TORONTO - Hey everybody, the Orioles won a game at Rogers Centre. That also got lost in the shuffle last night after right-hander David Hess was pulled after 6 1/3 innings while throwing a no-hitter. But after going 0-10 at Toronto last year and being outscored 63-28 in the building, the Orioles won last night 6-5. Hess threw 48 four-seam fastballs that averaged 93.8 mph and topped at 95.8. He added 20 sliders among his 82 pitches in allowing just one runner on a walk while fanning a...

Nationals fans, by and large, love former Nationals. Think of all the prominent ex-players who have come back as an opponent over the years, and think of the crowd's response to them. Adam Dunn. Ian Desmond. Jordan Zimmermann. Adam LaRoche. Michael Morse. Wilson Ramos. Daniel Murphy. All received, at minimum, warm applause. Some got standing ovations. None was booed. Has anyone who previously played for the Nats ever been on the receiving end of boos upon stepping into the batter's box or...

TORONTO - Trey Mancini produced again at the plate, Richard Bleier struggled again on the mound and the Orioles won again. Those were almost afterthoughts tonight as the Orioles hung on in the ninth to beat Toronto 6-5 at Rogers Centre. It was a night when a rookie manager felt he couldn't let a pitcher throwing a no-hitter finish the job or even the seventh inning. When right-hander David Hess got the first out of the Toronto seventh - a liner to short - it was his 82nd and last pitch of the...

The education on the 2019 Orioles is ongoing and unable to be contained in one blog entry. What else have we learned through four games? Manager Brandon Hyde will push his pitchers in certain situations, but not all of them. Mychal Givens threw a career-high 49 pitches Sunday in the Bronx, but David Hess was removed last night in Toronto after 6 1/3 hitless innings and 82 pitches. Hess threw 42 on Thursday and came back on short rest. Fast forward to later in the season and Hess stays in the...

TORONTO - Last year the Orioles did not record a single win at Rogers Centre in Toronto. Tonight, right-hander David Hess made sure that would not happen this season as the Orioles beat the Blue Jays 6-5. Showing the best fastball velocity we've seen in his brief major league career, Hess was rolling from the start. He retired the first nine batters on 28 pitches, throwing nine in the first, seven in the second and 12 in the third. He took a no-hitter into the seventh with a 6-0 lead at 74...

TORONTO - It worked once so the Orioles will try it again. Whether you want to call him an opener or say the Orioles are going with a bullpen game, right-hander Nate Karns will start the third game of the series in Toronto on Wednesday afternoon. "We're going to go with Karns again and (Alex) Cobb will have the home opener (on Thursday)," manager Brandon Hyde said today before the Orioles series opener at Rogers Centre. David Hess will start tonight and Andrew Cashner starts on Tuesday...

Over 110 locally owned and operated Papa John's franchisees in the Washington, D.C., Maryland, and Virginia area are proud partners again this year with the Washington Nationals and Max Scherzer to support the Washington Nationals Youth Baseball Academy. Sales of the "Max Scherzer Special" - which donates 10% of each Special ordered to the Academy - generated a donation of more than $13,000 last year to support academic enrichment, baseball and softball instruction, and nutrition education...

The Washington Nationals will mark the return of the Patriotic Series presented by SAIC when the team hosts Military Appreciation Day on Tuesday, April 2 vs. the Philadelphia Phillies. To honor the men and women of the U.S. military, the Nationals will offer complimentary tickets to military service members and their families for Tuesday's game. Active duty service members, dependents, veterans, retirees, and reservistsmay claim up to two complimentary tickets for each military ID or proof of...

Cedric Mullins has returned to the Orioles lineup tonight and figures to stay there with the Blue Jays starting three right-handers in the series in Toronto. Trey Mancini is in right field again with Dwight Smith Jr. in left. Mancini is making his fourth career start in right. Chris Davis is batting seventh ahead of designated hitter Renato Núñez. Rio Ruiz continues to play third base. Jesús Sucre is behind the plate after Pedro Severino got the start yesterday in the Bronx. For the...

Bryce Harper will be returning to Nationals Park for the rest of his career, just not the way Nats fans were thinking. Harper, 26, will be wearing Phillies gray for three trips a year into Washington, starting Tuesday night. Harper signed a 13-year, $330 million contract with National League East rival Philadelphia, leaving the only major league city he's called home. Harper will wear No. 3 with the Phillies after wearing No. 34 for the Nationals. Harper's jersey is baseball's...