BOSTON - Tyler Wilson consumed innings tonight for the Orioles and the defense behind him offered a sampler platter of defensive excellence. Nolan Reimold makes a lunging catch in left field and Joey Rickard makes one in right. Chris Davis snares a screaming line drive up the first base line. Paul Janish makes a diving catch to his left to rob another Red Sox batter. Square up a ball and watch it disappear into the Bermuda Triangle. Wilson pitched to contact while going a career-high eight...

Right-hander Tyler Wilson pitched a huge game at Fenway Park for the Orioles tonight, leading the Birds past the Red Sox 5-1 and back alone in first place in the American League East. Why was this start so big? * O's starters had an ERA of 7.57 in the first six games of this road trip. O's starters had pitched just 10 1/3 innings the past three games. * The Orioles won the series at Fenway Park. * The O's end with a respectable 3-4 road trip to Toronto and Boston, rather than going 2-5. *...

BOSTON - Orioles rookie right-hander Tyler Wilson, in search of his first quality start this month, retired the Red Sox in order tonight in the bottom of the first inning. He threw 14 pitches and was back in the dugout. The Orioles stranded Joey Rickard and Manny Machado in the top of the first after back-to-back singles off left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez, who retired the side in order on 10 pitches in the second inning. Shortstop J.J Hardy is playing his third game tonight at Double-A Bowie....

Coming up through the Orioles' farm system, right-hander Tyler Wilson and left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez were teammates at four different O's affiliates and often pitched in the same rotations. Tonight, they face each other at Fenway Park for the Orioles and Red Sox, respectively, with first place on the line. Wilson (2-5, 4.73 ERA) is making his 10th start of the season and Rodriguez (1-1, 6.06 ERA) his fourth. The two teams are 37-27 after exchanging wins the last two nights, with the Red...

BOSTON - Odrisamer Despaigne made his Orioles debut last night and tossed 2 2/3 scoreless innings, wiggling out of a few jams and relying on left-hander Brian Duensing to strand two of his runners upon his departure. It wasn't clean, but it was effective. The Orioles already were down 6-0. Despaigne applied the tourniquet. The Orioles didn't give Despaigne a specific role after recalling him on Tuesday from Triple-A Norfolk. He's in the bullpen for now, but the rotation could become an...

A full 41 percent of the baseball season has now been played, which is more than ample time for teams to face a wide assortment of competition from other divisions within their own league and even outside their own league. So how is it that the Nationals tonight are facing their very first National League West opponent of 2016? In an odd quirk to their schedule, the Nats somehow avoided any NL West opponent through their first 66 games. They are the only team in the majors who hasn't yet...

On the heels of their dramatic, 12-inning victory last night against the Cubs, the Nationals open their first West Coast trip of the season with the first of four games in San Diego. Tanner Roark gets the start in tonight's opener, looking to build off his strong start against the Phillies his last time out. Right-hander Erik Johnson, acquired by the Padres from the White Sox in the recent James Shields trade, takes the mound at Petco Park. He'll be facing a Nationals lineup that is without...

BOSTON - Though he's eligible to come off the disabled list this weekend, Orioles reliever Darren O'Day hasn't made the necessary strides with his strained right hamstring - so to speak - which would allow him to rejoin the bullpen. O'Day still hasn't thrown from a mound and still doesn't know when he'll be cleared to do so, severely reducing the odds that he's activated on Sunday. "Part of my delivery is bending over, stretching the hamstring. Before I get on the mound, I want to make...

BOSTON - Matt Wieters is catching for the third consecutive night and Nolan Reimold is in left field, as the Orioles close out their series tonight against the Red Sox and try to avoid their fifth loss in the last six games. Joey Rickard is in right field and batting second. Mark Trumbo is the designated hitter and Paul Janish is starting at third base. For the Orioles Adam Jones CF Joey Rickard RF Manny Machado SS Mark Trumbo DH Chris Davis 1B Matt Wieters C Jonathan Schoop 2B Nolan Reimold...

The Nationals and top draft pick Carter Kieboom agreed to terms this week on a deal that will pay the 18-year-old shortstop a $2 million signing bonus, a source familiar with the decision confirmed. That amount, which was first reported by MLB.com's Jim Callis, is roughly the same as Major League Baseball's predetermined slot amount of $2,065,900 for the 28th overall selection in last week's draft. The club has yet to announce Kieboom's signing, but he appeared at Nationals Park on Monday,...