Adam LaRoche took a seat on the infield dirt after making a diving stop to end yesterday's game in dramatic fashion. Today, LaRoche will take a seat on the Nationals bench. With the Nats facing Padres left-hander Robbie Erlin (1-1, 4,34 ERA), manager Davey Johnson has opted to rest LaRoche and put another right-handed bat in the lineup. Tyler Moore will get the start at first base today. Jayson Werth will bump up a spot in the order and hit fifth, Anthony Rendon will hit sixth and Moore...

The Orioles need a win this afternoon to avoid getting swept in a three-game series for the third time this year. The first two times came against AL East opponents when they lost three straight at home vs. Tampa Bay on May 17-19 and three straight on the road vs. Toronto on June 21-23. A few other O's-Yankees notes: * Chris Davis has five homers in his last seven games, 11 in the last 19, and 13 in 23. He's hit 22 homers in his past 47 games. Davis has 33 RBIs over his last 23 games. In...

NEW YORK - The Orioles are listing Scott Feldman, Zach Britton, Miguel Gonzalez and Chris Tillman as their probable starters for the Rangers series that begins Monday night at Camden Yards. However, that's subject to change. Wei-Yin Chen said he felt great Saturday while throwing 43 pitches in his bullpen session, and manager Buck Showalter said Chen will start Tuesday or Wednesday night. Showalter also said Britton is a candidate for Tuesday or Wednesday, which adds to the intrigue - or...

The Rookie-level Gulf Coast Nationals have started off well, going 11-3 in their first 14 games, including winning seven of their first eight contests. Right-hander Brad Meyers made the start Saturday, going two innings, allowing one hit and no runs with one strikeout and no walks. He faced six batters and induced three groundouts. To put it in perspective, it was his longest outing since 2011. He last pitched in 2012 for a Yankees affiliate, when he lasted just 1 2/3 innings, surrendering in...

NEW YORK - The Orioles will look to get a win vs. the Yankees before heading home, sending Jason Hammel to the mound. Nate McLouth will get a break from the field, serving as the designated hitter in the leadoff role. Chris Dickerson will get the start in left. He is hitting .276 with four home runs off right-handers this season. For the Orioles Nate McLouth DH Manny Machado 3B Nick Markakis RF Adam Jones CF Chris Davis 1B Matt Wieters C J.J. Hardy SS Chris Dickerson LF Brian Roberts...

In his two previous outings prior to yesterday, Drew Storen had thrown a combined 54 pitches in two innings. He had allowed seven runs on seven hits, walked one, struck out two and allowed hitters to post a .538 batting average and a 1.725 OPS. After the second of those two blowups, manager Davey Johnson talked about wanting to see Storen get back to attacking hitters, being less fancy and instead challenging guys with his fastball and slider. Johnson felt Storen was trying to "trick" guys,...

Kevin Gausman is pitching quite well right now for the Orioles, and some have even suggested that he could become the closer for this team. Gausman has put together seven scoreless innings in his last three appearances - all of which have come in relief. He has allowed just four hits with one walk and six strikeouts. He has needed just 91 pitches to throw those seven innings. In fact, if you go back to Gausman's last start, he has allowed just two earned runs over his last four games and 12...

Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper and right-handed starting pitcher Jordan Zimmermann were named National League All-Stars by Giants field manager Bruce Bochy and Major League Baseball. Harper and Zimmermann will be joined at the 84th Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which will be held at Citi Field in Flushing, NY on Tuesday, July 16, by Nationals field manager Davey Johnson and Head Athletic Trainer Lee Kuntz. Harper is batting .263 with 13 home runs and 28 RBI in 50 games...

Prior to today's game, manager Davey Johnson said that Ross Detwiler was "questionable" for Monday's start against the Phillies. It doesn't seem like there's much question anymore. Johnson said after the Nats' 5-4 win over the Padres today that Detwiler will land on the disabled list, allowing him time to rest his stiff back. "He's a tough customer," Johnson said. "But he understood the value of getting by this thing. He got a whole of treatment today and so hopefully we can get...

NEW YORK - The Orioles have lost four of their last five games, and taking an early lead against the Yankees hasn't mattered. They are now 30-20 when scoring first this season. Need some good news? The Orioles only struck out seven times yesterday, breaking their streak of fanning at least 10 times in three consecutive games. Details on the parade down Pratt St. will be announced at a later date. The Orioles were supposed to miss Hiroki Kuroda in this series, but he's now substituting for...