The Washington Nationals recalled right-handed pitcher Wander Suero from Triple-A Syracuse and optioned right-handed pitcher Austin Voth to Syracuse on Monday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement. Suero, 26, joins the Nationals for the first Major League assignment of his career. He appeared in four games out of Triple-A Syracuse's bullpen. He did not allow an earned run in his last three outings (3.0 IP) while striking...

Ten new members of the Washington DC Sports Hall of Fame will be honored during a pregame ceremony on Sunday, May 6 at Nationals Park, before the Nationals play the Philadelphia Phillies. The following inductees will be honored: * Marty Aronoff - longtime statistician for MLB, NBA, NFL, and the Washington Wizards * Len Bias - All-American and two-time ACC Player of the Year for Maryland men's basketball * Peter Bondra - two-time goal scoring champion for the Washington Capitals * Steve...

Another day, another roster move for the Nationals, who have been burning up the transaction wire during a busier-than-expected opening month of the season. One day after calling up Austin Voth from Triple-A for the first time, the Nats sent the right-hander back to Syracuse and called up Wander Suero from Syracuse for the first time. The rationale behind it all: The Nationals desperately needed someone who could throw multiple innings in case of emergency Sunday, so Voth was the guy. But he's...

The high Single-A Potomac Nationals made the comeback of the day, downing Lynchburg 8-4 in 10 innings. The P-Nats scored three in eighth and four in the ninth, their third straight come-from-behind victory. Telmito Agustin went 4-for-5 with two doubles and two RBIs. Jake Noll, Ian Sagdal and Jakson Reetz each had two hits. James Bourque (2-1) tossed two scoreless innings, allowing no hits with two walks and five strikeouts for the win. * Low Single-A Hagerstown Suns second baseman Branden...

As they gathered at Nationals Park on Sunday morning, Brandon Kintzler, Ryan Madson and Sean Doolittle did a quick analysis of their respective statuses for the upcoming series finale against the Diamondbacks. All three relievers have been getting plenty of work through the season's first month, but given the state of things only one of them could reasonably be given the day off. So who was it going to be? Kintzler had thrown 12 pitches Saturday, but none the previous three days. Madson had...

Orioles manager Buck Showalter benched first baseman Chris Davis for a second straight game yesterday, giving him time to clear his head and work on some adjustments at the plate. Hitting coach Scott Coolbaugh was providing instruction this weekend for Davis, who is off to perhaps the worst start of his career. The 32-year-old is hitting just .167/.257/.256 with two home runs, 33 strikeouts and 10 walks. He's carrying around an OPS+ of 44 with 25 games under his belt. Any way you slice it, he...

Orioles closer Zach Britton has thrown three full-mound bullpen sessions at Camden Yards and he's going to have a bigger audience this week while he's in Anaheim. Dr. Kenneth Jung, who performed the surgery in December to repair Britton's ruptured Achilles, will watch him throw on Wednesday with head athletic trainer Brian Ebel and give his final "blessing," as the left-hander worded it with a chuckle. One of Jung's offices overlooks center field at Angel Stadium, so it's a short walk to...

Manager: Clint Hurdle (8th season) Record: 17-11 Last 10 games: 5-5 Who to watch: LF Corey Dickerson (.316 with 30 hits, 15 RBIs); CF Starling Marte (.288 with 3 HR, 8 SB); 1B Josh Bell (.241 with 26 hits, 16 RBIs); RHP Jameson Taillon (2-2, 4.91 ERA); RHP Ivan Nova (2-1, 3.32 ERA) Season series vs. Nationals: First meeting (4-3 in 2017) Pitching probables: April 30: RHP Chad Kuhl (2-2) vs. RHP Tanner Roark (1-2), 7:05 p.m., MASNMay 1: RHP Jameson Taillon (2-2)vs. RHP Max Scherzer (5-1), 7:05...

It probably gets somewhat lost amidst what else happened in Sunday's win by the Orioles, but righty reliever Mychal Givens recorded another scoreless inning. He rolled through a 1-2-3 top of the eighth on just eight pitches, all fastballs. Givens had an ERA of 7.04 after his first six games of the 2018 season. But he has now allowed just one run over his past six innings. In his last four games he's pitched four scoreless innings on two hits with two walks and seven strikeouts. This has...

It was as animated as Gio Gonzalez had been during a postgame interview in several years. After getting pulled by new manager Davey Martinez following a leadoff walk in the bottom of the sixth on Monday night in San Francisco, the veteran left-hander didn't hide his true feelings about the matter. "It sucks, because I want to be out there," said Gonzalez, who had thrown 94 pitches at the time of his exit. "Apparently, I've just got to some way, somehow convince (Martinez and pitching coach...