One pitcher tonight will be making his third MLB start while the other has made 300. One will be looking for his first major league win while the other has 145. O's rookie Cade Povich pitched 11 1/3 innings his first two starts while the Yankees' Gerrit Cole has 1,859 innings under his belt. Povich can't even think about winning Cy Young Awards. He

On a night when hardly anyone in the Nationals lineup did anything of consequence, Jesse Winker did more than anyone else. Not bad for a guy who wasn’t able to play the team’s last game after hurting his knee. Winker went 2-for-3 in the Nats’ 5-0 loss to the Diamondbacks, recording the team’s lone extra-base hit (a fourth-inning double) as well as

NEW YORK – If Cade Povich made a previous trip to New York, the memory isn’t sharp enough to cut through the fog. “Maybe one time for like a night,” he said, “but other than that, no.” Povich isn’t a tourist this week. His third major league start is coming tonight and he’s facing the team that’s blocking the Orioles from first place. “It’s definit

NEW YORK – Albert Suárez walked into the visiting clubhouse at Yankee Stadium this afternoon, turned left and stopped. His eyes did a quick scan of the lockers. His name was nowhere to be found. Suárez casually spun in the other direction and smiled. He was in a row straight ahead with a bunch of the other pitchers. He had worked through his first

It’s still too early in the season to call a series truly meaningful, not with the calendar still showing June and with more games left on the schedule than have been played to date. But the Nationals haven’t been in this position in a while, so why not get a little excited about a mid-June three-game set against the defending National League champ

From April 29 to May 2, the Orioles took three of four from the Yankees in Baltimore, allowing two runs or less in each of the four games, six runs total. New York batters hit just .177 with a .556 OPS and had seven extra-base hits in that series. The Orioles were 20-11 when that series ended, leading the Yankees by one game atop the American Leagu

NEW YORK – Dean Kremer rejoined his Orioles teammates and made the trip to New York but currently remains on his injury rehab assignment. Kremer pitched Sunday for Triple-A Norfolk and allowed two earned runs and five total in 3 2/3 innings, with four hits, one walk and three strikeouts. He threw 59 pitches, 37 for strikes. Norfolk is in Lehigh Val

James Wood and Dylan Crews are teammates again. And for the first time, they’re teammates one step away from the major leagues. Wood was activated off the minor league injured list today, just as Crews was promoted from Double-A Harrisburg, putting the Nationals’ top two prospects together in tonight’s lineup for Triple-A Rochester. Crews will lead

NEW YORK – Jordan Westburg is leading off tonight and James McCann is catching as the Orioles begin a three-game series against the Yankees that could flip-flop the top two positions in the division standings. Gunnar Henderson is batting cleaneup. The Orioles are 43-10 when Henderson homers in his major league career. Austin Hays is in left field a

Summer has arrived in the nation’s capital, a conclusion you probably already drew for yourself upon stepping outside at any point today. It’s hot, it’s muggy and that means the ball is probably going to start flying at Nationals Park for the next few months. That’s not a bad thing for the Nationals, who wouldn’t mind hitting a few more homers. Pro