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The latest non-weather related off-day for the Orioles should allow for a return to normalcy after the weirdness of Wednesday's doubleheader in Chicago.
The recovery period might need an extension more than any young Oriole in the rebuild.
A defense that's been lauded this season committed five errors in the two games. It also was guilty of a few mental blunders that showed up only as hits or runs in the box score.
"I thought we threw the ball really good out of the 'pen, and I thought...
Right-hander Stephen Strasburg is on another nice streak, having allowed only two earned runs over 15 innings in his last two starts. He has done a nice job of using his fastball, changeup and curveball to strike out batters.
Nationals manager Davey Martinez has noticed that Yan Gomes and Kurt Suzuki are not afraid to call for three or four changeups in a row if they believe that will confuse hitters.
"I think a lot of has to do with Suzuki and Gomes," Martinez said. "He trusts the catchers...
Nationals manager Davey Martinez said Juan Soto is ready to go today against the Cardinals in the series finale after being a late scratch last night prior to game three due to back spasms.
"He's in the lineup. He's good to go," Martinez said. "It's good to have him back in there. He said he didn't feel anything really. I think he just cramped up. We don't want to take a chance."
Martinez said the training staff was concerned it was something worse when Soto was hurt during batting...
In recognition of Major League Baseball's annual Play Ball Weekend, the Orioles will host a variety of clinics, events, and ceremonies at Oriole Park and in the community between Friday, May 3, and Sunday, May 5, to teach baseball fundamentals and to celebrate the many ways in which youth baseball and softball offer children valuable life lessons. Orioles players will wear Play Ball t-shirts that read "Let the Kids Play" during batting practice throughout the weekend and pregame on Sunday...
The Nationals look to salvage the final game of their four-game series with the Cardinals today before they set out on a rigorous 10-game, three-city road trip starting Friday in Philadelphia.
Right-hander Stephen Strasburg (2-1, 3.82 ERA) needs eight strikeouts to reach the 1,500-strikeout plateau. Strasburg is 2-2 with a 2.56 ERA in six starts against St. Louis in his career with 43 strikeouts in 38 2/3 innings. He has not faced the Cards since 2016. In his last two starts, Strasburg has...
Any player that has had to deal with injuries can develop an even greater appreciation for the sport of baseball when they can't play it for a time. Single-A Frederick right-hander Cody Sedlock had his last two seasons impacted by injury.
So being healthy and pitching so well this year, he said, is all the more meaningful.
"Absolutely," Sedlock said in an interview on MASN's "O's Xtra." "When something is taken away from you, it makes it so much sweeter when you are able to compete and...
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,...