The Orioles had an off-day in Detroit yesterday because Passaic, New Jersey was booked. OK, let’s get serious. The penultimate road trip of the season is close to a wrap – I’ll be on the next one - and the Orioles are two games behind the Yankees. They have three against the Tigers beginning tonight and three more next weekend at Camden Yards after

A Nationals club that has owned the Marlins this season looked ready to keep that trend going tonight when it stormed out to a quick three-run lead against an unheralded opposing starter while watching its own starter cruise along for six innings barely breaking a sweat along the way. It’s not quite that simple to win ballgames in the major leagues

Jose A. Ferrer had already faced the minimum three batters required of him in the top of the eighth Wednesday night. And now, with two on and Marcell Ozuna stepping to the plate representing the tying run, no one would’ve batted an eyelash had Davey Martinez summoned a right-hander from his bullpen in place of Ferrer. Martinez instead decided to st

The Nationals spent the last two nights facing a Braves team desperate for every win it can get as it tries to beat out the Mets for the final wild card berth in the National League. For the next four nights, they’ll face a Marlins team with absolutely nothing to play for. So, the intensity level may be ramped down a bit here over the weekend. The

The ball went soaring to center field, clearing the wall with plenty of room to spare, bouncing off the concrete floor out there and up against the bullpen cart that resides some 420 feet away from the plate at Nationals Park. “Yeah, I got that one pretty good,” CJ Abrams said with a grin. Abrams’ fourth-inning home run Wednesday night was signific

ABERDEEN, Md. – Selected by the Orioles in the fifth-round of the 2024 MLB Draft, catcher Ryan Stafford out of Cal-Poly, quickly found out that defensive versatility is important to his new organization.  If a player can play multiple positions and move around the diamond, the Orioles will have them do it on the farm. “One thing for me that I was r

BOSTON – After spending 27 years with the Orioles in various capacities, Dave Schmidt isn’t returning to the organization in 2025. Schmidt was told Monday that his contract wouldn’t be renewed, according to sources. The most recent title bestowed upon Schmidt was “complex pitching and rehab coordinator,” which allowed him to be based near his home

BOSTON - Dean Kremer appeared to be the victim tonight of bad luck, two-out execution and run support in a ballpark that’s treated him rudely. Someone needed to have his back, and Anthony Santander stepped up with a game-tying homer off Red Sox reliever Justin Slaten with two outs in the eighth inning. Only Kremer could be saved. A game was lost in

Jake Irvin stood on the mound, the count full against the Braves’ toughest hitter, took a deep breath and then fired one last fastball on a night full of them. And when that 92 mph heater, above the zone and boring in on the hands, blew past a helpless Marcell Ozuna, the Nationals right-hander flexed his arms, roared with delight and hopped off the

With a chance to move back into first place tonight, the Orioles have 16 games remaining in the 2024 season. They lost at Boston 12-3 Monday night before winning 5-3 last night. The clubs play the third and deciding game of this series tonight at Fenway Park, before the O’s’ take Thursday off and then head for Detroit. Cedric Mullins homered in the