Roch Kubatko

Orioles and Yankees lineups

Orioles and Yankees lineups
NEW YORK - The Orioles will be a playoff team in 2016 with a win today and either a Blue Jays or Tigers loss tonight. Reports of their demise, again, were greatly exaggerated. The wild card game will be played at Camden Yards if the Orioles win and the Jays lose. The pitching continues to lead the way, with the Orioles posting a 2.90 ERA in September. The Orioles have won six of seven since the Red Sox swept them in a four-game series. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, Jonathan Schoop was...
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Mark Zuckerman

Game 161 lineups: Nats vs. Marlins

Game 161 lineups: Nats vs. Marlins
It's yet another gray, dreary, rainy day here in the nation's capital. If I didn't know any better, I would swear I've been in a coma the last 12 years and MLB actually relocated the Expos to Portland instead of Washington. As has been the case all week, the Nationals will do everything they can to try to get today's game in. The Dodgers, if you weren't up real late last night, lost 9-3 to the Giants. So the Nats still hold a two-game lead with two to play, and thus their magic number to...
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Mark Zuckerman

Game 160 lineups: Nats vs. Marlins

Game 160 lineups: Nats vs. Marlins
The final weekend of the regular season has arrived, and so it is now, as Dusty Baker described it the other day: "Hero Time." That means it's time to play through nagging ailments and push yourself to do more than you might have during the vast majority of the season. In that vein, Bryce Harper is back in the lineup tonight. Harper had missed the last four games with a swollen right thumb suffered on that slide in Pittsburgh when Jung Ho Kang faked the tag. He said he was ready to play...
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Roch Kubatko

Orioles lineup vs. Blue Jays

Orioles lineup vs. Blue Jays
Hyun Soo Kim is batting second and playing left field tonight as the Orioles attempt to tie the Blue Jays for the first wild card. Chris Davis has moved down to sixth in the order. Michael Bourn is playing right field and Mark Trumbo is the designated hitter, which excludes Pedro Alvarez from the lineup. Kim's two-run homer last night made him 6-for-9 as a pinch-hitter. According to the Elias Sports Bureau, only three other active players began their careers with at least six hits in their...
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Byron Kerr

Game 159 lineups: Diamondbacks at Nats

Game 159 lineups: Diamondbacks at Nats
The Nationals hope to bounce back quickly with an early game today as they wrap up a four-game series against the Diamondbacks. Right-hander Joe Ross (7-5, 3.48 ERA) faces off against former Nats prospect lefty Robbie Ray (8-14, 4.77). Ray, a 12th round selection by the Nationals in 2010, is making his first-ever start at Nats Park. This is the Nationals' final game against Arizona this season and have won 13 of the last 18 meetings. Bryce Harper (thumb) and Daniel Murphy (buttocks) have not...
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Mark Zuckerman

Game 158 lineups: Nats vs. Diamondbacks

Game 158 lineups: Nats vs. Diamondbacks
So, here are the answers to the two questions on everyone's mind right now: 1) It's going to rain this evening. Hard. And it's not supposed to stop until Friday morning. 2) According to a Major League Baseball official, any postponed games that could impact home field advantage for the National League Division Series must be played before the postseason begins. What that means: The Nationals, who currently lead the Dodgers by two games with five to play (but would lose a tiebreaker based on...
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Game 157 lineups: Nats vs. Diamondbacks (torn ACL for Ramos)

Game 157 lineups: Nats vs. Diamondbacks (torn ACL for Ramos)
We just got word just yet on Wilson Ramos' MRI, and it's not good: He has torn the ACL in his right knee and will have surgery sometime in the next week, ending his season (and potentially his Nationals career, since he's going to be a free agent). Plenty more coming on that, but in the meantime the club has called up Spencer Kieboom from Double-A Harrisburg, giving them three healthy catchers (along with Jose Lobaton and Pedro Severino) and incredibly a full 40-man active roster. (Kieboom...
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Game 155 lineups: Nats at Pirates

Game 155 lineups: Nats at Pirates
PITTSBURGH - After clinching their third National League East title in five seasons last night, the Nationals will rest a fair amount of their regulars for today's finale of a three-game series against the Pirates. But make no mistake, there is still something to play for: home field advantage in the National League Division Series, which the Nats would prefer to open at home against, in all likelihood, the Dodgers on Oct. 7. With 90 victories, the Nationals currently have one more victory...
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Roch Kubatko

Orioles lineup vs. Diamondbacks

Orioles lineup vs. Diamondbacks
Hyun Soo Kim is batting seventh today and Chris Davis remains in the second slot as the Orioles go for the sweep of the Diamondbacks in their final regular season home game. Caleb Joseph is behind the plate. For the Orioles Adam Jones CF Chris Davis 1B Manny Machado 3B Mark Trumbo RF Pedro Alvarez DH J.J. Hardy SS Hyun Soo Kim LF Jonathan Schoop 2B Caleb Joseph C Dylan Bundy RHP
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Mark Zuckerman

Game 154 lineups: Nats at Pirates

Game 154 lineups: Nats at Pirates
PITTSBURGH - It has cooled off considerably here in the last 24 hours. It was actually pretty warm and muggy yesterday, but now it's cool and breezy. It almost feels like, you know, fall. Which, of course, it now is. It also feels like the kind of weather you associate with postseason baseball. So perhaps tonight is the night the Nationals officially ensure they'll be part of the postseason. The magic number to clinch the National League East remains two - they did technically clinch a tie...
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Game 153 lineups: Nats at Pirates

