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After completing the first game of the series with a late-inning win in dramatic fashion, the Nationals ran into a buzzsaw in the second as the Dodgers won 4-2. Reigning National League MVP Clayton Kershaw struck out a season-best 14 batters without a allowing a run or a walk. The Nationals managed only three hits against the dominant left-hander.
"Unfortunately, I've seen that way too much," Nationals manager Matt Williams said. "He's a pretty good pitcher. He establishes strikes and then...
So, for the Orioles, is the bigger issue right now the pitching or the hitting?
Both have their share of issues. The offense has scored three runs or fewer in six of its last seven games and nine of its last 11. The O's have scored just 19 runs in their last nine losses.
As for the pitchers, the starting rotation has not been good enough. After Ubaldo Jimenez's outing last night, O's starters have given up six runs or more in three of the last six games.
For the year, the O's rotation ERA...
A win tonight for the Orioles would move them within four games of the first-place Yankees in the American League East.
Baby steps.
The Mariners defeated the Yankees 4-3 this afternoon. The Rays trail by 3 1/2 games after defeating the Blue Jays, who currently are tied with the Orioles at 4 1/2 games back.
The Orioles' roster didn't undergo any changes heading into tonight's game in Detroit, but another move is on the horizon after manager Buck Showalter confirmed to reporters that Kevin...
Three consecutive singles to start the second inning from Adrian Gonzalez, Andre Ethier and Yasiel Puig resulted in the Dodgers' first run against Nationals starter Doug Fister.
Fister has yielded one run on five hits with one walk and one strikeout through three innings.
Dodgers starter Clayton Kershaw has struck out four of the first seven batters he has faced. Clint Robinson collected the Nationals' lone hit on a single up the middle in the second.
Update: Fister ran into difficulty with...
Seldom-used Nationals outfielder Matt den Dekker smacked a two-run pinch-hit homer with two outs in the bottom of the eighth to beat the Dodgers 5-3.
"I was just ready to be aggressive early," den Dekker said. "Coming off the bench, you gotta be in there and ready to go so that's what I did. I just got a pitch over the plate and got the barrel on it."
After a faulty circuit breaker blew out a bank of lights at Nationals Park last night, the Dodgers and Nationals resumed play this afternoon...
Matt Wieters remains in the Orioles lineup tonight against the Tigers, serving as the designated hitter against David Price.
Wieters' .366 career average against Price is the second-highest among players with 40 or more at-bats behind Jacoby Ellsbury (.375).
Steve Pearce is playing first base and batting second, and Nolan Reimold is playing left field and batting eighth.
For the Orioles Manny Machado 3B Steve Pearce 1B Adam Jones CF Matt Wieters DH Chris Davis RF J.J. Hardy SS Jonathan Schoop...
After pitching the fifth inning before the game was suspended last night, Tanner Roark retuned to the mound this afternoon to start the sixth. Adrian Gonzalez blasted a one-out solo shot to left off Roark to tie the game. It was Gonzalez's second homer of the game and 20th on the season. Gonzalez has driven all three runs for the Dodgers in the game.
Dodgers right-hander Chin-Hui Tsao retired the Nationals in order in the bottom of the inning.
Nationals right-hander Aaron Barrett took over in...
A night at the ballpark. Friday, July 17, 2015, Dodgers at Nationals. I got the chance to host "Nats Xtra," with Bob Carpenter off for the weekend and Johnny Holliday calling the game.
5:30 p.m. - The night started off in normal fashion, with our "Nats Xtra" producer John Harvey, along with Ray Knight and production assistant Rich Nodonly, going over the rundown for the pregame show. I put together previews of each pitcher on the first page. The second page is usually notes on individual...
Nationals manager Matt Williams plans to send right-hander Tanner Roark back to the mound to start the sixth inning when the Nationals and Dodgers resume the first game of the series at 2:05 p.m. Roark breezed through the fifth inning last night, retiring the Dodgers in order before the lights went out at Nationals Park for the third and final time, forcing umpires to suspend the game.
"As it sits right now, Tanner will go back out," Williams said. "He threw seven pitches last night, so...
The Nationals will take another step on the road to recovery tonight as infielder Anthony Rendon joins right fielder Jayson Werth on a rehabiliation assignment at Single-A Potomac.
"As they have it right now, I believe they're both hitting two-three in (Potomac's) lineup today," Nationals manager Matt Williams said.
Rendon hasn't played since June 24 after landing on the 15-day disabled list with a left quad strain. He missed the first 53 games of the season after battling a sprained left...