For the first time this month, the Orioles are back at Camden Yards, where they will kick off a six-game homestand. The O’s get things underway tonight with a quick series against their nearest opposition, the Washington Nationals. These two teams last saw one another in early May. They split that two-game series in the nation’s capital, meaning this series in Baltimore is for all the marbles in the race for the coveted MASN Cup.
Credit to the Nationals, they have been far more competitive this season than they were expected to be. They enter this series positioned firmly in fourth place in the NL East.