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...

The vast majority of Brandon Kintzler's appearances this season should come with the Nationals leading, or perhaps tied, late in games. But the right-hander hadn't pitched in a week, and with the club off Friday, manager Davey Martinez wanted to make sure he and fellow bullpen stalwarts Ryan Madson and Sean Doolittle got some work in Thursday regardless of the score. So it was that Kintzler found himself on the mound for the top of the seventh, the Nationals trailing the Mets 4-2, the...

Three of the Orioles' four full-season minor league affiliates began a new season last night, and Triple-A Norfolk starts its season tonight. The Tides will host the Gwinnett Stripers at 7:05 p.m. Norfolk starts the year with a six-game homestand at Harbor Park. Here is the Tides final opening day roster, which was announced today: Pitchers: Jayson Aquino, Josh Edgin, Andrew Faulkner, Donnie Hart, David Hess, Jhan Mariñez, Tim Melville, Yefry Ramirez, Joely Rodriguez, Tanner Scott, Asher...

The Nationals have announced the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs roster for the 2018 season. It will be the Nats' final season in Syracuse, though it is not known where their Triple-A affiliate will be located next season. Syracuse opens its season tonight at Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. Randy Knorr is the manager. The pitching coach is Brad Holman and the hitting coach is Brian Daubach. Top prospect Victor Robles is in the outfield. Erick Fedde and Austin L. Adams, who are on the Nats' 40-man roster, are...

Recently, an entertainer in World Wrestling Entertainment named Buddy Murphy began calling himself "professional wrestling's best-kept secret." With all due respect to his creative catchphrase, I believe we should start calling Nationals reliever Matt Grace "D.C. baseball's best-kept secret." Last season, Grace was quietly effective for the Nationals, producing a 4.32 ERA, 1.360 WHIP and 31 strikeouts against 18 walks over 50 innings pitched. An eighth-round pick by Washington in the 2010...

It was hard to stay positive after a 1-5 start to the season. Our outlook after opening day was so promising, with Adam Jones walking it off in the 11th inning in front of a sold-out crowd at Camden Yards. But after the Gatorade shower and celebration at home plate, the Orioles went the next week without another win and came to the Bronx looking for their second victory of the 2018 season. Despite their their struggles entering the series against the Yankees, there were some encouraging signs...