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SEATTLE - The Orioles' roster is still ever-changing, even when the Orioles have to add player from the East Coast to join them on the West Coast. Cuban-born left-hander Ariel Miranda was added to the roster today and is in the bullpen for today's game. To make roster room, right-hander Tyler Wilson was optioned to Triple-A Norfolk. To make room on the 40-man roster, pitcher Brian Duensing was transferred from the 15-day to the 60-day disabled list.
Miranda is 3-7 with a 4.06 ERA in 15 starts...
Wilson Ramos continues to make the case for his first-ever All-Star selection with a first pitch solo home run off of lefty John Lamb in the bottom of the second in the series finale between the Nats and the Reds on Sunday.
His 13th homer of the season lifted the Nats to a 1-0 lead.
Right-hander Stephen Strasburg walked two batters in a 25-pitch first frame, but got out of it unscathed and then worked a 1-2-3 second inning.
After three innings, the Nats lead the Reds 1-0.
Update: Lamb walked...
The Washington Nationals reinstated right-handed pitcher Stephen Strasburg from the 15-day disabled list on Sunday and placed right-handed pitcher Joe Ross on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder inflammation. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement.
Strasburg, who will start for Washington on Sunday afternoon vs. Cincinnati, returns to the Nationals' active roster after missing 17 games with an upper back strain. The right-hander...
The Nationals activated right-hander Stephen Strasburg from the disabled list to start today's series finale against the Reds. He had been on the shelf with an upper back strain since June 16.
Right-hander Joe Ross has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder inflammation. Ross went 5 1/3 innings, allowing four runs on 10 hits, with no walks and two strikeouts in Saturday's matchup against the Reds. Ross has seen his velocity dip, especially to his sinker, which went from...
Caleb Joseph is behind the plate today as the Orioles try to avoid being swept in a four-game series in Seattle for the first time since June 2000.
Joseph is making his first start since May 30.
Starter Ubaldo Jimenez owns a career 3.47 ERA in 40 starts with Joseph catching and a 7.36 ERA in 19 starts with Matt Wieters behind the plate. However, Wieters caught his last two starts that resulted in victories over the Padres.
Chris Davis' home run last night was his 182nd with the Orioles, tying...
On a night when the Nationals could not get much going offensively, they still forced the Reds into extra innings. The Nats mustered just three hits in a 9-4, 10-inning loss.
The bullpen allowed five runs in that final frame, helped along by two errors, one a rare fielding miscue from Bryce Harper.
Harper, similar to when Ryan Zimmerman said "everyone just needs to calm down" back in April, stressed that the bullpen is fine.
"Sometimes it just happens like that and it's just part of the...
SEATTLE - After coming out of a brutal stretch where he pitched to an ERA of 11.47 over seven starts, Orioles right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez (5-7, 6.63 ERA) has pitched well in back-to-back games.
Does he make it three in a row today at Safeco Field?
An O's rotation that has pitched to an ERA of 6.43 its last 15 games could stand to use a good outing as the Orioles look to avoid the four-game sweep at Safeco Field.
Both of his last two starts came against the San Diego Padres and Jimenez went 2-0...
SEATTLE - First, the good news: The Orioles will reach the halfway point of the 2016 season today and will be in first place. They are 47-33 and will either be on a 94 or 96-win pace after today's game. They will lead the American League East by, at worst, three games at the 81-game mark.
Now the not so good news: The Orioles' rotation continues to be an issue, one that threatens to derail this team over the second half. The rotation problems could make it difficult for the offense to keep...
SEATTLE - Nelson Cruz hit a three-run homer in the first inning tonight for Seattle and Mike Zunino added a two-run shot in the second. But the Mariners were not close to done at that point.
Seattle blasted five homers tonight off O's pitchers and right-hander Tyler Wilson allowed a career-high eight runs as the Mariners routed the Orioles 12-6 in front of 29,362 at Safeco Field.
The O's came here on a seven-game win streak but have lost three in a row to a Seattle team that is 12-6 versus...
If the Orioles are going to avoid a four-game sweep in Seattle, they'll need to do some damage against the pitcher who no-hit them last season.
A quality start from Ubaldo Jimenez also would be an asset. Or maybe a bullpen that keeps the team in the game, a missing element in last night's 12-6 loss.
Tyler Wilson put the Orioles in an early hole after surrendering a three-run homer to Nelson Cruz in the first inning and a two-run shot to Mike Zunino in the second. He was charged with eight...