Here are the starting lineups for Saturday's second game of the series between the Nationals and Marlins. Amazingly, the second to last place Marlins have a 6-4 record versus the Nationals this season. One reason why the Mets have the lead in the NL East is they do well against teams with losing records. Danny Espinosa is back at second base tonight while Clint Robinson gets the start in left field. But Yunel Escobar and Michael A. Taylor are still not in the lineup for the second consecutive...

ARLINGTON, Texas - Dariel Alvarez remains in the Orioles' lineup tonight in right field and Gerardo Parra returns to it after resting last night. Parra is playing left field. Chris Davis is the designated hitter, with Steve Pearce starting at first base. Adam Jones made it through last night's game without any health issues, and he's in center field again tonight. For the Orioles Manny Machado 3B Gerardo Parra LF Adam Jones CF Chris Davis DH Steve Pearce 1B Jonathan Schoop 2B Caleb Joseph C...

ARLINGTON, Texas - Ubaldo Jimenez is attempting tonight to become the Orioles' first 10-game winner this season. He's tied for the lead with Chris Tillman and Miguel Gonzalez at nine victories. Jimenez is on the verge of posting his sixth career 10-win season and the first since 2013 with the Indians. The Orioles could use a quality start from Jimenez, who's posted only one in his last five outings and two in his last nine. Jimenez has surrendered at least one run in the first inning of five...

Trea Turner made his first major league start at a new position, second base, and made a couple of impressive plays on defense that showcased his speed, balance and glove work. Turner is still looking for his first major league base hit. He went 0-4 with three of the four outs on fly balls or a line out to right field. Turner looked comfortable at second base even though shortstop is his natural position. Turner had played 161 minor league games at shortstop and only two games at second base...

The way the Orioles offense is not performing right now it may be hard to remember, but in both April and June, this team averaged over five runs a game. That was for two entire months. Yep, hard to remember that now. I guess it is hard to look good losing at anytime, but the Orioles sure look bad doing it right now. In addition to the lack of runs lately, there have been some other issues. For one, suddenly it seems nightly that one or two balls are hit over the heads of Orioles...

ARLINGTON, Texas - With the Orioles losing again last night to fall two games below .500, we're left to sift through the rubble in search of the smallest gems. You won't get rich off them, but they've got some worth. The Orioles had two more outfield assists last night and now lead the majors with 39. Adam Jones picked up his team-leading 13th and Dariel Alvarez earned his first on the first ball hit to him in the majors. Factor in Gerardo Parra, and the Orioles can put plus-arms in all...

ARLINGTON, Texas - With tonight's 4-1 loss, the Orioles have slipped to 3 1/2 games behind the Rangers for the second wild card. They've also lost nine of their last 11 games. The offense continues to sputter, scoring three runs or fewer in eight of the last nine games. It managed only three hits tonight. Rangers left-hander Cole Hamels was exceptional, retiring 14 in a row and striking out 10 batters over eight innings. Combine him with cold bats and it's a recipe for another loss. "It's...

The Nationals fell to the Marlins 4-3 on Friday night in a game they pretty much had to have against a team near the basement in the National League East. Right-hander Max Scherzer allowed a couple of early home runs and the Nationals failed to score more than one run with the bases loaded and no outs in the sixth. That all added to a demoralizing one-run setback to a 77-loss club. The Marlins are now surprising 6-4 against the Nationals this season. Miami is 46-73 against everyone else and...

Manager: Kevin Cash (1st season) Record: 64-66 Last 10 games: 5-5 Who to watch: 2B Logan Forsythe (.277 with 15 HR, 53 RBIs), 3B Evan Longoria (14 HR, 57 RBIs), CF Kevin Kiermaier (16 SB), RHP Chris Archer (11-10, 2.88 ERA), RHP Brad Boxberger (3.18 ERA, 32 saves) Season series vs. Orioles: 5-7 Pitching probables: Aug. 31: RHP Chris Archer vs. LHP Wei-Yin Chen, 7:05 p.m., MASN Sept. 1: LHP Drew Smyly vs. RHP Chris Tillman, 7:05 p.m., MASN Sept. 2: RHP Erasmo Ramirez vs. RHP Kevin Gausman, 7:05...

For the Orioles, it was another night with not much offense and another loss. Texas Rangers' left-hander Cole Hamels held the Orioles to just two hits over eight innings as Texas beat the O's 4-1 at Globe Life Park in the opener of a weekend series. Hamels retired 14 in a row from the last out of the third inning into the eighth inning. He walked four and fanned 10, throwing 111 pitches, 72 for strikes. Hamels improves to 2-1 with an ERA of 3.89 in five starts with Texas. He needed 56 pitches...