For the first time, this season the Washington Nationals and Baltimore Orioles will collide in the first of two 2019 beltway series Tuesday and Wednesday at Camden Yards in Baltimore.
The Orioles at 28-65 are simply looking to play spoilers to the inter-league rival Nationals who will enter play atop the National League Wild Card standings with a record of 49-43.
Early on it looked as if the Nationals were in for a long season as they fell 12 games under .500 after being swept by the New York Mets in a four-game series at the end of May.