With last year's starting left fielder Michael Morse nursing his way back from a left lat injury, the Nationals have used several different lineups in the outfield. Manager Davey Johnson has employed an outfield by committee early on, with injuries and rough starts contributing to the alterations, even from game to game. For instance on Monday, Xavier Nady played left field, Rick Ankiel played center and Jayson Werth was in right. On Tuesday, by contrast, Johnson called for Nady in left,...

CHICAGO - Mark Reynolds will serve as the designated hitter again tonight against White Sox left-hander John Danks, with Wilson Betemit starting at third base. Reynolds has started at third only once in the last five games. For the Orioles: Nolan Reimold LF J.J. Hardy SS Nick Markakis RF Adam Jones CF Matt Wieters C Mark Reynolds DH Wilson Betemit 3B Chris Davis 1B Robert Andino 2B Wei-Yin Chen LHP Minor league catcher Michael Ohlman has received a 50-game suspension after a second...

As promised, both Mark DeRosa and Xavier Nady are in manager Davey Johnson's lineup today, as the Nationals will load up with right-handed hitters against Astros lefty Wandy Rodriguez. Interestingly, DeRosa is in right today with Nady in left. This will be DeRosa's first action in right field this season. Wilson Ramos also gets a day off today, as Jesus Flores is behind the plate to catch Gio Gonzalez. Here are today's lineups: Nationals SS Ian Desmond 2B Danny Espinosa 3B Ryan...

CHICAGO - Before we turn our focus to tonight's game, let's continue to linger around last night's 10-inning victory. I'm just not ready to let go. According to Elias, Matt Wieters' grand slam in the 10th inning was just the fifth in extra innings for the Orioles in the last 50 years, and the second against the White Sox. All of them came in the 10th. The others were produced by Brooks Robinson (July 7, 1970 versus New York), Tommy Davis (July 27, 1975 at Milwaukee), Joe Nolan (August...

CHICAGO - The Orioles have claimed catcher Luis Exposito on waivers from Boston Red Sox. To make room on the 40-man roster, infielder Josh Bell has been designated for assignment. Bell's been on the 40-man bubble. It finally popped. Exposito, 25, is a career .268/.324/.420 hitter in seven minor league seasons, all of them spent in the Red Sox's farm system. He was a 31st-round pick in the 2005 First-Year Player Draft. Bell, 25, batted .200/.221/.264 in 79 games with the Orioles in 2010...

The Orioles today announced that they have claimed catcher Luis Exposito on waivers from Boston. Exposito, 25, is a career .268/.324/.420 hitter in seven minor league seasons in Boston's farm system. He was the Red Sox's 31st round selection in the 2005 First Year Player Draft. To make room for Exposito on the 40-man roster, infielder Josh Bell has been designated for assignment. Bell, 25, batted .200/.221/.264 in 79 games with the Orioles in 2010 and 2011. He was acquired by Baltimore on...

The word was already out prior to last night. But if by some chance you didn't know, now you know: Rick Ankiel has a rocket for an arm. Ankiel's laser of a throw from center field to the plate last night was a cool moment. It allowed the 16,245 in attendance at Nationals Park a chance to stand and applaud the work of the Nats center fielder and perhaps give a high-five to their neighbor - if they were the high-five-a-random-stranger type. But Ankiel's throw was more than just a highlight....

CHICAGO - Managers keep warning reporters not to fall in love with spring training or September stats. Small sample sizes, extenuating circumstances, whatever you want to call it. Jake Fox is a beast in February and March. He belongs in the Grapefruit League Hall of Fame. But he still can't stick in the majors, which makes him the unfortunate poster child for the above-stated theory. Endy Chavez and Nick Johnson are proven commodities, so they don't fall in that same category. Their shelf...

I would have to guess the Orioles fans on Maryland's Eastern Shore are pretty fired up about tonight's game at Salisbury's Perdue Stadium. Dylan Bundy makes his third pro start and first at home as the Single-A Shorebirds host Hagerstown at 7:05 p.m. Hagerstown's Alex Meyer, drafted 23rd overall last year (Bundy was No. 4) will make this a matchup of first-round draft picks for the Orioles and Nationals. Bundy has dazzled starting this season by retiring 18 consecutive batters - 12 on...

As I continue to recover from the ridiculous allergy attack I suffered in the press box during last night's game - bar none the worst allergy experience of my life - I wanted to pass along some more notes from the Nationals' 6-4 win over the Astros. Steve Lombardozzi was the star of the show last night, and as Byron Kerr wrote, Lombardozzi said he'll never forget his four-hit performance, an effort which helped lift the Nationals to a win. But don't get any ideas about the 23-year-old...