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Scherzer loses no-hitter, then game, in agonizing fashion

Scherzer loses no-hitter, then game, in agonizing fashion
MIAMI - The list is one of the most exclusive in baseball history, with a bunch of names instantly recognizable even to casual fans. Only four men have ever thrown three career no-hitters in the modern era: Nolan Ryan, Sandy Koufax, Cy Young and Bob Feller. And Max Scherzer came oh so close to becoming the fifth. Before, in staggering and sudden fashion, taking the hardest-luck loss of his career. After seeing his latest no-hit bid broken up on an infield single with one out in the bottom of...
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Scherzer trying to do something special again (Nats lose 2-1)

Scherzer trying to do something special again (Nats lose 2-1)
MIAMI - Max Scherzer is doing it again. "It" can mean several things for the Nationals ace, so we'll have to specify in this particular instance. Through three innings, Scherzer has not yet surrendered a hit. He also has seven strikeouts, allowing only one ball to be put into play that traveled past the pitcher's mound. Suffice it to say, he has laid the foundation for yet another special start. Scherzer has carved up the Miami lineup in this afternoon's early series finale at Marlins...
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Taylor scratched from lineup, but Rendon returns

Taylor scratched from lineup, but Rendon returns
MIAMI - The Nationals wrap up their 20-games-in-20-days stretch this afternoon, and not a moment too soon for a club that sorely needs a day off because of all the players they have dealing with soreness. Michael A. Taylor was added to that list today, scratched from manager Dusty Baker's original lineup due to an unspecified injury. "He's a little injured," Baker said. "Quite a few guys are kind of ailing, injured. We've played a lot of ball in a lot of days. We knew yesterday he was a...
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Game 72 lineups: Nats at Marlins (update: Taylor out)

Game 72 lineups: Nats at Marlins (update: Taylor out)
MIAMI - Good morning from Marlins Park, where everyone is making a quick turnaround from last night's game, with a 12:10 p.m. matinee on hand this afternoon. It's only two hours to gametime, and the Nationals are only now just arriving at the park, with no batting practice planned. It's "show-and-go," as the kids say. The Nationals will have Anthony Rendon back in the lineup after the third baseman missed 1 1/2 games with a neck stinger. That's obviously positive news, given the uncertain...
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With Rendon down, Drew steps right in and keeps hitting

With Rendon down, Drew steps right in and keeps hitting
MIAMI - The loss of Anthony Rendon this week to a neck stinger could have been a significant blow to the Nationals. Then again, any team that can simply plug Stephen Drew into a starting role when someone else goes down is in an awfully good position. "I like having him around a lot," manager Dusty Baker said. "He can play second, third and short, and first in a pinch. And you don't lose a lot. You don't lose anything on defense. You lose a little range and speed at this point in his...
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With each quality start, Gonzalez strengthening All-Star case

With each quality start, Gonzalez strengthening All-Star case
MIAMI - Gio Gonzalez wasn't shy about admitting his goal for 2017 from the moment he arrived in West Palm Beach four months ago, walked into Dusty Baker's office and explicitly told it to his manager. "I told Dusty that was a big goal in what I want to do this year: to focus and compete at a high level and try to make the All-Star team," Gonzalez said way back in late February. "Right now, I just want to snap out of this little funk I'm in. I want to get back to where I belong. I really...
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Nats ride Gonzalez's quality start, flurry of hits to 12-3 romp

Nats ride Gonzalez's quality start, flurry of hits to 12-3 romp
MIAMI - Gio Gonzalez loves pitching in Miami. A couple more starts like the one he authored tonight, and the Nationals left-hander might just find himself making an extra trip back home next month. For the All-Star Game. Gonzalez went seven strong innings in his latest quality start, the Nationals got clutch hits from Bryce Harper, Brian Goodwin, Ryan Zimmerman and Stephen Drew and then piled on late to earn a 12-3 victory over the Marlins. It was Gonzalez's 11th quality start in 15 outings...
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Harper extends hit streak, takes over team RBI lead (Nats win 12-3)

Harper extends hit streak, takes over team RBI lead (Nats win 12-3)
MIAMI - Bryce Harper tried to bunt with two on and two out in the top of the third inning tonight at Marlins Park. As it turned out, the Nationals felt awfully fortunate their slugger failed to get the ball down in fair territory. After fouling off that odd bunt attempt, Harper proceeded to line the next pitch he saw from Edinson Volquez to center field, driving home two runs to give the Nationals an early lead and extend his recent hot streak at the plate. Harper has now hit in 13 consecutive...
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Rendon out of lineup but works out on field; 25 draft picks sign

Rendon out of lineup but works out on field; 25 draft picks sign
MIAMI - Anthony Rendon is out of the Nationals lineup tonight, his neck still sore after an awkward diving play that forced him out of Monday night's series opener at Marlins Park. Rendon suffered a neck "stinger," according to manager Dusty Baker. It's not a typical baseball injury, and because the Nationals third baseman has never experienced it before, there seems to be less certainty about how much time he'll need to recover than more standard ailments. "I asked him if he ever played...
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Game 71 lineups: Nats at Marlins

Game 71 lineups: Nats at Marlins
MIAMI - It's a new day at Marlins Park, where the Nationals will try to rebound from last night's aggravating 8-7 loss, one that featured a host of poor performances and costly mistakes. Given how much they needed their bullpen (six total innings), the Nats will be asking for length tonight from Gio Gonzalez. Gonzalez, the Miami native, is trying to continue his strong first-half run, one that could earn him a trip back home next month for the All-Star Game. This actually is the lefty's...
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After another poor start, Roark searches for answers

