Washington Nationals vs. Baltimore Orioles, at Nationals Park, May 17, 2026 Matchups, Preview

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Baltimore Orioles

Team Summary
Team Page 2026 Baltimore Orioles
Record 20-26
Manager Craig Albernaz
Game # 47
On This Date 56-50
Standing 4th (10.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 4-6
Last 20 7-13
Last 30 11-19
Home 12-12
Away 8-14
Extra Innings 1-1
vs. RHP 18-17
vs. LHP 2-9
1-Run Games 4-7
vs. East 3-7
vs. Central 8-5
vs. West 4-5
Inter-League 5-9

BAL Last 10 Games

Brandon Young (#63, 27, RHP, 3-1, 4.15)

Washington Nationals

Team Summary
Team Page 2026 Washington Nationals
Record 23-23
Manager Blake Butera
Game # 47
On This Date 18-31
Standing 2nd (8.0 GB)
Links Schedule / Lineups / Orders
Splits Bat / Pitch
Gamelogs Bat / Pitch
Split Records
Last 10 7-3
Last 20 12-8
Last 30 16-14
Home 8-13
Away 15-10
Extra Innings 4-3
vs. RHP 13-18
vs. LHP 10-5
1-Run Games 8-6
vs. East 5-8
vs. Central 11-8
vs. West 1-5
Inter-League 6-2

WSN Last 10 Games

Richard Lovelady (#55, 30, LHP, 2-1, 1.96)

Season Series

All times ET
DateWinnerLoser
Fri, May 15, 2026@WSN3 BAL2
Sat, May 16, 2026@WSN13 BAL3
DateAwayHomeTime
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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Orioles Batters (4.30 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.67 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Orioles Batters (4.30 RS/G) vs. Nationals Pitchers (5.67 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 55. Lovelady* 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 2/1.500 4/1.000 5/1.000 9/.819 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· 1/2.000
29. Basallo* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/1.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
17. Cowser* G  ·   S  ·   vP 8/.661 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
98. Handley G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ···
2. Henderson* G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/2.000 1/.000 ··· 6/1.166 1/ ··· ··· 1/.000
82. Jackson G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000 1/
16. Mayo G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/ 1/.000
9. O'Neill G  ·   S  ·   vP 3/.333 2/.500 ··· 3/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 2/1.000
35. Rutschman# G  ·   S  ·   vP 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 6/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000
30. Taveras# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 2/.000 ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/
3. Ward G  ·   S  ·   vP 2/.500 1/.000 1/.000 6/1.834 1/2.000 ··· 1/.000 ···
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 195 .220 .308 .422 .730 142 .767 53 .631 .762 103 .775 1 0 8 1
29. Basallo* G ·  S ·  vP 138 .278 .341 .492 .833 110 .851 28 .757 .702 74 1.085 0 0 6 1
17. Cowser* G ·  S ·  vP 90 .169 .270 .195 .464 84 .468 6 .400 .284 37 .458 0 1 0 0
98. Handley G ·  S ·  vP 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 .000 .000 1 .000 0 0 0
2. Henderson* G ·  S ·  vP 207 .199 .256 .393 .649 151 .642 56 .668 .626 108 .526 5 1 9 2
82. Jackson G ·  S ·  vP 143 .241 .259 .401 .660 106 .644 37 .707 .482 78 .475 1 1 6 5
16. Mayo G ·  S ·  vP 128 .183 .258 .322 .580 86 .430 42 .874 .546 70 .679 1 0 4 4
9. O'Neill G ·  S ·  vP 83 .174 .313 .275 .589 50 .825 33 .251 .655 49 .511 0 0 2 2
35. Rutschman# G ·  S ·  vP 121 .268 .314 .509 .823 74 .853 47 .777 .551 82 .806 0 0 6 4
30. Taveras# G ·  S ·  vP 124 .257 .361 .381 .742 86 .830 38 .524 .830 76 .579 3 1 2 1
3. Ward G ·  S ·  vP 205 .269 .424 .375 .799 155 .776 50 .877 .886 107 .783 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 .231 .315 .378 .693 .700 .675 .649 .687 21 9 46 28

WSN Pitchers

WSN Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Rd OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
55. Lovelady* G ·  S ·  vP ·o·X···X·X···o 18.1 1.96 8.8 84 .269 .776 48 .717 36 .855 .666 38 .837 1 0 0
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
24. Cavalli G ·  S ·  vP X·····X····X·· 46.2 4.05 10.0 216 .287 .759 100 .576 116 .916 .798 123 .768 3 4 1
22. Griffin* G ·  S ·  vP ··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····· 28.0 3.21 6.8 119 .239 .628 58 .516 61 .737 .762 52 .484 3 0 1
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 59 .641 3 0 0
50. Poulin* G ·  S ·  vP X··X··o·oX···X 20.2 3.05 6.5 91 .221 .743 53 .828 38 .627 .877 42 .648 3 1 0
64. Ribalta G ·  S ·  vP o··o··o··X·X·· 8.0 2.25 9.0 29 .148 .466 17 .548 12 .348 .694 23 .503 0 0 0
75. Schultz G ·  S ·  vP X···X·o····X·· 16.2 2.16 9.7 71 .215 .625 34 .652 37 .601 .518 36 .432 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 41 .779 1 4 0
TOTAL 4.92 7.8 .256 .765 .795 .708 66 33 7

