The Nationals, for the second straight day, designated a struggling reliever for assignment, with Erasmo Ramírez suffering that fate this afternoon in the wake of a particularly ragged appearance during Tuesday’s loss to the Diamondbacks, and Cory Abbott recalled from Triple-A Rochester to take his spot. Ramírez joined fellow right-hander Andrés Ma

MILWAUKEE – Gunnar Henderson has returned to the Orioles lineup tonight for the first time since Saturday. Henderson was day-to-day with discomfort in his lower back. Josh Lester is the designated hitter and Ryan O’Hearn gets the start at first base. Ryan Mountcastle and Ramón Urías are on the bench. Adam Frazier is leading off again. O’Hearn is 7-

It’s another hazy afternoon in the nation’s capital, with smoke from wildfires in Quebec hovering over the region again. It’s not as bad here as it is in New York, and for now tonight’s game is on as planned. But stay tuned in case things take a turn for the worse. It’s “UK-US Friendship Day” at Nationals Park, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak sched

The Washington Nationals recalled right-handed pitcher Cory Abbott from Triple-A Rochester and designated Erasmo Ramírez for assignment on Wednesday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement. In his last two starts for Triple-A Rochester, Abbott allowed just two hits and one run in 10.0 total i

The sting of the Nationals’ 10-5 loss to the Diamondbacks still loomed over the entire home clubhouse Tuesday night, but Stone Garrett couldn’t help but light up when asked about the grand slam he clubbed way back in the first inning off a team and a pitcher he knew all too well. “It felt freaking good,” the 27-year-old said, his smile growing wide

Many hitters are in trouble when the count reaches two strikes against most big league pitchers. At that point, that pitcher has done a lot of the heavy lifting to get ahead and now tries to execute a put away pitch to end the at-bat, either with weak contact or with a strikeout. Among all Orioles players, catcher Adley Rutschman is the best hitter

MILWAUKEE – Josh Lester hadn’t heard from the Orioles on Tuesday and took it as a positive sign. They needed to make a corresponding move while reinstating left-hander Danny Coulombe from the bereavement list. Lester’s contract was selected over the weekend with Coulombe leaving the club, giving the Orioles 14 position players. Sending Lester back

MILWAUKEE – Kyle Gibson struck out Brice Turang on a curveball to end the bottom of the first inning and didn’t break stride on his way back to the dugout. He blew past catcher Adley Rutschman, who tried to meet him along the third base line and had to reach out to give him an encouraging pat. The 35 pitches thrown and two runs allowed didn’t give

For the second straight game, Davey Martinez pulled a struggling starter in the middle innings and entrusted a struggling reliever to keep a close game against a quality opponent close. And for the second straight game, that struggling reliever not only couldn’t keep the game close, he couldn’t even keep it close enough for his Nationals teammates

With a 20-10 road record on the year, the Orioles open a series at Milwaukee tonight looking for yet another series win and another road series win. On the season, the Orioles are 13-5-1 in series play and they are 8-2 in road series. They lost their first road series of the season at Boston and have lost just one road series since then, at Atlanta