The Orioles are entering their first interleague series tonight against the Mets, and they're designated as the visiting team at Citi Field. Attendance and statistics count as road games. The uniforms will be gray in color. We're slowly getting back to normal. The Orioles were 12-8 against the National League in 2014 and 11-9 in 2013. Starter Bud Norris gets the opportunity to bat tonight, which puts a knot in manager Buck Showalter's stomach. It isn't because Norris is completely...

The error-prone Nationals made it four straight games without a miscue until the first inning tonight. With one out and one on, Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton ripped a line drive right at left fielder Jayson Werth. Werth stepped up and crouched down, but the diving screamer caromed off his glove. The next batter, center fielder Marcell Ozuna, hit a soft flare up the middle to score third baseman Martin Prado. The run was unearned for Nats starter Jordan Zimmermann. The Nationals are the...

After a successful 2014 campaign, in which three Orioles players were selected by the fans to start the 2014 All-Star Game, the Orioles are again encouraging fans to vote early, vote often, and "Vote Orange" in 2015. Voting for the 2015 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Cincinnati has begun, and for the first time ever, Major League Baseball is holding its All-Star Game balloting exclusively online, allowing all fans the chance to cast their votes for Orioles players up to 35 times per...

BOWIE, Md. - J.J. Hardy singled in the first inning and Ryan Flaherty grounded out to second as they began their major league rehab assignments tonight for the Double-A Bowie Baysox. Playing in a minor league game for the first time since May 2011 with Triple-A Norfolk, Hardy lined a two-out single to center on a 1-1 pitch from Akron's Ryan Merritt. Hardy is batting third and playing shortstop for the Baysox. Hardy hasn't played in a game since he suffered a strained left shoulder in a spring...

Infielder Anthony Rendon is in D.C. today undergoing an examination on his troublesome left side with Nationals team doctor Wiemi Douoguih. "Don't know why it's been a problem," Nationals manager Matt Williams said. "It's just crept up on him. We're being cautious with it to make sure that it doesn't turn into something we don't want it to turn into. The last couple of days, he's taken it easy. He went through the full workout a couple days ago and it was tight. So yesterday we shut...

The Nationals hung on for a pair of thrilling 1-0 wins over the Mets over the weekend to win the four-game series in New York. The pitching was incredible, allowing the Mets only 11 hits over the last two games. But the Nationals left 21 men on base and scored only two runs in those final two wins at Citi Field. In Sunday's series finale, the Nationals had several chances to score more than one run. They left the bases loaded in the sixth inning. Two men were left on in the first, fourth,...

Manager: Terry Collins (5th year) Record: 16-10 Last 10 games: 3-7 Who to watch: 1B Lucas Duda (.304 with 2 HR, 12 RBIs), CF Juan Lagares (.324 with 11 RBIs), RHP Bartolo Colon (4-1, 3.31 ERA), RHP Jacob deGrom (2-3, 3.34 ERA), RHP Jeurys Familia (1.35 ERA, 10 saves) Season series vs. Orioles: First meeting (3-0 in 2012, 19-9 all-time) Pitching probables: May 5 - RHP Bud Norris vs. RHP Bartolo Colon, 7:10 p.m., MASN2 May 6 - RHP Ubaldo Jimenez vs. RHP Jacob deGrom, 7:10 p.m., MASN Inside the...

Major League Baseball announced today that former Oriole Nelson Cruz was named the American League's Player of the Month after his home run binge for the Mariners. Cruz finished ahead of Orioles center fielder Adam Jones, who batted .400 with six doubles, five home runs, 19 RBIs and 17 runs scored. That may be good enough to win it in other months, but Cruz earned his first award - and the first by a Seattle player since Ichiro Suzuki in August 2004 - with a .322 average, three doubles, one...

The last time right-hander Jordan Zimmermann faced the Marlins at Nationals Park, he tossed the Nationals' first no-hitter on the final day of last year's regular season. He didn't achieve the same lofty results 11 days ago in Miami, but he was still solid, allowing two runs on six hits with no walks and four strikeouts in six innings. The Nationals went on to lose Zimmermann's start 3-2 and ended up falling in the final two games of the series as the Marlins completed the sweep. Marlins...

BOWIE, Md. - It can be pretty exciting for a minor league team and its fans when a major league player joins the team on a rehab assignment. Tonight, the Double-A Bowie Baysox will have two big leaguers joining them. Orioles J.J. Hardy and Ryan Flaherty are both in the lineup for the Baysox, who host Akron at Prince George's Stadium at 6:35 p.m. Flaherty is batting second and playing second base, while Hardy is batting third at shortstop. This is the first time Bowie has had two big leaguers...