Richie Martin back in bigs as Ramón Urías heads to IL
Paul Mancano
Orioles
KANSAS CITY – One infielder to the injured list, another recalled from Triple-A Norfolk.  Too many times in his young career, Richie Martin has been on the wrong end of these sort of transactions.  Martin has missed significant time with injury since he was selected by the Orioles with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 Rule 5 draft, including a fr
Martin replaces Urías on Orioles roster (plus lineups and notes)
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Infielder Ramón Urías was scratched from last night’s lineup with discomfort in his left side and is going on the 10-day injured list today with an oblique strain. The move is retroactive to yesterday. Richie Martin had his contract selected from Triple-A Norfolk and is in Kansas City, where he’s starting at second base and batting ninth. He was sl
Game 61 lineups: Nats vs. Brewers
Mark Zuckerman
Nationals
Good news: The Nationals scored 11 runs Friday night to cruise to victory. Bad news: The Nationals scored 11 runs Friday night to cruise to victory, because so far this season that has spelled doom for their offense the next day. Seven times this year the Nats have scored 10 or more runs. And in five of those cases, they’ve gone on to lose their ne
A fast start for the dynamic duo with Norfolk
Steve Melewski
Orioles
On the second pitch he saw at the Triple-A level on Wednesday night, Orioles top 100 infield prospect Gunnar Henderson smoked a homer to right field. It came off left-hander Ethan Small, the Brewers' No. 7 prospect who has pitched in the big leagues this year and has a 2.41 ERA at Triple-A. So yeah, nice debut. The same night the player that moved
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Doolittle excited to increase rehab activities
Bobby Blanco
Nationals
You’ll have to excuse Sean Doolittle if he seems a little amped over something as trivial as playing catch as a major league pitcher. For a guy who had to go on the 10-day injured list after a strong start to the season and then went months without picking up a baseball, the left-hander had a lot of energy and a lot to say about his ongoing rehab p
This, that and the other
Roch Kubatko
Orioles
Grayson Rodriguez’s year might be over after only 56 innings pitched at Triple-A Norfolk. That’s one of the decisions looming over the Orioles this summer. They also will hold internal meetings later to figure out whether Rodriguez is a candidate to go to the Arizona Fall League. They haven’t ruled out the idea. The Orioles first need to establish
Zimmermann struggles again, O's muster one run in loss (updated)
Paul Mancano
Orioles
KANSAS CITY - A light rain began to fall at Kauffman Stadium on Friday night as the bottom of the sixth inning got underway. But the deluge had already transpired. The Royals (20-37) poured runs on Bruce Zimmermann in the lefty’s most dismal outing in what has been a string of them. Zimmermann (2-5) allowed a career-high seven runs on 10 hits in ju
Nats start homestand by routing Brewers (updated)
Bobby Blanco
Nationals
It’s always nice to be home. After a 10-game road trip in which they went 3-7, the Nationals were happy to return to D.C. to start this long homestand tonight against the Brewers. You could feel it in the clubhouse before the game. Despite coming off a three-game sweep at the hands of the Marlins and getting into town late last night, players seeme
O's game blog: Looking for a win in Kansas City
Steve Melewski
Orioles
In the opener of an eight-game road trip on Thursday night at Kansas City, the Orioles made up a three-run deficit, but when they fell behind a second time, they could not catch up. They lost 7-5 at Kansas City. The Royals host the second of a four-game set tonight at Kauffman Stadium. The Orioles (24-34) are now 9-19 in road games. Their offense h
Hyde hoping Zimmermann rediscovers changeup vs. Royals
Paul Mancano
Orioles
KANSAS CITY - For the first month of the season, Bruce Zimmermann was unstoppable, thanks to an unstoppable new changeup.  Zimmermann’s ERA has gone from 2.72 on May 14 to 4.87 coming into Friday’s start. The last two starts have been particularly unkind, as the lefty has surrendered 11 combined earned runs over his last 9.2 innings.  The changeup