Vavra's on-base skills are carrying over to the Orioles

Terrin Vavra returned to his locker yesterday morning as neighbor Tyler Nevin wrapped up an interview about the rookie, the last compliment reaching his ears. Vavra never turned to watch, never acted like he overheard it. He just went about his business until he couldn’t ignore it any longer. Nevin didn’t let the moment pass quietly, telling Vavra

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Nats swept out of Philly with another blowout loss (updated)

PHILADELPHIA – The first five games of the post-Juan Soto and Josh Bell era have been difficult for the Nationals. And unfortunately, it doesn’t look like it’s going to get any easier. “They were big parts of the team," manager Davey Martinez said of Soto and Bell. "But for me, it's about giving guys another opportunity. These guys get an opportuni
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Soft hits and controversial call keep Orioles from extending winning streak (updated)

The first pitch of today’s game produced a grounder to Rougned Odor, making his third base debut as an Oriole, a position he tolerated last summer with the Yankees. He fielded it cleanly, paused and fired across the diamond for the out. Of course, the ball found him right away. A grounder in the second eluded first baseman Ryan Mountcastle’s, but T
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O's game blog: Looking for a sweep against Pittsburgh

With 1-0 and 6-3 wins over Pittsburgh this weekend, the Orioles have moved closer to a playoff spot and also are now a win away from a second consecutive three-game sweep. They’ll try to get that this afternoon in the series finale. The Orioles beat the Bucs 1-0 on a combined six-hitter Friday night as Dean Kremer allowed four hits over 6 1/3 innin
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Nats recall Thompson, option Weems before Philly finale

PHILADELPHIA – Needing bullpen help after Patrick Corbin only recorded two outs in last night’s loss to the Phillies, the Nationals recalled right-hander Mason Thompson from Triple-A Rochester and optioned right-hander Jordan Weems to Rochester before today’s finale at Citizens Bank Park. “We made a move today. We sent Jordan down, brought up Mason
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Notes on Hays, Vavra, Odor, Santander and more
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Austin Hays maintains his day-to-day status as he recovers from soreness in his side, a cautious approach to prevent a serious oblique injury. Hays was scheduled to take more swings in the cage this morning after hitting, running and throwing yesterday afternoon. He said he’s “trending in the right direction.” No problems with the increased activit
Game 110 lineups: Nats at Phillies
Bobby Blanco
Nationals
PHILADELPHIA – The Nationals will look to avoid a four-game sweep at the hands of the Phillies today before heading to the north side of Chicago tonight. Cory Abbott takes the mound for his third major league start after making his first start with the Nationals on Tuesday, when he pitched five shutout innings against the Mets. The right-hander’s N
Orioles lineup vs. Pirates
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The Orioles will try for back-to-back series sweeps this afternoon as they play their final game against the Pirates at Camden Yards. They’ve won five games in a row, are five above .500 and are one back in the wild card race. They also trail the third-place Rays by one game. Austin Hays is out of the lineup again with tightness in his side, though
Hall of Famers return, O's win and "there was greatness in our clubhouse"
Steve Melewski
Orioles
I have mentioned a few times lately that not all days at the ballpark are created equal. Some are more special. We keep getting days like that around Birdland lately, and Saturday was sure one of them. To have Hall of Famers Brooks Robinson and Eddie Murray at the Yard was pretty awesome, for the fans and the Orioles team too. The ceremony for the
Martinez intrigued by new young talent in Nats system
Bobby Blanco
Nationals
PHILADELPHIA – It’s a demanding job being a major league manager. All the pressure in the world lies on your shoulders. You don’t get enough credit when you win and you get all of the blame when you lose. For eight to nine months of the year, Davey Martinez has to worry about the 26 players he has on the Nationals’ active roster. He often even has
This, that and the other
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Orioles manager Brandon Hyde keeps learning more about this year’s team as it moves through the summer months. He’s making new discoveries, including how it handles difficult situations. And he marvels at it. Nothing seems to faze these guys. They just keep going forward. With heads lowered and expectations set high. “I think we’re a tough group,”
Corbin rocked again as Nats face more tough questions with veteran lefty
Bobby Blanco
Nationals
PHILADELPHIA – The Nationals have very tough questions to face with Patrick Corbin. As if that wasn’t already the case, the situation seems to be getting worse and worse every time the veteran lefty takes the mound. For the second time in his last three starts, Corbin only recorded two outs in the first inning before being pulled from the game. He
O's celebrate Camden Yards with 6-3 win over the Pirates (updated)
Steve Melewski
Orioles
Perhaps fueled with some momentum from the pregame ceremony and celebration of 30 years of Oriole Park at Camden Yards, the current group of Birds got off to a fast start today against Pittsburgh. Not long after the fans cheered Hall of Famers Brooks Robinson, Eddie Murray and Mike Mussina with gusto, among others that returned, the 2022 Orioles sc
García working at second base in anticipation of Abrams’ arrival
Bobby Blanco
Nationals
PHILADELPHIA – A suspicion surrounding the Nationals was all but confirmed this afternoon by manager Davey Martinez. Before the Nats took the field at Citizens Bank Park for the third game of this four-game set against the Phillies, Martinez met with the media in his office and said Luis García has been getting reps at second base in anticipation o
O's game blog: Looking to extend a winning streak
Steve Melewski
Orioles
After recording their fourth 1-0 win of the year Friday night against Pittsburgh, the Orioles host the Pirates again today and a win in either of the next two games will give them their 16th series win of the year. They are 15-14-4 in series play thus far through the Texas series. The 1-0 win came via a six-hitter which was a combined effort of rig
       
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