O's game blog: Wrapping up the series and homestand with Game 3 against Seattle
Steve Melewski
Orioles
The Orioles offense broke out Friday in a 9-2 win over Seattle. But after taking an early 2-0 lead last night, the Orioles scored just one more run and lost to the Mariners 4-3. That sets up these teams for a rubber match today to end this series and homestand. The Orioles are 3-2 in rubber match games and Seattle is 5-3. The Orioles are 28-15 over
García returns to Nats lineup, Thomas hopes to be back soon
Mark Zuckerman
Masn
PHILADELPHIA – A Nationals lineup struggling mightily to score runs right now will gladly take back any semi-productive hitter it can get. So the return of Luis García Jr. today after a two-day absence – even if only for DH duties – was welcome news for Davey Martinez. “He’s going to DH; I’m trying to make it a little lighter,” the manager said. “B
Santander provides update on injured knee (plus other notes, starters in St. Louis)
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Anthony Santander can hit if he’s sent to the plate. His swollen and bruised left knee can handle it. But playing the outfield is on hold. Santander is receiving treatment on the knee after he slammed it into the right field wall in the third inning Wednesday afternoon while chasing Bo Bichette’s fly ball that deflected off his glove and resulted i
Rutschman and Santander sit in series finale against Seattle
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Adley Rutschman gets a rare day off this afternoon as the Orioles conclude their series against the Mariners at Camden Yards. They also have reached the end of their three-opponent homestand. Ryan O’Hearn is the designated hitter. Colton Cowser is in right field while Anthony Santander receives treatment on a bruised left knee. Austin Hays stays in
Game 45 lineups: Nats at Phillies
Mark Zuckerman
Masn
PHILADELPHIA – A difficult road trip comes to an end this afternoon for the Nationals, who lost two of three in Boston, then two of three in Chicago and now have to win today just to avoid getting swept by the Phillies. The crazy part of it all: They’ve lost five of these six games by either one or two runs. The combined score on this road trip is
Before his return to the majors, Hays made a return to Double-A Bowie
Steve Melewski
Orioles
For Orioles outfielder Austin Hays, it was a familiar ballpark, just one he had not seen in person for quite awhile. From May 7-12, and a few days before that in practice, Hays spent time with the Double-A Bowie Baysox on his injury rehab assignment. From 2017 through 2019, Hays, on his way up in the Baltimore farm system, spent time with Bowie. On
Hyde has reminder of unpleasant pitching problems that no longer exist
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The lineup card is kept in Brandon Hyde’s office, commemorating his first win as a major league manager back on March 30, 2019 in the Bronx. Only his second game after being put in charge of guiding the team through a rebuild. Hyde takes the occasional glance and can smile and cringe within seconds. He developed an unbreakable bond with those playe
Rodriguez shines before bullpen stumbles in Orioles' 4-3 loss (updated)
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The three weeks that passed since Grayson Rodriguez’s last start probably made today’s delay more tolerable. He had to wait almost three hours, the threat of rain more impactful than actual precipitation. But he was back in the rotation, short leash and all. The only radar that interested him was clocking his fastball. Rodriguez didn’t allow a hit
Nats fall in 10th after Finnegan's first blown save since March (updated)
Mark Zuckerman
Masn
PHILADELPHIA – MacKenzie Gore put forth one of the best starts of his burgeoning career. CJ Abrams put together four quality at-bats. Jesse Winker delivered the clutch hit that gave the Nationals the lead in the top of the ninth. So how did they still manage to lose, 4-3, to the Phillies tonight? With a rare, bottom-of-the-ninth meltdown the likes
García sits again with heel issue; Rainey layoff reaches two weeks
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
PHILADELPHIA – Luis García Jr. is out of the Nationals lineup for the second straight night, still bothered somewhat by a bruised right heel, though the pitching matchup also didn’t favor his inclusion. García hurt himself running out a ground ball Wednesday in Chicago and later said that when he stepped on first base his spike pushed up through th