ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The growing pains can be excruciating. Left-hander Josh Rogers made his third major league start today and retired only four batters. Eight of them reached base. The final walk back to the dugout was slowed by the six-run deficit attached to him. Jimmy Yacabonis regained control of the game, leaving the bases loaded in the second inning, but the Rays completed their sweep with an 8-3 victory at Tropicana Field that capped another disastrous trip for the Orioles. The...

After a three-hour rain delay, the final game scheduled for Sunday between the Nationals and the Chicago Cubs has been postponed. The game has been rescheduled for Thursday, Sept. 13. First pitch is scheduled at 4:05 p.m. Tickets for today's game can be used this Thursday's game, or exchanged for any remaining 2018 regular season game. Rain, heavy at times, doused Nats Park all weekend. It was raining all morning and afternoon prior to the official announcement. No announcement was yet made...

The pitching probables are out for the Nationals' three-game series in Philadelphia that begins tonight: Monday: Erick Fedde vs. Jake ArrietaTuesday: Tanner Roark vs. Nick PivettaWednesday: Stephen Strasburg vs. Aaron Nola * If right-hander Joe Ross goes Thursday in the makeup game against the Cubs, right-hander Max Scherzer would likely make his next scheduled start Friday in Atlanta. If you look further ahead on schedule, Scherzer would go again Sept. 20 against the Mets and Sept. 25 versus...

In light of the miserable weather all weekend, and the fact that Nationals right fielder Adam Eaton is returning this season from a major knee injury, makes for a good reason to not have him in today's starting lineup. Manager Davey Martinez said Eaton is fine health-wise, and he just wanted to give the veteran a day of rest. "Yeah, just giving him a (day)," Martinez said. "He's a veteran guy been playing his tail off. This weather ... it takes him awhile to get loose. I told him yesterday...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Orioles manager Buck Showalter wondered today whether the media would offer up another question about the lineup. We didn't go there. What else is there to ask about Adam Jones' exclusion from it? Jones is expected to play in the series against the Athletics that starts Tuesday night at Camden Yards. He's got to feel rested after sitting out the current series against the Rays that's sandwiched between two off-days. Showalter confirmed that Alex Cobb will make Tuesday...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Adam Jones is out of the Orioles lineup today for the third consecutive game, with Joey Rickard again in right field. Trey Mancini is playing first base and Chris Davis is the designated hitter. Jace Peterson is in left field. Rookie left-hander Josh Rogers makes his third major league start today as the replacement for Alex Cobb, who's pushed back to Tuesday. Rogers had allowed five runs and 11 hits with three walks and six strikeouts in 10 1/3 innings. Right-hander...

Despite all the rain, and rain in forecast all day today, the Nationals came out of Saturday with a doubleheader sweep over the Chicago Cubs: 10-3 and 6-5. It was their first doubleheader sweep since October 3, 2015 at New York Mets. Bryce Harper's dramatic two-run shot gave the Nats the lead for good in the second game. In the doubleheader, he reached base seven time in eight plate appearances. Late Saturday night was a big deal for second baseman Adrian Sanchez at the plate. He recorded his...

He entered via the passenger's seat of the bullpen cart, his feet propped up on the dashboard, his glove covering his mouth to conceal the laughter underneath it all. It was the top of the eighth inning, it was 11:57 p.m., and Sean Doolittle was back pitching for the Nationals after two months on the disabled list. And, as he promised all along, he rode in on the cart, becoming the first pitcher from either the home or visiting team at Nationals Park to partake of the recently unveiled...

It began with a rain delay. It ended after another rain delay. In between, the Nationals played two baseball games with the Cubs, saw Max Scherzer throw a complete game, inducted Jayson Werth into their Ring of Honor, saw Bryce Harper launch a go-ahead home run off the bullpen cart, saw Sean Doolittle become the first pitcher ever to enter Nationals Park via said bullpen cart and saw Greg Holland record the save at 1:42 a.m. in front of perhaps 200 fans. Oh yeah, the Nationals also swept a...

The Orioles have been swept in a series of three or more games 15 times this season. They'll need a victory this afternoon at Tropicana Field against Tampa Bay to avoid adding to that. The Orioles have been swept 10 times in three-game series and five times in a four-game series. They've had 10 of those sweeps come on the road and five at home. The most recent was last weekend when they lost three straight at Kansas City. Tampa Bay (77-64) has beaten the Orioles by 14-2 and 10-5 scores this...