Manager: Pete Mackanin (3rd season) Record: 53-86 Last 10 games: 5-5 Who to watch: LF Rhys Hoskins (.309/.425/.734 with 12 HR, 27 RBIs), CF Odúbel Herrera (.288/.333/.465 with 12 HR, 48 RBIs), 1B Tommy Joseph (20 HR, 65 RBIs), RHP Aaron Nola (10-10, 3.72 ERA), RHP Héctor Neris (3.02 ERA with 19 saves)Season series vs. Nationals: 5-7 Pitching probables: Sept. 7: RHP Aaron Nola vs. RHP Tanner Roark, 7:05 p.m., MASNSept. 8: RHP Jake Thompson vs. RHP Max Scherzer, 7:05 p.m., MASN2Sept. 9: RHP...

Manager: Terry Francona (5th season) Record: 84-56 Last 10 games: 10-0 Who to watch: 2B José Ramírez (.309 with 25 HR, 69 RBIs), SS Francisco Lindor (27 HR, 71 RBIs), RF Jay Bruce (.278 4 HR, 14 RBIs), DH Edwin Encarnacion (33 HR, 85 RBIs), RHP Trevor Bauer (15-8, 4.39 ERA), RHP Cody Allen (2.70 ERA, 24 saves) Season series vs. Orioles: 3-1 Pitching probables: Sept. 8: LHP Wade Miley vs. RHP Mike Clevinger, 7:10 p.m., MASN Sept. 9: RHP Gabriel Ynoa vs. RHP Josh Tomlin, 1:05 p.m., FOX...

MIAMI - The vast majority of the attention in South Florida is fixated not on baseball but on Hurricane Irma. The outer bands of storm aren't expected to arrive here until Saturday, with the bulk of the storm arriving Sunday, but already folks are making preparations, with some evacuations underway and huge lines at gas stations leading to major traffic jams. (I speak from experience on that last one.) But there is a ballgame to be played tonight, and so the Nationals and Marlins will close...

After a season where he led the league in batting and RBIs, Double-A Bowie's Garabez Rosa has been named the Most Valuable Player of the Eastern League for 2017. Rosa topped all hitters in batting average (.310), hits (162) and RBIs (91). The 162 hits are the second-highest single-season total in Orioles franchise history and the 91 RBIs are tied for seventh most all-time. He also finished second in the Eastern League in total bases (232) and tied for second in runs scored (75). He hit 14 home...

Seth Smith is in right field tonight and Caleb Joseph is behind the plate as the Orioles and Yankees attempt to conclude their series at rainy Camden Yards. Manny Machado leads the majors with three walk-off home runs, all of them since Aug. 18. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, he's tied the franchise single-season record shared by Eddie Murray in 1978, Fred Lynn in 1985 and Rafael Palmeiro in 1998. Also from Elias, Machado hit the Orioles' first walk-off home run against the Yankees...

While the parent Nationals have a little more than a month to go - six or seven weeks if they can advance to the National League Championship Series for the first time in franchise history - the season in the minors ends tomorrow. On a won-loss basis, 2017 was a disaster, nestled somewhere on the spectrum between "Ishtar" and Dan Snyder's tenure as an owner. Just two of the seven affiliates finished above .500, the rest finished (or will finish) in last place, lowlighted by the Syracuse...

MIAMI - Pedro Severino made his major league debut nearly two years ago, so this isn't anything new for him. The young Nationals catcher, though, hasn't been given a whole lot of opportunities to play at this level (with the notable exception of his two starts in last year's National League Division Series after Wilson Ramos tore his ACL). No matter what, Severino has tried to make himself ready if and when the call comes. "They gave me opportunity last year, and in 2015 I (didn't) play a...

New York Yankees right-hander Dellin Betances has allowed three homers in 52 2/3 innings this year and two of them have come the past two nights against the Orioles. Betances made two big mistakes in the ninth last night. First, he walked Tim Beckham to give Manny Machado a chance. And he left a breaking ball up in the zone that Machado could mash. He did. It was a walk-off two-run home run in the last of the ninth as the Orioles, once down 6-1, beat the Yankees 7-6. Machado has three walk-off...

The 2018 schedule will be released later this month, as usual. It's never too early to glance ahead in the middle of a playoff push. Also as usual. The particulars are scarce, but the Orioles will open at home against the Twins. That much has been confirmed. The Orioles are paired up with the National League East in interleague play. The schedule includes home series against the Phillies, Mets and Marlins. There's also the usual home-and-home series against the Nationals. The road portion of...

Orioles manager Buck Showalter lamented the 10 walked batters in Monday afternoon's loss to the Yankees, though he noted how one was intentional. Just to be fair while frustrated. Showalter ran out of patience with Jeremy Hellickson tonight after a fourth walk in 2 1/3 innings. Hellickson also hit a batter. Another bad game from the rotation. Another chance for the Orioles to overcome it. Manny Machado followed Tim Beckham's two-out walk off Dellin Betances in the ninth inning with a two-run...