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DETROIT - Just 17 games into a new season, the Orioles need to win this afternoon in Detroit or they will already have their second five-game losing streak of 2018.
It has been a miserable road trip for the Orioles. Bad weather and bad baseball. Not a good combo. They are 0-4 in Boston and Detroit and have been outscored 24-9. Since winning a big series at Yankee Stadium, the Orioles are 1-6 and they have scored 16 runs total in that span. The Orioles are already a full 9 1/2 games behind...
When it comes to pitching prospects, both before they are even drafted and after, all of the talk tends to be about how hard they throw their fastball. While I won't argue that it's nice when a guy can throw a mid-to-upper 90s fastball, I'll take a guy who gets outs, pounds the zone and makes a hitter earn his way on base. Orioles prospect Alex Wells, a left-hander, falls into that latter category, and I'm glad he's in the O's system.
Wells, 21, is one of the rare International free agent...
It's not that the Nationals have been burdened with major injuries. But they have been plagued by a couple of nagging minor injuries at once. Daniel Murphy, the big injury, is still recovering from offseason surgery. Adam Eaton, after coming back from a grisly ACL tear, tweaked his ankle and is on the disabled list. Anthony Rendon fouled a ball off his toe and has sat the last few games. Brian Goodwin just went on the DL for a wrist injury. None of these three injuries will likely keep players...
NEW YORK - The Nationals bullpen has allowed only two of 19 inherited runners to score, a 10.5 percent clip, which is tops in the National League and third in major league baseball.
Left-hander Sammy SolÃs arrived in the sixth inning and got out of a two-on, one-out jam to preserve the Nationals' lead in a game they went on to win 5-2. He stuck out pinch-hitter José Reyes and got Amed Rosario to pop out in full territory up the first base line.
SolÃs had gotten up to warm three times...
DETROIT - The Orioles could not get their offense going in the cold of Fenway Park and they didn't hit much in frigid Comerica Park last night, either.
They have now lost six of seven games, scoring a total of 16 runs since they won three of four games at Yankee Stadium. So much for that momentum. The Orioles offense has been offensive, but don't blame the weather, insists outfielder Adam Jones.
"Screw the weather. Who cares about the weather?" he said after Tuesday's 4-2 loss. "The...
NEW YORK - The Nationals played solid, fundamental baseball, highlighted by aggressive base running and a shutdown bullpen, to drop the New York Mets 5-2 on a frigid night at Citi Field.
Wilmer Difo, Pedro Severino and Ryan Zimmerman contributed key run-scoring singles while Sammy SolÃs, Ryan Madson, Brandon Kintzler and Sean Doolittle supported Gio Gonzalez to secure the Nats third series win of the season and second win in a row.
Their record is back to .500 at 9-9. They go for the sweep...
DETROIT - Orioles right-hander Dylan Bundy gives up one earned run in Boston, yet the Orioles lose. Tonight right-hander Andrew Cashner provided his third straight quality start but again the offense didn't get it done.
Since the Orioles won that series at Yankee Stadium, they are 1-6 and have scored 16 total runs. Tonight they scored two or less for the eighth time in a 4-2 loss to Detroit at frigid Comerica Park.
The Tigers came in having lost five in a row and the Orioles had lost three in...
Seventeen games have proven to be an ample sample size for fans who already are declaring the season to be the worst in Orioles history.
Some of the verdicts came in much earlier. After the club was swept in Houston in the first road series. Or, going back further, after pitchers and catchers reported to spring training.
Nerves continued to fray and more hairs were ripped from scalps last night with a 4-2 loss in Detroit, the sixth for the Orioles in the last seven games to lower their record...
DETROIT - The story was familiar again tonight for the Orioles. On a night where they got some solid starting pitching, again their offense did little to support that.
The Detroit Tigers snapped a five-game losing streak with a 4-2 win at frigid Comerica Park. The Orioles fall to 5-12. They have lost four in a row and six of their last seven. They are 3-8 on the road.
Right-handers Dylan Bundy and Andrew Cashner have made a combined eight starts this year with six quality starts, yet the...
NEW YORK - The Nationals tallied a run against Mets starter Zack Wheeler in the third. With one away, Trea Turner singled. It was his second hit of the game, he also doubled in the first inning.
Howie Kendrick singled to put men on the corners.
Bryce Harper drove a line drive to right field for a sacrifice fly RBI. Turner scored from third.
The Mets attempted to return the favor in the bottom of the third against left-hander Gio Gonzalez. They have scored at least a run immediately after giving...