After another poor start, Roark searches for answers
MIAMI - Tanner Roark thought he had solved his problems a few weeks ago, when he emerged from a rough stretch to begin the season with three consecutive dominant starts. Now the Nationals right-hander finds himself right back where he started, still searching for answers after a third consecutive subpar outing. At this point, Roark is getting pretty mad. At himself. "My body felt good. My arm felt good," he said. "I just need to stop pitching like crap." Monday night's 8-7 loss to the...
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After losing Rendon to neck injury, Nats beat themselves up over loss

After losing Rendon to neck injury, Nats beat themselves up over loss
MIAMI - Tonight's 8-7 loss to Miami was disheartening enough for the Nationals, who have suffered their share of comparable losses this season. But this one stung a little more, with players inside the visitors clubhouse at Marlins Park particularly upset because of the manner in which this game was lost. And that doesn't even take into account the loss of Anthony Rendon to a neck injury. (Though the news on that front was relatively encouraging.) "He had a stinger in his neck," manager...
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Nats blow early six-run lead, lose 8-7 on Ozuna's walk-off hit

Nats blow early six-run lead, lose 8-7 on Ozuna's walk-off hit
MIAMI - Up six runs against yet another division rival hopelessly trying to get within striking distance of the comfortable division leaders? What could possibly go wrong for the Nationals? Well, a lot, as it turned out. Not only did the Nats blow a six-run lead to the Marlins, their subsequent 8-7 loss in tonight's series opener also saw Anthony Rendon depart with an apparent injury. The Marlins stormed back to score six runs off Tanner Roark in the bottom of the third, tied the game again in...
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Rendon departs in fifth with apparent injury (Nats lose 8-7)

Rendon departs in fifth with apparent injury (Nats lose 8-7)
MIAMI - The Nationals thought they had tonight's series opener in hand, up six runs in the third inning. But that lead dissipated in a hurry against Tanner Roark. And if that wasn't agonizing enough to watch, Anthony Rendon then had to be removed from the game with an apparent injury. Rendon had made a quick-reflex, diving snag of Giancarlo Stanton's rocket grounder in the bottom of the third - the ball left the Miami slugger's bat at a whopping 114 mph - and managed to throw across the...
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Harper extends hit streak to 12 games with homer

Harper extends hit streak to 12 games with homer
MIAMI - That slump Bryce Harper appeared to be digging himself into on the West Coast a couple weeks ago? Yeah, he's out of it. With his latest home run, Harper not only extended his hitting streak to a career-best 12 games. He also set the tone for the Nationals on a night in which everybody is teeing off against Marlins left-hander Justin Nicolino. Unfortunately, Miami did the same to Tanner Roark in the bottom of the third. Harper destroyed a 3-2 fastball from Nicolino in the top of the...
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Werth, back in D.C., still not cleared for baseball activities

Werth, back in D.C., still not cleared for baseball activities
MIAMI - It has been 16 days since Jayson Werth fouled a ball off his left foot, six days since the Nationals outfielder was eligible to return from the disabled list. And it's going to continue to be a while until Werth is back in the Nats lineup. Despite initial hope he wouldn't need more than the minimum 10 days on the DL, Werth remains out. He remains in Washington, rehabbing with the club's non-traveling training staff, not yet having been cleared for baseball activities. "We were...
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Game 70 lineups: Nats at Marlins

Game 70 lineups: Nats at Marlins
MIAMI - Hello from beautiful - oh, who are we kidding? - Marlins Park. I will say this about the Least Popular Ballpark in the National League: At least it has a roof, because it has been pouring here all day. So weather will not be a factor for tonight's opener between the Nationals and Marlins, nor for the rest of this three-game series. Fresh off a strong weekend in New York, where they took 3-of-4 from the Mets, the Nats now face a quietly improving Miami club. These guys have won 13-of-20...
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Weekend series in New York suddenly looms large for Nationals

Weekend series in New York suddenly looms large for Nationals
The Nationals have led the National League East division for all but three days this season, every day since April 16. And they've led the division by at least seven games every day since May 13. That's about as comfortable as it gets this early in the baseball calendar. And yet this weekend the Nationals find themselves facing a sudden and surprising big series in New York. The Mets, who have been beset with injuries and all other sorts of calamities in the season's first 2 1/2 months,...
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After dominant road trip, Nationals slog through 2-5 homestand

After dominant road trip, Nationals slog through 2-5 homestand
They came home one week ago, flying high after a 7-2 trip through California, and then, despite the lack of an off-day to recuperate, blew out the Orioles in a makeup game. What wasn't there to like about the Nationals at that moment? All along, though, Dusty Baker knew this was going to be an especially difficult stretch of the season for his team. Because of that makeup game, the Nationals found themselves needing to play 20 games in 20 days, never a manager's preference. So Baker couldn't...
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Nationals ransacked by Braves 13-2 in series finale

Nationals ransacked by Braves 13-2 in series finale
On the heels of one of their best West Coast trips ever, the Nationals laid an egg over the last week at home. With an uninspired 13-2 loss to the Braves this afternoon, the Nats ended their homestand on a sour note. They finished 2-5 against Baltimore, Texas and Atlanta, leaving their 7-2 trip through California a distant memory. Today's series finale might have been the low point of the week. It didn't involve a late bullpen meltdown like some previous losses, but it was a fairly lifeless...
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