Game 153 lineups: Nats at Pirates
PITTSBURGH - Hello from PNC Park, splendid as ever, and the possible site tonight of something special. Not for the home club, which has held a couple of celebrations here the last few years, but for the Nationals, who tonight have a chance to clinch a division title. The Nationals' magic number, as surely you know by now, is two. In order to clinch the National League East crown tonight, they'll need to beat the Pirates and the Mets will need to lose to the Phillies at Citi Field. So, yeah,...
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Roch Kubatko

Orioles and Red Sox lineups

Orioles and Red Sox lineups
Trey Mancini will make his major league debut tonight for the Orioles, batting seventh as the designated hitter against Red Sox left-hander Eduardo Rodriguez. Chris Davis is batting second for the seventh time in his career. Kevin Gausman is riding a career-high five-game winning streak since August 18, in which he's gone 5-0 with a 1.59 ERA and five quality starts in six outings. Gausman hasn't allowed a run in his last three starts over 21 innings versus American League East opponents. On...
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Byron Kerr

Game 150 lineups: Nats at Marlins

Game 150 lineups: Nats at Marlins
MIAMI - After a couple of losses in a row in Atlanta, the Nationals are glad to be rid of Turner Field forever and set their sights on getting back on track in South Florida. The club is still completely focused on clinching their third National League East pennant in the past five seasons. The magic number remains at six as the Mets keep winning. But the Nationals don't have to concern themselves with the team from New York. Just win six games and it's on to the second season. The Nationals...
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Mark Zuckerman

Game 148 lineups: Nats at Braves

Game 148 lineups: Nats at Braves
ATLANTA - After a quick turnaround from last night's 7-2 victory, the Nationals are right back at it today with a Saturday matinee against the Braves, looking to move one step closer to the National League East title. The magic number, lest you forget, is currently six. The Mets host the Twins later tonight. Gio Gonzalez gets the start today, and each of the left-hander's outings right now feels magnified because of his importance to the Nationals' postseason fortunes with Stephen Strasburg...
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Game 147 lineups: Nats at Braves

Game 147 lineups: Nats at Braves
ATLANTA - Hello yet again from Turner Field, where it seems like the Nationals occupy the visitors' dugout every couple of weeks. This, of course, is the team's final trip to this ballpark, with the Braves moving to their new digs in the northwest suburbs next spring. There won't be many tears shed among the Nats players, coaches (or media members) about this development. Tonight the teams open a three-game weekend series. The Nationals can't clinch the National League East title here - the...
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Roch Kubatko

Orioles lineup vs. Rays (and notes)

Orioles lineup vs. Rays (and notes)
Hyun Soo Kim is in the Orioles' lineup tonight. However, Mark Trumbo will begin the game on the bench. Michael Bourn is in right field and Pedro Alvarez is the designated hitter. Adam Jones is batting .304/.351/.449 (21-for-69) with a double, three home runs, seven RBIs, five walks and 10 runs scored in his last 17 games. Manny Machado has hit safely in 14 of his last 15 games, batting .302/.343/.540 (19-for-63) with a double, triple, four home runs, 10 RBIs and nine runs. J.J. Hardy is...
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Byron Kerr

Game 146 lineups: Mets at Nats

Game 146 lineups: Mets at Nats
Following an emotional extra-inning comeback that fell just short in a 4-3 loss to division rivals, today's getaway couldn't be in better hands from a Nationals perspective than right-hander Tanner Roark. In his last matchup September 9 against the Phillies, Roark racked up six innings, scattering six hits and allowing one run, with two walks, one hit by pitch and eight strikeouts. He tossed 107 pitches, 71 for strikes. He is 14-8 with a 2.85 ERA. Ironically, the 2.85 ERA was the same mark he...
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Game 145 lineups: Nats vs. Mets

Game 145 lineups: Nats vs. Mets
After taking care of business last night with an 8-1 trouncing of the Mets, the Nationals did the bare minimum they needed to do in this series: Avoid getting swept. Anything they do from here on out is just gravy. But since they now lead the division by 10 games with 18 to play, with their magic number down to nine, why not go for the jugular? We'll see if they can do that tonight when A.J. Cole squares off against Noah Syndergaard. It looks like a mismatch on paper, but it was only 11 days...
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Game 144 lineups: Nats vs. Mets

Game 144 lineups: Nats vs. Mets
It's one of the biggest games of the season, a mid-September matchup of the first- and second-place teams in the National League East, one of them trying to move closer to the division title, the other trying to continue a late surge toward a wild card berth that looked implausible only a couple weeks ago. And the pitching matchup for the opener between the Nationals and Mets will be ... Mat Latos vs. Rafael Montero? Such is the state of both clubs' rotations, which have been disrupted by...
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Orioles and Red Sox lineups

Orioles and Red Sox lineups
BOSTON - Drew Stubbs is playing right field and batting ninth tonight for the Orioles in the series opener against the Red Sox at Fenway Park. Steve Pearce is in left field and batting second. The season series is tied 6-6. Zach Britton has 41 saves and a 0.63 ERA. According to Elias, the only other pitchers in history with at least 40 saves and an ERA under 1.00 in the same season are Dennis Eckersley in 1990 (0.61, 48 saves) and Fernando Rodney in 2012 (0.60, 48 saves). Mookie Betts is...
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