The Orioles still haven't listed a starter for Monday night's game against the Royals at Camden Yards. Ubaldo Jimenez and Chris Tillman will close out the series. Left-hander T.J. McFarland remains a candidate to make his third major league start and his first since July, 1, 2014 versus the Rangers. Mike Wright also is a consideration after the Orioles recalled him from Triple-A Norfolk to replace injured reliever Darren O'Day. "Not yet," said manager Buck Showalter. "See how the next two...

CINCINNATI - The Nationals jumped on Reds starter Dan Straily early with two runs in the second inning. Wilson Ramos smacked a double with one out. Anthony Rendon followed with a two-run homer, his fifth of the season lined over the left field wall, to give the Nats their first lead of the series 2-0. Stephen Strasburg retired the Reds 1-2-3 in the first inning. In the bottom of the second, Jay Bruce crushed a 2-1 Strasburg offering over the left-center field fence, cutting the Nationals lead...

Orioles reliever Darren O'Day said this afternoon he first had an issue with his strained right hamstring during the first game of the series in Houston on May 24. It improved and he continued to pitch until it got worse when he was covering first base in the eighth inning on Wednesday night. The Orioles put O'Day on the 15-day disabled list yesterday but he is not certain he will be back when those 15 days are up. "In 15 days? No, I don't know," O'Day said. "There is nobody that is...

CINCINNATI - Nationals center fielder Ben Revere continues to struggle at the plate, going just 2-for-28 (.072) in the last seven games. Manager Dusty Baker decided to have a one-on-one meeting with the scuffling leadoff man to try to get him back on track. "He's struggling. I called Ben in today and I had a meeting with Ben," Baker said. "I explained to him it didn't take you two weeks to get in this hole and usually it takes you twice as much time to get out of hole as you got in a...

The Orioles are using the same lineup on back-to-back nights as they try to extend their winning streak to four games. Hyun Soo Kim is in left field and batting second. Mark Trumbo is in right field, Pedro Alvarez is the designated hitter and Ryan Flaherty is the third baseman. According to STATS, LLC., Mychal Givens is the first Orioles pitcher to begin his major league career with seven consecutive wins as a reliever. He's 5-0 this season after being credited with last night's...

CINCINNATI - Legendary boxing great Muhammad Ali passed away at the age of 74 on Friday. Today, Nationals manager Dusty Baker had a chance to reflect on how important Ali was to him and his life as he grew up watching the boxer compete and become a champion. "It's a tremendous loss, especially at a time when I was a teenager and going through some turmoils in my life and the country," Baker said. "Muhammad Ali gave us all, especially young black men, a sense of pride and strength." Baker...

Happy Saturday, O's fans. Welcome to this week's episode of Yard Work. We've got lots to talk about as the Orioles continue to battle for the top spot in the American League East. The Birds returned home from a long road trip that saw the team take a small step back, despite winning two of the three series against the Angels and Indians, respectively. Putting a damper on those, of course, was a three-game sweep at the hands of the Astros, but as we've said on every episode of Yard Work,...

CINCINNATI - Right-hander Stephen Strasburg looks to get the Nationals on the board in their series at Great American Ball Park against the Reds in his 12th start of the season. And if he can win today, he will be the first 10-game winner in the majors this season. Strasburg has already reached a 9-0 start, the best in his career. He is the first Nats pitcher to with 12 straight decisions, with the club winning his last 15 straight starts. He suffered neck tightness last year in his start here,...

Tyler Wilson takes the mound tonight with a chance to win his first game at Camden Yards. All four of his major league victories have come on the road. This is news to Wilson, who had no idea until I brought it up yesterday afternoon in the clubhouse. "Is that right?" he said with eyes widening. "I was not aware of that." So we can assume he isn't losing sleep over it. Good for him. We'll just stash it in the "fun fact" file. Wilson is 0-4 with a 3.40 ERA in 10 career games at home and...

The Orioles lost 6-2 to Boston on Tuesday night. They fell to 0-2 in a big four-game series and dropped to three games out of first place. They scored just four total runs Monday and Tuesday against the Red Sox. Now three games and 31 runs later, the Orioles are back tied for first place. They are outscoring their opponents, winning those three games even though they allowed 21 runs in them to the Red Sox and Yankees They are playing without shortstop J.J. Hardy. Now they will play for a time...