After helping the Nationals end a three-game slide with the game-winning RBI yesterday, Denard Span wasted no time getting his ballclub started tonight. The Nats center fielder roped a double off the right field wall to lead off the game. Brewers starter Matt Garza was able to retire Anthony Rendon and Yunel Escobar before facing Bryce Harper with two outs. Garza's 3-1 fastball ran in on Harper's bat creating a knuckling soft liner up the middle. The spin on the ball fooled Brewers shortstop...

BOWIE, Md. - Wearing a white No. 18 home jersey, Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman is making his second rehab start tonight, this time for the Double-A Bowie Baysox at home against Binghamton. If he needed a reminder that Double-A hitters can hit well too, he got one after he had retired the first five hitters. Mets first basmen Aderlin Rodriguez turned on a first-pitch fastball and hit it way out to left field for his seventh homer of the year and a 1-0 lead in the second inning. Gausman...

While former Orioles pitcher Erik Bedard settles into retirement, the assumption being that he'll find a quiet spot to be alone with his thoughts, Chris Tillman takes the mound tonight against the Red Sox and Adam Jones continues to patrol center field while in search of his fifth Gold Glove. How's that trade working for the Orioles? Pipe down, Tony Butler. Bedard was 71-82 with a 3.99 ERA in 11 major league seasons, including 15-14 with a 3.31 ERA in 46 starts with the Mariners over three...

The Orioles have been swept in a three-game series this year - by Toronto - but they don't have a three-game sweep to call their own. They can get one tonight at Camden Yards in the finale of a three-game series with Boston, where they have won the first two games by 1-0 and 5-2 scores. The Orioles' last three-game home sweep against Boston took place from Sept. 28-30, 2012. The Orioles are 6-3 this season versus the Red Sox, including 4-1 at home. They've pitched well against Boston with an...

After starting in all 59 of the Nationals' games this season, Ian Desmond is out of the lineup tonight. Danny Espinosa, who has been swinging a hot stick, starts at shortstop in place of Desmond. Desmond has struggled at the plate where he is just 5-for-43 (.116) in his last 11 games. Meanwhile, Espinosa is batting .313 (10-for-36) over the same stretch, which also includes two homers and three doubles. With Ryan Zimmerman heading to the 15-day disabled list earlier today, Williams has opted...

Orioles manager Buck Showalter expressed confidence today that pitcher Miguel Gonzalez will be ready to come off the disabled list when his 15 days have expired. Gonzalez went on the DL with a strained right groin muscle after leaving Tuesday's start with one out in the fifth inning. Gonzalez, who missed a start in 2012 with discomfort in his groin, told reporters that he feels the same today as he did a few days ago. "I'm pretty sure that we were able to get through this one before because...

The Orioles today announced that they have recalled right-hander Mike Wright from Triple-A Norfolk and placed right-hander Miguel Gonzalez on the 15-day disabled list (retroactive to June 10) with a right groin strain. Wright, 25, became the second Orioles starter in club history to begin his Major League career with two consecutive scoreless starts (also, Tom Phoebus, September 15-20, 1966) after tossing 14.1 scoreless innings over his first two outings, May 17-23. He has made four starts with...

​The Washington Nationals recalled outfielder Matt den Dekker from Triple-A Syracuse on Thursday and placed first baseman Ryan Zimmerman on the 15-day disabled list, retroactive to June 10, with left foot plantar fasciitis. President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement. den Dekker, 27, joins the Nationals for the third time this season. A member of the Nationals' Opening Day roster, den Dekker appeared in four games for the Major League team,...

BOWIE, Md. - Orioles right-hander Kevin Gausman will pitch tonight at Prince George's Stadium as the Double-A Bowie Baysox host Binghamton at 6:35 p.m. It will be Gausman's first Double-A game since May 17, 2013. He pitched for the Baysox during the first half of that season, going 2-4 with a 3.11 ERA in eight starts before being promoted directly to Baltimore. This will be Gausman's second rehab outing as he builds back up to pitch as a starter once again. Gausman pitched three innings for...

Nationals first baseman Ryan Zimmerman has been placed on the 15-day disabled list with plantar fasciitis in his left foot. Zimmerman has been dealing with the foot soreness for most of the season. Since reaching a season high .248 batting average back on May 15, Zimmerman is only 9-for-70 (.129) with one homer and seven RBIs. The move is retroactive to June 10. Nationals manager Matt Williams has turned to Tyler Moore at first base in Zimmerman's recent absence. Moore's bat has been cold as...