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The Nationals don't have to decide between playing Anthony Rendon or Steve Lombardozzi for tonight's game against the Mets. Both are in the lineup.
Rendon, recalled from Triple-A Syracuse in yesterday's wave of roster shuffling, makes his first major league start at second base and bats sixth. Lombardozzi, who played second base and delivered a walk-off sac fly last night, shifts to left field and hits seventh.
Here is the full lineup for the Nationals
CF Denard Span
RF Jayson Werth
3B...
Freddy Garcia will try to get the job done again tonight for the Orioles when they play Game 2 of their series at Houston.
Over his first three O's starts, the right-hander pitched to an ERA of 5.51. Over his last three starts - against the Yankees, Blue Jays and Nats - he is 2-0 with an ERA of 1.89.
Overall, Garcia is 2-2 with an ERA of 3.57 over six starts.
He has certainly been a strike-thrower. He has not walked a batter over his last two starts and has walked just six over 35 1/3 since...
Right-handed pitcher Tyler Wilson, recently promoted from Single-A Frederick to Double-A Bowie, is going to enter the Bowie rotation and move into Zach Clark's rotation spot.
Clark will continue to work on his new pitch, the knuckleball, in side sessions. Clark was 1-4 with an ERA of 8.59 in five starts since starting to throw a knuckleball.
Wilson, the club's 10th-round pick in 2011 out of the University of Virginia, went 1-1 with a 4.48 ERA over 11 starts with Frederick. In 62 1/3...
Following a tremendous result in MLB's initial All-Star Game ballot update that featured seven Orioles as early voting leaders, the Orioles have announced a series of Vote Orange rallies aimed to further boost the efforts of the Vote Orange Campaign launched in April.
The Vote Orange Street Team will travel throughout Birdland for the rest of the month, including appearances at the Orioles Fan Zone, presented by Downtown Partnership, at the corner of Pratt and Light Streets on June 10 and at...
So we know that times are changing in Birdland. Winning doesn't seem so weird. The Orioles no longer rank among the bottom feeders. With that comes renewed interest in the team, and with that comes more activity on game day.
That means it's time to sound a clarion call for all O's fans to hear:
Act like you know.
When I read about the recent altercation down at Camden Yards between a couple of supposed Orioles fans and a guy in a Yankees hat, I got a sinking feeling in my gut. I'm no...
After Sunday's loss to the Braves, tragic news broke that the Nationals' OBP had sunk lower than the Marlins. The Marlins offense has often been ridiculed and laughed at for how comically bad it is and while the Marlins are well on their way to losing 100 games, more was expected from the Nationals. The Nationals' failure to score runs is the biggest reason for their record this season and not having a lot of baserunners is no way to score runs.
While watching a Nationals game or listening...
A new season is under way in the Dominican Summer League. The short-season league, which plays games through Aug. 24, began June 1.
For the first time since 2010, the Orioles have two teams in the DSL. Their DSL-1 team is managed by Elvis Morel and will play 70 games. Their DSL-2 team is managed by the club's director of Dominican Republic operations, Nelson Norman, and will play 72 games.
Both O's teams are 2-1 so far.
The O's single entry in the league went 34-36 last season after...
The Orioles will break out a different lineup tonight with Nick Markakis missing his first game this season to attend his grandmother's funeral.
The Orioles will be facing a left-hander, Houston's Dallas Keuchel, who's 2-2 with a 5.10 ERA. Steve Pearce could start in the outfield, with Danny Valencia again serving as the designated hitter.
Right-handers are batting .315 against Keuchel, compared to .283 for left-handers.
Taylor Teagarden will catch Thursday afternoon's game after being...
All season, the Nationals have been searching for a spark, a big play, a dramatic win to turn the momentum and get things rolling downhill.
Tonight, hours after they learned that three members of their opening day roster - Danny Espinosa, Henry Rodriguez and Zach Duke - had been shipped either to the disabled list or the waiver wire, the Nats rallied in the bottom of the ninth inning and picked up a big 3-2 win over the Mets, giving the Nats their first walk-off win of the season and their...