The Washington Nationals recalled infielder/outfielder Matt Reynolds and selected the contract of catcher Jhonatan Solano from Triple-A Syracuse on Saturday. Additionally, they placed catcher Miguel Montero on the paternity list and designated for assignment left-handed pitcher Enny Romero. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcements. Reynolds, 27, joins the Nationals for his first Major League assignment of the season as well as his first...

It's cold. It's gray. It's windy. But it's dry at Nationals Park, and it appears it's going to stay that way the rest of the day. So there will indeed be baseball this afternoon, the second game of this weekend series against the Mets, who are off to a 5-1 start and the (extremely early) top spot in the National League East division. Given the conditions, this should be a good day to be a pitcher, especially a left-handed pitcher since the wind is blowing in from left field. And wouldn't...

Friday night highlights for high Single-A Potomac included shortstop Carter Kieboom and third baseman Jake Noll each cranking solo homers. Designated hitter Austin Davidson contributed a two-run triple in a 9-2 victory over Wilmington. Right-hander Sterling Sharp (1-0) surrendered only one run in five innings, striking out six. Second baseman Bryan Mejia later added a two-run double while left fielder Telmito Agustin scored one with a double as well. Catcher Tres Barrera had an RBI double and...

NEW YORK - When Orioles bench coach John Russell posts the lineup later this morning after retrieving it from manager Buck Showalter, it's going to include Trey Mancini in the leadoff spot. There's no motivation to lower him. There's no one else who's a more logical fit. Mancini is batting .200, but he's been denied on multiple occasions, including Josh Reddick's leaping catch in Houston that robbed him of a three-run homer. He smoked a grounder up the middle last night that skipped off...

NEW YORK - Adam Jones took a called third strike tonight with the bases loaded and no outs in the top of the 14th inning, the temperature plummeting as his blood pressure rose. Manager Buck Showalter rushed out of the dugout to make certain that plate umpire Ed Hickox didn't eject him. One pitch later, Pedro Álvarez hit a grand slam off Yankees right-hander Jonathan Holder to give the Orioles a 7-3 victory in the Bronx. Mood swings brought on by one big swing from the veteran who didn't...

Some days there is no reason to complain that a lot of the Orioles offense comes from the longball. Like last night, when they hit four homers in the marathon 7-3 win over the Yankees in 14 innings. All of last year the Orioles won two games at Yankee Stadium. This year they have two wins there nine days into the season. Manny Machado hit two solo homers - both shots over 400 feet - for his first two homers of the season. It was his 15th career multi-homer game and he went 4-for-5. Chris Davis...

NEW YORK - The Orioles and Yankees will determine a winner tonight in extra innings. Didi Gregorius homered off reliever Miguel Castro with one out in the eighth inning to produce the third tie of the night. Castro returned for the ninth and retired the side in order to move the game past regulation with the score 3-3. The Orioles wasted two Aroldis Chapman walks in the top of the ninth, with Caleb Joseph bouncing into a force at third base and Trey Mancini striking out. Chapman received two...

Right-hander Kevin Gausman (0-1, 13.50 ERA) makes his second start of the new season tonight when the Orioles play the Yankees in New York. It's Game 2 of a four-game series. Gausman's 2018 season got off to a poor start on Sunday at home against Minnesota. He gave up a homer on the game's first pitch and allowed three home runs in the first three innings. For the game, he went four innings, allowing seven hits and six runs. He walked two and fanned five. Gausman, who averaged 95.3 mph on...

NEW YORK - Alex Cobb will make his next start in extended spring training in Sarasota. Cobb will face the Twins on Monday in a noon game at Ed Smith Stadium. He's slated to go six innings after working four and five in simulated games. The extra start in Florida pushes back Cobb's debut with the Orioles to April 14 or 15 against the Red Sox at Fenway Park. There's the slim chance that he could stay down for another outing, but he's more likely to be recalled for the Boston series. Cobb had...

NEW YORK - Trey Mancini remains the leadoff hitter tonight while the Orioles continue their four-game series against the Yankees. Mancini collected three hits last night, including a two-run single. Danny Valencia is the designated hitter against left-hander CC Sabathia. Chris Davis moves down to sixth in the order and Anthony Santander stays in right field. Among active pitchers with at least 25 innings against the Yankees, Andrew Cashner's 1.73 ERA ranks as the fourth-lowest behind Roberto...