In recognition of the 2015 NFL season, the Orioles scored two touchdowns on Friday and surrendered two yesterday. Manager Buck Showalter gladly would settle for one field goal and a win. First baseman Chris Davis has been hit by pitches in three consecutive games and has walked in seven straight. My guess is he prefers the walks, but I haven't gotten it confirmed. The Orioles have been hit by pitches 45 times this season. The Pirates ranked first in the majors yesterday with 81, while the...

For the first time in the 23-year history of the franchise, the Double-A Bowie Baysox won a playoff series. Now, for another first, Bowie will play against Reading for the Eastern League championship starting Tuesday night. Needing one win to take its series with Altoona three wins to one, Bowie got it last night with a 3-0 shutout. Right-hander David Hess pitched a gem, allowing just one hit over seven innings. Andrew Triggs got the last five outs to record a save as Bowie pitched a combined...

The math says they're still alive, but the play on the field hasn't offered much proof over the past two days. The Nationals mustered just three hits and had only five baserunners, suffering their fifth straight loss in a 2-0 shutout at the hands of the Marlins. Marlins right-hander Jose Fernandez figured to make it tough on the Nationals. The 23-year-old entered the game 15-0 with a 1.14 ERA in 24 career starts at home. Anthony Rendon gave the Nats some early promise, leading off the game...

Right-hander Tanner Roark started again for the Nationals on Saturday night against the Marlins. Roark finished 4 2/3 innings, allowing eight hits but only two runs with one walk, two strikeouts and one hit by pitch. He fired 69 pitches, 40 for strikes. He suffered the loss in the 2-0 defeat. But Roark (4-5) has a track record of success as a starter. In 43 games, Roark was 21-12 with a 3.06 ERA heading into Saturday's affair. In 2014, he won 15 games for the Nationals as a starter. This...

Heading into today's game at Camden Yards, the Orioles' bullpen led the American League and ranked third in the majors with a 2.70 ERA since April 29. Opponents were batting .230 during the span, which ranked fifth in the majors. Maybe they were due for a dud. The relievers who followed starter Chris Tillman combined to allow 10 runs. Two of Tillman's inherited runners also crossed the plate in a 14-6 loss to the Royals. Tillman was charged with four runs, the last two scoring as he sat on...

Nationals right-hander Tanner Roark rolled through the first three innings before running into trouble in the fourth. Three singles, a walk and a hit batter in the frame led to the Marlins' first run. With runners at the corners and one out, J.T. Realmuto ripped a line drive single to right, scoring Christian Yelich. An infield base hit from Ichiro Suzuki loaded the bases, but Roark was able to get Miguel Rojas to ground out to prevent any further damage. The Nationals only managed three...

For the second time in the last three games, the Nationals go to battle without two of their top hitters in the lineup. First baseman Ryan Zimmerman will miss his fourth consecutive contest with a sore left oblique that he injured during an at-bat against the Braves last weekend. Third baseman Yunel Escobar, who went 2-for-4 and scored the Nationals' only run last night, was a late scratch tonight with a stomach bug. Escobar missed Wednesday's finale with the Mets after his fever spiked to...

Nationals manager Matt Williams revealed before tonight's game in Miami that right-hander Drew Storen has a non-displaced fracture in his right thumb, according to MASN's Dan Kolko. Storen reportedly injured his throwing hand slamming his locker shut in the Nationals clubhouse following the 5-3 loss to the Mets on Wednesday night. Williams called on Storen to face Mets slugger Yoenis Cespedes with one on and one out and the game tied in the eighth. Storen hung a slider and Cespedes demolished...

Manager: Pete Mackanin (1st season) Record: 56-88 Last 10 games: 3-7 Who to watch: CF Odubel Herrera (.299/.328/.428 with 8 HR, 14 SB), 1B Ryan Howard (22 HR, 76 RBIs), RHP Ken Giles (1.43 ERA, 13 saves), RHP Aaron Nola (6-2, 3.56 ERA) Season series vs. Nationals: 5-7 Pitching probables: Sept. 14: RHP Jordan Zimmermann vs. RHP Aaron Nola, 7:05 p.m., MASN2 Sept. 15: RHP Stephen Strasburg vs. RHP David Buchanan, 7:05 p.m., MASN2 Sept. 16: LHP Gio Gonzalez vs. LHP Adam Morgan, 7:05 p.m.,...

Today's game between the Orioles and Royals finally started after a delay of 3 hours and 2 minutes. It rained for a large part of it. Chris Davis was hit by another pitch in the bottom of the first inning. Yordano Ventura nailed him on the left foot. Davis limped to first base and the moment passed without incident. No bats were harmed in the making of this inning. The Orioles grabbed a 1-0 lead when Manny Machado singled with one out, Davis was hit, Adam Jones reached on an infield single and...