Slumping Nats lineup can't break out in 4-2 loss to Phillies (updated)

PHILADELPHIA – The Nationals, fresh off back-to-back shutout losses at the hands of the American League’s worst team, marched into Citizens Bank Park hoping they might somehow break out of their funk against the National League’s best team, which just so happened to be sending its ace to the mound. That proved to be just as tough a task as it looke
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O's game blog: John Means faces the Mariners in the Seattle series opener

After a walk-off win on Adley Rutschman’s two-run homer Wednesday afternoon allowed them to split their two-game series with Toronto, the Orioles' homestand will end this weekend as they host the American League West-leading Seattle Mariners. Wednesday’s win – after the O’s went 0-for-10 with runners in scoring position and left 11 on base – improv
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Gallo activated, Lipscomb optioned, García scratched

PHILADELPHIA – In his 91 plate appearances with the Nationals before landing on the injured, Joey Gallo hit three homers and had nearly three times as many strikeouts as walks. In his 44 plate appearances in the minor leagues, while rehabbing his shoulder injury, he hit four homers and had nearly a 1-to-1 strikeout-to-walk ratio. So as he returns t
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Orioles pregame notes on rotation, Mullins, Hays and more (updated with Mayo injury)

Grayson Rodriguez will rejoin the Orioles without going on an injury rehab assignment. The exact date of his return wasn’t shared this afternoon during manager Brandon Hyde’s media session, but a six-man rotation is in the works. John Means is starting tonight against the Mariners in order to avoid an extended rest. Cole Irvin, who was supposed to

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Game 43 lineups: Nats at Phillies (updated)

PHILADELPHIA – They lost two of three in Boston. Then they lost two of three in Chicago. How will the Nationals fare the next three days in Philadelphia, home of a team with a 30-14 record? It’s going to be a challenge, especially for a Nats lineup that was shut out twice by the White Sox and is really struggling to score runs right now. That group
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Stowers in left field tonight for series opener against Seattle
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Gunnar Henderson returns to the leadoff spot for tonight’s series opener against the Mariners at Camden Yards, with Jordan Westburg moving down to seventh. Westburg hit leadoff for the first time in his major league career Wednesday while Henderson occupied the cleanup spot. An opposing right-handed starter has returned the club to its usual order.
How, and when, can Nats expect to add power to lineup?
Mark Zuckerman
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Runs are a hard thing to come by for the Nationals at the moment. This team, you may recall, was just shut out by the White Sox in back-to-back games, not exactly a source of pride. Why has it been so hard for the Nats to score runs? Because this is a lineup that typically needs to do three things right to get someone across the plate. First somebo
A plan comes together: Looking for more walks, Ryan O'Hearn is getting them
Steve Melewski
Orioles
It was an interview in early March at Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota, Fla. at O’s spring camp. As usual, Ryan O’Hearn was being himself which is something reporters have really come to appreciate. He’s almost always available to us and he doesn’t go through the motions in these interviews, he provides real insight. Like he did for me on another sunny
Leftovers for breakfast
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Vladimir Guerrero Jr. grounded a pitch from Kyle Bradish up the middle Wednesday afternoon with two outs in the third inning, and George Springer surely thought he was going to score from second base. Shortstop Gunnar Henderson couldn’t make a diving stop. He appeared to be the last line of defense. Jorge Mateo had other ideas, and his ridiculous r
As numbers plummet, Ruiz searches for answers
Mark Zuckerman
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CHICAGO – The question was specifically about his strikeout with the bases loaded in the top of the third Wednesday afternoon, and he answered that part of the query with a compliment to White Sox starter Garrett Crochet. But then Keibert Ruiz continued his answer and began speaking about himself in a broader sense, recognizing that one at-bat wasn
O's end frustrating day on offense with a walk-off, keeping a few streaks going
Steve Melewski
Orioles
Sometimes you have a frustrating day with runners in scoring position but can still win. Sometimes you get a homer from your first and last batters of the game to win. Sometimes you have streaks riding, and it looks like they will end. But they don't. Sometimes you see curious moves happen in an inning like the bottom of the eighth, but you still w
Elias suggests patience with struggling outfielders
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Anthony Santander led off the fourth inning yesterday with a single and poked a double down the left field line to begin the eighth before the pain from a bruised knee led to his removal in right field. Colton Cowser, who shaved his beard to “change things up,” broke his bat on a fourth-inning single and snapped a 7-for-55 streak. Austin Hays playe
With several regulars sitting, Nationals shut out again (updated)
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
CHICAGO – With the season now more than one-quarter complete, we pretty much know how most Nationals ballgames are going to go. Their starting pitcher isn’t going to dazzle but is going to give them a chance, even if for only five or six innings tops. Their bullpen is going to be effective, especially when handed a lead. And their lineup is going t
Rutschman walk-off home run in ninth keeps Orioles' sweepless streak alive (updated)
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Adley Rutschman took a big swing, stumbled back and twisted his torso, looking like a golfer using body English to keep the ball from hitting the water or sand. Rutschman crossed home plate and was drenched. The second walk-off home run of his career in the ninth inning gave the Orioles an improbable 3-2 win over the Blue Jays before an announced “
Abrams, García, Winker all sit vs. lefty; Thomas runs bases again
Mark Zuckerman
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CHICAGO – Ildemaro Vargas was asked if he could remember the last time he batted third. “Little League,” the Nationals utilityman said, lowering his right hand to a couple feet off the ground as if to show how tall he was at the time. “Unbelievable!” That streak ends today, because Vargas is batting third for the Nats in their series finale against
       
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