Game Thread: Nats vs. Orioles in Baltimore

It's the first of two between D.C. and Baltimore as both clubs wrap up the exhibition schedule

BALTIMORE – Hello from Camden Yards, where the Nationals and Orioles are set to open a home-and-home series to wrap up the exhibition season. This is part of a new, multi-year agreement between the two teams, with one game each year here and one game in D.C. And though it looks nothing like Florida, it’s actually almost as warm today as it was for much of the last week in West Palm Beach. (That will not be the case in Chicago come Thursday, by the way.)

The Nationals are approaching these games a little differently than they have in the past. Rather than send members of their big-league rotation to the mound, they decided to keep all of them besides Cade Cavalli in Florida to get one final tune-up in minor-league games. So that means it’ll be Triple-A Rochester lefty Mitchell Parker taking the mound to start today’s game, then a smorgasbord of relievers each throwing one inning Monday afternoon.

All the position players, however, are here, so we’ll get a representative sampling of them both days, many of them hoping to get hot just in time for Opening Day after a sluggish spring training.

Only the home team’s television crew will be broadcasting these games, so it’s MASN only today and then Nationals.TV only Monday. Charlie Slowes and Dave Jageler have both games on the radio, though, with 980 AM the place to listen this afternoon ...

WASHINGTON NATIONALS at BALTIMORE ORIOLES
Where: Camden Yards
Gametime: 1:35 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN (Orioles feed)
Radio: 980 AM
Weather: Partly cloudy, 64 degrees, wind 6 mph out to left

NATIONALS
LF James Wood
C Drew Millas
1B Luis García Jr.
RF Daylen Lile
3B Brady House
SS CJ Abrams
CF Jacob Young
DH José Tena
2B Nasim Nuñez

LHP Mitchell Parker

ORIOLES
SS Gunnar Henderson
C Adley Rutschman
DH Pete Alonso
RF Tyler O’Neill
1B Ryan Mountcastle
3B Coby Mayo
CF Colton Cowser
LF Leody Taveras
2B Blaze Alexander

RHP Kyle Bradish