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Braves bullpen douses Nats comeback attempts again

Braves bullpen douses Nats comeback attempts again
ATLANTA - During a losing streak, it is rarely just one part of the club that is not playing well. For the Nationals of 2017, losing streaks have been few. Heading into Saturday's game in Atlanta, the Nationals had endured only two losing streaks of three games apiece: May 7-9 and May 17 to the present. On a rainy Saturday night in SunTrust Park, the Nationals fell for the fourth time in a row, 5-2 to the Braves. The four-game skid is a season-worst total. When the Nationals haven't been...
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Scherzer lasts only five innings, homers hurt in 5-2 loss

Scherzer lasts only five innings, homers hurt in 5-2 loss
ATLANTA-- Max Scherzer allowed only three runs in a rain-delayed loss Saturday. But he again surrendered home runs. The Braves racked up two of them: a two-run shot for Rio Ruiz, his first career roundtripper, and a Matt Kemp solo homer. Scherzer (4-3) has now given up nine homers in his past six starts. At five innings of work, this game was his shortest stint against the Braves since 2009, when he was still with the Diamondbacks. Leading 3-2 when the game was delayed, Atlanta went on to win...
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Baker respects Scherzer's inner drive (Braves win 5-2)

Baker respects Scherzer's inner drive (Braves win 5-2)
ATLANTA - Manager Dusty Baker knows he has a very special pitcher in his Cy Young award winner Max Scherzer. He said one reason why Scherzer is the pitcher he is today is his inner drive to get better every start. "You can count on Max taking the ball. He trains for it," Baker said. "He trains as hard as anyone I've ever seen. We hope that rubs off, which it has on some of the younger players, the value of training and working out. It adds to longevity and it adds to being dependable. "The...
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Baker says deciding bullpen usage "the most difficult part of the job"

Baker says deciding bullpen usage "the most difficult part of the job"
ATLANTA -- The bullpen quandary might force even Nationals' starters to try to push too far. So would the likes of Max Scherzer or Stephen Strasburg try to attempt complete games because the bullpen has not been consistent in the late innings? Manager Dusty Baker said they look to not try to push the innings with starters from start to start. "Invariably after they have a tremendous workload that we always shorten them up the next time," Baker said. "But as I keep telling you, somebody has...
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Game 42 lineups: Nats at Braves

Game 42 lineups: Nats at Braves
ATLANTA - Daniel Murphy is again in a nice groove. The second baseman has hit .417 (5-for-12) over the last three games with a double and two homers. He has hit homers now in back-to-back games. The last time he went back-to-back-to-back was July 9-17, 2016, spanning the All-Star break. Five of his eight homers have come with two strikes. Murphy also ranks fourth in the National League in hits (51) and tied for sixth in RBIs (32). It is Jayson Werth's 38th birthday. Bryce Harper talked about...
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Nats bullpen struggles again in 7-4 loss to Braves

Nats bullpen struggles again in 7-4 loss to Braves
ATLANTA - Who would have thought the knockout punch Friday night would come from a light-hitting former Nationals catcher? Kurt Suzuki's two-run shot capped a comeback for the Braves as they downed the Nationals 7-4. The Nationals have now lost three in a row, matching their longest such streak of the season. The Suzuki blast highlighted a three-run eighth for Atlanta, and the Braves scored four unanswered runs to earn their 17th win. All the runs in the eighth came off of reliever Enny...
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Braves go long to grab early lead on Gonzalez (Braves win 7-4)

Braves go long to grab early lead on Gonzalez (Braves win 7-4)
ATLANTA - Left-hander Gio Gonzalez managed to get through the first inning, but he was taxed. The Braves managed two hits in the frame. Gonzalez tossed more than 20 pitches to get out of the jam. In the second, Johan Camargo singled to lead off. After one out, Dansby Swanson launched a first-pitch, two-run shot over the left-center field wall and the Braves lead 2-0. It was Swanson's fourth homer of the season. Gonzalez is up to 40 pitches after two innings. The Nationals' only hit so far was...
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Baker on facing knuckleballer: "Hope he throw you a fastball"

Baker on facing knuckleballer: "Hope he throw you a fastball"
ATLANTA - Manager Dusty Baker was in no mood to talk about Gio Gonzalez and his walk totals. Despite a 2.47 ERA, Gonzalez has walked 14 batters in his last three starts. That number spiked a bit with the seven walks allowed on May 3 against Arizona. "I'm just trying to figure why you all always ask me some negative question," Baker said. "I'm serious. It happens. Every start is not the same. Every at-bat is not the same. You just got to let it kind of play out. I don't know why walks are...
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Game 41 lineups: Nats at Braves

Game 41 lineups: Nats at Braves
ATLANTA - Welcome back to SunTrust Park. It's my first visit to the new ballpark, but this is the Nationals' second time here. I walked over from my hotel across a pedestrian foot bridge. It is a very nice complex but there are lots of new restaurants and buildings and pathways still under construction. Tonight the Nationals arrive and call on left-hander Gio Gonzalez to face 42-year-old knuckleballer R.A. Dickey. Daniel Murphy, Trea Turner, Chris Heisey and Brian Goodwin have never faced...
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Pete Kerzel

Opposite dugout: Loss of Freeman leaves a big hole for Braves to fill

Opposite dugout: Loss of Freeman leaves a big hole for Braves to fill
Manager: Brian Snitker (2nd season) Record: 16-21 Last 10 games: 5-4 Who to watch: LF Matt Kemp (.336/.373.588 with 6 HR, 23 RBIs), CF Ender Inciarte (.261, 5 HR, 16 RBIs), RF Nick Markakis (.315, 21 RBIs), RHP R.A. Dickey (3-3, 4.22 ERA), RHP Jim Johnson (3.38 ERA, 6 saves) Season series vs. Nationals: 0-3 Pitching probables: May 19: LHP Gio Gonzalez vs. RHP R.A. Dickey, 7:35 p.m., MASN2 May 20: RHP Max Scherzer vs. RHP Bartolo Colón, 4:10 p.m., MASN May 21: RHP Stephen Strasburg vs. LHP...
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Bobby Blanco

