Orioles lineup vs. Angels
Orioles lineup vs. Angels
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Austin Hays and Jorge Mateo are on the bench again today as the Orioles close out their series against the Angels and try to put together back-to-back wins for the first time since July 30-31 in Detroit. DJ Stewart stays in left field. Ramón Urías is the shortstop. Mateo is day-to-day with soreness in his lower back. Jahmai Jones gets another start at second base. Anthony Santander has recorded back-to-back games with three hits or more for the first time in his career. He's in right...
Game 126 lineups: Nats at Marlins
Game 126 lineups: Nats at Marlins
Pete Kerzel
Nationals
After suffering through a stretch of six straight outings in which he yielded at least four runs in each start, left-hander Patrick Corbin (7-12, 5.82 ERA) turned in a gem on Aug. 20 at Milwaukee, holding the playoff-bound Brewers to a run on three hits over 6 1/3 innings to pick up his first victory since July 7. Now Corbin just has to do it again. An aggressive young Marlins team will be the latest test for the southpaw's improved fastball velocity, which allows him to set up his slider. In...
Injured again, Rainey running out of time to return in 2021
Injured again, Rainey running out of time to return in 2021
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
Tanner Rainey should be a part of the Nationals bullpen during these final two months of a season that began with October hopes but is ending in full-scale evaluation mode. As Mike Rizzo and Davey Martinez gauge what they now have in a relief corps filled with inexperienced arms, Rainey's absence is all too noticeable. Though Kyle Finnegan has done a nice job serving as the team's de facto closer since Daniel Hudson and Brad Hand were traded, Rainey was the guy all along who most profiled as...
The homers, the bullpen and the fans get credit for streak-ender
The homers, the bullpen and the fans get credit for streak-ender
Steve Melewski
Orioles
It was not an evening billed as "Fantastic Fans Night" as it was in May 1988. Then, just days after the Orioles had snapped their 0-21 start to the season, more than 50,000 fans showed up to welcome them home at Baltimore's Memorial Stadium. But when the Orioles rallied for five runs in the last of the eighth last night and took a 10-6 lead over the Los Angeles Angels, a crowd of 15,867 - some of them there, no doubt, because Shohei Ohtani was pitching - roared their approval. It sounded...
Hyde won't share rebuild stories with players
Hyde won't share rebuild stories with players
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The streaks keep trying to suffocate the Orioles. Putting the squeeze on them like a boa constrictor. Number of games lost in a row was the biggie, of course. If not for last night's rally, they would have drawn within one of tying the franchise and American League records of 21 in a row. They'd also be on the verge of suffering their sixth series sweep in a row. Say that three times fast. They don't have to worry about a 17th sweep this season. Brandon Hyde appreciates the support he's...
Gray impresses again, but Nats fall in extras (updated)
Gray impresses again, but Nats fall in extras (updated)
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
When they remember this game years from now, they might remember that the Nationals lost to the Marlins 4-3 in 10 innings. They will for sure remember what happened prior to that, when two 23-year-old right-handers dueled for the first time and showed why their respective clubs have such high hopes for both of them. Josiah Gray and Edward Cabrera went head-to-head and perhaps appropriately emerged with a draw. Gray struck out seven but departed after six innings of two-run ball with the...
Three homers off Ohtani, eighth-inning rally end losing streak
Three homers off Ohtani, eighth-inning rally end losing streak
Steve Melewski
Orioles
The Orioles may have pulled this game out tonight with an eighth-inning rally, but some things that happened before that were also vital as the club snapped a 19-game losing streak, the second-longest in team history. The Orioles beat the Los Angeles Angels 10-6 to win for the first time since they beat the New York Yankees 7-1 on Aug. 2. The losing streak ends two short of the club record. It started with the power surge off Los Angeles Angels right-hander Shohei Ohtani. Ohtani began the night...
Orioles rally in eighth, end losing streak at 19 games (updated)
Orioles rally in eighth, end losing streak at 19 games (updated)
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The old reverse lock theory is supposed to have its limits. A team riding a 19-game losing streak, its last victory on Aug. 2, and resorting to a bullpen tactic rather than using a starting pitcher, already is operating from an extreme disadvantage. The bench had two healthy players. The best hitter in 2021 fell into an August slump. The Orioles needed to catch a monumental break last night. Instead, they got Shohei Ohtani - on the mound and in the Angels lineup. An anchor tossed to a club with...
O's game blog: Birds face Shohei Ohtani at Camden Yards
O's game blog: Birds face Shohei Ohtani at Camden Yards
Steve Melewski
Orioles
The pitcher standing between the Orioles tonight and possibly ending the second-longest losing streak in club history is also the major league homer run leader. The Los Angeles Angels' amazing right-hander, Shohei Ohtani, who has hit 40 homers while also posting an 8-1 record and 2.79 ERA on the mound, will bat and pitch versus the Orioles tonight at Camden Yards. He is facing the Orioles as a pitcher for the first time. On the year, Ohtani has thrown 100 innings, allowing 67 hits and just...
As Thomas gets another start, Martinez supports Robles
As Thomas gets another start, Martinez supports Robles
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
Lane Thomas hasn't supplanted Victor Robles as the Nationals' starting center fielder and leadoff hitter. But he has performed at such a high level since his acquisition from the Cardinals that manager Davey Martinez feels compelled to keep playing him for now, even as Robles returns to full health after falling ill last weekend. "Victor's feeling better," Martinez said during his Zoom session with reporters before tonight's game in Miami. "Lane's playing well and I want to continue to...