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Cardinals first baseman Matt Adams had been in a bit of a slump over his last two weeks of games with his new team.
Coming into Wednesday night's series finale against his former team, the Nationals, Adams had gone hitless in nine at-bats. He started 0-for-27 with the Cardinals until hitting a single last Wednesday. That hit was his first with the Cardinals since May 9, 2017.
He also had not hit a home run since Aug. 4 against the Reds while with the Nationals.
But that all changed in a 7-6...
It is becoming something of a running joke, that no matter how bad they play, no matter the deficit they face, the Nationals always seem to find a way to bring the tying run to the plate late in ballgames. Even though that doesn't always result in victory, it has legitimately become a defining quality of a team that certainly has been a major disappointment this season but rarely has rolled over and conceded defeat.
So it shouldn't have surprised anyone when it happened again tonight, when...
SEATTLE - Infielder Steve Wilkerson is meeting up with the Orioles in St. Petersburg, Fla. for the weekend series against the Rays. However, the plan is to ease him into competition.
Wilkerson was on the seven-day disabled list at Triple-A Norfolk with a hamstring injury and he won't be rushed back onto the field. He hasn't played since Aug. 22.
The Orioles were hoping that one of their minor league affiliates would qualify for the playoffs, opening the possibility of Wilkerson getting into...
Manager: Kevin Cash (4th season)
Record: 75-64
Last 10 games: 7-3
Who to watch: 2B Joey Wendle (.297/.346/.425), 3B Matt Duffy (.296/.354/.371), RF Mallex Smith (.302/.373/.424, SB), DH/1B C.J. Cron (26 HR, 61RBIs), LHP Blake Snell (2.02 ERA), RHP Sergio Romo (19 saves)
Season series vs. Orioles: 8-8
Pitching probables:
Sept. 7: RHP Dylan Bundy (7-13) vs. LHP Blake Snell (17-5), 7:10 p.m., MASN2Sept. 8: RHP David Hess (3-9) vs. TBD, 6:10 p.m., MASN2Sept. 9: RHP Alex Cobb (5-15) vs. TBD, 1:10...
The Orioles acquired 15 players in the July trades. Of those 15 players, six have made their way onto the 40-man roster, with right-hander Luis Ortiz being the latest.
Just one of the 15 players needs to be added to the 40-man roster this November to avoid being eligible to be selected in December's Rule 5 draft: 24-year-old right-hander Dillon Tate.
Tate was the No. 4 overall pick in the 2015 draft by Texas out of UC-Santa Barbara. The Rangers traded him to the Yankees on Aug. 1, 2016 and the...
The Cardinals grabbed the lead quickly with three runs in the first inning against the Nationals starter Tanner Roark.
Following singles by Matt Carpenter and José MartÃnez, former Nats slugger Matt Adams hit a three-run homer, his 19th of the season.
In the second, the Cardinals padded their lead. Carpenter connected on an RBI double and MartÃnez added a run-scoring single.
The Cardinals' top three hitters in the lineup have five hits and all five RBIs to begin the game.
The Nats got...
SEATTLE - Cedric Mullins is leading off tonight as the Orioles close out their series against the Mariners.
Trey Mancini is at first base again while Chris Davis serves as the designated hitter. Tim Beckham is the starting shortstop.
Joey Rickard gets the start in left field and Caleb Joseph is catching.
Andrew Cashner faced the Mariners on June 25 and allowed three runs and four hits in six innings in a 5-3 loss. He's 2-4 with a 4.09 ERA and 1.382 WHIP in 10 career games against them.
Denard...
That the question was asked at all is evidence of the disappointment that has been the Nationals' 2018 season. But given the events of the last five months, not to mention the organization's history of changing managers, Mike Rizzo couldn't have been surprised today when he was asked during a wide-ranging scrum on the field at Nationals Park whether Davey Martinez will return in 2019.
Rizzo's reply: "I haven't considered any other scenario."
Skeptics will immediately dig up Rizzo's...
Nationals manager Davey Martinez had another promising update on the progress of closer Sean Doolittle's possible return. Doolittle conducted another simulated game prior to the club's matchup with the Cardinals at Nationals Park tonight.
Doolittle has missed 52 games with a toe injury, which works out to 37.4 percent of this season's games.
"Good. He felt a lot better today than he did the previous game and we'll see how he feels tomorrow and hopefully ... It's his call," Martinez said....
The Orioles beat the Mariners 5-3 last night to record their first win in five games on this road trip. They also ended an eight-game road losing streak.
The Orioles (41-98) scored five runs with 15 hits last night after batting just .205 as a team and scoring eight runs in the first four games of the road trip.
Trey Mancini had three hits Tuesday night and he's batting .301/.328/.530 since the All-Star break. That was his ninth game with three or more hits on the season, and 19th of his...