Austin Voth’s injury rehab assignment moved to Triple-A Norfolk yesterday, his third affiliate on the road to a return from elbow soreness that’s plagued him at various times since spring training. Updates on three other relievers – Mychal Givens, Dillon Tate and Keegan Akin – have been scarce at best. But Voth could be close to reinstatement unles

NEW YORK – Kyle Finnegan trotted in from the bullpen, took the ball from Davey Martinez and began warming up for what was about to be the biggest moment of the night. The bases were loaded with one out in the bottom of the eighth, the Nationals and Mets were tied and Finnegan was going to have to try to pitch his way out of this jam and send the ga

NEW YORK – Two key Nationals relievers are ready to start facing live hitters in game-like situations. The club is motivated to get one of them off the injured list as soon as possible, not as much with the other. Carl Edwards Jr. and Tanner Rainey are both scheduled to face hitters in a simulated game Friday in West Palm Beach, Fla., the first tim

NEW YORK – The Nationals just completed their best homestand of the season. They’ve won nine of their last 14 overall. Now they’ll see if they can keep it up on the road against a Mets team that desperately needs to turn things on, lest they actually become sellers at next week’s trade deadline. Yeah, the situation is that dire here in Flushing, wh

For eight innings of yesterday’s finale, it looked like the Nationals offense had run out of juice to mount another comeback. But that’s why baseball plays nine innings. After Lane Thomas’ one-out single in the third inning, the Nats sent the minimum to the plate over the next 5 ⅔ innings. The only baserunner over that stretch was Jeimer Candelario

During a road trip where six of the seven games were decided by one or two runs, the Orioles went 4-2 in those six games, which is quite respectable. But they lost the last two, which stings a bit.  They come home with a series loss at Philadelphia (went 1-2) after their big series win (went 3-1) against Tampa Bay.  But we should also keep in mind

The trade deadline is less than a week away, with pencils down Tuesday at 6 p.m. That’s it besides minor league deals. Ride or die with your roster and farm system. The Orioles will be in Toronto for another key division series, but the work done by the front office is going to steal most of the attention. Interest in the team has intensified, with

PHILADELPHIA – Easy isn’t a road traveled by the Orioles. Whether at home or in a visiting ballpark. Their GPS won’t pick it up. Kyle Bradish cruised through the first two innings tonight on six and eight pitches, and Adley Rutschman hit a three-run homer in the top of the third. A crooked number. There’s rarely a straight line to the finish. The O

The Orioles have a winning road trip secured as they take the field in Philadelphia tonight, but they need a victory in the game to pick up another series victory. They’d love to win to erase the memory of their sixth walk-off loss of the year last night. The Phillies scored twice in the ninth to pull it out. The Orioles (62-39) had a three-game wi

PHILADELPHIA – Gunnar Henderson is eyeing Friday night as his return to the lineup after leaving last night’s game in the eighth inning with discomfort in his lower back. Henderson is on the bench tonight and likely unavailable. “Feeling a lot better,” Henderson said today. “I think it’s kind of the same deal that happened a little bit earlier in t