner to salvage the final game of the series with a 6-5 win. After Patrick Corbin pitched six innings, Justin Miller got through the seventh without allowing a run. But in the eighth, the Mets scored three...

He's perhaps the fastest player in baseball, and he already has twice as many stolen bases as anyone else in the sport. And because of that, there's sometimes a perception that Trea Turner needs to be a small-ball guy, someone who just needs to put the bat on the ball and then take advantage of his speed. Thing is, Turner also has serious pop in that bat, as evidenced by the 19 home runs he hit last season. So when the Nationals desperately needed someone to deliver them a win - their first...

NEW YORK - Dylan Bundy couldn't begin to warm up for today's start, his first of the 2019 season, until the weather turned colder and the rain picked up in intensity. A delay clocked at 3 hours, 17 minutes didn't provide much relief for a pitcher who wanted to avoid the other kind for a while. The temperature kept dropping, down to 47 degrees at first pitch. The precipitation stopped and started again. But the Yankees took the field, Jonathan Villar stepped into the box and baseball was...

The Nationals have a bullpen problem. But they'll worry about that later tonight, because right now all they care about is celebrating their first win of 2019, thanks to the power supplied by one of the fastest players in baseball. Trea Turner, who had already clubbed a three-run homer earlier in the afternoon, drilled a walk-off shot into the fierce wind blowing in from left field to deliver a much-needed 6-5 victory over the Mets after the Nats' shaky bullpen suffered through a late...

The Mets' Pete Alonso continued his red-hot start to the season with a RBI double off of left-hander Patrick Corbin in the top of the third. The base hit was his sixth in three games. He also has three RBIs. The Nationals connected off of right-hander Zack Wheeler in the bottom of third. Victor Robles doubled and Adam Eaton singled to begin the rally. Trea Turner then delivered a no-doubt line drive deep over the left field wall for a three-run shot. It was his first homer of the season and...

NEW YORK - The box score shows that Orioles Rule 5 pick Richie Martin singled yesterday in the sixth inning and later scored on a double steal and throwing error. It doesn't come with an explanation attached. How Martin sent a blooper over first base that two Yankees chased and couldn't touch. Maybe it becomes a scorching line drive in the retelling. It still counts as a hit, his first in the majors. "It felt great," he said this morning. "I was more excited about the team win. It didn't...

With two off-days built in between Max Scherzer starts out of the gate in 2019, Nationals manager Davey Martinez has decided their ace right-hander will go again in Tuesday's series opener against the Phillies, even though it will be his second such start in the Nats' first four regular season games. Scherzer had six days off before his opening day start on Thursday, a no-decision against the Mets. Scherzer is tentatively set for his third start next Sunday, April 7 at Citi Field against the...