Orioles-Nationals series opener postponed due to rain

The three-game series with playoff implications now opens Tuesday night.

“I’m human, though”, Jones said.

Washington caught a break over the weekend, as the NL East-leading New York Mets dropped two-of-three at home to the crosstown rival Yankees.

With Wilson starting Thursday’s series finale against the Nationals, Showalter said fellow rookie right-hander Mike Wright, who had been in the rotation, will work out of the bullpen for now. “That’s a little bit more than you want to”. One of the tidbits I saw on twitter last night was that at Machado’s age, Hall of Famer Wade Boggs hadn’t even made his Major League Baseball debut.

Monday’s opener was postponed by rain. Since the Orioles and Nationals shared a common day off Thursday, the game was rescheduled for then instead of a doubleheader on either Tuesday or Wednesday.

Jimenez pitched six gritty innings to earn his 100th career win and added an RBI single.

Harper got three free passes that upped his season total to 118, passing Adam Dunn’s mark of 116 in 2009. Washington 2B Anthony Rendon is 0-for-12 in his last three contests following a nine-game hitting streak.3.

“We can set it up depending on everybody’s health of course and how everybody’s feeling and their off days and regular rest and all of that”, Nationals manager Matt Williams said of his rotation. “We’ve been coming through a lot lately, but not tonight”.

After reaching the playoffs last season, the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles both seem highly unlikely to get there again.

TIGERS 2, WHITE SOX 1 (at Detroit) – Rajai Davis’ two-out triple in the 10th gave Detroit the victory, one inning after the Tigers lost a combined no-hitter.

After Junior Lake flied to right – with Caleb Joseph advancing to third on the play – Jimenez lined a two-out single to center to make it 1-0.

RHP Chris Tillman will start on Wednesday at Washington. Danny Espinosa (right hamstring strain) will have an MRI Tuesday.

“The innings he had trouble, the ball was up and out of the strike zone”, Williams said. Baltimore are 6-2 in the last 8 meetings in Washington.

Jimenez became the 11th pitcher Dominican-born pitcher to earn 100 career wins.

“I missed the 1-2 sinker”, he said. “It’s my decision but I’m not going to run him out there”.

Washington’s bullpen held Baltimore for four scoreless innings but the lack of offensive support from their lineup left the Nats at home with a loss. Gonzalez now has a 3.94 ERA with a 1.43 WHIP and a 159/64 K/BB ratio over 164 2/3 innings.