The Orioles are pleased to announce St. Philip Neri School in Linthicum as the Grand Prize winner of the Orioles "Go Orange" challenge. The Orioles issued a challenge on September 12 to all elementary, middle and high schools in the state of Maryland to "Go Orange" and demonstrate their support for the Orioles. Schools were encouraged to decorate their classrooms, gymnasium and other indoor spaces; adorn the outside of their school or athletic fields with an Orioles look; or to involve...

The Nationals lost two fly balls in the sun yesterday afternoon, helping the Brewers pick up a 6-2 win at Nats Park. After the game, Bryce Harper said that the "sun monster" got the best of the Nats. Apparently, the sun monster doesn't discriminate, though. It's attacked the Brewers today. With the Nats leading 2-1 today with two outs in the fourth and runners at the corners, Jayson Werth lifted a lazy fly ball to center. Brewers center field Carlos Gomez had plenty of time to track the...

On Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park, Dylan Bundy threw seven pitches, getting two outs in his major league debut. On Sunday night, when the team arrived back home in Baltimore, he was still pretty excited about that debut and the two key outs he got for the Orioles in the last of the eighth inning. "I didn't go to bed last night until about 12 or 1, which is late for me," Bundy said today in the O's clubhouse. "It was an exciting day. Telling everybody in my hometown and my family about...

Orioles pitcher Randy Wolf began experiencing discomfort in his left elbow Saturday and is expected to receive a cortisone injection later today. Team orthopedist Dr. John Wilckens will exam Wolf's elbow while the Orioles prepare for their doubleheader against the Blue Jays at Camden Yards. The club is hoping that he will be available by Friday. "Dr. Wilckens has talked about injecting him, which would put him down for a couple days," said manager Buck Showalter. "He started feeling it in...

Matt Wieters will catch Game 1 of today's doubleheader against the Blue Jays. Ryan Flaherty is starting at second base. Jim Thome is serving as the designated hitter, with Chris Davis moving to right field. For the Orioles: Nate McLouth LF J.J Hardy SS Chris Davis RF Adam Jones CF Matt Wieters C Jim Thome DH Mark Reynolds 1B Ryan Flaherty 2B Manny Machado 3B Steve Johnson RHP For the Blue Jays: Brett Lawrie 3B Colby Rasmus CF Edwin Encarnacion DH Adam Lind 1B Rajai Davis RF Kelly...

Davey Johnson has made it well known that he's not thinking ahead to the playoffs or how he'll manage the team in the final days of the regular season. He's fully focused on today (with an eye on tomorrow, as he likes to say) and often pumps the breaks when reporters ask questions that he feels are getting too far ahead of where the Nationals are at this point. But when Johnson was asked today how he feels about contending teams having a problem with him resting starters down the stretch...

The Nationals have been so impressed with reliever Christian Garcia and his power arm that manager Davey Johnson said today they would consider converting the right-hander to a starter next season. Garcia complained of right biceps fatigue following Saturday's win over the Brewers, in which he allowed a two-run shot in the ninth to the Brewers' Taylor Green. Johnson said Garcia was on "cruise control" before the homer, and after the homer he got "amped up." Did he ever - Garcia struck...

The Nationals have posted their lineup for today's 1:05 p.m. game against the Brewers and Michael Morse isn't in it. Roger Bernadina will get the start in left field against ex-Nats right-hander Marco Estrada. Here's the Nationals lineup: RF Jayson Werth CF Bryce Harper 3B Ryan Zimmerman 1B Adam LaRoche SS Ian Desmond 2B Danny Espinosa LF Roger Bernadina C Kurt Suzuki P Jordan Zimmermann

As the Nationals take aim at wrapping up the National League East, here's a look at how they're shaping up in the postseason awards voted on by the Baseball Writers' Association of America: Cy Young Award: Gio Gonzalez has 20 wins, the gold standard for pitchers, but that might not be enough to win, especially when new-age statistics are redefining how pitchers are judged. Consider that Tim Lincecum (16 wins), Zack Greinke (16) and Felix Hernandez (13) won the award in the last two...

Over their last 15 games, the Nationals are 7-8. Reason to be concerned? No, not yet. But it's not exactly the way you want to be playing with the postseason quickly approaching and meaningful regular season games still to come in the next week and a half. The Nationals' competition down the stretch is fairly stiff. They've got one more game with the Brewers this afternoon, three at Philadelphia against a Phillies team that definitely won't roll over with the Nats in town, three in St....