ANAHEIM, Calif. – Maybe this was a reverse-lock game. A night after the Orioles moved into first place, they put their 15-7 record and three-game win streak on the line with right-hander Grayson Rodriguez and his 2.63 ERA on the mound. He had not allowed more than two runs in any start this year. The Angels had scored just nine runs during a five-g

The Dodgers’ baserunning tonight helped put them in position to win. The Nationals’ baserunning tonight left one of their regulars limping and ultimately departing the game due to injury, then cost them one final chance to pull off what would've been a dramatic comeback in the ninth. So it was the three key moments in a 4-1 series-opening loss to L

ANAHEIM, Calif. – The Orioles are 4-0 this year in games started by right-hander Grayson Rodriguez (3-0, 2.63 ERA). If they can run that tonight to 5-0, the Orioles will have another series win secured. The Orioles beat the Angels 4-2 last night to improve to 15-7 with three straight wins, seven wins in their last eight games and 10 in the past 13.

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Outfielder Heston Kjerstad, officially activated earlier today, is in tonight’s starting lineup for the Orioles batting eighth in right field.  Ryan Mountcastle, who missed last night’s game with a sore left knee, could be back in that lineup very soon. “Ryan is way better today,” manager Brandon Hyde said this afternoon in the vi

Heston Kjerstad will play his first major league game tonight since Oct. 1, starting in right field as the Orioles attempt to claim another series. Kjerstad is batting eighth, nestled between third baseman Jordan Westburg and second baseman Jackson Holliday in a lineup featuring seven players that the Orioles drafted. An eighth, Grayson Rodriguez,

The Nationals haven’t completely overcome the flu bug that has taken down several corners of the clubhouse the last two weeks: They had to place another ill player on the injured list today because of it. Reliever Robert Garcia became the latest victim, placed on the 15-day IL with influenza prior to tonight’s series opener against the Dodgers. The

The Washington Nationals selected the contract of right-handed pitcher Jacob Barnes and placed left-handed pitcher Robert Garcia on the 15-day Injured List (retroactive to April 21) with influenza on Tuesday. To make room on the 40-man roster, Washington designed infielder/outfielder Jake Alu for assignment. Nationals President of Baseball Operatio

The circus has come to town. For the uninitiated, that’s Shohei Ohtani and the Los Angeles Dodgers, who bring with them as much media as you’ll find for a postseason series. Seriously, the press box here is packed. The Nationals will have to cope with that, not that they’re likely to care much. They did, after all, just take two of three at Dodger

The Orioles have made the following roster moves: Recalled OF Heston Kjerstad from Triple-A Norfolk.Optioned C David Bañuelos to Triple-A Norfolk.

The Orioles won again last night and are in first place in the American League East with a 15-7 record. Their 126 runs scored and .780 OPS lead the American League. Their 35 homers lead the majors. And now, the mid-market rich get richer. Outfielder Heston Kjerstad was recalled today from Triple-A Norfolk, bringing him back to the majors for the fi