The Nationals usually play Sunday home games at 1:35 p.m. Except for the day after their annual Dream Foundation Gala. Wanting to give everyone some extra time to, uh, recover from that evening event, they push back the following day's game until 4:05 p.m. It makes sense. Except on a day like today, when the skies are forecasted to be dry early in the afternoon before turning ominous late in the afternoon. Oh well, nothing they can do about that now but wait and see how the weather turns out...

Chris Davis is back in the Orioles lineup today for the series finale against the Blue Jays. Davis is batting sixth against right-hander Marco Estrada. Jace Peterson is leading off. Mark Trumbo is in the cleanup spot. Joey Rickard is in right field. Orioles starters have five quality starts in five games on the road trip and they've posted a 2.27 ERA, but a .190 team average is mainly responsible for a 2-3 record. Nine quality starts have been registered over the past 10 games, but the Orioles...

TORONTO - The Orioles end a four-game series in Toronto and a six-game road trip this afternoon at Rogers Centre. Since Thursday, they've lost by scores of 5-4 in 10 innings, 5-1 and 4-3 in 10 innings. The Blue Jays today seek their first four-game home sweep of the Orioles since June 26-28, 1978. Yes, that is 40 years ago. The Orioles have scored just eight runs on 20 hits in this series and they are 1-for-21 with runners in scoring position in three games in Toronto. The Baltimore offense...

Left-hander Gio Gonzalez did not have his usual control and that cost him against the Giants on Saturday. "The control was a little bit off a little bit after the second inning," Gonzalez said. "After that, it was just trying to finish the inning. Trying to get through it." Gonzalez walked four, allowing six hits and four runs in only 3 1/3 innings. Justin Miller relieved and allowed a sacrifice fly to center field, but recorded two outs to get out of the threat in the fourth...

TORONTO - At a time when the Orioles rotation is on its best run of the season, that success is not translating into wins. During a five-game road trip, the Orioles have gotten five quality starts, but have gone 2-3. During the past 10 games, they have gotten nine quality starts, but have gone 2-8. In the last five games, the starters have posted an ERA of 2.27. Over the past 10 games, the ERA is 3.34. This 10-game run has lowered the rotation ERA for the year from 5.60 to 5.18. The quintet of...

Orioles manager Buck Showalter waited until about an hour before first pitch yesterday to reveal his lineup. The right decision was made regarding Chris Davis. Whether it came from Davis or Showalter. Davis needed to sit again no matter his track record against Blue Jays starter Aaron Sanchez. The .348 career average in 23 at-bats was meaningless. The only reason to pause was Sanchez's difficulties versus left-handed hitters, who posted a .304 average against him. Davis isn't the same...

For the second game in a row, a Nationals starting pitcher was unable to get through five innings against the Giants. On Friday night, right-hander Stephen Strasburg left with right shoulder inflammation. He threw 35 pitches and lasted only two innings. But the offense got off to a good start today, and the bullpen, led by Justin Miller and Sean Doolittle, minimized the damage as the Nats dropped the Giants 7-5 to even the series. "A win is a win is a win is a win," Nats manager Davey...

TORONTO - For the Orioles it was yet another day when they got a decent starting pitching effort but little offense. You've heard this story before, and it rang true again this afternoon at Rogers Centre. The Orioles went 1-for-11 with runners in scoring position and left 13 on base. In a 3-3 tie in the ninth they got runners to second and third with one out but failed to score. The Blue Jays won it 4-3 on a bases-loaded walk in the last of the 10th. The Orioles took their second walk-off loss...

The Cup first made its way into the bowels of Nationals Park shortly before 11 a.m., safely stored inside its personalized black trunk. By the time its full tour of the ballpark was complete, it had been unveiled, polished, stood in the Nats' clubhouse, the press conference room, been carried around the infield by Alex Ovechkin and then watched this afternoon's game against the Giants from a suite down the left field line. Everywhere it went, it was followed. And photographed. Selfies....

The Nationals reinstated outfielder Adam Eaton prior to Saturday's game against the Giants. The club sent reliever Wander Suero back to Triple-A and released outfielder Rafael Bautista. Eaton had missed 52 games after sustaining an injury to his left ankle and undergoing surgery. He started and played right field. "It's good to be back. I'm excited," Eaton said. "I feel, really, way better than I did the first go-around. I'm excited to be back out there. My wife is excited for me to go...