The Nationals open a three-game set with the Marlins tonight, as Ross Ohlendorf squares off against Miami right-hander Nathan Eovaldi. All eight starting Nats position players will be in there today despite bumps and bruises to Jayson Werth (infected right foot), Bryce Harper (left foot), Ian Desmond (back, hamstring) and Ryan Zimmerman (shin). This time of year, everyone's battling something. Ohlendorf is 2-0 with a 2.58 ERA this season, while the 23-year-old Eovaldi is 2-4 with a 3.82...

BOSTON - Left-hander Wei-Yin Chen is back on the mound tonight for the Orioles, who begin an important three-city road trip with a three-game series at Fenway Park. Chen has allowed three earned runs or fewer in 37 of his 48 major league starts, and he has allowed three or fewer in 14 of his 16 starts this season. Danny Valencia and Steve Peace are in tonight's lineup. Neither one would be the corresponding roster move if the Orioles activate Wilson Betemit from the 60-day disabled...

The Orioles will send eight players to the Arizona Fall League and they will play with the Surprise Saguaros beginning Oct. 8. The O's players going include Cuban outfielders Henry Urrutia and Dariel Alvarez along with pitchers Eduardo Rodriguez, Jason Gurka, Branden Kline and Tim Berry. Catcher Michael Ohlman and infielder Jonathan Schoop round out the O's players headed for Arizona. Ohlman is listed as a taxi squad player that will play two games per week. The O's are sending two staff...

The Nationals will send eight players to the Arizona Fall League in 2013 to suit up for the Mesa Solar Sox. Brian Goodwin, Matt Skole, Adrian Nieto and Steven Souza (taxi squad) are the position players invited. Pitchers include starters Sammy Solis and Matt Purke, plus relievers Robert Benincasa and Richie Mirowski. Solis, Purke and Benincasa are from high Single-A Potomac, exemplifying the extensive depth the team has demonstrated all year, leading to an 80-plus win season and a playoff...

BOSTON - The Orioles are returning to Fenway Park, where they've won five consecutive series. Left-hander Brian Matusz has only worked 4 1/3 innings this month over eight appearances, but he figures to be busy in Boston. For example, David Ortiz is 1-for-17 with 10 strikeouts lifetime against Matusz, and they're likely to meet again in another late-inning matchup. Dustin Pedroia is 2-for-11 against Matusz. Jarrod Saltalamacchia is 1-for-7 with three strikeouts. Stephen Drew is 0-for-4...

Believe it or not, the Nationals' second-to-last homestand of the 2013 season begins today. In some ways, it feels like we just left Viera, Fla., a week ago. In others, it feels like the season has been going on for 2 1/2 years. The Nats open a three-game set with the Marlins tonight, followed by three against the Mets. Then it's off on a 10-game road trip to Philadelphia, Miami and New York, followed by a 10-game homestand with the Phillies, Braves and Marlins all coming to town. Add it...

Fox Sports Net/MASN partnership brings 16 Big 12 and Conference USA games to MASN2 HD MASN, the region's leader in live sports entertainment, has announced its NCAA college football schedule for the 2013 season. Utilizing both MASN HD and MASN2 HD, the network will broadcast 29 games featuring six conferences, including some of the most prolific football programs in the nation, along with local colleges and universities in MASN's seven-state footprint. Fans from Harrisburg, Pa., to...

On Friday, I opened up my mailbox to see an envelope from the Orioles with my season ticket holder postseason order form. This was both exciting and nerve-racking as a guy who has experienced the many highs and lows of the 2013 season to date. I want my money to go toward more games this season, not a down payment for 2014. It's funny how quickly spoiled the Orioles have made me after having such low expectations for the majority of my life. This time last year, I was counting down the games...

It's a little early to be focusing on the Orioles' offseason decisions, considering that they've still got four days to acquire a hitter for their playoff roster and an important road trip that begins tonight in Boston. But I'm more than a little curious about their plans for left-hander Brian Matusz. The Orioles selected Matusz with the fourth pick in the 2008 First-Year Player Draft because they envisioned him as a top-of-the-rotation starter, not a left-handed specialist out of the...

Henry Urrutia hit a grand slam tonight for Triple-A Norfolk, and it came against former Oriole Freddy Garcia, who was traded last week to the Atlanta Braves and is pitching for Gwinnett. Urrutia went 2-for-6 and drove in five runs. The Orioles are expected to recall Urrutia when rosters expand next month, though it's still being discussed. Garcia allowed eight runs and seven hits in 3 2/3 innings, with five walks, one strikeout and two wild pitches. Left-hander Tsuyoshi Wada allowed one...