Washington Nationals vs. Baltimore Orioles, at Nationals Park, May 16, 2026 Matchups, Preview

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Baltimore Orioles

Team Summary
Team Page 2026 Baltimore Orioles
Record 20-25
Manager Craig Albernaz
Game # 46
On This Date 51-47
Standing 3rd (10.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 5-5
Last 20 8-12
Last 30 12-18
Home 12-12
Away 8-13
Extra Innings 1-1
vs. RHP 18-16
vs. LHP 2-9
1-Run Games 4-7
vs. East 3-7
vs. Central 8-5
vs. West 4-5
Inter-League 5-8

BAL Last 10 Games

Chris Bassitt (#40, 37, RHP, 3-2, 5.21)

Washington Nationals

Team Summary
Team Page 2026 Washington Nationals
Record 22-23
Manager Blake Butera
Game # 46
On This Date 27-23
Standing 2nd (9.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 6-4
Last 20 11-9
Last 30 15-15
Home 7-13
Away 15-10
Extra Innings 4-3
vs. RHP 12-18
vs. LHP 10-5
1-Run Games 8-6
vs. East 5-8
vs. Central 11-8
vs. West 1-5
Inter-League 5-2

WSN Last 10 Games

Cade Cavalli (#24, 27, RHP, 1-2, 4.02)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Fri, May 15, 2026@WSN3 BAL2
DateAwayHomeTime
Sat, May 16, 2026BAL@WSN4:05pm
Sun, May 17, 2026BAL@WSN1:35pm
Fri, Jun 26, 2026WSN@BAL7:05pm
Sat, Jun 27, 2026WSN@BAL7:05pm
Sun, Jun 28, 2026WSN@BAL1:35pm

Last 10 games head-to-head

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BAL Batters vs WSN Pitchers
BAL Batters Stats
WSN Pitchers Stats

Orioles Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.73 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Orioles Batters (4.33 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.73 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 24. Cavalli 54. Alvarez* 41. Lord 70. Parker* 50. Poulin* 64. Ribalta 75. Schultz 47. Varland
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
23. Alexander G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/
25. Alonso G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.000 4/1.000 5/1.000 9/.819 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/2.000
29. Basallo* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
17. Cowser* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
98. Handley G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
2. Henderson* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· 6/1.166 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000
82. Jackson G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/
16. Mayo G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000
9. O'Neill G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· ··· ··· 2/1.000
35. Rutschman# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.000 ··· 6/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000
30. Taveras# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/
3. Ward G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.834 ··· ··· ··· ···
32. Wilson G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· 5/.800 ··· 3/1.667 ··· ···

BAL Batters

BAL Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
23. Alexander G ·  S ·  vP 101 .242 .296 .286 .582 67 .548 34 .646 .599 51 .619 4 1 0 0
25. Alonso G ·  S ·  vP 191 .213 .304 .414 .718 138 .752 53 .631 .739 103 .724 1 0 8 1
29. Basallo* G ·  S ·  vP 134 .279 .343 .475 .819 106 .834 28 .757 .661 73 1.028 0 0 5 1
17. Cowser* G ·  S ·  vP 90 .169 .270 .195 .464 84 .468 6 .400 .284 41 .411 0 1 0 0
98. Handley G ·  S ·  vP
2. Henderson* G ·  S ·  vP 203 .202 .256 .399 .655 148 .655 55 .655 .639 108 .581 5 1 9 2
82. Jackson G ·  S ·  vP 139 .241 .259 .406 .665 103 .643 36 .727 .481 77 .454 1 1 6 5
16. Mayo G ·  S ·  vP 124 .179 .250 .321 .571 82 .411 42 .874 .528 69 .638 1 0 4 4
9. O'Neill G ·  S ·  vP 79 .169 .316 .231 .547 46 .774 33 .251 .567 45 .428 0 0 1 2
35. Rutschman# G ·  S ·  vP 117 .278 .325 .528 .853 71 .891 46 .794 .599 78 .849 0 0 6 4
30. Taveras# G ·  S ·  vP 120 .248 .356 .376 .732 82 .821 38 .524 .817 76 .613 2 1 2 1
3. Ward G ·  S ·  vP 200 .265 .425 .374 .799 151 .784 49 .849 .892 106 .782 1 2 1 0
32. Wilson G ·  S ·  vP 34 .259 .412 .296 .708 10 .667 24 .708 .792 30 .617 2 1 0 2
TOTAL .230 .315 .375 .690 .697 .674 .642 .676 20 9 44 28

