Herz continues second-half run, Nats provide enough support to win (updated)

It has flown under the radar a bit, but DJ Herz has turned into the Nationals’ best starting pitcher over the last two months. Since returning from a brief stint at Triple-A Rochester around the All-Star break designed to give him some extra rest, the rookie has taken the mound 10 times. And in those 10 games, he now owns a 2.76 ERA and 1.082 WHIP,
DETROIT - The Orioles tonight play game No. 148 and for the first time in 2024, they will play the Tigers. The clubs open a three-game series at Comerica Park. The teams will meet six times in the next nine games, playing back-to-back weekends in Detroit and Baltimore. While the O's have not played well for most of the last couple of months really,
CJ Abrams won’t get a chance tonight to see if he can continue his recent power surge at the plate. The Nationals shortstop was scratched from the lineup after reporting a sore left shoulder, the result of a diving play during Thursday night’s 6-3 loss to the Marlins. Abrams made a nice play diving to his left to snag Connor Norby’s sharp grounder
DETROIT - As he began his pregame media session in the visitor's dugout ahead of tonight's series-opening game in Detroit, O's manager Brandon Hyde was asked to provide an update on his various injured list players. “Is this a two-hour program?" Hyde quipped. Then he used the next few minutes to provide numerous updates on this list of players. Jor
DETROIT - Looking for wins and now two games back in the American League East race, the Orioles play at Comerica Park tonight. They open a three-game series against the Detroit Tigers, Major League Baseball's winningest club since Aug. 11. The O's lineup tonight shows Gunnar Henderson leading off, Cedric Mullins batting third and Adley Rutschman hi
Thursday was not a good night for the Nationals, who did so many things wrong during the course of a 6-3 loss to the Marlins that really should have been a win based on the way the game began and based on the way Mitchell Parker pitched. But it’s a new day, so they’ll try to bounce back tonight and win game two of the four-game series, with another
It’s too late for Keibert Ruiz’s season totals to become respectable. The Nationals catcher dug himself into such a deep hole in April and May, he simply wasn’t going to be able to climb all the way back and finish with offensive numbers that look decent on the back of his baseball card. But anyone who has watched Ruiz over the entirety of the seas
The Orioles will wrap up their next-to-last road trip of the season this weekend when they play three games in Detroit at Comerica Park. The Orioles have not played the Tigers all year and now they will see them in back-to-back weekends and in six of their next nine games. While the Orioles have struggled lately going 1-2 at Boston to start this tr
The Orioles had an off-day in Detroit yesterday because Passaic, New Jersey was booked. OK, let’s get serious. The penultimate road trip of the season is close to a wrap – I’ll be on the next one - and the Orioles are two games behind the Yankees. They have three against the Tigers beginning tonight and three more next weekend at Camden Yards after
A Nationals club that has owned the Marlins this season looked ready to keep that trend going tonight when it stormed out to a quick three-run lead against an unheralded opposing starter while watching its own starter cruise along for six innings barely breaking a sweat along the way. It’s not quite that simple to win ballgames in the major leagues
Jose A. Ferrer had already faced the minimum three batters required of him in the top of the eighth Wednesday night. And now, with two on and Marcell Ozuna stepping to the plate representing the tying run, no one would’ve batted an eyelash had Davey Martinez summoned a right-hander from his bullpen in place of Ferrer. Martinez instead decided to st