They would’ve come home flying high, having just won the season’s opening series on the road against a team with October aspirations, and having done it on the backs of some of their most important young players. They would’ve taken the field at Nationals Park to a thunderous roar from a large crowd excited to welcome them home for the first time i

Mike Baumann’s world of baseball firsts spun again Saturday evening. It dumped him on the mound when he assumed that he’d watch the last three outs from the bullpen. The phone wasn’t supposed to ring. He wasn’t supposed to pitch. Cionel Pérez faced two batters, gave up a triple and single, and exited with soreness in his right oblique. The Orioles

CINCINNATI – The stage was set for another uplifting victory. Trey Lipscomb would be the hero. Other key young building blocks would have contributed. The Nationals just needed one more pitch from Kyle Finnegan. And then, in what felt like a matter of seconds, it all collapsed. One strike away from locking up the save, Finnegan instead surrendered

The Orioles won’t go 162-0. Seemed like a long shot anyway. Tyler Wells was charged with three earned runs and four total today in the first two innings before plowing through the Angels order, and a red-hot offense cooled in a 4-1 loss to the Angels before an announced crowd of 20,576 at Camden Yards. A season-opening sweep was denied. Wells got i

The Orioles (2-0), who had 10 series sweeps in the 2023 season, look for their first of the new season when they host the Angels (0-2) at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. It's the wrap-up game of a season-opening six-game homestand that continues Monday night when Kansas City visits the Yard. The O's beat the Angels 11-3 Thursday and 13-4 last night. T

CINCINNATI – The Nationals didn’t do a lot of things well in Thursday’s season-opening loss to the Reds, but high on the list was their lack of patience at the plate, leading to zero walks during the 8-2 loss. They flipped the script Saturday, taking advantage of Hunter Greene’s wildness to draw four walks off the Cincinnati starter, then another t

The Orioles have made the following roster moves: Recalled RHP Jonathan Heasley from Triple-A Norfolk.Placed LHP Cionel Pérez on the 15-day Injured List with a right oblique strain.

The Orioles go for the sweep this afternoon with Jordan Westburg in his third starting role in three games. Westburg is playing third base after serving as designated hitter and playing second. He also moved over to shortstop last night in the ninth inning. Ramón Urías goes to the bench today, with Jorge Mateo at second base. Adley Rutschman is the

CINCINNATI – It was quite pleasant here on Opening Day. It was unseasonably warm and windy Saturday. Now it’s cold and rainy for today’s series finale at Great American Ball Park. Gotta love Midwest weather. No matter the conditions, the Nationals are feeling hot after their rousing, come-from-behind win less than 24 hours ago. They’ll try to keep

What has been better for the Orioles so far, their starting pitching or their offense? Their starters have allowed two runs in two games with one walk and 20 strikeouts over 12 innings. The offense has produced 24 runs and 24 hits. Flip a coin. The Orioles go for a three-game sweep of the Angels today at Oriole Park after beating them 11-3 in the o