What seemed like a nice, quiet 3-1 Nationals win turned into a lot more shortly after the game. We learned Ryan Zimmerman might need to get another cortisone shot in his inflamed right shoulder and could land on the disabled list. And, we also learned that even when Drew Storen returns to the Nationals, he's unlikely to take over the closer's role that he's held for much of his major league career. Manager Davey Johnson said tonight that given how Tyler Clippard has been performing in save...

The Single-A Hagerstown Suns put on another offensive show Saturday night with a 10-8 victory over the Lakewood Blueclaws. A big part of that power display was from outfielder Brian Goodwin, the 34th overall selection in 2011, who smashed two homers and drove in four runs. Goodwin has four homers in the past five games with nine RBIs. It was his first four-hit game of the season. Hagerstown pitching coach Mark Harris said the 21-year-old has made good progress at the plate since returning...

It's been clear for a while now that Ryan Zimmerman's not healthy. He's just too good a hitter to be batting .218 with three home runs on the season. After tonight's 3-1 Nationals win, both Zimmerman and manager Davey Johnson acknowledged that the shoulder inflammation, which landed Zimmerman on the disabled list back in late April, is still a problem, and it might be something that will send him to the DL yet again. "I'm obviously not 100 percent," a somber Zimmerman said in the...

Edwin Jackson didn't have his best stuff Saturday night, but the stuff he had was good enough to hold the Orioles hitless for 4 1/3 innings as the Nationals evened the series following a 3-1 victory before 46,298 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. "It was one of those days when you don't have blow-away stuff," Jackson said. "You just have to just go out and pitch. That is pretty much what it was from the time I started throwing the 'pen. I knew what kind of day it was going to be. It is not...

After another loss where the Orioles didn't score much, Adam Jones talked about the club's recent struggles. The Orioles have scored just 15 runs over the last eight games and three runs in this series against the Nationals. "Hitting is contagious," Jones said. "We are just not swinging the bats the way we want to. It's baseball. It happens. Edwin (Jackson) threw a great game. I was just texting him right now. He threw a great game, and sometimes you have to tip your cap to the man....

Wei-Yin Chen came out of tonight's game after five innings and 90 pitches because he cracked a nail on his left index finger while fielding a comebacker from Nationals catcher Jesus Flores in the fourth. Also, Showalter wanted to place a stricter limit on Chen's pitch count if he's going to make his next start Thursday on regular rest. Chen was charged with three runs (two earned) and six hits in five innings, tying his second-shortest outing of the season. "I think he pitched pretty...

It was another night where the Orioles were shut down by a good pitcher and failed to score many runs or get key hits with runners in scoring position. Edwin Jackson gave up just four hits and one run over 6 1/3 innings, as the Nationals beat the Orioles 3-1 in front of 46,298, the fifth sellout of the year at Camden Yards. Jackson has given up just two runs over 14 1/3 innings this year in two starts against the Orioles, and he improves to 6-1 in his career versus Baltimore. Meanwhile, for...

The first 12 Orioles hitters that stepped to the plate tonight were all set down by Edwin Jackson. I'm no expert, but I believe if Jackson had retired the next 15 batters he saw, that would have been kind of a big deal. Instead, the perfect game and no-hitter both were blown up in the span of three hitters in the fifth inning. Adam Jones reached on a Ryan Zimmerman fielding error leading off the frame, (and man, was that a tough error considering how hard the ball was hit,) and two batters...

How does a player who's on a rehab assignment get in touch with his manager to find out when he'll be back in the majors? In Mark DeRosa's case, he shoots his skipper an email. DeRosa, who is currently rehabbing from a strained left oblique at Single-A Potomac, punched up a few lines that told his manager he's feeling great after two games. He then asked Davey Johnson what the plan was regarding his eventual promotion to the bigs. "I said,'Well, the plan was for you to get some...

The Orioles just committed their 63rd error of the season, most in the majors, and it led to an unearned run off Wei-Yin Chen. Chen gave up back-to-back singles to Michael Morse and Adam LaRoche leading off the top of the second inning. They moved up on Ian Desmond's grounder, but Chen struck out Tyler Moore. On the verge of escaping the jam, Chen induced a ground ball from Xavier Nady, who began the night hitting .150 with five RBIs. Third baseman Wilson Betemit ranged to his left to field...