The Orioles have two three-game sweeps in their past eight series. On the homestand that ended Wednesday afternoon, it was close to being four of the last eight. They won the first two games against Colorado but did not sweep and won the first two by a combined 18-3 score against the Chicago White Sox but did not sweep.  But they won all three seri

The Orioles are off today, flying into Arizona after yesterday’s loss to spend more time enjoying the dry heat. Think of it as a pizza oven except there’s no melted mozzarella. Their roster expands by a pitcher and a position player on Friday. They’d do it anyway, but teams don’t have the option of staying at 26. The dog days of August are gone. We

TORONTO – They left Washington some 10 days ago, bound for the Little League Classic in Williamsport, Pa. They’ll finally return home tonight, having played games in four cities across four states and two countries. Along the way, the Nationals promoted their top pick from this year’s draft to Double-A, agreed to a new contract with their manager,

A third fly ball landed on the other side of the fence today and an angry fan sitting near the Camden Yards press box couldn’t contain his emotions. Didn’t want to try. “It’s the White Sox!” he yelled, the exit velocity of his words immeasurable. A team that didn’t bring much energy to the series, lost the first two games by a combined 18-3 score a

TORONTO – When the Nationals put out their rotation plan for this weekend’s series against the Marlins, Josiah Gray’s name was listed for Sunday’s finale at Nationals Park. Asked about that, though, Davey Martinez admitted that may not remain the plan. “I’m going to be honest with you: That could change,” the manager said today. “We’re going to tre

With victories by 9-0 and 9-3 in this series, the Orioles can record a three-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox with a win this afternoon at Camden Yards. The Orioles (83-49), who matched last year's win total with last night's win, lead the American League East by 2 1/2 games over Tampa Bay. Baltimore has won all three series on this homestand an

TORONTO – It’s a dreary Wednesday here north of the border, so the roof at Rogers Centre will probably be closed for the first time this series as the Nationals and Blue Jays face off one more time. A win today for the Nats would incredibly make it six consecutive series won, eight of their last nine. And if it’s a matinee series finale, that means

Teams can expand their rosters by two players on Friday and the Orioles are meeting to review the options. Time is running out. “We better be pretty close,” manager Brandon Hyde said this morning. “We’re going to see how the roster looks after today. Things can change quickly. But we’re talking about it right now.” The Orioles can find reinforcemen

The Orioles can exceed last year’s win total of 83 with a victory today over the White Sox, in a game that concludes their homestand. They also can register their ninth sweep. Adley Rutschman is on the bench this afternoon. Gunnar Henderson is leading off and playing third base. Adam Frazier is in left field, with Austin Hays also working in a rese

TORONTO – Jacob Young veered slightly in and slightly to his right, calling off his left fielder to catch Daulton Varsho’s fairly routine fly ball to center for the second out of the bottom of the eighth inning Tuesday night, looked up and saw Alejandro Kirk take off from third and came to a quick conclusion. “There’s no one else on base,” he said.