NEW YORK - Chris Tillman and Joe Saunders are scheduled to appear in the interview room today as potential Game 4 starters for the Orioles in the American League Division Series. It's like a game show. Maybe they'll both stand for a few minutes, and the first one to sit is confirmed for Thursday. There's no mystery for tonight. Miguel Gonzalez is starting Game 3, his third assignment against the Yankees in his rookie season. You want small sample sizes? Nick Swisher is 0-for-6 with five...

The Washington Nationals announced today that tickets for potential National League Championship Series (NLCS) games at Nationals Park, including a limited number of Standing Room Only tickets, will go on sale to the general public Wednesday, October 10 at 9:00 a.m. ET. A maximum of two tickets for each game may only be purchased online at nationals.com/postseason or by calling 888.632.NATS(6287) on a first come, first served basis. In addition, a limited number of Standing Room Only tickets...

Anything going on today? Anyone got any afternoon plans? Myself, I'm thinking about just going back to sleep and hitting the links a little later on. Maybe I'll stop by Bed Bath & Beyond. I don't know; I don't know if I'm going to have enough time. What's that? Today will mark the first big league postseason game in D.C. in 79 years, a sellout crowd will be on hand to watch and the Nationals have a chance to move within one win of the National League Championship Series? OK, I guess...

Do the Orioles have the Yankees right where they want them as this series now heads to New York? After all, the Orioles won all three series there this year, going 6-3 at Yankee Stadium. It's the first time since 1976 that the Orioles won all three series at that ballpark. The Orioles' six wins there is their most since they won eight in 1976. Nate McLouth, who has four postseason RBIs, said that success there is important now. "I do think that matters. When you go into a tough place like...

NEW YORK - Miguel Gonzalez loves pitching in important games. The bigger the crowd and the stakes, the more he welcomes it. He's just doing it in the U.S. this year. That's the only real difference. "That's what I've been doing for the last eight years here and in Mexico, especially," he said earlier today during a conference call with reporters. "I have a little bit of experience in the playoffs in Mexico. I just stay within myself, make good pitches and try to get guys out as fast as...

NEW YORK - Orioles manager Buck Showalter joked today about needing a cup of coffee before he could begin his conference call with reporters. He also needs a starter for Game 4, which he isn't ready to disclose. "Well, it's kind of like you know the options that we have, and a lot will depend on what happens tomorrow night," he said. "We're going to take each game as it comes and try to win that game and stay in that game and those nine innings, or whatever amount of innings it is, and...

There's plenty to have our eyes on tomorrow. Chris Carpenter is starting for St. Louis despite making just three regular season appearances this season. The Nationals are trying to improve on their .188 average with runners in scoring position in this series. Washington appears practically unable to touch Cardinals flame-throwing rookie reliever Trevor Rosenthal (whose stuff Bryce Harper referred to today as "fuego"). It all could factor in tomorrow afternoon. But in my mind, no storyline...

Nationals Park has undergone some minor playoff renovations while we've been gone. There are new banners gracing the top of each dugout - one that reads "#Natitude" on the visitors' dugout, and another that reads "October Natitude" on top of the Nationals' dugout. The MLB Postseason logo has been painted onto the grass down the first- and third-base lines, and bunting has been added to the facades of the second and third decks. Red towels will be handed out to fans tomorrow, and if...

Nationals left fielder Michael Morse said the St. Louis Cardinals were very good, as expected, at Busch Stadium in the first two games of the National League Division Series. After the Nationals won Game 1, 3-2, the Cardinals rebounded to take Game 2, 12-4. "They are a tough team at home," Morse said. "If you look at their numbers home and away, they are a tough team to beat. Just like when we were there a couple of weeks ago, they put up some big numbers." This season, the Cardinals were...

St. Louis Cardinals manager Mike Matheny announced Tuesday that right-hander Jaime Garcia has been removed from the postseason roster due to a right rotator cuff strain with some inflammation. The Cardinals and Nationals were in Washington on Tuesday and completed scheduled workouts at Nationals Park. The National League Division Series is even at one game apiece, with Game 3 scheduled to begin a 1:07 p.m. Wednesday afternoon. Matheny said Garcia will get a second opinion on the shoulder. The...