Bienvenidos a Miami: Ruiz enjoys another big night against Marlins
Bobby Blanco
Nationals
MIAMI – Ballplayers usually have an opposing ballpark they enjoy playing in outside of their home stadium. Usually, it’s one within the division where you play multiple times a year. The more you play there, the more comfortable you get and the better numbers you post. For Keibert Ruiz, that ballpark might just be loanDepot park. The 26-year-old Na
A look at a three-inning save, two blowout wins and O's back in first place
Steve Melewski
Orioles
When Wyatt Langford of the Texas Rangers hit a walk-off grand slam off Yankees closer Clay Holmes late last night, it moved the Orioles back into first place in the American League East. Holmes, who suffered his 11th blown save, gave up two hits and two walks in the ninth and saw his slider hit 407 feet to lose the game 7-4. The Orioles (81-59) wer
McCann reaches coveted service time and wants to keep going
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
One of the most important milestones for James McCann was reached last month when he accrued 10 years of major league service time, a feat accomplished by roughly seven percent of players. He qualified for the fully vested portion of the pension. And if he stayed with the same team for five years, he’d have the power to veto any trade. The last par
Nats clean up play to beat Marlins 6-2 (updated)
Bobby Blanco
Nationals
MIAMI – The Nationals needed Monday’s off-day in Miami to get past an ugly weekend back at home. While still a young team – Sunday’s starting lineup averaged 24.4 years old, younger than each of the lineups posted by Triple-A Rochester and Double-A Harrisburg that day – the Nats were uncharacteristically sloppy in the field on Saturday and Sunday.
Povich strikes out 10 in 7 1/3 scoreless innings and Orioles wallop woeful White Sox 9-0 (updated)
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
A team can’t lose 109 times by accident. Flukes and bad luck don’t explain three streaks of 11 or more defeats in a season and 42 in the last 46 games. The White Sox are exceptionally bad, and the Orioles, who absorbed plenty of beatings in their rebuild phase, aren’t giving an ounce of sympathy. No one felt sorry for them. When an opponent is down
O's game blog: Looking for a three-game win streak as CWS series continues
Steve Melewski
Orioles
With Monday's 13-3 win in the homestand opener against the Chicago White Sox, the Orioles tonight are taking another run at a three-game win streak. They have been hard to come by lately. Their last came from July 14-20 when the Orioles won the last game of the first half versus the Yankees and the first two of the second half at Texas. The last ti
Cavalli throwing first bullpen since bout with "dead arm"
Bobby Blanco
Nationals
MIAMI – Cade Cavalli last stepped on a mound on June 21 with High-A Wilmington. It was the third – and last – of his official rehab starts as he continued his recovery from last year’s Tommy John surgery. And it was the most encouraging of his rehab outings to date: He pitched three scoreless, hitless innings. The initial target date for his major
Summary of progression by injured Orioles and other pregame notes
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The Orioles are pushing to regain a significant chunk of their health before October. Let’s start with reliever Danny Coulombe, who faced hitters today for the first time since undergoing surgery in June to remove bone chips from his left elbow. Coulombe has thrown off a mound, but today represented a significant step in his progression toward a re
Orioles lineup vs. White Sox and notes on Webb, Coulombe and Wall
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Anthony Santander is in right field tonight and Coby Mayo stays on the bench as the Orioles continue their series against the White Sox at Camden Yards. Eloy Jiménez is the designated hitter. Emmanuel Rivera is at third base. Gunnar Henderson hit his 34th home run yesterday to tie Cal Ripken Jr. (1991) and Miguel Tejada (2004) for most by an Oriole
Game 138 lineups: Nats at Marlins
Bobby Blanco
Nationals
MIAMI – Hopefully, the Nationals used an off-day on Labor Day to reset and forget about this weekend’s series against the Cubs, in which they were swept in three games at home. Maybe spending the rare holiday off-day in the South Florida sunshine is just what they needed. And what better way to shake off a home sweep than a division rival that you