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Tampa Bay played cleaner, better baseball in a three-game sweep of Baltimore.

The state of Maryland spent $180,000 to host politicians, business leaders and executives from Churchill Downs in a private hospitality area at the 151st Preakness at Laurel Park last weekend.

After five more runs scored against the Orioles with two outs, they have allowed 118 runs in those situations.

Alonso wore his old Plant High School baseball shirt, the one with his retired No. 20 on the back, before each Orioles game.

A four-run eighth inning against right-hander Anthony Nunez left the Orioles trudging back home.

Taylor Ward’s leadoff home run marked the Orioles’ only score of the night. Right-hander Kyle Bradish and the pitching staff produced a strong performance, but they received little offensive support.

An average of 5.5 million viewers tuned in on NBC or Peacock on Saturday, with a peak audience of 7.1 million for the race itself.

“It’s very special,” Morabito said. “I grew up coming to this park, so it’s a pretty surreal moment for me.”

“If everything is synced up and you’re using it right, the swing will flow,” Alonso said.

Wood became the second National to record an inside-the-park grand slam, joining Michael A. Taylor who did it in 2017 against the Phillies.

Derrick Henry hasn’t missed a game in his two Pro Bowl seasons with the Ravens. But a collision near the line of scrimmage Tuesday cast a pall, if briefly, over his 2026.

“You got to find little successes in everything that you do, whether that’s hitting, fielding, running, base running, whatever that is, and keep stacking good days," Crews said Tuesday after he was recalled by Washington.

Head coach Jesse Minter, running back Derrick Henry and guard John Simpson spoke to the media.

Jackson drew scrutiny for missing practices during the Ravens’ voluntary OTAs under former coach John Harbaugh. He forfeited a combined $1.5 million in bonuses from the 2024 and 2025 offseasons.

Nationals manager Blake Butera had to put infielder Jorbit Vivas on the mound after the team exhausted all of its available pitchers in a 16-7 loss.

Left-hander Trevor Rogers surrendered seven earned runs in 3 2/3 innings. His ERA has risen to 6.87.

​At Triple-A Rochester, Crews batted .258 with a .777 OPS in 41 games.

Holliday has been recovering from a February surgery for a broken hamate bone in his right hand, and the 22-year-old has experienced a few setbacks in that process.

COLUMN | We aren’t far enough removed from watching this team tumble off the cliff to be OK with it standing so close to it again, but we need to acknowledge it is on sturdier ground.