Ruiz gets night off after taking a beating behind plate

Monday night’s game had barely begun before Davey Martinez found himself emerging from the dugout with director of athletic training Paul Lessard to check on Keibert Ruiz, who had just taken a foul ball off his facemask and appeared to be dazed to some extent. Ruiz would remain in the game, and he would catch all nine innings of the Nationals’ 5-4

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Orioles and Blue Jays lineups

The Orioles won the series opener last night against the Blue Jays in Toronto, and they’re 1 ½ games back for the second and third wild card spots. They’ve gone 5-2 against the Blue Jays this season, including four wins in a row for the first time since Sept. 28, 2016-April 14, 2017, and for the first time in a single season since Aug, 7-Sept. 17,

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Game 118 lineups: Nats vs. Cubs

The Nationals had won the opener of only one of their last 12 series entering this one. And the single outlier, believe it or not, was against the Dodgers last month. That’s also the only series the Nats have gone on to win during this stretch. So perhaps Monday night’s victory over the Cubs portends even more to come before this series wraps up We
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Robert Hassell III promoted to Double-A Harrisburg

After CJ Abrams was promoted to make his Nationals debut on Monday, another prospect from the trade of Juan Soto and Josh Bell to the Padres is rising through the ranks of the farm system. Robert Hassell III was promoted from high Single-A Wilmington to Double-A Harrisburg today, as the Senators open a six-game homestand against the Erie SeaWolves

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After scoreless outings with IronBirds, Cade Povich moves up to Bowie

Talk about making a nice first impression. And a second one too. On Aug. 2, the Orioles traded closer Jorge López to the Minnesota Twins for a package of four pitching prospects, the headliner of which was lefty Cade Povich. The 22-year-old Povich was assigned to high Single-A Aberdeen. In his first IronBirds outing, he pitched six scoreless inning
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Steve Cishek uses distinctive delivery, veteran presence to lift Nationals bullpen
Connor Smith
Nationals
Steve Cishek grew up a Red Sox fan in Cape Cod, Mass., modeling his pitching after two of Boston’s aces, Pedro Martinez and Derek Lowe. He wanted his wind up to mimic Martinez’s, and his mechanics to be like Lowe’s. Somewhere along the way, Cishek molded a delivery that was completely different from that of Martinez or Lowe: a sidearm motion that h
The 2022 Orioles have done plenty, but is it enough?
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Since gambling is becoming so tightly attached to Major League Baseball that it’s almost cutting off the circulation, with advertisements running every half inning, coming at us faster than Rickey Henderson in his prime, it’s fitting to point out that the Orioles are playing with house money. They weren’t supposed to be above .500 in the middle of
Orioles leave Blue Jays in the dust with 7-3 win (updated)
Paul Mancano
Orioles
TORONTO - It was an All-Star play by an All-Star shortstop. With two runners on and the infield in, Bo Bichette, with his toes on the infield grass, backhanded a 94-mph one-hopper. He then fired an off-balance throw to catcher Danny Jansen, who barely had to move his glove to apply the tag on the runner coming home. The entire whirlwind exchange to
Kids impress, but veteran Cruz steals show in Nats win (updated)
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
The night was supposed to belong to the kids. To CJ Abrams, the 21-year-old shortstop making his Nationals debut. To Josiah Gray, the 24-year-old right-hander who was given an opportunity by his manager to pitch his own way out of a jam at the end of his start. And then 42-year-old Nelson Cruz decided to remind these young whippersnappers he’s stil
Abrams to be everyday shortstop, García shifting to second base after IL stint
Bobby Blanco
Nationals
A new era of Nationals baseball will get underway tonight on South Capitol Street. After the Juan Soto and Josh Bell reunion tours concluded in yesterday’s loss to the Padres, the first of the five prospects traded to Washington from San Diego will make his Nationals debut in the series opener against the Cubs. Shortstop CJ Abrams was recalled from
O's game blog: The series begins at Rogers Centre
Steve Melewski
Orioles
The road trip that began in Boston for a one-night appearance and then moved to Florida headed north on Sunday, and the Orioles have arrived in Toronto for their latest series at Rogers Centre. The O’s and Blue Jays split four games in mid-June there when the Orioles were nine games under .500 and six games out of the third American League wild car
With much to gain in Toronto, Mountcastle won't leave O's shorthanded
Paul Mancano
Orioles
TORONTO - Much like the American League wild card standings entering Monday night, the glove on Ryan Mountcastle’s left hand tonight will be tight. Perhaps uncomfortably so. But with so much riding on the Orioles’ three-game series in Toronto, the 25-year-old will “jam” the mitt on and get back on the field.  The Orioles kept Mountcastle out of Sun
Mountcastle returns to Orioles lineup for opener of big series in Toronto
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The Orioles walked away from one important series and stepped into another, with three games against the Blue Jays at Rogers Centre. Yesterday’s loss to the Rays left the Orioles 1 ½ games away from the third wild card spot. The Twins and White Sox are a half-game behind them. The Blue Jays are 35-23 at home. They’re 2-4 against the Orioles this se
Game 117 lineups: Nats vs. Cubs
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
At this point, all you can ask as a Nationals fan is to see as many young potential building blocks as possible on the field at the same time. So that makes tonight’s series opener against the Cubs potentially a good night for everyone. That’s because Josiah Gray is on the mound. Keibert Ruiz is behind the plate. And CJ Abrams is starting at shorts
Nationals recall CJ Abrams
MASN Staff
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The Washington Nationals recalled shortstop C.J. Abrams from Triple-A Rochester and placed infielder Luis García on the 10-day Injured List (retroactive to Aug. 13) with a left groin strain on Monday. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement. Abrams, 21, is Washington’s No. 1 prospect and the N
       
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