The Orioles followed a dramatic 11th-inning walk-off home run on opening day by almost being no-hit tonight by the Twins. Kyle Gibson handled the first six innings, walking five batters and throwing 102 pitches. Ryan Pressly retired the first five batters he faced, but he walked Manny Machado with two outs in the eighth and Jonathan Schoop grounded a single up the middle on the next pitch, an 89 mph slider that got through the infield and drew an ovation for what remained of an announced crowd...

In the chill of Camden Yards on Saturday night the question became: Would the Orioles be no-hit here again in the second game of the season? It first happened on April 4, 2001 when Boston's Hideo Nomo did it. They were not, although the Minnesota Twins came within four outs of a combined no-hitter in beating the Orioles 6-2 in front of 17,763. Jonathan Schoop's two-out clean single to center in the eighth ended the no-hit bid. They ruined the Twins' shutout when Tim Beckham hit a two-run...

Three pitches from Andrew Cashner tonight and his first strikeout with the Orioles was in the books. Three batters into the game and he allowed his first home run. There would be more strikeouts and more home runs for Cashner over five innings, and an unsuccessful debut in front of the home crowd. Cashner was charged with five runs (four earned) and six hits, with two walks, five strikeouts and three home runs. He threw 79 pitches, 53 for strikes. Rule 5 pick Nestor Cortes Jr. made his major...

Manager: AL. Hinch (4th season) Record: 3-1 Who to watch (2017 stats): 2B Jose Altuve (.346, 32 steals), CF George Springer (34 homers), SS Carlos Correa (84 RBIs), 3B Alex Bregman (39 doubles), RHP Justin Verlander (15-8, 3.38 ERA), RHP Ken Giles (34 saves, 2.30 ERA) Season series vs. Orioles: First meeting (5-1 in 2017) Pitching probables: April 2: RHP Chris Tillman (1-7, 7.84 ERA in 2017) vs. RHP Charlie Morton (14-7, 3.62 ERA in 2017), 7:10 p.m., MASNApril 3: RHP Mike Wright Jr. (0-0, 5.76...

CINCINNATI - Adam Eaton thought he had already experienced the emotional high point of his return from reconstructive knee surgery two weeks ago when he played in his first Grapefruit League game in West Palm Beach, homered and then motioned to his pregnant wife and young son in the stands. Little could the Nationals outfielder have known what still awaited him this afternoon at Great American Ball Park. It's not just that Eaton went 5-for-5 with 10 total bases during a 13-7 thumping of the...

After the walk-off win in the 11th on opening day, followed by Friday's off day, the Orioles resume their 2018 season tonight at Camden Yards. They host the Minnesota Twins in the second game of a three-game series. Right-hander Andrew Cashner makes his official Orioles debut at 7:05 p.m. With Texas in 2017, he went 11-11 with a 3.40 ERA. He had a groundball rate among starters that ranked ninth in the American League at 48.6 and he tied for 11th in the league with 18 quality starts. He was...

Though the blown save came on opening day, Orioles reliever Brad Brach is treating it like only one game out of 162. Time to move on from it. And if there's another save situation tonight, he wants the ball. Brach gave up Robbie Grossman's two-run single in the ninth inning Thursday that erased a 2-0 lead and set up Adam Jones' dramatic walk-off homer in the 11th. He walked two batters, but he also was victimized by a chopper that first baseman Chris Davis lost in the lights and Grossman's...

CINCINNATI - Matt Adams supplied the early power. Adam Eaton supplied the sustained offense all afternoon. Stephen Strasburg supplied another gem. And then Brian Goodwin supplied the biggest blast of all late to ensure the Nationals would open the season with back-to-back wins. Today's 13-7 victory over the Reds featured a little bit of everything, with contributions aplenty. And thanks to that, the Nats are 2-0 with a chance to sweep the series Sunday afternoon at Great American Ball...

Alex Cobb isn't expected to debut with the Orioles before April 14. Cobb worked four innings and threw 48 pitches yesterday in extended spring training in Sarasota. He'll build up to five and six innings in his next two outings. The veteran right-hander must be placed on Double-A Bowie's roster on April 9, but he probably won't pitch in an Eastern League game. Cobb isn't allowed to use a major league baseball since he isn't on an injury rehab assignment, though the Orioles tried to obtain...

CINCINNATI - Matt Adams is making the most of his first start with the Nationals. Given a chance to bat cleanup on the second day of the season with Ryan Zimmerman on the bench, Adams launched a three-run homer into the far reaches of the right-center field bleachers at Great American Ball Park. That first-inning blast, which measured 460 feet, gave the Nationals an early lead over the Reds, which they went on to extend to 5-0 in the fourth inning. With two on and one out in the top of the...