KANSAS CITY - After Friday's 9-2 loss at Kansas City, the Orioles will try to break a five-game road losing streak tonight when the clubs meet in the second game of the series against the Royals at Kauffman Stadium. Right-hander Dylan Bundy (7-13, 5.37 ERA) will make his 26th start. After struggling for most of the last two months, Bundy felt he made some progress Sunday night at home versus the Yankees. He went five innings, allowing six hits and four runs on 100 pitches. "I thought it was a...

KANSAS CITY - On the first night of a three-game series between the two teams with the worst records in the majors, not a lot went right for the Orioles. Their starter, Andrew Cashner, allowed four runs, their bullpen gave up five and they were outscored 9-2 and outhit 14-4. While center fielder Cedric Mullins went 2-for-4, the rest of the Orioles went 2-for-26 in the series opener. The Orioles have lost five in a row on the road, where they are 16-51. They are 2-11 in their last 13 games in...

Having now traded or lost to season-ending injury three different closers, the Nationals could desperately use Sean Doolittle pitching the ninth inning for them again. At long last, it appears as though the All-Star closer is close to making his return from the disabled list. Doolittle threw a 15-pitch simulated game to teammates Michael A. Taylor and Andrew Stevenson Friday afternoon and emerged feeling encouraged about how his injured left foot felt. "I was very happy with it," he said. "I...

Gio Gonzalez walked into the press conference room at Nationals Park from the home side, strolling through the same door Nats managers past and present emerge from every day. On his head, though, was a navy cap with a gold letter "M" above a sprig of barley. Covering his torso was a hoodie with the script "Brewers" across the front. It was nearly 11 p.m., the end of a long and strange day that saw Gonzalez watch from the dugout as the Nationals (the team he made 213 starts for over the last...

KANSAS CITY - Orioles center fielder Cedric Mullins hit the second pitch of the game tonight for a home run. But the O's did little on offense after that. On the mound, right-hander Andrew Cashner allowed four runs over 5 1/3 innings and the bullpen gave up five as Kansas City beat the Orioles 9-2 at Kauffman Stadium. It was the first of a three-game weekend series. With this result, the gap between the two teams with the worst records in the majors widened to 3 1/2 games. The Orioles are on...

The Washington Nationals acquired catcher/first baseman KJ Harrison and infielder Gilbert Lara from the Milwaukee Brewers in exchange for left-handed pitcher Gio Gonzalez and international slot value on Friday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement. Harrison, 22, was a third round pick in the 2017 First-Year Player Draft out of Oregon State University. In his first full professional season in 2018, he hit .228 with 29 doubles, 12 homers,...

They played a ballgame tonight at Nationals Park, the first of 28 remaining ballgames in a season that - it certainly seems safe to now say - will not extend into October. Gio Gonzalez spent the majority of it watching from the dugout, chatting and smiling with teammates like it was any other game, all the while knowing it would be the last time he would watch a game from that particular dugout wearing that particular uniform. Gonzalez officially will become a member of the Brewers later this...

The speculation can slow today as the Orioles and the rest of the teams in baseball can begin expanding their September rosters like waistlines at Thanksgiving. The Orioles won't stuff themselves. Manager Buck Showalter doesn't want a huge crowd in the clubhouse and dugout. A few players are expected to officially join the Orioles this afternoon in Kansas City, while others will trickle onto the roster in the coming days. A third catcher always is part of the expansion, and Chance Sisco is...

As the clock ticks toward 11:59 p.m., the Nationals aren't done trading away veterans to other clubs seeking some help for the stretch run. The Nats have a deal in place to send Gio Gonzalez to the Brewers, a source familiar with the transaction confirmed just minutes before those two teams opened a three-game series on South Capitol Street, bringing an abrupt end to the left-hander's seven-year tenure in Washington. The trade, which was first reported by Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, isn't...

KANSAS CITY - The Orioles' Mark Trumbo will have arthroscopic right knee surgery next week on either Thursday or Friday in Baltimore. The procedure will be performed by Dr. Leigh Ann Curl. "We all felt like that was where this was going to head, but Mark gathered all the information and feels real comfortable with what is going to be done," Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. "He should be a (healthy) player if everything goes well, should make the start of the season next year. It's...