It’s been a good stretch for the Nationals over the last several weeks, as we’ve outlined here. Now, can they keep it up against some postseason contenders? We’re about to find out with a run of series against the Red Sox, Phillies, Yankees, Marlins and Blue Jays. It begins tonight against Boston, which enters play three games back in the American

The Nationals, you may have heard, are playing winning baseball right now. After a weekend sweep of the Athletics, they improved to 15-8 since July 21. They’re 19-12 since July 8, which is the best record in the National League East during that time, third-best in the NL. Something clearly has to be going right for this team that wasn’t going right

Getting to play pro baseball has always been important to the Orioles Ryan Mountcastle. Even long before they drafted him No. 36 overall in the 2015 MLB Draft out of Paul J. Haggerty High School in Florida. Back then he had designs on being a big league player and that dream came true for him for the first time in August of 2020. But Mountcastle’s

SAN DIEGO – Manny Machado dug in against Orioles closer Félix Bautista last night with two Padres on base and one out in the bottom of the ninth inning, back-to-back walks allowing him to represent the potential tying run. Machado took a 101.2 mph fastball out of the strike zone, missed a 100.4 mph fastball, offered at a splitter and grounded it to

SAN DIEGO – Juan Soto swung the bat with every ounce of strength in his body, almost jumping out of his spikes, and let his momentum carry toward the Padres dugout before regaining his balance. Stumbling out of the box as Grayson Rodriguez’s third strikeout victim. His feet having a mind of their own. Manny Machado followed with a towering popup an

The Orioles lost Friday night at Seattle but won back-to-back 10-inning games by 1-0 and 5-3 to take another series over the weekend and improve to 73-45. It was an outstanding start to a nine-game West Coast road trip that continues tonight at San Diego. O’s batters scored just eight runs on 17 hits at T-Mobile Park against a Mariners club that Su

SAN DIEGO – Outfielder Colton Cowser is taking his turn at a minor league reset. The Orioles optioned Cowser today after he went 7-for-61, creating a spot for Aaron Hicks’ return to the active roster. “We talked a lot about that with certain guys this year, about how it’s not always a terrible thing to have a guy come up here and experience what ma

SAN DIEGO – Aaron Hicks is starting in left field and batting eighth tonight after his reinstatement from the injured list earlier today. Cedric Mullins is in center field and batting sixth. Austin Hays sits against Padres right-hander Yu Darvish. Adley Rutschman stays in the leadoff spot, followed by shortstop Gunnar Henderson. Jordan Westburg is

The Orioles have made the following roster moves: Reinstated OF Aaron Hicks from the 10-day Injured List (left hamstring strain).Optioned OF Colton Cowser to Triple-A Norfolk.

SAN DIEGO – The Orioles made the anticipated outfield switch today, reinstating Aaron Hicks from the 10-day injured list and optioning rookie Colton Cowser to Triple-A Norfolk. Hicks strained his left hamstring July 24 while diving for a fly ball in Philadelphia – incorrectly ruled a catch – and returns after two rehab games with Norfolk. Cowser is