Hunter Harvey on bullpen role: "I hope I stay there"
Hunter Harvey on bullpen role: "I hope I stay there"
Steve Melewski
Orioles
Orioles right-hander Hunter Harvey can admit it now. There was a time during all his injury issues - including Tommy John surgery in 2016 - that he wondered if he would continue to play the game. Making the majors seemed a long, long way off. "With all the injuries and stuff, I had some negative thoughts go through my mind," he said in the O's clubhouse yesterday before the game. "Will I ever make it? In '15 and '16 I had thoughts, 'Will I ever pitch anymore? What is going to happen?'...
Breaking down the key decisions in Tuesday's loss
Breaking down the key decisions in Tuesday's loss
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
PITTSBURGH - It all happened so fast. The Nationals held a 1-0 lead when the seventh inning ended Tuesday night. Stephen Strasburg was in complete control. And then the Nationals were down 4-1 to the Pirates after Wander Suero and Daniel Hudson made a mess of the eighth inning. It's hardly the first time this has happened to the Nationals this season. But it was a particularly interesting recurrence of "The Eighth Inning Problem," for a variety of reasons. There were interesting decisions...
Sisco settles in behind plate again
Sisco settles in behind plate again
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Chance Sisco has absorbed the usual punishment as a catcher. The foul tips, the backswings, the collisions. No one is immune to it if their chosen profession involves squatting behind home plate. But the sixth inning. What in the world was going on in the sixth inning? The Red Sox sent 12 batters to the plate Sunday afternoon and scored six runs. They also sent Sisco to the trainers' room, the second unfortunate incident thrashing the highest pain threshold. There was no way to withstand...
Strasburg cruises, bullpen blows up in 4-1 loss (updated)
Strasburg cruises, bullpen blows up in 4-1 loss (updated)
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
PITTSBURGH - Stephen Strasburg didn't necessarily dominate the Pirates tonight. He simply cruised along, allowing a few baserunners here and there but never allowing them to seriously threaten to score against him. And when he departed the mound after seven innings of 94-pitch ball, the Nationals right-hander seemingly had another frame in him. But when Strasburg reached the dugout, he was greeted with handshakes from his manager and pitching coach. His night was over. Davey Martinez was now...
Hunter Harvey gets first major league win, homegrown trio pitches O's to victory
Hunter Harvey gets first major league win, homegrown trio pitches O's to victory
Steve Melewski
Orioles
Looking for offense to end a losing streak and back a good effort by right-hander Dylan Bundy tonight, the Orioles got some. Better late than never and it didn't come in time for Bundy but it did for flame throwing reliever Hunter Harvey who picked up his first major league win. Hanser Alberto's three-run homer into the O's bullpen in the eighth broke a 1-1 tie as the Orioles beat Kansas City 4-1 at Camden Yards. Alberto hit No. 8 as the Orioles ended an eight-game slide. In the Baltimore...
Alberto three-run homer gives Orioles 4-1 win (with quotes)
Alberto three-run homer gives Orioles 4-1 win (with quotes)
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Orioles first baseman Chris Davis wasn't in tonight's lineup, but he delivered the card to home plate for the traditional exchange. Coaches repeat the task after a win. The losing streak had manager Brandon Hyde searching for replacements. Davis could be on the bench again Wednesday night, but he's going to be the first Orioles player at the plate. Dylan Bundy held the Royals to one run in seven innings, the Orioles tied the game in the home half and Hanser Alberto hit a three-run shot with...
Sponsored: Aug. 26 final Maryland Lottery Contestant of the Game drawing deadline
Sponsored: Aug. 26 final Maryland Lottery Contestant of the Game drawing deadline
Josh Land
Orioles
Want to know what it feels like when your name is announced on MASN as the Orioles go to bat? Want to experience the thrill of possibly winning big bucks with every pitch an Orioles batter faces? Want a chance to win big bucks every time the Birds hit a home run? Well, your ninth inning is here because the season's final Home Run Riches second-chance drawing is Monday, Aug. 26. The Maryland Lottery's Home Run Riches instant ticket has a top prize of $50,000, and you can enter non-winning...
Strickland breaks nose weightlifting but OK to pitch (Nats up 1-0)
Strickland breaks nose weightlifting but OK to pitch (Nats up 1-0)
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
PITTSBURGH - Hunter Strickland said he broke his nose in a weightlifting accident this afternoon, but the Nationals reliever has been cleared to pitch tonight and he'll be available out of the bullpen if needed. Strickland was working out in the weight room at PNC Park when he was struck in the face by a barbell, according to manager Davey Martinez. Strickland walked through the visitors' clubhouse a short while after with a bandage over the bridge of his nose and with discoloration and...
O's game blog: Dylan Bundy faces Royals
O's game blog: Dylan Bundy faces Royals
Steve Melewski
Orioles
The Orioles are out to break an eight-game losing streak tonight when they host the Kansas City Royals in the second game of a three-game series at Oriole Park. The Orioles (39-86) have lost 13 of 14 games, allowing 129 runs and 39 homers in that stretch. They gave up two homers last night and have allowed 257 for the year. That is one away from Cincinnati's major league record allowing 258 home runs in 2016. Lefty John Means allowed three runs (two earned) in five-plus innings last night....
If leg heals quickly, Ross will remain in Nationals rotation
If leg heals quickly, Ross will remain in Nationals rotation
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
PITTSBURGH - Joe Ross will remain in the Nationals rotation. If his right leg heals in time after he was struck by a comebacker during Monday night's win over the Pirates. Ross was still walking with a slight limp and had his lower right leg wrapped this afternoon, still feeling the effects of the 110-mph comebacker that caught him square on the shin the bottom of the fourth the previous night. The right-hander had to depart the game early, and though he was encouraged afterward that X-rays...