NEW YORK – Cedric Mullins isn’t in tonight’s Orioles lineup for “personal reasons,” according to manager Brandon Hyde. Hyde didn’t elaborate or confirm whether Mullins is at Yankee Stadium. Mullins always plays against right-handed starters. And left-handed hitters are slashing .356/.430/.644 against Clarke Schmidt this season. Not having Mullins a

NEW YORK – The Orioles have a chance tonight to win their 12th series in 2023 after posting their 19th comeback victory last night. Cedric Mullins is out of the lineup, an unusual occurrence against a right-hander. Ryan McKenna is in center field and Adam Frazier is leading off for the first time this season, but the 387th of his career. Frazier wi

The Nationals have had a rough go to the start of the season in terms of opposing starting pitchers. They’re facing left-handed starters at a higher rate than usual, which early on led to some inconsistencies in their lineup constructions. When the Nats face the Padres’ Blake Snell in this afternoon’s series finale, it will be their 19th time in th

How are we at Game 50 already? It’s almost Memorial Day Weekend and this season seems to be flying by. Also, who would have taken a 21–28 Nationals record through the first 49 games? That’s a three-game improvement from where they were at this point last season. To add one more to the win column and take this three-game series against the Padres, t

For a team that doesn’t hit for a lot of power but has more than a few fast players in the lineup on a regular basis, the Nationals really haven’t run that much this season. They rank 25th in the majors in stolen bases. They’re 19th in FanGraphs’ overall team baserunning metric. The Nats did run more than they usually do Wednesday night against the

Start spreading the news – the Orioles scored eight runs in the seventh inning to stun the Yankees in the Bronx. The night before they had a 4-0 lead and lost. On this night they trailed by four in the seventh and won. The eight-run inning was their most in any inning this year, topping the seven in the seventh on May 5 at Atlanta. It is their most

NEW YORK – The numbers finally are beginning to match what the eyes have seen from Adam Frazier. The professional at-bats, the multitude of ways he’s able to contribute. Doing the little things that create big gains for a team challenging for the division lead. Frazier entered last night with three consecutive multi-hit games, and a six-game hittin

NEW YORK – Bumps were forming on the Orioles’ road trip, which began with a three-game sweep in Toronto. The Yankees hit three home runs tonight off Tyler Wells and appeared in control heading into the seventh inning. A nice margin for Nestor Cortes. Another bad finish for his former team. The 2023 Orioles don’t want to hear it. They just keep comi

Give the Nationals lineup a chance to face a left-handed starter and take an early lead. Give Trevor Williams a chance to pitch into the sixth inning and retain that lead. Then hand over the rest to the trusted portion of Davey Martinez’s bullpen and watch them finish the job. It’s a nice formula for success, and it worked quite well for the Nats t

A New York Yankees team that is playing good baseball right now produced a come-from-behind win last night, beating the Orioles 6-5 in 10 innings in the series opener at Yankee Stadium. The Orioles are now 13-3 in series-opening games. They actually did not lose either of the first two series where they lost the first game. Tampa Bay beat the Oriol