For the Orioles, it was yet another day where their offense came up short. Tampa Bay starter Erasmo Ramirez pitched seven scoreless innings as the Rays beat the Orioles 3-0 in front of 38,177 at Camden Yards. If they were hoping to build on last night's walk-off win, getting shut out was not the way to do it. The Orioles have been blanked four times this year, three times by the Rays. They have scored two runs or less 11 times in the past 20 games. Only once today did an O's runner even...

Manager: A.J. Hinch (1st season) Record: 31-20 Last 10 games: 4-6 Who to watch: 2B Jose Altuve (.296/.344/.417 with 25 RBIs, 15 SB), LF Colby Rasmus (8 HR, 17 RBIs), RF George Springer (7 HR, 17 RBIs), DH Evan Gattis (11 HR, 31 RBIs), LHP Dallas Keuchel (7-1, 1.76 ERA), RHP Luke Gregerson (3.74 ERA, 13 saves) Season series vs. Orioles: 1-2 Pitching probables: June 1: RHP Ubaldo Jimenez vs. LHP Brett Oberholtzer, 8:10 p.m., MASN2 June 2: RHP Mike Wright vs. RHP Collin McHugh, 8:10 p.m., MASN2...

The Nationals wasted no time pressuring Reds rookie Raisel Iglesias on Saturday. Yunel Escobar ripped a two-out double to left off the right-hander in the first. Ryan Zimmerman followed with a sharp line drive single to center, scoring Escobar for the game's first run. The Reds tried to answer right back in the bottom of the inning. Nats starter Gio Gonzalez gave up back-to-back one-out singles to first baseman Joey Votto and third baseman Todd Frazier before walking right fielder Jay Bruce...

Wei-Yin Chen needed only 10 pitches today to get through the top of the first inning, which is half the story. The other half put the Orioles behind 1-0. Brandon Guyer led off with a double, took third on Joey Butler's infield hit and scored on Evan Longoria's sacrifice fly. Logan Forsythe grounded into a 5-4-3 double play. Steven Souza Jr. led off the second inning with his ninth home run of the season and his second in two games. Rays 2, Orioles 0. Chen threw 12 pitches in the second,...

The Washington Nationals recalled right-handed pitcher Taylor Hill from Triple-A Syracuse on Saturday and placed right-handed pitcher Stephen Strasburg on the 15-day disabled list with neck tightness. President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement. Hill, 26, joins the Nationals for the first time this season. The right-hander is 3-2 with a 4.35 ERA (25 ER/51.2 IP) in nine starts with Triple-A Syracuse. His last start for the Chiefs came on May 25 at...

So, after they have won four of six games and are 8-5 over their last 13 games, is this the beginning of a hot streak for the Orioles? Fans have thought that before and it didn't happen. After last night's win, the Orioles are back within a game of .500 at 23-24. A win today would bring them back to .500 for the first time since May 5 when they were 12-12. Back on May 11, the Orioles were 13-16 and had just ended a six-game stretch where they went 1-5 on the road against the Mets and...

The Nationals have placed Stephen Strasburg on the 15-day disabled list with neck tightness. Strasburg was forced to leave last night's 5-2 loss to the Reds after throwing just 16 pitches. The right-hander finished the first inning and then began experiencing the discomfort while in the Nats dugout. "I kinda just sat down and for some reason it just locked up on me," Strasburg told reporters after the game. It was the second game this month that Strasburg left prematurely due to injury. On...

Orioles manager Buck Showalter isn't taking any chances with center fielder Adam Jones, who's out of today's lineup with a sore left ankle. "The play at the plate (Thursday), it was very fortunate his spike gave on him," Showalter said. "Woke up this morning sore, a little swelling, so I take it out of his hands. I'm not saying he couldn't Kirk Gibson some time today. "I've been looking for a spot to give him a day anyway and he's one of those guys you don't ask, you just do it....

Orioles center fielder Adam Jones is out of today's lineup due to soreness and swelling in his left ankle. Jones rolled the ankle during an awkward slide at home plate in the third inning of Game 2 of Thursday's doubleheader against the White Sox. He played last night. Manager Buck Showalter doesn't know whether Jones will return to the lineup for Sunday's series finale against the Rays. "I took it out of his hands," Showalter said. "I'm not saying he couldn't Kirk Gibson it. We'll...

The Nationals enter today's game in Cincinnati as winners in the last five games that Gio Gonzalez has started. However, May has been a bit of a roller coaster month for the left-hander. Gonzalez has received a decision in three of those five games, allowing just three runs over 20 1/3 innings. But Gonzalez's ERA is 9.90 in the other two starts, with the Nats offense bailing him out both times. Gonzalez has pitched exceptionally well against the Reds in his career. In four starts with the...