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Nats playing it careful with Espinosa, plus Ankiel update

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Nats playing it careful with Espinosa, plus Ankiel update
FLUSHING, N.Y. - Danny Espinosa did, in fact, undergo a concussion test after yesterday's ballgame, but the Nationals' second baseman checked out OK after taking an elbow to the head in the ninth inning last night. "I'm 100 percent fine," Espinosa said. The concussion test consisted of various balance exercises and is designed to check for nausea or other symptoms of a brain injury. Espinosa said he fell asleep fine last night and woke up feeling as if the collision with Mets shortstop...
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Michael Morse suffers another setback

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Michael Morse suffers another setback
FLUSHING, N.Y. - The bad news on the injury front just keeps coming. Yet again, Michael Morse has suffered a setback in his strained lat, and the Nationals' left fielder has been shut down for the time being. Scheduled to play a full nine innings yesterday at low-A Hagerstown as part of the next step in his rehab, Morse was pulled in the seventh inning when he complained of more discomfort in his right lat. Morse will be examined by the Nationals' team doctors and will undergo additional...
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Espinosa gets a day off after getting elbowed in head

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Espinosa gets a day off after getting elbowed in head
FLUSHING, N.Y. - A day after getting elbowed in the head while covering first base, Danny Espinosa is not in manager Davey Johnson's starting lineup against the Mets. Asked how he was feeling after last night's game, Espinosa insisted he was OK, and he only had some dizziness for a few seconds after catching a Ruben Tejada elbow on the side of the head. It could be that Johnson just wants to get some at-bats for Steve Lombardozzi, who will play second base tonight, and that Espinosa is...
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A mid-afternoon stat or two

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A mid-afternoon stat or two
FLUSHING, N.Y. - The New York Mets currently have the best record in the major leagues at 4-0. Let's just take a second and let that all sink in. I know, I didn't see it coming, either. Tonight's starter for the Mets, Dillon Gee, won 13 games for New York last year in just his first full season in the big leagues. He's had good success against Nationals hitters in his brief career, as well; of the seven Nats who have faced Gee more than five times, Jayson Werth has the highest batting...
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Some of this, some of that

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Some of this, some of that
FLUSHING, N.Y. - The Nationals just can't catch a break on the injury front. As reported by my colleague Byron Kerr, Hagerstown Suns outfielder Brian Goodwin, the 34th overall pick in last year's draft, had to leave yesterday's game with an apparent upper right leg injury after pulling up lame while running out an infield single. Goodwin is expected to be re-evaluated today. The 21-year-old Goodwin had gotten off to a ridiculous start, going 6-for-16 with two home runs, a double, five...
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Breaking down where it all broke down

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Breaking down where it all broke down
FLUSHING, N.Y. - Danny Espinosa caught an elbow to the head when he tried to retrieve Henry Rodriguez's throw to first in the ninth inning, but the Nationals second baseman says he'll be fine. Espinosa felt a little dizzy immediately after Ruben Tejada collided with him and briefly talked things over with a trainer on the field following the play, but remained in the game. "Just needed a second," said Espinosa, who added he won't undergo any concussion tests. When Rodriguez fielded...
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Johnson talks missed opportunities after Nats' 4-3 loss

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Johnson talks missed opportunities after Nats' 4-3 loss
FLUSHING, N.Y. - When you simplify the Nationals' 4-3 loss to the Mets tonight, the reason for the outcome was simple: The Mets made the fundamental plays late in the game, and the Nationals didn't. Manager Davey Johnson saw it all unfold in the final two innings. In the top of the ninth, with the game tied 3-3, the Nats got the leadoff man on when Steve Lombardozzi walked, but Ian Desmond failed to get a quality bunt down, and Mets first baseman Ike Davis cut down the lead runner at second....
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Battle of the bullpens (Mets walk off with 4-3 win)

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Battle of the bullpens (Mets walk off with 4-3 win)
FLUSHING, N.Y. - Both Edwin Jackson and Mike Pelfrey are out of this game, and with the score tied 3-3 in the middle of the seventh, the Nationals and Mets will leave the outcome of tonight's game up to their bullpens. Jackson went five innings in his Nationals debut, allowing three earned runs on four hits with two walks and six strikeouts. The outing was along the lines of what we saw all spring - Jackson showed he can overpower guys at times and rack up the strikeouts, but he allows a...
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Nats brought their bats to New York (updated)

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Nats brought their bats to New York (updated)
FLUSHING, N.Y. - Apparently all it took was a change of scenery for the Nationals to start hitting early in ballgames. The Nats have gotten out to a 3-1 lead over the Mets after three innings here at Citi Field, and they already have seven hits off New York starter Mike Pelfrey. Hey, even Jayson Werth has his first base hit of the 2012 season - a triple to the right-center field gap, which followed an 0-for-11 start. Washington jumped on top in the first after three straight base hits by...
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Morse, Ankiel closing in on returns; Wang progressing

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Morse, Ankiel closing in on returns; Wang progressing
FLUSHING, N.Y. - While the news on Drew Storen's rehab from elbow tightness certainly isn't good, things appear to be improving for three other Nationals currently on the disabled list. Michael Morse will play nine innings for low Single-A Hagerstown tonight, and if all goes well, he's scheduled to get a full nine innings in again tomorrow. The Nats power-hitting left fielder, who has been battling a strained lat, is eligible to come off the DL and rejoin the major league club tomorrow, but...
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Storen to see Dr. Andrews after feeling more elbow tenderness

