Manager: Bryan Price (3rd season) Record: 29-50 Last 10 games: 2-8 Who to watch: RF Jay Bruce (.279, 17 HR, 59 RBIs), SS Zack Cozart (.266, 11 HR, 32 RBIs), CF Billy Hamilton (19 stolen bases, 51 hits), RHP Blake Wood (5-1, 3.29 ERA), RHP Anthony DeSclafani (2-0, 1.52 ERA) Season series vs. Nationals: 2-1 Pitching probables: June 30: LHP Brandon Finnegan vs. LHP Gio Gonzalez, 7:05 p.m., MASNJuly 1: RHP Anthony DeSclafani vs. RHP Tanner Roark, 6:05 p.m., MASNJuly 2: RHP Dan Straily vs. RHP...

The Nationals already had this key series won after back-to-back victories the last two nights. But they weren't satisfied with that, so tonight they went for the jugular and succeeded, riding another dominant performance from Max Scherzer and a pair of Daniel Murphy homers to a 4-2 win and a series sweep of the Mets. Scherzer allowed just two hits over 7 1/3 sparkling innings, retiring 18 batters in a row at one point and striking out 10 to lead the way. Murphy accounted for three of the...

The Orioles have a big lead in the American League East, but with one game remaining in June, the story is their steady stream of home runs - and how they are different from the other record-setting teams. Mark Trumbo's home run Wednesday in San Diego gave the Orioles 55 home runs during June, tying the record held by the 1996 Oakland Athletics. The Orioles are three short of tying the all-time monthly record by the 1987 Orioles and the 1999 Seattle Mariners. The noteworthy thread is that none...

SAN DIEGO - The Orioles have an obvious roster move coming this week and one today that had been wide open to debate and speculation. Maybe not quite as much anymore. Catcher Caleb Joseph will join the team today in Seattle after catching on three consecutive nights at Single-A Frederick. The Orioles figure to activate him for Friday night's game against the Mariners, with backup Francisco Pena returning to Triple-A Norfolk. Having Pena and Audry Perez in Norfolk could force Chris O'Brien...

SAN DIEGO - Orioles manager Buck Showalter said the club will make "at least" one roster move before Thursday night's series opener against the Mariners in Seattle. Vance Worley is meeting up with the team and will be activated from the disabled list. The Orioles could option reliever Oliver Drake, who's pitched in back-to-back games and allowed six runs and five hits in 2 1/3 innings. Showalter noted after today's 12-6 win over the Padres that he wanted to avoid getting another reliever...

Max Scherzer has dominated a depleted Mets lineup before. He won't be duplicating his end-of-season no-hitter tonight, but the Nationals ace is dealing and looking as sharp as he has in his previous historic starts. Scherzer has tossed three scoreless innings so far, striking out six as he attempts to lead the Nats to a series sweep over New York. Daniel Murphy's solo homer - his third against his former team already this season - gave the Nationals an early 1-0 lead, and Jayson Werth added a...

SAN DIEGO - The Orioles tied a home run record for the month of June, completed a two-game series sweep of the Padres to run their winning streak to seven games and increased their margin to 5 ½ in the American League East. Not a bad way to spend a sunny Wednesday afternoon. Yovani Gallardo took a shutout into the sixth and collected two hits in a 12-6 victory over the Padres at Petco Park. He didn't allow a hit until the fifth and the only real mistake resulted in Brett Wallace's...

Seeking some insurance in case a need for experienced pitching arises down the road, the Nationals have come to terms with journeyman Mat Latos on a minor league contract. Latos' deal won't be official until he passes a physical, according to a club source, but once that happens, he'll report to the Nationals' minor league complex in Viera, Fla., and attempt to work his way back after a tumultuous stretch that has seen him employed by five different franchises in the last 365 days. The...

SAN DIEGO - The Orioles' home run prowess figured to get them into the record books. Their long ball binging continued today with Mark Trumbo's two-run shot off left-hander Christian Friedrich in the fourth inning that increased the lead to 4-0 over the Padres. Trumbo leads the majors with 23 home runs. The Orioles, meanwhile, tied the 1996 Athletics for most homers in the month of June with 55. The record for any month is 58 shared by the Orioles in May 1987 and the Mariners in May...

Three days ago, the Nationals were mired in a seven-game losing streak, unable to drive in a run in a key spot, with a daunting series against the Mets looming. Since then, they have won three games in a row (one over the Brewers, two over the Mets) and tonight they have a chance to sweep their chief division rivals and expand their lead over them to six games. Quite a turn of events, huh? In order to pull it off, Max Scherzer will need to put together a strong start tonight. Or at the very...