In an attempt to take the first two games of this series, the Orioles sent left-hander Cole Irvin to the mound today. He would have a chance to pitch his team to a win and perhaps to pitch himself back into the starting five in the rotation. Today he was a big part of doing the first part and probably got the second done as well. Irvin allowed one

ATLANTA – A major difference between the Nationals and Braves is power at the plate. The Braves have it. The Nationals do not. The Nats have hit the second-fewest homers in the majors and fewest in the National League. Meanwhile, the Braves have hit the third-most in the majors and second-most in the NL. That difference was pretty glaring in today’

The Orioles won another series opener and the Royals lost another one. And, because of that the Orioles need one win over the next two days to record yet another series win.  Austin Hays homered and doubled and the O’s got RBIs also from Jorge Mateo and Anthony Santander in Friday’s 3-2 win over Kansas City. The Orioles are now 39-24 and remain 6.5

ATLANTA – After last night’s tough 3-2 loss in the series opener, the Nationals are making some significant changes to their lineup for this afternoon’s second game against the Braves. Against rookie left-hander Jared Shuster, who the Nats knocked around for four runs on six hits and five walks in their first meeting on April 2, lefty bats Dominic

Orioles center fielder Cedric Mullins, on the injured list since May 30 with a right groin strain, is in Sarasota, Fla. at the Orioles facility and has just resumed doing some baseball activities, Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said today. “Sounds like he is progressing very well,” said Hyde, who added there is still no firm timetable for his return

The Orioles optioned left-hander Nick Vespi to Triple-A Norfolk this morning as the corresponding move to Cole Irvin’s return. Vespi lasted one day in his second stint. He hasn’t pitched for the Orioles this season. Irvin was recalled to make his fourth start with the Orioles, and his first since April 13. He owns a 2.19 ERA in four career starts a

ATLANTA – Sixty-two games down, 100 to go. The Nationals will try to bounce back from last night’s tough loss and end a couple of streaks today: Their own five-game losing streak and the Braves’ six-game winning streak. For the third time in his young career, MacKenzie Gore will face the Braves, the team he made both his major league and Nationals

The Orioles have made the following roster moves: Recalled LHP Cole Irvin from Triple-A Norfolk. He will start today’s game.Optioned LHP Nick Vespi to Triple-A Norfolk after yesterday’s game.

ATLANTA – The Nationals have worked diligently with Josiah Gray on his mechanics since the end of last year. In 2022, the right-hander’s first full season in the bigs, he gave up a major league-worst 38 home runs and a National League-worst 66 walks en route to a 5.02 ERA and 1.359 WHIP. The team wanted their young starter to finish his pitches str

He had an OPS of .659 at the end of April, but going into the weekend series with Kansas City, rookie Gunnar Henderson’s OPS was up to .732, which put him five percent above the league average OPS for the year. He has certainly made positive strides on offense in recent weeks with an OPS of .790 since May 1 as this weekend began. Henderson recently