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The Orioles sold at the deadline, but are just 0.5 games out of a playoff spot.

Rogers’ performance, combined with three homers, was enough to earn a series win. With back-to-back wins after the trade deadline, Baltimore is 56-58 and within one game of the final wild-card spot in the American League.

Washington has long been linked to Diggs this offseason. The Maryland native played for New England in 2025, helping the Patriots make a run to the Super Bowl.

The Ravens got good weather for their first six practices of training camp. They got AFC North weather for their seventh.

For years, the Ravens have struggled to draft and develop wide receivers. Zay Flowers’ four-year, $140 million contract extesion may signal a new era for the position in Baltimore.

The Preakness will now be run on the fourth Sunday of May, part of a new vision and TV deal for the historic race.

COLUMN | Zay Flowers is one of the tightest teammates in Lamar Jackson’s circle. By paying Flowers top-tier receiver money, the Ravens have created an enticement for Jackson to re-up in the next year, too.

Baltimore will likely need production from at least one of their rookie widouts.

On Aug. 26, the Washington Nationals are celebrating their first African American Heritage Night. The organization has had Juneteenth and Negro Leagues celebrations, as well as Hispanic, Japanese and Salvadoran heritage nights.

GoPros, Meta glasses and notecards: How the Commanders are cramming for a new offense on the fly

The Nationals were 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position Tuesday, and are 3-for-46 in those situations on eight-game road trip.

Cade Povich spins a scoreless start and Pete Alonso hits a go-ahead RBI single in the third inning to get Baltimore back in the win column after a trade deadline gut punch.

“Trading away Adley, especially when we’re in wild-card contention, I think represents that we have failed to realize the full potential of the Adley era,” Maryland Comptroller Brooke Lierman said.

“Just reflecting over the last 24 hours, getting drafted, to my debut, to two playoff teams, just the excitement and love that I felt while I was there, I’m going to be forever grateful for that," Adley Rutschman said.

COLUMN | There are a lot of talented players left in the Orioles clubhouse, and there were a lot of complicated feelings about what it meant that so many important people and players were gone.

Former jockey Robby Albarado, who won the Preakness twice during his lengthy riding career in the top tier of the sport, has died. He was 52.

“The fact I heard the doctor had to really look for it to find it is a good thing,” manager Blake Butera said.

Unofficially, quarterback Lamar Jackson bounced back from an errant Monday to go 14-for-19 in team drills Tuesday, including a 4-for-5 mark in seven-on-seven action.

“They’ve given me a lot of freedom. Picking my spots, when to take chances and stuff like that,” Odafe Oweh said. “I haven’t usually had it in the past, except for the Chargers.”