For today's series finale against Miami's Ricky Nolasco, the Nationals have Bryce Harper in center, Jayson Werth in right and Jesus Flores catching Stephen Strasburg. For the Nationals: 2B Steve Lombardozzi CF Bryce Harper 3B Ryan Zimmerman 1B Adam LaRoche LF Michael Morse RF Jayson Werth SS Danny Espinosa C Jesus Flores P Stephen Strasburg

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Robert Andino moves up to second in the lineup today against Rays left-hander David Price, with J.J. Hardy dropping to third. This is the second time in 2012 that Andino has batted second, and the sixth time that Hardy has batted third. For the Orioles: Nick Markakis RF Robert Andino 3B J.J. Hardy SS Adam Jones CF Matt Wieters DH Lew Ford LF Mark Reynolds 1B Omar Quintanilla 2B Taylor Teagarden C Miguel Gonzalez RHP For the Rays: Jennings LF Upton CF Joyce...

Potomac Nationals shortstop Jason Martinson is an RBI machine. Martinson collected his 100th RBI of the season Saturday in a 10-8 loss at Winston-Salem. Martinson hit his 21st homer of the season in the fourth and had an RBI single in the ninth, which was his 100th RBI of the season between two teams. Martinson started the season at low Single-A Hagerstown. Outfielder Steven Souza, Jr., has been placed on the disabled list with a leg injury after running into the outfield wall in pursuit of...

So much for the theory that American League hitters would catch up to Wei-Yin Chen the second and third time around the circuit. If anything, he seems to be getting better the more experience he gains against AL hitters. Once again, Chen pitched well when the Orioles really needed him in last night's 4-0 win over Tampa Bay. He helped them avoid a three-game losing streak, even this series and avoid heading into today's game needing to beat David Price to avoid a sweep. What was true about...

I guess Kurt Suzuki picked a decent game to make his Nationals debut. The Nats' new starting catcher went 0-for-4 today, but that didn't stop him from soaking up every moment of the postgame atmosphere in the clubhouse after the 10-7 win. "This is awesome!" he said. Pretty much everyone in the Nats' clubhouse acknowledged that the team came out a bit flat tonight, and the Marlins capitalized early on. "They took advantage of every mistake we made," Adam LaRoche said. "Stole a bunch...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.- It isn't exactly breaking news that Chris Davis is a streaky hitter. We've been down that road before. Just when it appears that Davis won't get another hit, he gets them in bunches. Davis went 2-for-5 last night to extend his career-long hitting streak to nine games. He's batting .342 (13-for-38) with 12 RBIs during that span. The Orioles were 5-for-9 with runners in scoring position last night, obliterating their 0-for-22 streak, and Davis contributed with a...

The Nationals didn't play great baseball through the first seven innings of tonight's game. They made three errors, they got a sub-par outing from Jordan Zimmermann (by his standards, at least), they allowed two more stolen bases and they got minimal offense from guys not named Adam LaRoche. Davey Johnson's group trailed 6-4 with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning. Then, seemingly in the blink of an eye, the game was a laugher, there was a party in the Nationals' dugout and the...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Apparently, anyone on this team is free to run on the basepaths if he spots an opportunity. And that includes the catcher who doesn't include "speed" on his list of tools. Matt Wieters stole two bases tonight, giving him three on the season and four in his major league career. The last Orioles catcher to steal two in the same game was Johnny Oates on June 10, 1972 at Texas. "Buck gives all of us the green light pretty much, that if we feel like we can get it, go...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - By manager Buck Showalter's count, left-hander Wei-Yin Chen has gone to a three-ball count only five times in his last two starts. Chen is only the second pitcher from Taiwan to win 10 games in a season, joining Chien-Ming Wang in 2006 and 2007. Has he exceeded expectations in his first year in the U.S.? "It's hard to say because we didn't know that much about him coming in," said pitching coach Rick Adair. "All the challenges he has to face daily and throughout...

What looked like another tough loss to a less-than-star-studded Marlins lineup has turned into what will likely be a huge comeback win. The Nationals can thank a six-run eighth inning, with all six runs scoring with two outs, for the thrilling comeback. Back-to-back RBI singles by Steve Lombardozzi and Tyler Moore tied the game for the Nats in the eighth. But they weren't done yet. Not by a longshot. Danny Espinosa, who entered the game mired in a 3-for-37 slump, absolutely destroyed a 2-2...