Browse pictures of the Orioles in August 2016.
There’s really no explaining it. The Orioles played some of their worst baseball of the season last week, but they have had no trouble turning the page against one of the best teams in National League.
They jumped on Washington Nationals starter Tanner Roark for five runs in the first two innings and went on to score a 10-8 victory on Wednesday night before a sellout crowd of 39,100 at Nationals Park.
The Nats made several attempts to rally in the middle and late innings before the Orioles erupted for five runs in the top of the eighth to seemingly ensure that they would be going for an unlikely four-game interleague sweep when struggling right-hander Ubaldo Jimenez faces former Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer in the interleague finale Thursday night.