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MINNEAPOLIS - The Orioles (10-18) have been swept twice this season in three-game series. They need a win this afternoon at Minnesota (15-9) to avoid a third. They were swept twice at home, once by the New York Yankees and last weekend by the Twins.
Then the Twins swept a doubleheader on Saturday and won 4-3 last Sunday. They hit 11 homers and scored 26 runs in that series. This weekend, they have outhomered the Orioles 10-0 and posted wins by 6-1 and 9-2 at Target Field. In going 5-0 this year...
The Nationals battled back to force extra innings against the Padres on Saturday. But then it all unraveled in the 10th inning as the Nats' beleaguered bullpen was again unable to string together quick outs and San Diego rolled up six runs to turn the game inside out.
The Padres downed the Nationals 8-3 in 10 innings to win the series. The Nats are a now season-low three games under .500 at 11-14 and have lost three in a row and six of their last eight.
In the 10th, the Nats employed three...
MINNEAPOLIS - If the Orioles are to get one win this year against the Minnesota Twins, right-hander Dylan Bundy (0-3, 6.56 ERA) may be their last hope. Believe it or not, the Orioles and Twins don't play again in 2019 after today.
The Twins are 5-0 in the season series. They've hit 10 homers to none for the Orioles this weekend at Target Field, posting 6-1 and 9-2 wins. In five games against Baltimore pitching this year, Twins batters are hitting .306 with 41 runs on 57 hits, including 21...
MINNEAPOLIS - On a day when the Orioles lost big again to the Minnesota Twins - and gave up five more homers - at least there was good news after the game. Trey Mancini's injury does not appear serious and he should return to the lineup soon.
In the first inning today against José BerrÃos, Mancini swung at a pitch that hit the index finger on his right hand. He didn't want to give the Twins time to review the play because he felt that would result in a swing and a strikeout. Instead,...
MINNEAPOLIS - This time it took a while for the Minnesota Twins to mash homers, but they got around to it. They used two big swings in the sixth and seventh this afternoon to come from a run down to take a lead over the Orioles that they would not give up.
Then they turned the game into a blowout, winning 9-2 to post an 11th straight victory over the Orioles, dating to last season.
C.J. Cron blasted a two-run shot to left off reliever Paul Fry in the last of the sixth. That gave Minnesota a 3-2...
The Padres put big hitter Hunter Renfroe in the starting lineup Saturday afternoon against the Nationals. Renfroe, playing left field today, reached out and made solid contact on a Sean Doolittle changeup last night to propel San Diego to a 4-3 win in the series opener.
In the second inning Saturday against Nats right-hander Stephen Strasburg, Renfroe crushed a 1-2 changeup over the left field wall. The two-run shot was his sixth on the season. Strasburg has four strikeouts through three...
Nationals manager Davey Martinez elected to give veteran Howie Kendrick the start in today's second game of three against the Padres. Anthony Rendon was hit by a pitch in his elbow last weekend in Miami and then last night got hit in his left quad with another pitch, so the third baseman is not in the starting lineup.
"Yeah, I talked to him after the game," Martinez said. "He was a little sore. So, I like to have him available to pinch-hit late in the game."
Martinez confirmed it was...
MINNEAPOLIS - As the Orioles try to beat the Minnesota Twins for the first time this year and snap a 10-game losing streak against them dating to last year, their task got tougher early in today's game. The Orioles' top player, Trey Mancini, left the game with an apparent hand injury.
Two pitches before Mancini blooped a single to center in the top of first, it appeared he fouled a ball off his hand. He ran to first after the single that extended his hitting streak to nine games. But after a...
MINNEAPOLIS - After missing Wednesday's game in Baltimore due to personal reasons, Chris Davis rejoined the Orioles in Minnesota Friday. But he did not get the start against left-hander MartÃn Pérez. Davis is batting seventh and playing first base today against right-hander José BerrÃos. This is all part of a plan by manager Brandon Hyde to put Davis in the best spots to get his bat going.
And it is starting to work. Over his last eight games, Davis is batting .360 (9-for-25) with...
The Nationals look to get back in their series with the Padres on Saturday as they send San Diego native Stephen Strasburg to the hill to slow a skid of five losses in their last seven games.
Strasburg did quite well Sunday in Miami, pitching eight shutout innings, allowing two hits and striking out 11 in a 5-0 Nats win over the Marlins. Strasburg is 2-1 with a 4.11 ERA. His last start at Nats Park against the Padres was May 27, 2017, when he tossed seven innings and struck out a career-high 15...