Meneses gets chance to play first base, Ruiz gets chance to sit

MINNEAPOLIS – The role of designated hitter can be tougher than it sounds, especially for someone who has spent most of his career playing a position in the field but then finds himself only batting four times a game and watching the rest of the game from the dugout. It’s admittedly been an adjustment for Joey Meneses through the first month of thi
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Game 20 lineups: Nats at Twins

MINNEAPOLIS – After playing (and winning) the coldest game in club history Friday night, the Nationals are back at it this afternoon for what might even be a colder game despite the earlier start time. Temperatures again are in the 30s, and the wind has picked up, making it feel even colder. Gotta love it. The Nats’ bats finally got hot just in tim
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With changeup now on point, Grayson Rodriguez ready for his next outing (plus other notes)

For Orioles rookie right-hander Grayson Rodriguez, it was one very welcome sight. That was seeing his changeup with great movement and getting the swings and misses it got last Sunday at Chicago. As he goes into his next start tomorrow at home versus Detroit – his fourth in the majors – he feels having that pitch be as effective as it was his last

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This, that and the other

Cedric Mullins had a leadoff single last night in the bottom of the first inning and a one-out double in the fourth. The plate appearances that really get noticed. That excite a crowd and pop in a box score. I’d rather focus on his walk to start the fourth. Mullins got ahead in the count 2-0 and 3-1, took a cutter for a strike and laid off a change
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Nats break through with late rally for chilly win over Twins (updated)

MINNEAPOLIS - Combine the coldest lineup in the majors with the coldest gametime temperature in club history, and it could not have taken anyone by surprise to see nothing but zeroes on the scoreboard for six innings tonight at Target Field. Did you really expect these Nationals to get hot on a 37-degree April night in the Great White North? Well,

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Orioles' streak of scoreless innings ends at 34 in 2-1 walk-off win (updated)
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
An overturned call at first base tonight awarded Detroit’s Riley Greene with an infield single in the first inning, before Orioles starter Tyler Wells disposed of the next two batters to strand him. Wells retired 12 of 14 and ultimately 19 of 23, striking out Greene to end the third after allowing a one-out single, and kept adding links to the scor
Workhorse Ruiz bumped up to No. 2 spot in lineup
Mark Zuckerman
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MINNEAPOLIS – Trying to find some kind of spark for a lineup that has been shut out its last two games, Davey Martinez has moved Keibert Ruiz up to the No. 2 spot for tonight’s series opener against the Twins. Ruiz had mostly been batting fifth or sixth this season, with two other games in the cleanup spot. He’s been one of the team’s few productiv
O's game blog: The homestand begins against the Detroit Tigers
Steve Melewski
Orioles
The Orioles (11-7) have a couple of streaks going heading into tonight’s game, a series-opener against the Detroit Tigers to start a six-game homestand at Oriole Park. They are 6-0 this year in series-opening games and their pitching staff has thrown 26 consecutive scoreless innings dating back to the second inning last Sunday at Chicago. The team
Like his team, pitcher Bryan Baker is on a roll right now
Steve Melewski
Orioles
It doesn’t have its own name like “Homer Hose,” in fact it doesn’t have any name, but Bryan Baker’s little backward dance off the mound Wednesday night after getting a strikeout in Washington had the texting on his cell phone pretty active for a while. He said he heard quite a bit about it after he had pitched a 1-2-3 seventh inning to preserve wha
Mateo provides update on sore hip (plus other notes)
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Shortstop Jorge Mateo said his right hip has improved and he should be available tonight if the Orioles need him to come off the bench. Mateo felt some discomfort in the hip Wednesday night in D.C. while running up the first base line. The Orioles were off yesterday, which provided an extra day of rest. “Probably tomorrow 100 percent,” he said. “I
Game 19 lineups: Nats at Twins
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
MINNEAPOLIS – Hello from one of the Twin Cities, where there was white stuff falling from the sky just a few minutes ago. Outdoor April baseball in Minnesota: It’s a beautiful thing! The Nationals come to Target Field for only the second time in their history, the previous visit back in September 2019, when things were just a little bit different.
Orioles lineup vs. Tigers
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Jorge Mateo isn’t in tonight’s lineup, as the Orioles begin their homestand with three games against the Tigers. Mateo left Wednesday's game in Washington with hip discomfort. However, the team didn’t announce a roster move. Gunnar Henderson is playing shortstop and Ramón Urías is at third base. Terrin Vavra is in right field and Anthony Santander
O's notes on the rotation, the walk rate and a developing late-inning arm
Steve Melewski
Orioles
As the rotation turns for the Orioles, it took a turn for the better beginning with the second inning Sunday at Chicago. Grayson Rodriguez allowed a pair of homers in the first and the Orioles were down 4-0 to the White Sox. But they would rally to win that game and two teams have not scored off Baltimore starters, or any Baltimore pitcher, since.
White finding room on Nats farm at first base
Bobby Blanco
Nationals
WILMINGTON, Del. – The Nationals farm system is stacked with elite prospect talent almost two years removed from the organization’s decision to rebuild. Trading stars such as Max Scherzer and Trea Turner netted top prospects Josiah Gray and Keibert Ruiz, who are now a part of the young core leading the major league club. Last summer’s trade of Juan
More on Orioles' scoreless streak heading into start of new homestand
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The recovery made by rookie starter Grayson Rodriguez after the first inning of Sunday’s game in Chicago did more than keep him on the mound through the fifth and enable the Orioles to stage a comeback win and claim the series. Rodriguez began a scoreless streak that cut through D.C. and pulled up to Camden Yards, where the Orioles are hosting the
       
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