NEW YORK - The Orioles scored first last night and kept the lead. They didn’t need to rally late. A nice little change of pace. Stress wasn’t drained from the dugout, however. They never felt comfortable until the final out. Slim margins are their norm. The 19 comeback wins this season lead the majors. That’s a lot. But approaching the club record?

NEW YORK – The Orioles knew it. Before they filed out of the clubhouse for more pregame stretching and throwing, before the anthem was played, they knew that the Rays won earlier today. Their own victory would be necessary to keep pace in the American League East. Last night’s comeback, made possible by an eight-run seventh inning, prevented them f

The Nationals’ clutch hits have come in bunches. Either they get a lot or none at all. And their bullpen hasn’t always been clutch. Either its lockdown or shaky. For the first half of today’s finale against the Padres, it looked like it was going to be one of those games where they would get neither. But then the script flipped in the seventh innin

The Orioles and New York Yankees have split two games in this series and play the third and rubber match game tonight in the Bronx. For the Orioles, it’s the end of a six-game AL East road trip where they have gone 3-0 at Toronto and 1-1 in New York. The Orioles lost two of their first three series this year but they have gone 10-1-1 in series play

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