Manager: John Farrell (4th season) Record: 30-20 Last 10 games: 6-4 Who to watch: DH David Ortiz (.339/.420/.720 with 13 HR, 46 RBIs), SS Xander Bogaerts (.351/.401/.514 with 6 HR, 28 RBIs), CF Jackie Bradley Jr. (.333/.409/.592 with 8 HR, 36 RBIs), RHP Steven Wright (4-4, 2.52 ERA), RHP Craig Kimbrel (3.10 ERA, 12 saves) Season series vs. Orioles: 1-2 Pitching probables: May 30: RHP Steven Wright vs. RHP Tyler Wilson, 1:35 p.m., MASN May 31: LHP Eduardo Rodriguez vs. RHP Kevin Gausman, 7:05...

CLEVELAND - The Orioles trail the Red Sox by one game in the American League East and the teams are preparing today for a four-game series at Camden Yards. Can a series at the end of May be construed as big? We're going to do it here while also pretending that rain isn't in the forecast. The Red Sox offense is a concern to the Orioles, which is why left-hander T.J. McFarland could be recalled this week as an extra long reliever. They went into yesterday leading the majors with a .296 average,...

Different players approach days off in different ways. Some like to take a full mental and physical break, and just watch the game from the dugout, available only in case of emergency. Others like to take the opportunity to work on something, maybe find what has been missing from their swing that perhaps provoked the day off. Jayson Werth has taken both approaches during his career, preferring rest when he's physically ailing but wanting to tinker when he's healthy and perhaps struggling. So...

Although Stephen Strasburg allowed a home run to Brandon Moss on a changeup, it's becoming a pitch that is another way for the right-hander to get hitters out. Strasburg arrived in the major leagues with a lethal fastball and it is still there. But it is his other pitches, like the curveball and now the changeup, that are becoming consistent out pitches that help elevate him to an elite category. "I think my ability to command my other pitches has really opened it up a little bit more,"...

CLEVELAND - The Orioles won today's game at Progressive Field because Chris Tillman gutted out six innings while the bullpen was minus a long reliever. They won because Hyun Soo Kim hit his first major league home run to break a 4-4 tie with two outs in the top of the seventh inning. They won because Darren O'Day escaped a humongous jam in the eighth with back-to-back strikeouts of Lonnie Chisenhall and Yan Gomes. They won because closer Zach Britton struck out Jason Kipnis and Francisco...

Jayson Werth's most celebrated home run of his Nationals career came against the Cardinals to force Game 5 in the 2012 National League Divisional Series. Werth provided another memorable moment against the team from St. Louis on Sunday. Coming off the bench in the seventh, Werth hit his first pinch-hit grand slam to help the Nationals down the Cardinals 10-2. What a way to spend a day off. It was the Nationals' 30th victory of the season. The win got the Nats a split in the four-game series...

One surprising home run and two huge escape acts on the mound were big for the Orioles today. On a day when Chris Tillman allowed three homers and the Orioles blew a 4-0 lead, they still pulled out a 6-4 win at Cleveland. The first career home run by Hyun Soo Kim put the Orioles ahead in the seventh. Yet another clutch pitching performance by Darren O'Day in the last of the eighth kept them ahead. Zach Britton pitched out of a big jam in the ninth to close it out. After the Orioles had seen a...

Don't you hate when you get stuck on the Metro and you're bored out of your mind? Or when you're stuck in rush hour traffic on the Capital Beltway and the radio is playing the same five songs over and over again? Whether you're on the Green Line going to or from a Nationals game at the Navy Yard or anywhere else around our nation's capital, you're stuck with the same old apps on your phone or no new music. Well, we have a solution for you: District 34, a brand -new podcast dedicated to...

CLEVELAND - Hyun Soo Kim never felt more loved than during today's silent treatment. Kim hit his first major league home run, a two-out bases-empty shot off Indians reliever Jeff Manship in the top of the seventh inning to break a 4-4 tie. Kim launched a 2-2 fastball into the right field seats, rounded the bases and returned to a quiet dugout. No one acknowledged him. He was completely ignored in the finest of baseball traditions, players and coaches standing along the railing and staring out...

The Nationals have nearly been no-hit by Michael Wacha before. They certainly didn't want to find themselves in that same boat today, so it's safe to say they breathed a sigh of relief when Michael A. Taylor broke up the right-hander's shot at history before things started to get too serious. And then it's safe to say they were downright giddy when Taylor's double in the bottom of the fourth set the table for a three-run rally that has given them a 3-1 lead. Taylor's leadoff double...