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SAN FRANCISCO - As the ball got past Pablo Sandoval's outstretched glove hand and trickled down the left field line, multiple Nationals knew that moment could be it.
It could be the momentum-shifter, the play that they had been looking for.
"I mentioned it yesterday, that we just need one break," reliever Drew Storen said. "It's been a tough couple games here to start. And we got our break."
Prior to starting pitcher Madison Bumgarner's errant throw to third on Wilson Ramos'...
SAN FRANCISCO - Win or pack your bags, head home and prepare for a long offseason. That's the situation the Nationals found themselves in today, trailing the Giants two games to none in the best-of-five National League Division Series.
Doug Fister chose to stay in San Francisco another day.
The right-hander took the mound at AT&T Park in a do-or-die game and did what he did 16 other times this season: win.
"Doug pitched great," manager Matt Williams said. "He was in command all day with...
Say this about Nationals manager Matt Williams: He's immensely even-keeled regardless of the situation. It's hard to tell if he's eight runs up or eight runs down just by looking at the expression on his face.
In his postgame meeting with the media following the Nationals' 4-1 win over the Giants in Game 3 of the National League Division Series, Williams was his typical focused and unflappable self, refusing to bite on questions about his team's two games to one hole in the best-of-five...
Seven Orioles prospects take the field later today as play begins in the Arizona Fall League. The Orioles players are on the Glendale Desert Dogs, who open against Mesa.
Each major league team sends four pitchers and three position players to the AFL. The O's pitchers are Zach Davies, Parker Bridwell, Mychal Givens and Ashur Tolliver. Also on the Glendale roster are catcher Michael Ohlman, infielder-outfielder Garabez Rosa and third baseman Jason Esposito.
In addition to the seven players,...
SAN FRANCISCO - The Nationals said coming into San Francisco that if they just played their game and got a break or two along the way, that they could very easily come back to win this series.
They might have just gotten that break.
Madison Bumgarner's throwing error on a Wilson Ramos sacrifice bunt led to two runs, and the Nats tacked on an additional run in the seventh inning to take a 3-0 lead.
Ramos came up with two on and nobody out after Ian Desmond's leadoff single and a Bryce Harper...
SAN FRANCISCO - Doug Fister's command hasn't been there early on. But he's thrown two scoreless innings, keeping this game knotted at zeros as we go to the third.
Fister has needed 43 pitches to get through two, including 27 in the second inning, when the Giants loaded the bases on a Pablo Sandoval single to left-center and two walks.
That brought up Giants starter Madison Bumgarner with the bases loaded, and by no means is the left-hander (who bats right-handed) an easy out. Bumgarner has...
Major League Baseball has announced the starting times for the first two games of the American League Championship Series at Camden Yards, and the Orioles will be subjected to another day game.
Not that the earlier hours were an issue in the Division Series.
Game 1 between the Orioles and Royals is scheduled for Friday at 8:07 p.m. Game 2 is scheduled for Saturday at 4:07 p.m., followed by Game 1 of the NLCS at 8:07 p.m.
Times for the rest of the series, which moves to Kansas City on Monday,...
They came ready to cheer. They came wearing orange. They came waving orange towels and they came to welcome their Orioles home a day after they defeated the Detroit Tigers in a three-game sweep of the American League Division Series.
Several hundred fans lined the walkway to home plate plaza at Camden Yards today as the Orioles arrived home from Detroit.
Orioles vice president of baseball operations Dan Duquette high-fived fans after getting off the team bus and several players did as...
SAN FRANCISCO - Constructing a lineup when you're down two games to none in a best-of-five series isn't easy.
You might want to shake things up a bit, find a way to inject some life into your team, especially when the lineup you've gone with in Games 1 and 2 has only scored three total runs and is batting .160 to this point.
But you also don't want to blow things up and send a message to your team that you're panicking. The Nats have had plenty of offensive success over the last few...
Right-hander Josh Stinson, who broke camp with the Orioles as a long reliever, has chosen to become a minor league free agent. Stinson's name appears on a list of 43 players provided by Baseball America.
Stinson allowed nine runs and 16 hits in 13 innings over eight appearances for a 6.23 ERA. He walked six and struck out six.
Stinson went 5-5 with a 5.48 ERA in 22 games (13 starts) at Triple-A Norfolk. He made the Orioles' roster out of spring training after allowing only two unearned runs...