Nats need to put ugly loss to bed
Paul Skenes (3-1, 4.00 ERA) barely broke a sweat, holding Washington to one run on one hit, and one base on balls, in six innings in a 16-5 win on Monday.
Since Skenes was rocked in his Opening Day start – five runs in two-thirds of an inning – he has been Paul Skenes again: 17.1 IP, 17 Ks, five BBs, three runs, six hits, a 1.56 ERA.
Details
- First pitch: 6:40 p.m. ET
- Broadcast: MLB.TV
Pitching probables
- WAS: PJ Poulin (2-0, 4.00 ERA, 1.44 WHIP)
- PIT: Mitch Keller (1-0, 1.00 ERA, 0.94 WHIP)
O’s, winners of three straight, want to build on big rally
Baltimore (9-7) trailed Arizona (9-8) 7-1 in the sixth, but the O’s stormed back, with two homers from Jeremiah Jackson Jr., one of them a sixth-inning grand slam, and a go-ahead two-run shot from Pete Alonso to post a 9-7 win on Monday.
Jackson had five homers in 183 plate appearances in 2025; he has three in 46 plate appearances in 2026, along with a .318 BA and .872 OPS.
Alonso, the splash free-agent acquisition in the offseason, has struggled at the plate in his first season in Baltimore, but last night, he was 2-for-3 with a homer and a double; the homer was his second of the season, and he raised his batting average to .213, and OPS to .691.
Details
- First pitch: 6:35 p.m. ET
- Broadcast: MASN
Pitching probables
- AZ: Merrill Kelly – first start in 2026 season
- BAL: Trevor Rogers (2-0, 1.89 ERA, 1.05 WHIP)
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