SAN FRANCISCO - The Nationals are running out the same lineup as they did in the first three games of this series. No changes from one through eight in Game 4. The Giants, however, are going with a new left fielder - right-handed-hitting Juan Perez - against left-hander Gio Gonzalez, and they've bumped third baseman Pablo Sandoval down to the No. 5 spot in the order. For the Nats CF Denard Span 3B Anthony Rendon RF Jayson Werth 1B Adam LaRoche SS Ian Desmond LF Bryce Harper C Wilson Ramos 2B...

The Nationals won yesterday, meaning we - Bobby and Olivia - are still enjoying the West Coast! We're about to head back to AT&T Park for Game 4 of the National League Division Series. We'll be updating you on everything leading up to and during the game, so stay tuned! As always, follow along here and on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat as we show you behind-the-scenes looks of the park! Oh, yeah. Side note. When you're on the West Coast, you have to stop at In-N-Out? Right....

The Orioles are calling on all fans throughout Birdland to "Back the Birds" and support the ALCS-bound home team. To help encourage fans to get on board, the club has introduced new 20-Game and 40-Game Season Ticket Plans which will guarantee access to 2014 ALCS and World Series tickets, among many of the Orange Carpet Benefits enjoyed by existing Season Plan Holders. Such benefits include significant savings over individual game tickets, a flexible exchange policy, early ballpark access, and...

Now that Nelson Cruz is done hammering Tigers pitching in the 2014 playoffs, he can take aim at the Royals, who don't have three former Cy Young Award winners. It didn't seem to matter in the American League Division Series, when the Royals posted a 1.74 ERA while sweeping the Angels. Cruz has hit eight of his 16 career postseason home runs against the Tigers. Overall, he's a lifetime .297/.349/.710 hitter in 37 playoff games, with nine doubles and 32 RBIs. He went 6-for-12 with two homers,...

Whether you say, "Oh, Nelly" or O's Nelly, Nelson Cruz continues to get it done for the Orioles. In his first game with the team, opening day against Boston, he hit a homer in the seventh inning off Jon Lester. It broke a 1-1 tie and gave the Orioles a 2-1 win. He's been hitting big homers ever since and that carried through the American League Division Series. Cruz hit a two-run homer in the first inning of Game 1 off Max Scherzer to get the series started. In Game 3, his two-run homer to...

It was good to see the fight the Nationals showed in Game 3 of the National League Division Series. Doug Fister deserves a ton of credit. Bryce Harper played well in the field, drew a walk and hit a crucial solo homer in the ninth. That gave Drew Storen some room to breathe and he battled out of a two-on jam in the bottom of the ninth. You got the feeling that this team was better than their two games to none hole in the bets-of-five series and they proved it with a 4-1 win. It will now be...

SAN FRANCISCO - The Nationals have life. Their clubhouse after yesterday's Game 3 win was brimming with energy. Now they turn the ball over to their most energetic starting pitcher. After yesterday's dramatic victory, Gio Gonzalez now gets the ball for the Nats today in their second straight must-win ballgame. The left-hander hasn't started a game in 12 days, but with their season on the line, the Nationals will look to Gonzalez to help them extend the National League Division Series and...

I'm sure I'm not the only one in Baltimore counting down the hours until Game 1 of the American League Championship Series. In case you're not counting, we have 82 hours as of the moment I'm typing this sentence. The series between the Orioles and Royals looks to be a great matchup. Both teams are coming off series sweeps in the Division Series. Both teams are representing cities that have missed October baseball for some time. And last but not least, both teams are flat-out playing...

The Orioles are no longer underdogs Even though the Orioles finished with six more wins during the regular season, many still viewed the Detroit Tigers as the favorites to win the American League Division Series. And yet the Orioles dispatched Detroit in just three games. Fans drinking nothing but orange Kool-Aid likely would not have even predicted a sweep against Detroit. But the Orioles demonstrated that they had the more complete team. Before the ALDS, Adam Jones hinted at the team's...

The Orioles are working out today at Camden Yards. The session is closed to the public. The media qualifies as public, so we won't be there. I've been asked about the rotation and 25-man roster for the American League Championship Series. Did we learn nothing from the Division Series? Manager Buck Showalter isn't going to show his hand this early. Chris Tillman seems a lock to pitch Game 1 on Friday. I've had fans float Miguel Gonzalez's name, since he didn't pitch in the ALDS and he...