Rain impacted the Nationals' schedule this week, but it has also affected two minor league playoff series for two Nats' affiliates - Single-A Potomac of the Carolina League and Double-A Harrisburg in the Eastern League. The worst has been in the Harrisburg, Pa., area where City Island and Metro Bank Park are completely flooded and

Despite allowing two runs in the first and third frames, Chien-Ming Wang managed to go six innings for the Nationals in a no decision Thursday in Game One of a doubleheader versus the Dodgers. He did not walk a batter and struck out three. Wang said through an interpreter that the Dodgers tried to "get my first pitch. So, later on I threw more breaking balls." Wang said he would like to adjust his warmups so that he gets started a little earlier, that maybe that will help him get in a groove...

For the second day in a row, the Orioles enjoyed an extra-inning win against the Yankees, winning today 5-4 in the 10th on Robert Andino's RBI single. "It is always good to have a walk-off game, especially against the Yankees," Andino said. "We battled the whole game and pitching kept us in it. To walk them off like that, everybody wants to beat the Yankees." Tom Davis and Dave Johnson catch up with Robert Andino to discuss his game-winning hit in the O's 5-4 win Andino came to bat...

No discussion about or dissection of today's 5-4, 10-inning win over the Yankees would be complete without mention of the Orioles' bullpen, which turned in six scoreless and hitless innings. Orioles relievers have now worked 13 1/3 scoreless innings over the last three games, with four hits, three walks and 17 strikeouts. Eight of those strikeouts came today, including four from Kevin Gregg over 1 1/3 innings. Jo-Jo Reyes was a calming influence after replacing starter Alfredo Simon with 2...

On a day when their starter struggled and they fell behind early, the Orioles still got to celebrate a walk-off win over the Yankees. Robert Andino, whose RBI single tied the game 4-4 in the eighth, won it with an RBI single down the third-base line with one out in the 10th for the 5-4 victory. His hit scored Nolan Reimold, who reached on an infield single and moved to second on a walk to Chris Davis. The Orioles trailed 4-1 after three innings but battled back to tie with single runs in the...

Infielder Blake Davis cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Norfolk. Once again, an Orioles player is ignored by the rest of baseball. What gives? Davis came off the 40-man roster on Tuesday when the Orioles purchased the contracts of relievers Clay Rapada and Jeremy Accardo. Meanwhile, we've got free baseball today at Camden Yards, where the announced attendance is 33,841. That's tickets sold. The Orioles' bullpen hasn't allowed a run, hit or walk in five innings. The...

There won't be a single Ravens player who delivers a hit on Sunday like the one Nick Markakis laid on Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli at home plate. Ray Lewis would be proud. Markakis tried to score from first base with one out in the seventh inning on Vladimir Guerrero's double into right-center field. He never broke stride. He almost broke Cervelli's nose. Markakis lowered his shoulder into Cervelli's face in a violent collision. Cervelli held onto the ball and all of his body parts,...

I just finished typing up a large morning entry for you, and my laptop screen faded to black. I lost everything except the headline. I don't have the energy or patience to duplicate it, so I'm just going to pass along a few items that are still fresh in my mind. I'm also going to display unusual restraint by not running into my front yard and screaming until my throat burns. With my hair looking like this? No way. I'm no longer using the "This, that and the other" headline. There's no...

Vladimir Guerrero's presence in the cleanup spot is a major irritant to fans here, but the matchup clearly favored him today. Guerrero has two more hits off Yankees starter Ivan Nova, including his 12th home run and a leadoff double in the fourth inning that led to another run. Yankees 4, Orioles 2. Guerrero is 6-for-8 with two homers lifetime against Nova. He just missed clearing the fence in right-center field in the fourth and settled for a double after slowing up as he rounded first...

In Game 2 of the Carolina League playoffs tonight in Frederick, lefty Rick Zagone will take the mound trying to pitch the Keys to a 2-0 edge in the best-of-five series with Potomac. Zagone, the Orioles' sixth-round pick in 2008, spent a lot of this season with Double-A Bowie, going 4-6 with a 4.84 ERA over 19 games and 16 starts. He went 4-2 with a 2.97 ERA in seven starts for Single-A Frederick. The Nationals' starter tonight is lefty Sammy Solis, Washington's second-round pick in 2010....