WSN Pitchers

WSN Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
24. Cavalli G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····X··· 40.1 4.02 9.8 190 .284 .743 86 .510 104 .935 .778 116 .760 1 3 1
54. Alvarez* G ·  S ·  vP X············· 7.1 2.45 12.3 29 .250 .633 20 .721 9 .444 .633 29 .633 0 0 0
22. Griffin* G ·  S ·  vP ·X·····X·····X 51.0 3.53 8.6 213 .209 .665 149 .685 64 .618 .682 126 .638 8 3 0
27. Irvin G ·  S ·  vP ··X·····X····· 42.2 5.91 9.5 194 .251 .764 67 .842 127 .720 .891 107 .805 6 6 1
18. Littell G ·  S ·  vP X·····X·····X· 41.1 6.10 4.4 188 .281 .906 87 .733 101 1.057 .839 99 .830 14 3 2
41. Lord G ·  S ·  vP ···X···X·····X 28.0 3.21 6.8 119 .239 .628 58 .516 61 .737 .762 52 .484 3 0 1
55. Lovelady* G ·  S ·  vP o·X···X·X···o· 18.1 1.96 8.8 84 .269 .776 48 .717 36 .855 .666 45 .719 1 0 0
36. Mikolas G ·  S ·  vP ···X·····X···· 36.0 7.00 6.0 162 .284 .846 75 .827 87 .863 .907 81 .636 9 4 1
70. Parker* G ·  S ·  vP ··X···X··X··X· 20.0 4.95 7.7 82 .219 .671 50 .720 32 .587 .493 72 .713 3 0 0
50. Poulin* G ·  S ·  vP ··X··o·oX···X· 20.0 3.15 6.8 87 .216 .739 50 .839 37 .607 .879 38 .628 3 1 0
64. Ribalta G ·  S ·  vP ··o··o··X·X··o 7.0 2.57 7.7 25 .130 .417 15 .414 10 .422 .671 19 .446 0 0 0
75. Schultz G ·  S ·  vP ···X·o····X··· 15.2 2.30 9.2 67 .226 .644 30 .695 37 .601 .549 32 .450 2 3 0
47. Varland G ·  S ·  vP o·o··X··X···o· 16.2 4.32 9.7 75 .288 .762 43 .704 32 .839 .928 46 .781 1 4 0
TOTAL 4.97 7.7 .255 .764 .796 .707 64 32 7
WSN Batters vs BAL Pitchers
WSN Batters Stats
BAL Pitchers Stats

Nationals Batters (5.31 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (5.18 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Nationals Batters (5.31 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (5.18 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 40. Bassitt 78. Cano 71. Enns* 50. Garcia 39. Kittredge 66. Nunez 61. Walker* 68. Wells
Entries are PA/OPSLinks G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB G  ·   S  ·   vB
5. Abrams* G  ·   S  ·   vP 4/.000 ··· 3/1.167 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/.000
2. García* G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.666 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 4/.000
12. House G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ···
4. Lile* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
45. Mead G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/2.334 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ···
14. Millas# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
26. Nuñez# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
20. Ruiz# G  ·   S  ·   vP 6/.533 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000
8. Tena* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
84. Vivas* G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
21. Wiemer G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
29. Wood* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 3/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
30. Young G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/1.000 2/.500 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ···

