Schoop’s 9th-inning HR carries Orioles past Nationals 3

Baltimore, though, came out with a 3-2 victory to open this three-game set Friday night on Jonathan Schoop’s walkoff homer in the ninth to offset going 0 for 7 in such instances.

“I thought it was a good pitch”. First baseman Chris Davis may not have a high average at.241, but his 19 home runs and 52 RBIs make him unsafe. “I think we’ve shown that over the years and it’s fun to play in front of our fans”, Chris Tillman said. In his last start against the Orioles he gave up eight runs, seven earned, on 10 hits in five innings. Remember, a team built on the three-run homer, as opposed to being able to play small ball and move runners up with hit-and-runs or bunts, is always in a ballgame, especially in a ballpark that can be a launching pad in warmer weather.

2009: The Orioles won the season series against the Nationals for the first time, which they’ve done during five of six seasons since.

Having made 10 straight outs against Baltimore Orioles right-hander Miguel Gonzalez, the Nationals desperately needed a spark to turn things around. He’s coming off a gem on July 5 in which he worked six innings at Chicago against the White Sox, allowing a run on four hits.

Washington Nationals relief pitcher Tanner Roark walks off the field after giving up a solo home run …

After missing out on an All-Star nomination earlier in the day, Dozier had two hits and four RBI, and hit his second game-winning homer of the week. And you knew it was going to be a low-scoring game from the get-go.

The Orioles are just 2-8 in their last ten games and have fallen three games behind the New York Yankees for first place in the American League East.

Before this game, Zimmermann allowed only one run over 22 2-3 innings.

“We just didn’t swing the bats as good as we can tonight, ” said Tyler Moore, who had an RBI double and scored the other run.

Baltimore counters with Wei-Yin Chen, a left-handed pitcher would will be a matchup problem for lefty hitting Bryce Harper.

Washington (46-39) has scored four runs in dropping three straight, and the lack of healthy position players is partially to blame for its.

Jimmy Nelson (6-9) took a 2-0 lead and a two-hitter into the seventh inning before the Dodgers went with three unearned runs.

Orioles: Steve Pearce was 0 for 3, striking out twice and grounding into a double play before being lifted for a pinch-hitter in the eighth.

Orioles starter Miguel Gonzalez had retired 10 in a row and led 4-2 heading into the sixth.

Third baseman Manny Machado and center fielder Adam Jones have been the most consistent hitters for the Orioles. Nationals manager Matt Williams said before Saturday’s game that RHP Max Scherzer will start the series finale Sunday and therefore won’t pitch in the All-Star Game.

Nationals: RHP Jordan Zimmermann, whose wife gave birth to a girl on Friday, is expected to be activated from the paternity list to start Saturday night.