Tyler Wilson makes his second major league appearance and his first start today in Game 1 of a doubleheader against the White Sox at Camden Yards. White Sox left-hander Chris Sale is 0-2 with a 5.06 ERA in nine career games, including three starts, against the Orioles. He's 0-1 with a 4.38 ERA in five games (two starts) at Camden Yards. Adam Jones and J.J. Hardy are 3-for-8 with a home run vs. Sale. Delmon Young is 5-for-15 with two doubles and a home run. Caleb Joseph will catch Wilson, which...

The Orioles today announced that they have recalled right-hander Tyler Wilson from Triple-A Norfolk as the 26th player for today's doubleheader. Wilson, 25, made his major league debut on May 20 by tossing a scoreless inning of relief vs. Seattle. He compiled a 4.50 ERA in two outings while earning his first Major League win on May 22 at Miami. This season with Triple-A Norfolk, Wilson has compiled a 2-4 record with a 3.29 ERA in eight starts while fanning 32 and walking seven over 41.0...

What more can you say about what Max Scherzer has brought to this Nationals team? Last night, Scherzer struck out a season-high 13 in holding the Cubs scoreless through seven innings. Scherzer was stalking around the mound all night as his intensity was on full display, as well as his full repertoire of pitches. "You never really know what you're gonna get," Ian Desmond said on "Nats Xtra" after the game. "It keeps you off balance even more. I mean, he's got essentially eight pitches. He...

The two biggest offseason pitching acquisitions came through huge for the Nationals in the same game Wednesday night in Chicago. Starter Max Scherzer and reliever Casey Janssen, alongside Matt Grace and Drew Storen, held the Cubs without a run in a series-clinching 3-0 victory at historic Wrigley Field. Scherzer struck out a season-high 13 batters over seven innings, allowing only five hits. He walked only one in twirling 108 pitches, 72 for strikes. Then, with two men on and no outs in the...

Max Scherzer locked up the Cubs through seven innings and Bryce Harper added another homer as the Nationals beat the Cubs 3-0 to claim their ninth consecutive series win. Scherzer was rarely challenged on a night where he fanned a season-high 13 while only yielding five hits and one walk. In fact, Scherzer struck out all but one member of the Cubs' starting nine. "He's awesome out there," Ian Desmond on "Nats Xtra" after the game. "He flips a switch and doesn't really turn it off until...

Having Tyler Wilson and Mike Wright both start today for the Orioles has to provide a sense of pride for the O's organization. They are homegrown, drafted and developed pitchers who will try to pitch the big club to victories. Wilson, Wright and Oliver Drake, who was recently called up, all spent more time with Double-A Bowie than any other O's farm team. Bowie's Gary Kendall managed those three pitchers longer than any other O's minor league skipper. He knows them all well, and he and his...

If the Orioles could go back and time and play the 2012 version of themselves, I'm certain that the series would like identical to what we just watched against the Astros. A.J. Hinch's club reminds me exactly of what I watched here in Baltimore two seasons ago. The 'Stros are a scrappy group of power hitters who deliver clutch hits, are never out of games and win by a close margin. It was fun to watch on this end, but now I can totally understand why the 2012 O's frustrated their...

Manager: Robin Ventura (4th season) Record: 20-24 Last 10 games: 3-7 Who to watch: 1B Jose Abreu (.284/.346/.497 with 8 HR, 29 RBIs, 10 BB), RF Avisail Garcia (.327/.365/.456 with 48 hits and 18 RBIs), SS Alexei Ramirez (40 hits, 20 RBIs), LHP Chris Sale (3-2, 54 K), RHP David Robertson (9 saves) Season series vs. Orioles: 0-1 Pitching probables: May 27: LHP Chris Sale vs. RHP Tyler Wilson, 1:05 p.m., MASN (Game 1)May 27: RHP Chris Beck vs. RHP Mike Wright, TBA, MASN (Game 2) Inside the White...

Timing is everything, as they say, and I chose yesterday afternoon to ask hitting coach Scott Coolbaugh about first baseman Chris Davis' struggles at the plate. The shrinking average, the growing strikeout total, the perception that he's lost at the plate. We covered all of it. Of course, Davis hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning last night, his first since May 11, and broke a 4-4 tie with a solo homer in the eighth. I'm not sure whether that qualifies as a reverse jinx, pure...

Max Scherzer is on fire tonight. The Nationals' ace has elevated his fastball to 98 mph several times when needed. Scherzer has held the Cubs scoreless through six innings, allowing five hits with one walk and 11 strikeouts. It is the 29th 10-plus strikeout game of Scherzer's career and fourth this season. Bryce Harper helped Scherzer's cause in the sixth with his 18th homer of the season, which tied him with Seattle's Nelson Cruz for the major league lead. The opposite field blast is...