The Nationals wasted another incredible pitching performance from Max Scherzer in last night's 2-1 walk-off loss in Atlanta. The Braves combined an infield single and a chopper that bounced over Yunel Escobar's head to score the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth. Scherzer has a decision in all but one of his starts this season, with the Nationals holding a 10-6 record when their ace pitches. But in Scherzer's six losses, the Nationals have managed to score a combined seven...

After eight minor league seasons and a total of 3,836 minor league and 73 major league plate appearances, 30-year-old Nationals first baseman/outfielder Clint Robinson finally connected for his first major league home run in the Nats' June 11 game in Milwaukee's Miller Park. Robinson, 30, hit 141 homers in the minor leagues for Royals, Jays and Dodgers minor league affiliates, putting up a combined .302/.381/.510 line in 921 minor league games. But before this season, the 2007 25th-round pick...

Jonanthan Schoop doesn't hit a homer in every rehab game he plays in. It just seems like it. After homering in three of his last four games while with Double-A Bowie, Schoop played at Single-A Frederick last night. He went 2-for-4 and hit a solo homer over all three levels of billboards in the eighth inning at Nymeo Field at Harry Grove Stadium. "I am always going up there looking for a pitch to drive. If I get it, I hope to put a good swing on it and it can go out of the ballpark," Schoop...

Max Scherzer pitched brilliantly once again only to take the loss on a controversial call that resulted in a 2-1 walk-off win for the Braves in the bottom of the ninth. Nationals manager Matt Williams sent Scherzer back out for the ninth after throwing only 97 pitches through the first eight frames. Braves skipper Fredi Gonzalez countered with pinch-hitter Pedro Ciriaco, who beat out a bouncing ball to Danny Espinosa for a leadoff single. Ciriaco quickly advanced to second on Jace Peterson's...

After pitching 6 1/3 scoreless innings tonight against a Texas team that had hit 10 homers the last three nights, O's right-hander Kevin Gausman is - for now at least - staying on the team. He will fly with the Orioles to Chicago tonight and await word on what the next move for him will be. Will he stay in the rotation? For now, he remains an Oriole and said that is encouraging. "Yeah, it is. Packed a bag just in case. Didn't know. You know it's all about keeping those (bullpen) guys fresh....

The Orioles are in Chicago tonight to begin a two-city, six-game road trip. Their lineup should lean heavily to the right against White Sox left-hander John Danks. Right-handers are hitting .321 against Danks this season and lefties are batting .230. The Orioles took five of six games from the White Sox last season and have won or tied the series every year since 2009. They swept a three-game set in Chicago last summer for the first time since May 1989. The Orioles launched 12 home runs in six...

Orioles manager Buck Showalter named Miguel Gonzalez as Sunday's starter against the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field. Bud Norris was lined up to make the start, but Gonzalez is moving ahead of him. Showalter also said Kevin Gausman will accompany the team to Chicago. He didn't promise that Gausman will get another start, but the right-hander is staying with the club and appears to be staying in the rotation. The Orioles won't add another reliever before Friday night's game, so Norris could...

Two starting pitchers dueled to keep the game scoreless into the late innings, and it stayed that way until a leadoff walk hurt the Orioles in the top of the ninth. Leonys Martin's RBI single in the top of the ninth produced the game's first run and Rougned Odor added a second run-scoring base hit in the frame as Texas beat the Orioles 2-0 at Camden Yards to take three of four in this series. After he pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth, Chaz Roe started the ninth with a walk of...

Max Scherzer breezed through the first four innings, allowing just one base hit with four strikeouts. But Braves third baseman Juan Uribe ripped a leadoff double in the fifth. Uribe then scored easily on a one-out single to center from shortstop Andrelton Simmons. Scherzer has thrown 64 pitches through five frames. Meanwhile, the Nationals have struggled to figure out Braves left-hander Manny Banuelos, who's making his major league debut. The rookie has struck out seven while only yielding two...

Following a month that featured his first career no-hitter and in the midst of one of the most dominant stretches in Major League history, Nationals right-handed pitcher Max Scherzer was named the National League Pitcher of the Month for June on Thursday. Major League Baseball made the announcement. Scherzer, 30, is the first Nationals (2005-present) pitcher ever to earn the honor in back-to-back months, as well as the first Washington pitcher to take home the award twice in one season. The...