Nationals 5, Orioles 6, Final - May 17, 2008

Oriole Post - Baltimore Orioles Analysis & News; The World of Baseball and Beyond • Orioles Win First Game in the “Battle of the Beltways” 5-3
Washington Nationals vs. Baltimore Orioles: May 16th, 2008 (from a piece I wrote for an online outlet, the DC Sports Box and has a little slant towards the Nationals - sorry, I'm not doing the same work twice...) Baltimore, MD – On an ...

Camden Chat: Front Page Posts • Gameday Thread: Nationals (18-25) @ O's (22-19)
  Today's Starting Pitchers GS IP ERA WHIP BAA BB K W-L Odalis Perez - LH 9 51.0 3.71 1.43 .268 20 39 1-3 Brian Burres - LH 7 (8) 42.2 3.59 1.41 .268 16 21 3-4  ...

Oriole Magic • O’s Beat Nats, 5-3
(from a piece I wrote for an online outlet, the DC Sports Box and has a little slant towards the Nationals - sorry, I’m not doing the same work twice…) Baltimore, MD – On an unseasonably cold Friday night, the Washington Nationals ...

Federal Baseball: Front Page Posts • Washington Nationals at Baltimore Orioles: Game Report..."Bend The Brim, Sherrill, That's Kinda Cordero's Thing!"
  Baltimore lefty Brian Burres makes quick work of the first three Washington batters. Melvin Mora takes a 1-2 pitch from Odalis Perez deep to left where Wily Mo Pena tracks but fails to catch what ends up a one-out double. Nick Markakis ...

Camden Chat: Front Page Posts • Gameday Thread: Nationals (18-26) @ O's (23-19)
  Today's Starting Pitchers GS IP ERA WHIP BAA BB K W-L John Lannan - LH 8 45.2 3.74 1.55 .288 18 29 3-4 Jeremy Guthrie - RH 9 56.0 4.18 1.29 .248 17 39 2-3 Lannan ...

Federal Baseball: Front Page Posts • Game Thread: Washington Nationals at Baltimore Orioles - 2008 Game 45 of 162. "Everything I Know About Baltimore I Learned On 'The Wire' Pt. 3"
On the Hill.. . It's all tied at 7-7 between the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles after the O's took the first two of three to even the series started in '06, one year after DC was finally moved/allowed back into the District. ...

Orioles score enough to edge Nats
The Orioles continued their schizophrenic trend in the score column Saturday night, when they earned a 6-5 win over the Nationals and scored five runs or more for the fourth straight game.

Markakis homers, drives in 3 as Orioles edge Nats
Nick Markakis homered and drove in three runs, Brian Burres pitched four-hit ball into the seventh inning and the Baltimore Orioles held on to beat the Washington Nationals 6-5 Saturday night for their fourth straight victory.

Both Sides of an Argument
Despite years of Baltimore mediocrity and Washington's inauspicious start, both the Orioles and Nationals now have reason to be optimistic about the future.