The Orioles are already doing things this season they haven't done in this millennium. Win streaks? Not something the Birds are quite accustomed to. They now have two of them over that stretch at least seven games after having just two between 2000-2015. Over the last few seasons, the Orioles have mostly gone about their winning ways by taking two out of three. Sweeps are rare, but losing streaks are rare, as well. It's a simple enough method if you can follow it over the course of a long...

The Nationals offense has not had a moment yet where more than a handful of players were hitting at the same time. Bryce Harper started off well. Wilson Ramos is surging now. Daniel Murphy has been consistent throughout. But other key pieces like Jayson Werth and Ryan Zimmerman haven't gotten into a groove yet at the plate. They have certainly had their moments, just not the day-to-day consistency up and down the lineup the team will need to really get rolling in the National League East. And...

It's not at all uncommon for a player to miss a sizeable chunk of time early in the season due to injury, then struggle at the plate for a prolonged stretch even when healthy at last. Ben Revere, though, is testing the boundaries of that phenomenon right now, and the end result is one awfully frustrating leadoff man. In nine games since returning from a strained right oblique muscle, Revere is a scant 4-for-41 at the plate. When he looked up at the scoreboard following his final at-bat...

Orioles pitching prospect Chris Lee has picked up in 2016 where he left off in 2015. He pitched well for the Orioles at Single-A Frederick and Double-A Bowie after they acquired him in a trade with Houston last May. Acquired for two international bonus slots worth $655,000, the 23-year-old left-hander jumped right into the list of the Orioles' top 10 prospects at No. 6 by Baseball America. He has done nothing this year to hurt that standing. Lee is 5-0 with a 2.41 ERA in six games for Bowie....

The Orioles are off today and it has nothing to do with the weather. The schedule dictated it. No one is fighting it. Not everyone is spending the day away from the ballpark. Yovani Gallardo will play catch from 90 feet and someone needs to be on the other end or he's going to spend all morning chasing the ball. Bullpen coach Dom Chiti and head athletic trainer Richie Bancells will watch him. It's a safe bet that manager Buck Showalter will put off the yard work and join them. * We'll find...

There was a routine popup lost in the sun, letting two runs stroll across the plate. There was a clutch, two-run single by the opposing pitcher after the guy in front of him had been intentionally walked. And there were strikeouts, 15 of them in total, 10 of them with runners on base. Suffice it to say, the Nationals didn't do many things right this afternoon. And suffice it to say, all of that resulted in a 5-1 loss to the Marlins that never felt particularly close, given the manner in which...

The minutes that passed after the final out today didn't alter the Orioles' perception of the check-swing call that gave Tigers right fielder J.D. Martinez new life in the eighth inning. New life that killed the Orioles' chances of extending their winning streak to eight games. You know the rest of the story. Martinez and Miguel Cabrera homered on consecutive pitches from a frustrated Darren O'Day, and the Tigers avoided the sweep with a 6-5 win over the Orioles before an announced crowd of...

The Orioles were leading 5-4 in the eighth inning with Darren O'Day on the mound and two outs. O'Day threw a 2-2 pitch to Detroit's J.D. Martinez and thought Martinez, trying to check his swing, instead went too far and struck out. Home plate umpire Jeff Kellogg appealed to first base umpire Mark Wegner. No swing, Wegner ruled. On the 3-2 pitch, Martinez homered to tie the game. On the next pitch, Miguel Cabrera homered and Detroit had the lead - and later the 6-5 win. O'Day, who had...

Manager: Scott Servais (1st season) Record: 21-16 Last 10 games: 5-5 Who to watch: 2B Robinson Cano (.290 with 12 HR, 34 RBIs), RF Nelson Cruz (7 HR, 21 RBIs), 3B Kyle Seager (7 HR, 21 RBIs), RHP Taijuan Walker (2-2, 2.63 ERA), RHP Steve Cishek (3.10 ERA, 11 saves) Season series vs. Orioles: First meeting (3-3 in 2015) Pitching probables: May 17: LHP Wade Miley vs. RHP Ubaldo Jimenez, 7:05 p.m., MASN2 May 18: RHP Taijuan Walker vs. RHP Chris Tillman, 7:05 p.m., MASN2 May 19: RHP Nate Karns vs....

Miami right-hander Jose Fernandez tossed a career-high 117 pitches, and finished up with relative ease, as the Marlins defeated the Nationals 5-1 to split the four-game set. Fernandez struck out 10 of the last 12 batters he faced, striking out 11 batters overall. He pitched seven innings, allowing only four hits, one run (earned) and three walks. "I think that's been the whole season," Fernandez said on his surge to end the outing. "The whole season, as the game progresses, I've been...