Nationals Batters (5.48 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (5.35 RA/G)

  • OPS ranges: bad - ≤.650; avg: .750; good: ≥.850
Nationals Batters (5.48 RS/G) vs. Orioles Pitchers (5.35 RA/G) Table
Batters\Pitchers 63. Young 78. Cano 71. Enns* 65. Foster 50. Garcia 39. Kittredge 66. Nunez 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 ··· ··· 3/1.167 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 1/.000
2. García* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· 4/.000
12. House G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 2/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
4. Lile* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
45. Mead G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
14. Millas# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
26. Nuñez# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
20. Ruiz# G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/3.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· 1/.000
8. Tena* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/2.000 ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
84. Vivas* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ··· ···
21. Wiemer G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 1/.000 1/.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
29. Wood* G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· ··· 3/3.000 ··· ··· 1/.000 ··· ···
30. Young G  ·   S  ·   vP ··· 2/.500 3/.000 ··· ··· 2/2.500 ··· ···

WSN Batters

WSN Batters Table
BatterLinksPABAOBPSLGOPSPA vRHOPS vRH PA vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSPA Last 28dOPS Last 28dSBCSHRE
5. Abrams* G ·  S ·  vP 191 .301 .393 .540 .933 131 1.038 60 .725 .835 104 .814 7 3 9 8
2. García* G ·  S ·  vP 141 .269 .298 .425 .723 124 .717 17 .765 .646 72 .812 2 1 3 2
12. House G ·  S ·  vP 168 .226 .280 .406 .686 115 .554 53 .978 .795 86 .728 1 0 7 7
4. Lile* G ·  S ·  vP 199 .272 .332 .456 .787 138 .857 61 .624 .811 102 .877 3 3 7 1
45. Mead G ·  S ·  vP 110 .228 .355 .435 .789 56 .784 54 .792 .878 66 .909 3 1 4 4
14. Millas# G ·  S ·  vP 78 .171 .237 .257 .494 70 .517 8 .250 .558 40 .475 0 0 1 0
26. Nuñez# G ·  S ·  vP 154 .197 .313 .220 .534 110 .460 44 .715 .439 81 .588 19 2 0 4
20. Ruiz# G ·  S ·  vP 90 .230 .244 .471 .716 53 .608 37 .865 .943 49 .857 1 0 4 4
8. Tena* G ·  S ·  vP 87 .263 .322 .438 .759 81 .756 6 .750 .761 51 .723 0 0 2 0
84. Vivas* G ·  S ·  vP 98 .244 .337 .293 .630 86 .609 12 .788 .591 44 .458 0 1 0 4
21. Wiemer G ·  S ·  vP 78 .279 .372 .500 .872 35 .479 43 1.199 .581 31 .698 1 0 3 0
29. Wood* G ·  S ·  vP 216 .236 .384 .511 .896 142 .951 74 .789 1.082 112 .838 7 1 12 1
30. Young G ·  S ·  vP 165 .221 .268 .331 .599 116 .565 49 .685 .570 102 .529 2 1 4 0
TOTAL .244 .324 .415 .739 .716 .793 .755 .732 46 13 56 42

BAL Pitchers

BAL Pitchers Table
PitcherLinksUsageIPERAK/9BFBAOPSBF vRHOPS vRH BF vLHOPS vLH Hm OPSBF Last 28dOPS Last 28dHRSBCS
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
45. Akin* G ·  S ·  vP X··X··o··X·oo· 8.0 14.62 7.9 40 .368 1.005 22 1.169 18 .804 1.008 40 1.005 2 0 0
40. Bassitt G ·  S ·  vP X·····X····X·· 43.0 5.44 6.3 202 .312 .824 79 .636 123 .952 .989 119 .795 4 4 3
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····· 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·X···o 12.2 1.42 7.8 52 .190 .593 28 .577 24 .611 .686 32 .638 0 2 1
65. Foster G ·  S ·  vP ·············· 7.2 5.87 10.6 39 .364 .855 16 1.208 23 .634 .888 31 .907 0 0 0
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···o··X·o·X·X 7.1 11.05 8.6 40 .389 1.036 20 1.082 20 .988 1.579 40 1.036 2 7 0
66. Nunez G ·  S ·  vP ·····oX···XX·· 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
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
TOTAL 4.80 8.3 .261 .772 .800 .817 56 34 14

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