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Storen to see Dr. Andrews after feeling more elbow tenderness
FLUSHING, N.Y. - Drew Storen will be examined by renowned orthopedist Dr. James Andrews tomorrow after the Nationals closer felt some tenderness in his right elbow following a simulated game yesterday. This is the second time that Storen has been shut down by elbow problems this spring, as the 24-year-old felt tightness in his throwing elbow midway through spring training. He's been on the comeback trail recently, playing catch and then subsequently throwing off a mound, but after facing...
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Tonight's Nationals-Mets lineups

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Tonight's Nationals-Mets lineups
FLUSHING, N.Y. - Wilson Ramos will get his first day off of the season, as manager Davey Johnson has written Jesus Flores into his lineup today. Flores will catch Edwin Jackson in the righty's first start with the Nationals. Jackson will oppose the 3-0 (yeah, who would've thunk it?) Mets. Here are your lineups for tonight's game: Nationals SS Ian Desmond 2B Danny Espinosa 3B Ryan Zimmerman 1B Adam LaRoche RF Jayson Werth LF Mark DeRosa CF Roger Bernadina C Jesus Flores P Edwin...
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Runs early in games still hard to come by

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Runs early in games still hard to come by
NEW YORK - Hello from Queens, where it's a breezy but warm 58 degrees. We've been incredibly lucky with the weather so far this season, in two cities where warmth and sunshine is not always found in early April. And I just jinxed it. For whatever reason, the first the first seven innings of all three games in Chicago were not kind to the Nationals. Davey Johnson's boys just couldn't get into a groove during the early and middle frames, and trailed each of their first three games entering...
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Clubhouse Cliff Notes

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Clubhouse Cliff Notes
CHICAGO - Before I take off on my super-early flight from the Windy City to the City That Never Sleeps, I wanted to kick off a feature that I hope to post every Monday morning during the season called Clubhouse Cliff Notes. Since it would be both impossible and completely unnecessary to post every single quote I get from players in my pregame, in-game and postgame entries, I figured this would be a way for me to pass along some of the best soundbites from the last week that have fallen through...
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Zimmermann's debut a strong one, Lannan's not so much

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Zimmermann's debut a strong one, Lannan's not so much
CHICAGO - Here's the line that John Lannan put up during his brief debut for Triple-A Syracuse against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre this evening: Two innings, five earned runs, six hits, two walks and one strikeout. Not a great start to the year, and not exactly the type of performance you want to turn in when you're trying to improve your trade value. Jordan Zimmermann, however, delivered a fine first outing of 2012, going seven innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits with no walks...
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Werth not concerned with slow start

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Werth not concerned with slow start
CHICAGO - All spring, we heard Jayson Werth talk about how confident he was feeling at the plate. We heard manager Davey Johnson say he was seeing a major difference in Werth this year, not only during Grapefruit League games, but even during batting practice. Through the season's first three regular season games, the results just haven't been there for the Nationals right fielder. And his stat line doesn't look too pretty. In the three contests at Wrigley Field, Werth went 0-for-10 with...
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Nats stymied by Samardzija, hurt by late insurance runs

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Nats stymied by Samardzija, hurt by late insurance runs
CHICAGO - Jeff Samardzija pumped his fastball in at up to 98 mph, located a hard, biting slider on the corners and mixed in some quality changeups down in the zone. Making just his sixth career start, the Cubs righty had Nationals hitters guessing all afternoon, and allowed just one run until Adam LaRoche's two-run home run in the ninth inning made it a 4-3 game. By then, it was too late for another comeback, and led by Samardzija, the Cubs snuck out of Wrigley with a one-run win. Davey...
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No comeback, no sweep: Nats fall to Cubs 4-3

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No comeback, no sweep: Nats fall to Cubs 4-3
CHICAGO - The whole dramatic late-inning comeback stuff was great while it lasted. But the Nationals will need to score more runs, and do so early in games, if they're going to compete this season. Adam LaRoche did his best to get the Nats their third straight come-from-behind win with a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth, but Carlos Marmol closed it out for the Cubs, and Washington's shot at a sweep of the first series of the 2012 season was spoiled by a 4-3 loss. Chicago starter Jeff...
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Samardzija outdueling Zimmermann early on (updated twice)

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Samardzija outdueling Zimmermann early on (updated twice)
CHICAGO - Jordan Zimmermann has been great through five innings of work. Jeff Samardzija has just been a little bit better. Samardzija, making just his sixth career start, has dominated the Nationals hitters today at Wrigley Field, retiring 15 straight since allowing a leadoff double to Ian Desmond to start the game. The Cubs' starter has struck out four and has been mowing the Nats down with ease. Where's Chad Tracy when you need him? The Nats trail the Cubs 1-0 entering the sixth after...
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A handful of pregame notes

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A handful of pregame notes
CHICAGO - Since he used somewhat of a mixture of his A and B bullpens yesterday, the relievers manager Davey Johnson will lean on today will mostly be the guys who didn't get work in the Nationals' 7-4 win on Saturday. Hello, Brad Lidge. Lefties Sean Burnett and Tom Gorzelanny could also be called on today, especially since Cubs manager Dale Sveum has written in a lineup that includes all four of his available left-handed hitters. Xavier Nady will get his first appearance of 2012 today, as...
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