Orioles manager Buck Showalter announced his starters for the first four games following the All-Star break. Ubaldo Jimenez, Chris Tillman and Miguel Gonzalez will start against the Tigers at Comerica Park. The Orioles are off on July 20, and left-hander Wei-Yin Chen will start the following night against the Yankees in The Bronx. Showalter didn't reveal his starter for July 22, but Kevin Gausman would be working on normal rest if recalled from Triple-A Norfolk. He's expected to face the...

The Washington Nationals reinstated right-handed pitcher Jordan Zimmermann from the paternity list on Saturday, and optioned left-handed pitcher Sammy Solis to Double-A Harrisburg. Zimmermann will start at Baltimore on Saturday night. President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement. Zimmermann, 29, is 7-5 with a 3.05 ERA this season. The two-time All-Star has been particularly strong of late, allowing just one earned run in his previous three starts, a 0.40...

BALTIMORE - Jordan Zimmermann aims to stop a three-game losing skid for the Nationals tonight. The right-hander has returned to his normal dominant self in recent weeks. Zimmermann is 2-0 with 0.40 ERA in his last three starts while striking out 17 and walking only one. Zimmermann is 1-3 with a 4.13 ERA in five career starts against Baltimore. His last came in 2013 when the Orioles tagged him for three homers including one apiece from Chris Davis and Steve Pearce. This will be Miguel...

Caleb Joseph is behind the plate tonight for the Orioles as they attempt to string together two consecutive wins and assure themselves of finishing above .500 at the All-Star break. Manager Buck Showalter said last night that Matt Wieters wouldn't catch on consecutive days until the second half. Ryan Flaherty is starting at second base after Jonathan Schoop's walk-off home run last night. Chris Parmelee is playing first base and Travis Snider is in left field. The Orioles won last night...

From the time they arrived from Montreal before the 2005 season, the Nationals have been a mainstay in the Washington, D.C., sports scene. But the Nats are also very active in the community, working diligently over the past decade to touch the lives of many in the region and proving that baseball has a further reach than wins and losses, balls and strikes, batters and pitchers. Each Thursday through mid-August, MASNsports.com's Byron Kerr will explore the Nationals' community outreach...

Right-hander Aaron Barrett arrived in Friday's game in a critical moment. The Nationals were holding on to a 2-1 lead over the Orioles and starter Gio Gonzalez had reached his max load. Gonzalez had thrown a strong six full innings, but had walked the first batter of the seventh. Suddenly, the Orioles had the tying run on first base with no one out. Barrett was summoned to try to quell the Orioles' potential rally. He did just that. He struck out the first two batters he faced. Then, he...

The Nationals' offensive struggles continued in last night's 3-2 loss to the Orioles. In six of the last 10 games, the Nationals have scored two runs or fewer, resulting in six losses. Tyler Moore and Michael A. Taylor delivered two-out RBIs in the fifth inning yesterday, but that was all the Nats could manage despite collecting 10 hits on the night. Moore's run-scoring double was the Nationals only extra-base hit. "Two runs in this stadium is tough," Moore said. "We need to score more,...

So the Orioles had yet another game where they failed to get even one hit with a runner in scoring position. But that didn't stop Johnny Baseball. Jonathan Schoop's first walk-off home run gave the Orioles a 3-2 win over the Nationals last night. Not a bad way to start a big weekend series in front of a sellout crowd of 46,289. Schoop was on the disabled list with a sprained right knee from April 18-July 4. The Orioles are thrilled to have him back. He's a talent on the field and an...

BALTIMORE - The Nationals' bullpen couldn't protect a one-run lead as Orioles second baseman Jonathan Schoop launched a walk-off homer off Tanner Roark in the bottom of the ninth for a 3-2 win. The only run Gio Gonzalez allowed came on a solo blast from Adam Jones in the fourth. Otherwise, the left-hander pitched brilliantly for the third consecutive start, exiting after walking Jimmy Paredes to begin the seventh as the Nationals held a 2-1 advantage. Aaron Barrett followed Gonzalez to the...

With last night's walk-off win, the Orioles can do no worse than .500 entering the All-Star break. Two games above with two more to play. Miguel Gonzalez is responsible for the only Orioles' win on their last road trip, holding the White Sox to one run over six innings in a 9-1 victory at U.S. Cellular Field. He's 2-2 with a 3.29 ERA in six career interleague starts, but he's never faced the Nationals. Only two Nationals have faced Gonzalez. Yunel Escobar is 4-for-19 and Jose Lobaton is...