After allowing seven home runs and 15 runs Sunday, there is nothing, really, to do for the Orioles pitching staff and team as a whole but get back on the horse tonight versus Oakland. Try to ride their way to victory and put that mess from Sunday in their rear-view mirror. The O's were competitive and led the Yankees in the first two games of the series. They just didn't win. Sunday they were blown out and it felt like about 10 losses, but really only counted as one. Time to get back to...

Orioles shortstop Richie Martin followed manager Brandon Hyde to the mound yesterday in the top of the ninth inning and the same thought popped into minds across the ballpark and inside the press box. The Rule 5 kid was going to pitch. Or not. Martin was entering the game to play shortstop while Jonathan Villar moved to second base and Hanser Alberto made his major league pitching debut. Two weeks into the season and Hyde had to use a position player to pitch, the 10th time it's happened to...

NEW YORK - If Davey Martinez was asked this morning to draw up a best-case scenario for the Nationals' series finale against the Mets, this had to be awfully close to what the second-year manager imagined. With his bullpen in shambles but his ace on the mound, Martinez was hoping not only for a dominant Max Scherzer start but also a big day at the plate against Zack Wheeler and the New York pitching staff, creating a comfortable lead that would take all the pressure off that beleaguered...

Maybe that series win at Yankee Stadium last weekend by the Orioles got the Yankees' attention. Because after scoring just five runs in three games at home against Detroit, New York came to Baltimore and hit 14 homers and scored 29 runs in a series sweep of the Orioles. Today right-hander Domingo Germán allowed two hits and two runs over six innings and New York bashed seven more homers in a 15-3 win to sweep the three-game series. The Yankees improved to 5-4 and the Orioles fall to 4-5 and...

David Hess didn't flirt with a no-hitter today. It was gone by the second inning, along with a scoreless tie and any hope that the Yankees might ease up on the power surge. Might stop trying to take out a few of the seats or the batter's eye. Gleyber Torres, Clint Frazier and Gary Sánchez homered in the first three innings to create a four-run lead while the Orioles continued to wait for their first baserunner. And then their first hit. It was Domingo Germán's turn to chase history. It...

NEW YORK - Desperate for bullpen help only a week and a half into the season, the Nationals have promoted one of their standby starters from the minors to take over a relief role. Joe Ross, who was supposed to open the season in the rotation at Triple-A Fresno, was recalled today, with infielder Adrián Sanchez optioned to Double-A Harrisburg to clear a roster spot. Ross, who had been scheduled to make his first start of the season Monday, instead took a red-eye flight from Fresno to New York...

Orioles left-hander John Means has been chosen to start Tuesday night's game against the Athletics at Camden Yards, with manager Brandon Hyde providing a little more clarity today to his pitching plans. The TBD has been scratched. Andrew Cashner starts Monday's series opener, with Alex Cobb going Wednesday and Dylan Bundy Thursday. Means is replacing Nate Karns, who's working exclusively out of the bullpen now rather than continuing in the opener role. Dan Straily, signed on Friday to a...

The Washington Nationals recalled right-handed pitcher Joe Ross from Triple-A Fresno and optioned infielder Adrián Sanchez to Double-A Harrisburg on Sunday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement. Ross, 25, is called upon for his first Major League assignment of 2019. He was optioned to Triple-A Fresno on March 23, but did not appear in a game prior to his recall. Ross went 1-0 with a 4.02 ERA in seven Spring Training outings, two of...

After dropping games by scores of 8-4 and 6-4 to start this series, the Orioles host the New York Yankees today to wrap up this three-game series at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Both clubs are 4-4 and tied for second in the American League East, 1 1/2 games behind the 6-3 Tampa Bay Rays. Toronto is in fourth at 3-7 and defending World Series champion Boston is last at 2-8, which matches its worst 10-game start ever. After throwing 6 1/3 no-hit innings in his 2019 season starting debut at...

NEW YORK - For all the trouble they've been through already this young season, the Nationals still have an opportunity to win a weekend series against the Mets today and get back to the .500 mark heading into a three-game series at Philadelphia. And they have Max Scherzer on the mound in an attempt to do it. Scherzer is already making his third start of the season in only the team's eighth game, a byproduct of all the off-days the Nats have had. He's on normal rest, but he'll get an extra...