The Orioles have allowed 10 or more runs in three games this year and each time it happened against Toronto. As the clubs begin a three-game series and the Orioles open a nine-game homestand at Camden Yards tonight, the O's will look to start pitching better against the Blue Jays. The O's team ERA is 8.29 as they have lost five of six to Toronto with games allowing 10, 12 and 13 runs. The Orioles have been outscored 47-33 in the season series. The Blue Jays are batting .298 with an OPS of...

Right-hander Max Scherzer was originally selected 11th overall by the Diamondbacks in the 2007 First-Year Player Draft. He spent two seasons in Arizona, compiling a 9-15 record with a 3.86 ERA, before being traded to Detroit. Tonight, Scherzer gets the opportunity to face his old team for the second time in his career. The Nats' ace is coming off back-to-back games with 10 strikeouts. Scherzer's 49 strikeouts in six game leaves him seven behind National League leader Clayton Kershaw of the...

Manager: Bud Black (9th season) Record: 18-17 Last 10 games: 5-5 Who to watch: LF Justin Upton (.276, 8 HR, 24 RBIs), CF /1B Wil Meyers (.291, 5 HR, 19 RBIs), RF Matt Kemp (21 RBIs), RHP Andrew Cashner (1-6, 3.07 ERA, 45 Ks in 44 IP), RHP Craig Kimbrel (10 saves) Season series vs. Nationals: First meeting (3-4 in 2014) Pitching probables: May 14: RHP Doug Fister vs. RHP Tyson Ross, 10:10 p.m., MASN May 15: RHP Jordan Zimmermann vs. RHP Odrisamer Despaigne, 10:10 p.m., MASN2 May 16: RHP Max...

It has been two weeks and a day since the Orioles played a game at Camden Yards where fans could attend, and the players, to say the least, are excited to be back in front of their home crowd tonight. "Feels good, missed my own bed," center fielder Adam Jones said. "We had to do what we had to do, but we are glad to be back here in Baltimore. I know people here missed baseball and they missed those three games that were supposed to be here. "I know the places around here, Sliders and those...

Orioles pitcher Kevin Gausman said his right shoulder feels much better today after he took an anti-inflammatory on Saturday. "It feels like nothing ever happened," said Gausman, who went on the disabled list retroactive to May 7 with right shoulder tendinitis. Team orthopedist Dr. Michael Jacobs is examining Gausman's shoulder this afternoon. Gausman will undergo an MRI Tuesday morning, but he's confident that there's nothing structurally wrong. The Orioles must decide whether to send...

No surprise here: Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper has been named National League Player of the Week after hitting .455 with six homers, 13 RBIs, a 1.318 slugging percentage and 29 total bases last week. Harper' three-home run game against the Marlins on Wednesday made him the fourth Nationals player to accomplish the feat in the team's D.C. history, joining Alfonso Soriano, Adam Dunn and Ryan Zimmerman. Two days later, the 22-year-old crushed two more homers against the Braves to become...

After an historically powerful week at the plate, Washington Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper was named the National League Player of the Week on Monday. Major League Baseball made the announcement on MLB Network. Harper, who is currently leading the National League in home runs (11) and is tied for the Major League lead in walks (27), hit .455 with a .520 on-base percentage and a 1.318 slugging percentage over last week's six-game stretch. He clubbed six home runs, drove in 13, doubled...

Manny Machado remains in the leadoff spot and Jimmy Paredes continues to bat second, as the Orioles return home for the first time in two weeks to begin a three-game series against the Blue Jays. Steve Pearce is in left field tonight. For the Orioles Manny Machado 3B Jimmy Paredes DH Adam Jones CF Delmon Young RF Chris Davis 1B Steve Pearce LF J.J. Hardy SS Ryan Flaherty 2B Caleb Joseph C Ubaldo Jimenez RHP For the Blue JaysDevon Travis 2BJosh Donaldson 3BRussell Martin CEdwin Encarnacion...

Over the weekend at Nats Park, we kicked off this season's first edition of #AskMatt. Matt Williams fielded fan questions submitted through Twitter and Facebook from MASN's own Chris Johnson. Nats fans sent over some hard hitting questions for the manager, along with some entertaining ones: "What's your strategy when deciding when to pull a pitcher?" - submitted by @CALSGR8 "Why don't we steal bases?!" - submitted by Casey Brinck "What would Matt Williams the manager tell Matt...

Wilson Ramos isn't just helping his pitchers behind the plate, he is also terrorizing opposing pitchers at the plate. Braves right-hander Cody Martin was Ramos' latest victim yesterday. With two outs, the game tied in the bottom of the eighth and Ryan Zimmerman standing on first, Ramos sliced a double into the right field corner. Zimmerman chugged all the way around to score the go-ahead run as the Nationals went on to win 5-4 and sweep the Braves. "He's got a knack for driving runs in...