NATIONALS QUICK WRAP Score: Astros 10 Nationals 9 Recap: Tanner Roark threw 3 1/3 innings, throwing 62 pitches (37 for strikes). He allowed three runs on three hits with two walks and two strikeouts. Nate McLouth hit a two-run homer in the fifth inning. It was McLouth's first home run of the spring. The Astros scored three runs in the ninth off of Xavier Cedeno. Need to know: Replay was used twice during the game. Nationals manager Matt Williams unsuccessfully challenged a close play at...

KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Ian Desmond was scheduled to start at shortstop and hit third in today's lineup against the Astros, but when the game began, Jamey Carroll was the third Nationals hitter into the batter's box. Desmond has been scratched from the lineup today, with Carroll taking over as the Nats' shortstop to begin the game. No word from the Nationals yet as to why Desmond was a late scratch. He did make the trip here to Kissimmee, so it must've been something that came up shortly before...

21-year-old Austin Voth made a nice jump last season from short-season Single-A Auburn to low Single-A Hagerstown. The right-handed starter Voth went a combined 3-0 with a 1.75 ERA in 11 games, striking out 55 batters in 46 1/3 innings. Voth is continuing to prepare for the 2014 campaign alongside 22 of his pitching teammates in the accelerated development program in Viera, Fla. Newly appointed Single-A Hagerstown pitching coach Sam Narron, and former Auburn pitching coach, was impressed...

ORIOLES QUICK WRAP Score: Phillies 6, Orioles 5 Recap: Ubaldo Jimenez lasted only two innings in his second start, allowing four runs and four hits in two innings. He also walked three and threw 50 pitches. Eduardo Rodriguez gave up two runs in the fourth inning. Nolan Reimold singled and hit a two-run homer on the day that he was expected to play at the minor league complex. Alex Gonzalez hit a two out, two-run homer in the ninth. Need to know: Zach Britton cruised through the third...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Left-hander Zach Britton worked only one inning today, throwing all seven of his pitches for strikes while retiring the side in order. Not sure why it was such an abbreviated outing. The Orioles loaded the bases with one out in the third on Nolan Reimold's single and stolen base and two hit batters. Chris Davis grounded into a double play to end the threat. A.J. Burnett has now hit six batters in three starts over eight innings after drilling Jemile Weeks and Nick Markakis...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Ubaldo Jimenez's second start with the Orioles looks a lot different than the first. Jimenez threw 36 pitches in the opening inning, walking two batters and surrendering a three-run triple to Phillies left fielder Domonic Brown with two outs and the count full. Ben Revere and Freddy Galvis had back-to-back triples in the second after a leadoff walk and double play. Jimenez threw 14 pitches in the second, upping his total to 50, while left-hander Chris Jones warmed in the...

VIERA, Fla. - Christian Garcia knows what Kris Medlen is going through right now. He knows the disappointment. He knows the frustration. He knows the doubts that might be swirling through Medlen's mind as he wonders if he'll ever pitch at a high level again. Four days ago, Medlen - a talented 28-year-old right-hander with the Braves who won 15 games last year - threw a pitch to Mets first baseman Matt Clark and immediately walked off the mound toward the Atlanta dugout. Medlen, who...

KISSIMMEE, Fla. - Not only did Doug Fister come through yesterday's throwing session without any incident, the Nationals right-hander felt good enough that the team is having him throw off of flat ground again today, manager Matt Williams said. Fister felt discomfort in his right elbow after his spring training debut against the Marlins on March 2, and an MRI revealed that the veteran righty had inflammation in the elbow. After being shut down and getting treatment on the elbow for a week,...

SARASOTA, Fla. - Reliever Brock Huntzinger has been reassigned to minor league camp, leaving the Orioles with 49 players at the Ed Smith Stadium complex. The Orioles will make at least one more cut after the game. Huntzinger, 25, allowed one run and two hits in 3 2/3 innings, with no walks and four strikeouts in three appearances. He picked up the save against the Yankees in Tampa after striking out the side in the ninth. Manager Buck Showalter has been impressed by Huntzinger, who could be...

The Baltimore Orioles announced today that they will offer an exclusive incentive for those fans attending Saturday's Tag Day to purchase a partial season plan. The Orioles will provide $50 in vouchers to any fan purchasing two seats in a 13-game plan at the event. The vouchers can be redeemed beginning April 1, at Oriole Park for additional tickets, merchandise and concessions throughout the 2014 season. The Orioles will host the return of Tag Day on Saturday, March 15, from 10:30 a.m. to...