The Orioles have delivered three walk-off home runs in six games of this homestand - August 14, 15 and 19 if you want to mark your calendars. Henry Urrutia's liner into the left field seats tonight off Mets reliever Carlos Torres was especially memorable. Urrutia led off the bottom of the ninth with his first major league home run to give the Orioles a 5-4 win over the Mets before 36,165 at Camden Yards. According to STATS, Urrutia became the fifth Oriole whose first home run was a walk-off,...

Catching prospect, 19-year-old Jakson Reetz, continues to gain experience at the professional level with the short-season Single-A Auburn Doubledays in the Nationals system. Auburn manager Gary Cathcart, who is also the Nationals coordinator of instruction, said Reetz truly is a baseball player who shows he has all the makeup to be a good one. Cathcart said Reetz just needs the repetition of game experience while playing at the top levels. Reetz, a 2014 third-round selection, has that baseball...

That was not a bad time for Henry Urrutia to hit his first major league home run. He hit a 1-2 pitch off Mets reliever Carlos Torres to the opposite field. His blast just over the left-field wall leading off the last of the ninth gave the Orioles a 5-4 win over the New York Mets in front of 36,165 at Camden Yards. The homer improved the Orioles to 62-57 with their 16th win in the last 24 games. It was the Orioles' sixth walk-off win of the year and third on this homestand. The O's ended a...

An error and wild pitch led to the Rockies' first run of game. With one out, Ben Paulsen hit a sharp grounder down the first base line. Ryan Zimmerman shifted to his left but the ball skipped over his glove and into right field. Paulsen hustled to second on Zimmerman's third error of the season. D.J. LeMahieu's groundout advanced Paulsen to third. With Nick Hundley batting, Stephen Strasburg bounced a curveball that jumped away from Wilson Ramos. The Nats catcher hustled to the ball, but his...

Mets relief pitcher Tyler Clippard remembers the first thought that ran through his mind July 27 when he was told that he had been traded from Oakland to New York. "My first thought was, 'OK, I'll have to figure out how to get all my stuff moved,'" Clippard said. "I was thinking, 'What time do I have to be there?' 'When should I go?'" His second thought was baseball. He knew he was going to be in a battle for the National League East with his former team, the Nationals, a team that...

The Nationals snapped their six-game losing streak, scoring a whopping 15 runs, in last night's win over the Rockies. It was the eighth time the Nats scored 10 or more runs this season. Ian Desmond continued swinging a hot bat, going 3-for-6 with a double and four RBIs. In his last 27 games, Desmond is slashing .313/.376/.606 with eight homers, three doubles, one triple, 19 runs scored and 21 RBIs. Desmond is hitting .436 in 19 career games at Coors Field. Bryce Harper walked a career-high...

The Orioles showed tonight that they can get runners on base against Mets starter Noah Syndergaard. It's the scoring part that may be a challenge. Manny Machado doubled on the first pitch thrown by Syndergaard, Gerardo Parra singled and Adam Jones walked to load the bases with no outs. Chris Davis struck out on an 81 mph curveball with the count full, and Jonathan Schoop grounded into a 4-3 double play with the count full. Syndergaard threw 23 pitches in the first inning and the Orioles let...

The Orioles look to finally get some offense going against New York Mets pitching tonight as they conclude this brief two-game series at Camden Yards. In three games against New York in 2015, the Orioles have scored just six runs on 23 hits with a double and three homers. They are 3-for-16 with runners in scoring position. The Orioles are looking to break a nine-game losing streak to the Mets. Their last win was June 18, 2009. The Mets lead the all-time series 22-9. The last time the Mets won...

Other than slotting Stephen Strasburg in as tonight's starter, Nationals manager Matt Williams didn't touch his lineup card from last night, a lineup that produced 15 runs. That means Jayson Werth remains the leadoff hitter and Anthony Rendon sits for the second consecutive night while Danny Espinosa starts at second base. Espinosa was 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored in last night's win. He's hitting .385 (5-for-13) with two homers and four RBIs in six games...

The Orioles did more than check on catcher Matt Wieters' right hamstring following last night's game. They also made sure his right knee wasn't creating a health issue. Wieters took a foul tip off his knee, which brought head athletic trainer Richie Bancells out of the dugout. Wieters stayed in the game and collected two hits. "He feels good today," said manager Buck Showalter. "I'm going to talk to him out on the field a little bit and see. Hoping he gets through tomorrow and he'll be...