WSN Batters

WSN Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
5. Abrams* G ·  S ·  vP 186 .291 .387 .525 .912 128 1.012 58 .715 .787 105 .737 7 3 9 8
2. García* G ·  S ·  vP 138 .267 .297 .427 .725 121 .719 17 .765 .645 72 .812 2 1 3 2
12. House G ·  S ·  vP 166 .216 .271 .373 .644 115 .554 51 .849 .692 86 .652 1 0 6 7
4. Lile* G ·  S ·  vP 194 .274 .335 .463 .798 135 .877 59 .610 .839 103 .900 3 3 7 1
45. Mead G ·  S ·  vP 108 .231 .352 .440 .791 56 .784 52 .795 .884 67 .870 3 1 4 4
14. Millas# G ·  S ·  vP 78 .171 .237 .257 .494 70 .517 8 .250 .558 45 .490 0 0 1 0
26. Nuñez# G ·  S ·  vP 149 .202 .310 .226 .536 108 .458 41 .738 .437 81 .563 18 2 0 4
20. Ruiz# G ·  S ·  vP 85 .207 .224 .415 .638 51 .529 34 .794 .797 44 .727 0 0 3 4
8. Tena* G ·  S ·  vP 84 .273 .333 .455 .788 78 .786 6 .750 .811 51 .794 0 0 2 0
84. Vivas* G ·  S ·  vP 96 .250 .344 .300 .644 84 .625 12 .788 .622 47 .523 0 1 0 4
21. Wiemer G ·  S ·  vP 76 .288 .382 .515 .897 34 .494 42 1.230 .638 30 .723 1 0 3 0
29. Wood* G ·  S ·  vP 211 .234 .379 .509 .888 138 .945 73 .780 1.073 113 .867 7 1 12 1
30. Young G ·  S ·  vP 161 .213 .263 .307 .569 113 .517 48 .700 .503 104 .487 2 1 3 0
TOTAL .241 .322 .407 .729 .709 .776 .734 .712 44 13 53 42

BAL Pitchers

BAL Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
40. Bassitt G ·  S ·  vP ·····X····X··· 38.0 5.21 6.2 179 .316 .810 77 .626 102 .959 1.007 96 .765 3 4 3
45. Akin* G ·  S ·  vP ··X··o··X·oo·X 7.2 8.22 8.2 33 .333 .909 18 1.056 15 .733 .786 33 .909 2 0 0
34. Baz G ·  S ·  vP X·····X····X·· 51.1 5.26 7.4 228 .284 .833 93 .748 135 .893 .763 131 .813 6 3 0
38. Bradish G ·  S ·  vP ··X····X·····X 47.0 4.21 10.0 206 .263 .785 72 .872 134 .737 1.040 118 .797 5 3 2
78. Cano G ·  S ·  vP ··oo····X··oo· 16.0 1.12 6.2 56 .130 .383 37 .219 19 .708 .434 32 .351 1 2 1
71. Enns* G ·  S ·  vP ··X·X·X·X···oo 11.2 1.54 8.5 48 .184 .576 24 .542 24 .611 .658 28 .619 0 2 1
50. Garcia G ·  S ·  vP ····oX···oX·X· 19.0 .47 10.4 64 .018 .195 31 .097 33 .289 .338 31 .309 1 0 0
39. Kittredge G ·  S ·  vP ···o··X·o·X·X· 6.2 10.80 9.4 37 .394 .978 18 .915 19 1.046 1.554 37 .978 1 5 0
66. Nunez G ·  S ·  vP ····oX···XX··X 20.0 4.05 9.9 85 .221 .714 41 .747 44 .683 .782 50 .856 4 2 1
28. Rogers* G ·  S ·  vP ···X·········· 34.1 5.77 7.9 154 .288 .804 117 .880 37 .556 .742 56 1.057 5 4 0
61. Walker* G ·  S ·  vP o··X·········· 3.0 .00 12.0 10 .111 .311 4 .500 6 .167 .000 10 .311 0 0 1
68. Wells G ·  S ·  vP ···X·········· 19.1 3.26 8.8 81 .264 .756 38 .927 43 .602 .363 32 .548 2 1 2
63. Young G ·  S ·  vP ····X····X···· 26.0 4.15 6.6 115 .243 .711 49 .711 66 .712 .440 97 .778 4 2 1
TOTAL 4.60 8.4 .259 .763 .782 .793 53 32 14

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