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Davey Martinez wanted early offense via more walks and more quality at-bats. He got that and then some this afternoon as the Nationals cruised to a two-game sweep of the Rays.
Behind a five-run first inning that included everything their manager asked for and more, the Nationals took a quick lead on Tampa Bay and then kept the pressure on all afternoon to earn an 11-2 victory.
In discussing his club's recent offensive struggles prior to the game, Martinez noted the need for stars like Bryce...
FLUSHING, N.Y. - Fans came to Citi Field today to watch a baseball game and a pillow fight broke out.
The starting pitching was on point or the offenses were out of sync again. It's not as though the Orioles and Mets have been lighting up scoreboards across the country. But dim the sarcasm, because Dylan Bundy and Zach Wheeler were dealing.
Both pitchers carried shutouts through the seventh inning, but the Mets brought in reliever Jeurys Familia in the eighth and the Orioles manufactured the...
The Nationals have placed left-hander Seth Romero on the low Single-A Hagerstown Suns active roster. He will make his first start for the Suns on Thursday night at home against Lakewood.
Romero, the club's top selection in the 2017 first-year player draft, was sent home from Nats spring training for violating club policy March 5. The violation was of a Nats' club policy and not a Major League Baseball infraction. His initial appearance this season with the Suns will be his first one in pro...
The Orioles have won just one road series this year and it was in New York. They can sweep a two-game series this afternoon, winning another road series. And it's in New York.
At Citi Field, the Orioles play the New York Mets. Baltimore won 2-1 last night as Alex Cobb gave up just two hits and one run over six innings. Three O's relievers followed him to the mound as Mychal Givens, Richard Bleier and Brad Brach combined with Cobb on a three-hitter and Brach gained his ninth save.
The...
Bryce Harper leads all National League hitters with 18 home runs. That's a good thing. He's tied for 50th in hits. That's not such a good thing.
Harper leads the NL in walks for the season, with 47. That's a good thing. Since May 1, he's tied for 60th with only nine walks. That's definitely not a good thing.
Such is the odd nature of Harper's season to date. He continues to hit the ball out of the park as well as anybody. But he's not hitting singles or drawing walks the way he used to...
FLUSHING, N.Y. - Orioles reliever Darren O'Day will stay with Single-A Frederick and pitch again on Thursday in Potomac. He could be activated a few days later.
O'Day walked three batters last night in two-thirds of an inning and was charged with three runs after he left the game.
"He felt good," said manager Buck Showalter. "One of them (walks) wasn't. He's going to have at least one more outing. But he felt good. Obviously, his command was off a little bit, but he felt good.
"He's...
FLUSHIHG, N.Y. - Chance Sisco, the other rookie catcher on the Orioles roster, is starting today against Mets right-hander Zack Wheeler.
Mark Trumbo is in right field. Danny Valencia moves down to seventh in the order, one spot behind Chris Davis.
Jose Bautista is 0-for-8 with six strikeouts against Dylan Bundy.
Bundy is 2-1 with a 1.30 ERA and 0.894 WHIP in five day starts this season.
Last night's win was the first for the Orioles in Queens since June 17, 2006 at Shea Stadium.
The Mets have...
The Nationals are going to face something different today in their series finale against Tampa Bay. The Rays aren't sending a starter to the mound for the bottom of the first. They're sending an "opener." That would be Jonny Venters, a reliever who actually will start the game and pitch one or two innings before manager Kevin Cash then summons Ryan Yarbrough (a starter who will pitch five-plus innings of relief).
This isn't exactly sweeping the nation, but the rest of the baseball world...
The Orioles have named Troy Scott as the club's Vice President of Ballpark Operations. Scott will oversee and coordinate the facility operation of Oriole Park at Camden Yards and the accompanying B & O Warehouse and will drive the strategic and operational initiatives of the ballpark, including all ongoing security, event operations, and guest experience programs.Since 2013, Scott has served as the Vice President of Stadium Development and Operations for D.C. United Soccer, where he was...
The implementation of the slot bonus amounts, that began in the First-Year Player Draft a few years ago as part of a new collective bargaining agreement, means that teams can reach agreements very quickly with draft picks. The Orioles have done just that.
The Orioles are very close to signing multiple draft picks they have selected in the first two days of the draft including their top pick, prep right-hander Grayson Rodriguez from Nacagdoches, Texas. The listed slot for the No. 11 pick is...