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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Steve Pearce worked out again today at second base and gets the start tonight against the Rays in the second game of their relocated series.
Pearce made his professional debut at second base last night.
Manny Machado is leading off for the third time in his career. He's 2-for-10 atop the order.
Center fielder Adam Jones led the American League in batting average (.400) last month, and finished second in slugging percentage (.707) and third in on-base percentage (.440)...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Orioles' last two games have been completed in 2 hours, 3 minutes and 2 hours, 19 minutes. The crowds have been under 10,000, including Wednesday's no-fan zone.
The explanation probably has more to do with pitching changes made between innings instead of the middle. No interruptions in the action. And the Orioles rotation has produced four consecutive quality starts, which tends to quicken the pace.
Miguel Gonzalez will try to make it five in a row tonight at...
Nationals third baseman Anthony Rendon (knee) played second base for Double-A Harrisburg Friday night, batting second and going 0-for-2 with a walk. This was a good sign to see him finally return to his rehab schedule after a couple of days off. With the team playing in Bowie, Rendon could finish up with two more games this weekend and then rejoin the Nationals on Monday when they return home to host the Marlins and start a six-game homestand.
More on the Senators later in this blog.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Orioles and Rays played their 300th game against each other last night and the all-time series is tied 150-150.
There's a lot on the line tonight. Tension hangs heavy beneath the dome.
The season series is knotted at 2-2. The Orioles are batting .171 and the Rays are batting .185.
The Orioles have been shut out twice this season - both times by 2-0 scores in the last two games at Tropicana Field. But the Orioles are 0-1 when they're the home team.
Since the start of...
FLUSHING, N.Y. - When Max Scherzer was introduced to the media at Nationals Park in January, he was asked why - beyond the astronomical $210 million contract he was offered - he chose to sign with the Nationals.
"It's pretty easy," Scherzer said. "And it's one (reason): winning. I think this team is capable of winning, and winning a lot."
That hasn't happened yet for Scherzer or the Nationals. After falling to the Mets and stud pitcher Matt Harvey last night, the Nationals' record...
FLUSHING, N.Y. - A night before the world will convene for the largest boxing event of the decade, two of major league baseball's heavyweight pitchers battled it out at Citi Field. Mets right-hander Matt Harvey outdueled Nationals ace Max Scherzer as the Mets won this decision 4-0.
Mets left fielder Michael Cuddyer delivered the damaging blow to Scherzer on a one-out solo home run in the fourth. That was all the Mets needed as Harvey danced through the Nats lineup, allowing just six base...
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The Orioles got the final at-bats tonight in the bottom of the ninth inning, a reminder that they were the home team at Tropicana Field. They just couldn't give their cluster of fans a walk-off win.
The Orioles struck out 13 times and lost to the Rays 2-0 before 9,945, an attendance figure they will carry back to Baltimore. Caleb Joseph was the only Orioles who didn't strike out.
Both teams had four hits in a game that lasted only 2 hours, 19 minutes. The no-fan game at...
It was quite a picture captured by the MASN cameras in the last of the eighth last night. Jonathan Schoop, who is on the disabled list, had his arm around his close friend, Manny Machado, trying to console him as Machado just shook his head. Machado seemed down after making yet another error.
We are not used to Machado making this many mistakes. But in the top of that inning he made his latest miscue and could have been charged with a second on a play that was scored a hit. It was his sixth...
Well, the last time we saw them, the Orioles were a hot-hitting team.
But tonight, in their home game away from home, they were shut out 2-0 by the Tampa Bay Rays, who took the series opener at Tropicana Field. The Orioles have been shut out twice this year and each time it was by a 2-0 score at The Trop. It happened April 8 and again tonight. Those are their last two games at that ballpark.
The attendance, which will count toward the Orioles' season home total, was 9,945 in St. Petersburg,...
FLUSHING, N.Y. - So far, the blockbuster pitching matchup between Nationals ace Max Scherzer and Mets fireballer Matt Harvey is as advertised.
The Mets have yet to collect a hit against Scherzer through the first three innings. But the right-hander still found himself in some trouble in the third after he hit Mets second baseman Dilson Herrera and walked right fielder Curtis Granderson. But Scherzer got out of the inning when center fielder Juan Lagares chased a breaking ball for the third...