NEW YORK - The Orioles will face Derek Jeter for the final time tonight if the weather allows it. Perhaps you've heard.
Jeter has two hits in his last 28 at-bats (.071) against the Orioles dating back to August 11, including an infield single Tuesday night but he's been a nuisance over the years.
For example:
Jeter has recorded the most multi-hit games against the Orioles all-time (105) and scored more runs (205) against them than any other player. His 351 hits against the Orioles trail...
On a soggy field and a misty Thursday, it did not take long for the Mets to get on the board in Game 1 of a split doubleheader. Facing Nationals starter Blake Treinen, the Mets connected on three singles in the first inning.
Curtis Granderson's single to right field plated Wilmer Flores and the Mets lead 1-0.
In the bottom of the first, the Nationals went 1-2-3 against Dillon Gee. The Mets lead 1-0 heading to top of the second.
Update: In the third inning following a Danny Espinosa leadoff...
Nationals manager Matt Williams is playing four opening day starters in the lineup for Game 1 against the Mets today, including Ryan Zimmerman in left field, who is batting third. Williams reiterated he would continue to sprinkle his starters between both games today and tomorrow. Williams also has a very deep bench in which to choose from and this allows him to give Denard Span a bit more time to rest his banged up knee.
"You want to be competitive certainly in both," Williams said. "I...
Following last night's postponement, the Nationals will have a slightly different lineup.
Michael A. Taylor will lead off and get the start in center field, with Denard Span still out with a scraped right knee. Ryan Zimmerman is starting in left field for the first time since Saturday.
Jayson Werth will also sit out Game 1 of the doubleheader and Bryce Harper will start in right.
Kevin Frandsen will start in favor of Anthony Rendon at third base.
Rookie right-hander Blake Treinen will...
The day after the Nationals clinched the division, they put out a lineup that was more Triple-A Syracuse than it was Washington and it was a sign of things to come. Post clinch baseball is weird. A couple of days later, with the Nationals going for a four game sweep of the Marlins, and Stephen Strasburg through seven innings with a pitch count in the 80's, Craig Stammen entered for the eighth and disposed closer Rafael Soriano for the ninth.
Post clinch baseball is somewhere between spring...
Nelson Cruz's career year couldn't have come at a better time. The Orioles slugger will likely finish the season with the Major League lead in home runs, assuming Jose Abreu doesn't go on an absolute tear. He currently sits at 40 homers, seven more than his previous career-high in 2009 and his 108 RBIs are also more than he's ever driven in, he finished with 90 in 2012. Cruz has totaled more doubles and taken more free passes this year than he had in any of his previous nine seasons in the...
With the Orioles' win on Wednesday in New York, the American League East champion has won 95 or more games for 14 consecutive seasons, dating back to 2001. No other division comes even close to that.
On another note, this year will be the first time since 1993 that neither the Yankees or Red Sox will be in the postseason. That will come as music to the ears of some Orioles fans.
As we get into next week, and the national media begins to focus solely on the playoff teams, some may portray the...
NEW YORK - We've reached the final home game of Derek Jeter's career unless rain causes a postponement tonight and Major League Baseball decides to mess with the Orioles again by giving them another scheduling nightmare.
Always room for one more, right?
"Jeter's last home game. How long do you think we'll be here if there's rain?" manager Buck Showalter asked.
"Get comfortable."
I can't imagine that the game would be moved to Monday unless there are playoff implications such as...
Tonight's Nationals-Mets game scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m. at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., has been postponed due to inclement weather.
The team will play a split doubleheader on Thursday, September 25 with tonight's make-up game beginning at 1:05 p.m. The regularly scheduled game will begin at 7:05 p.m. All gates for the second game will open 1.5 hours after the last out of the 1:05 p.m. game or 6:00 p.m., whichever is later.* The two games against the Mets on Thursday will...
The Nationals postponed Wednesday night's game because of rain. The game has been rescheduled as part of a split doubleheader on Thursday with the first game at 1:05 p.m. and the second game at 7:05 p.m.
Blake Treinen will start Game 1 and Gio Gonzalez will start Game 2. Taylor Hill and Doug Fister will be the starters Friday.
Stephen Strasburg starts Saturday and Jordan Zimmermann will start Sunday.
In terms of the order for the postseason, it has not been officially announced, but this...