Corbin exits with apparent injury after throwing 12 pitches vs. Braves
Paul Mancano
Nationals
ATLANTA - Nationals starter Patrick Corbin exited Tuesday’s game against the Braves with an apparent injury after throwing just 12 pitches in the first inning. Corbin’s final pitch of the evening was a 76-mph slider up-and-away to Braves cleanup hitter Matt Olson. The lefty was slow to return to the rubber before eventually calling for time. Corbin
O's game blog: Looking to bounce back in Game 2 of the series
Steve Melewski
Orioles
The Orioles have enjoyed a range of emotions and results the last two days. First the stunning comeback win in the ninth Sunday at Toronto. And then an 11-0 loss last night in which they were held to just two hits by the last-place Detroit Tigers. So, the Orioles will try to get back into the win column tonight in the second game of a three-game se
30-year-old rookie Joey Meneses brings savvy to Nats clubhouse
Paul Mancano
Nationals
ATLANTA - When Joey Meneses signed with the Atlanta Braves, he was three days from his 19th birthday. It was May 2011, and Truist Park was six years from being built. Eleven years later, a 30-year-old Meneses played his first game in Atlanta, wearing the uniform of the Braves’ division rivals. He went 4-for-4 with four singles, raising his batting
Hyde on Henderson, Wells, finishing strong and more
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Gunnar Henderson’s move to the top of the order tonight makes him the fifth-youngest Orioles leadoff hitter in club history, as well as the youngest since Manny Machado on Sept. 22, 2013. Henderson, at 21 years and 83 days, is the youngest player to bat leadoff in the majors since the Padres’ Fernando Tatis Jr on Aug. 13, 2019. Manager Brandon Hyde
Game 148 lineups: Nationals at Braves
Paul Mancano
Nationals
ATLANTA - It’s been an awfully long time since the Nationals have put together a complete offensive game. The Nats haven’t scored more than five runs in a game since a Sept. 8 blowout win in St. Louis.  A day after Marlins ace Sandy Alcantara tossed a one-run complete game in Washington, the Nats' bats sputtered again in Atlanta last night, plating
Henderson elevated to leadoff spot in Orioles lineup
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The Orioles have lost all four games against the Tigers this season, including last night’s 11-0 rout that left them five behind the Mariners for the last wild card. The White Sox are a half-game behind them. Tonight’s game feels “must win.” They all do at this point. Manager Brandon Hyde has performed a major shakeup of his lineup, moving Gunnar H
O's farm catcher got valuable experience on O's taxi squad this season
Steve Melewski
Orioles
While the Orioles were playing the Toronto Blue Jays over the weekend at Rogers Centre, a catcher from their farm system was soaking in the big league experience, even though he was not on the active Orioles roster. Catcher Cody Roberts joined Tyler Nevin and Logan Gillaspie as taxi squad players for the series. For Roberts, 26, it was his third ti
With Cruz close to returning, Nats face decision at designated hitter
Paul Mancano
Nationals
ATLANTA - Lined with wooden lockers and topped by fluorescent bulbs, the visitor’s clubhouse at Truist Park isn’t the most well-lit room. It’s even darker from behind Nelson Cruz’s sunglasses. The 42-year-old has donned the shades as he deals with a lefty eye infection that has kept him out of action since Sept. 13. But the specs could be coming of
Hyde hoping to be left with right decisions while writing out lineups
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
The opposing pitcher last night wasn’t going to influence the entirety of manager Brandon Hyde’s lineup. Just a couple of concessions. Gunnar Henderson was playing third base despite the left-on-left matchup with Tigers starter Tyler Alexander. You can’t sit the rookie. Get him in the box as much as humanly possible. He flied to the center field fe
Nats do little with nine hits, fall to Braves 5-2 (updated)
Paul Mancano
Nationals
ATLANTA - Alex Call raced back to the warning track, found the wall, halted, and leapt upward, kicking up dirt and reaching his glove toward the sky. He missed. The ball, hit at a 41-degree launch angle, floated inches above Call’s glove, and Austin Riley’s 37th home run of the season landed in the seats just beyond the left field wall. Even the Br