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After a miserable game yesterday and an 11-4 loss at Cleveland, right-hander Chris Tillman (6-1, 2.61 ERA) will take the mound for the Orioles this afternoon.
If this game is like the rest of his starts this season, his catcher will be Matt Wieters. Wieters has caught every Tillman start this year, 10 of 10. He has also often caught Kevin Gausman. Caleb Joseph has caught a lot of Ubaldo Jimenez's starts, but Wieters caught two of the last three.
Wieters would certainly not take credit for...
A Nationals starter gave up a big inning early in his outing for the second straight game.
Similar to Friday night, a 6-2 loss to the Cardinals in which Max Scherzer allowed five runs in the third inning, lefty Gio Gonzalez had a difficult second inning.
The Cardinals scored four runs with two outs in that inning, highlighted by an Adam Wainwright two-run double. They later added a two-run double from pinch-hitter Matt Adams in the eighth and went on to win 9-4.
The big problem for Gonzalez was...
CLEVELAND - The Orioles wish today's game could be played on paper. It may not soak up the rain, but otherwise, they'd have the advantage.
They need a starter to go deep after Ubaldo Jimenez lasted only 1 2/3 innings yesterday. Though they received 4 1/3 innings from reliever Vance Worley, another abbreviated outing almost certainly would force the Orioles to make a roster move to provide a fresh bullpen arm.
Well hello, Chris Tillman.
Tillman has strung together a career-high seven quality...
CLEVELAND - What's next for Ubaldo Jimenez?
The question hangs in the air like the dark clouds that spread across Progressive Field by the middle innings in the Orioles' 11-4 loss to the Indians.
Jimenez was charged with six runs (three earned) and five hits in 1 2/3 innings, with three walks and a strikeout. The Indians stole four bases off him.
Going back to his last four starts, Jimenez has surrendered 19 earned runs (23 total) and 27 hits in 16 2/3 innings. He's also walked 14...
As he walked off the mound following a dominant top of the first, having struck out all three batters he faced on 15 pitches, Gio Gonzalez had the look of a pitcher primed for a big night.
As he walked off the same mound following a disastrous top of the second, having allowed four runs on 40 pitches, Gonzalez had the look of a pitcher primed for a long night.
Suffice it to say that things escalated quickly here at Nationals Park, where the Cardinals lead 5-2. The Cardinals rocked Gonzalez...
On a day the Orioles hoped that right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez would begin to turn his season around, things instead got worse. With an ERA of 7.81 over his last five starts coming into this game, Jimenez allowed four runs in the first inning today and lasted just 1 2/3 in the Orioles' 11-4 loss at Cleveland.
Now comes the pertinent question: Can the Orioles continue to send Jimenez out there every fifth day?
His final line today was 1 2/3 innings, allowing five hits and six runs (three earned)...
Manager: Pete Mackanin (2nd season)
Record: 26-24
Last 10 games: 3-7
Who to watch: CF Odubel Herrera (.320/.427/.449 with 5 HR, 17 RBIs), 3B Maikel Franco (8 HR, 28 RBIs), 2B Freddie Galvis (17 RBIs), 1B Ryan Howard (8 HR, 18 RBIs), RHP Aaron Nola (4-3, 2.86 ERA), RHP Jeanmar Gomez (2.45 ERA, 17 saves) Season series vs. Nationals: 4-2
Pitching probables:
May 30: RHP Tanner Roark vs. RHP Jeremy Hellickson, 7:05 p.m., MASN May 31: RHP Joe Ross vs. RHP Aaron Nola, 7:05 p.m., MASN2 June 1: RHP Max...
Dusty Baker likes to plan days off for his regulars well in advance, giving them plenty of time to prepare. So there was nothing unusual about Baker's conversation with Anthony Rendon at the start of the week, during which the Nationals manager told his third baseman he'd be getting Saturday night off.
"I told him Monday or Tuesday. I told him he'd be off Saturday," Baker said. "So I said: 'Give me all you've got until your day off on Saturday.' And he did."
Did he ever. Rendon has...
Jose Lobaton will be behind the plate tonight against the Cardinals, resuming his regular battery with left-hander Gio Gonzalez.Wilson Ramos got the unusual call to catch for Gonzalez in his last start May 23 in a 7-1 loss to the Mets. Gonzalez struggled, going five innings and allowing seven runs on 10 hits, including three homers, with no walks and seven strikeouts.
Nationals manager Dusty Baker said Lobaton is back catching Gonzalez, but not because because Ramos called a bad game or the...
CLEVELAND - It's always a bad sign for a team when the bullpen begins to stir in the first inning.
Vance Worley was warming for the Orioles today in the bottom of the first as the Indians batted around and took a 4-0 lead. He was pitching with two outs in the second, also a disturbing sign.
Ubaldo Jimenez turned in his shortest outing since April 16, 2013, when he also lasted only 1 2/3 innings. He was charged with six runs (three earned) and five hits, walked three batters and struck out...