The Orioles snapped a five-game losing streak last night and are rewarded with four against the Rangers, who swept them in the Division Series last year and won the World Series. Heston Kjerstad is in right field tonight and Anthony Santander is on the bench. Colton Cowser is in left field. Ryan O’Hearn is the designated hitter. Jorge Mateo starts

Orioles' catcher Adley Rutschman was a Silver Slugger winner at the end of the 2023 season. One where he finished with 20 homers and 80 RBIs. But this season his production has gotten better and he’s on pace for 28 homers and 107 RBIs. He has elevated his slugging and OPS production even as his walk rate came down. Earlier this year it was way down

SAN DIEGO – In the moment, it was a small maneuver. Even Nasim Nuñez himself was a bit surprised at the timing of it, though he figured it was going to come in an 8-0 game. But Nationals manager Davey Martinez waited until the last possible moment to let Nuñez know he was going to pinch-hit for CJ Abrams in the top of the ninth to give the starting

The Orioles score 11 runs in the series opener in Houston, allow 14 and lose because of the pitching. They’re held to four runs over the next three games and lose because of the hitting. Well, mostly. The Astros scored eight runs Sunday to complete the sweep. The team erupts for eight runs Tuesday night, collecting 16 hits and belting four home run

The relentless schedule and intense heat led the Orioles to implement a “breather day,” as manager Brandon Hyde called it. They treated it as a getaway game, with players allowed to report later and no batting practice held on the field. Dial back the intensity a smidge. “Hopefully have lunch somewhere and be able to relax a little bit,” Hyde said

SAN DIEGO – This series between the Nationals and Padres didn’t need any more drama. Not after the extra-inning theatrics on Monday and the extracurriculars on Tuesday. It felt like both teams got everything off their respective chests last night and could just play a regular ballgame Wednesday. They were able to do so. Except the Nationals were se

During a five-game losing streak, the Orioles have allowed 40 runs and lost games where they scored eight and eleven runs. So Captain Obvious said the pitching must improve as they host Cleveland tonight in the series finale. After getting swept once all year - from May 20 to 22 at St. Louis - a loss tonight would secure back-to-back series the O's

SAN DIEGO – Let’s be very clear from the start: The Nationals did not intentionally hit Jurickson Profar during Tuesday’s game. Nor did manager Davey Martinez suggest that they did so during his postgame press conference. Yes, Keibert Ruiz confronted Profar before his first at-bat last night, leading to both benches and bullpens clearing. Yes, MacK

The losing streak has reached five games and the Orioles are one more defeat away from back-to-back sweeps and the third in 2024. The Orioles haven’t been swept in consecutive series since May 13-18, 2022 against the Tigers and Yankees, also the last time they lost six games in a row. Heston Kjerstad is in left field and batting seventh. Cedric Mul

SAN DIEGO – Are there any more fireworks left in this series between the Nationals and Padres? The Nats certainly hope so as they look to avoid the three-game sweep in today’s finale. Last night’s game was full of emotion and got pretty heated early, but it eventually settled down and became more about baseball than any off-field theatrics. Let’s s