Opposite dugout: Rebuilding Braves welcome Nats to new ballpark

Opposite dugout: Rebuilding Braves welcome Nats to new ballpark
Manager: Brian Snitker (2nd season) Record: 6-6 Last 10 games: 5-5 Who to watch: 1B Freddie Freeman (.400/.481/.867 with 5 HR, 6 RBIs), 2B Bandon Phillips (.326 with 4 SB), CF Ender Inciarte (4 HR, 7 RBIs), RHP Julio Teheran (1-0, 0.95 ERA), RHP Jim Johnson (1.29 ERA, 0.86 WHIP with 3 saves) Season series vs. Nationals: First meeting (4-15 in 2016) Pitching probables: April 18: RHP Max Scherzer vs. RHP Mike Foltynewicz, 7:35 p.m., MASN2 April 19: RHP Joe Ross vs. RHP Julio Teheran, 7:35 p.m.,...
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Mel Antonen

What each NL East team needs this offseason

What each NL East team needs this offseason
The Chicago Cubs' agony is over. They are celebrating their first World Series championship since 1908 after beating the Cleveland Indians 8-7 in 10 innings at Progressive Field in Cleveland. And this might not be a one-time thing for the franchise of Ernie Banks, Ryne Sandberg and Ferguson Jenkins. The Cubs are built for the long haul. The Cubs have two free agents - Aroldis Chapman and Dexter Fowler - and plenty of money to retain them. They also have their entire infield - Kris Bryant,...
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Pete Kerzel

Opposite dugout: Braves are hoping to avoid 100-loss season

Opposite dugout: Braves are hoping to avoid 100-loss season
Manager: Brian Snitker (1st season) Record: 56-90 Last 10 games: 3-7 Who to watch: 1B Freddie Freeman (.296/.393/.556 with 30 HR, 78 RBIs, CF Ender Inciarte (.288, 15 SB), RF Nick Markakis (84 RBIs), LF Matt Kemp (31 HR, 99 RBIs), RHP Mike Foltynewicz (8-5, 4.41 ERA), RHP Jim Johnson (15 saves, 3.02 ERA) Season series vs. Nationals: 2-13 Pitching probables: Sept. 16: RHP Max Scherzer vs. RHP John Gant, 7:35 p.m., MASN Sept. 17: LHP Gio Gonzalez vs. TBA, 1:05 p.m., FOX Sept. 18: RHP Joe Ross...
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Byron Kerr

Giolito, Ramos and others find way to beat Braves after Strasburg leaves early

Giolito, Ramos and others find way to beat Braves after Strasburg leaves early
On a night when the Nationals lost right-hander Stephen Strasburg to a possible elbow injury, the club rallied to beat the Braves 5-4 in 11 innings, completing a three-game sweep. With the bases loaded in the 11th, Wilson Ramos dropped a run-scoring single off of reliever Brandon Cunniff over left fielder Jace Peterson's outstretched glove to win it. Jayson Werth scored from third and the Nationals had won their 14th game out of 16 against Atlanta this season. Over the past 35 games against...
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Trea Turner builds off of inside-the-park experience

Trea Turner builds off of inside-the-park experience
Center fielder Trea Turner faced another play he hasn't seen before in his new position in Tuesday's 9-7 comeback win over the Braves. In the top of the second inning, Dansby Swanson's drive over Turner's head ricocheted violently high off the right-center field wall and rolled 50 feet away from him. Swanson was able to run all the way home with his first career homer, an inside-the-park job. The Braves led 3-0. Initially, the drive took Turner a bit by surprise. "Two strikes, fastball up...
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Baker confirms Strasburg will start Wednesday night

Baker confirms Strasburg will start Wednesday night
Nationals manager Dusty Baker made it official after Tuesday's 9-7 win over Atlanta: Right-hander Stephen Strasburg will return from the disabled list to start Wednesday's final game of the series against the Braves. Strasburg has not pitched since Aug. 17 in Denver, when he allowed nine runs on nine hits in 1 2/3 innings. Strasburg has been on the disabled list since Aug. 21 with right elbow soreness. But Baker said before Tuesday night's game that Strasburg has looked good in his...
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Nats rally on Rendon's grand slam (Nats win 9-7)

Nats rally on Rendon's grand slam (Nats win 9-7)
The Braves were able to connect off left-hander Gio Gonzalez quickly in the first inning. Ender Inciarte singled and then scored on an Adonis Garcia double that rolled all the way to the right-field wall. Two batters later, a Matt Kemp grounder scored Garcia for a 2-0 Braves lead. The Braves added a run in the second on one of the rarest plays in baseball. Former Vanderbilt star Dansby Swanson slammed a pitch off of the right-center field wall and the ball ricocheted past center fielder Trea...
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Is Max Scherzer on schedule to pitch first game of postseason?

Is Max Scherzer on schedule to pitch first game of postseason?
Right-hander Max Scherzer was moved from his scheduled start of Sunday night against the second-place Mets to Monday afternoon against the last-place Braves. Many felt it might have been a better choice to keep Scherzer where he was against the team that had a better chance of catching the Nationals or securing a wild card spot. Scherzer went out and delivered anyway, going seven innings and allowing two runs in the Nationals' 6-4 victory over Atlanta. The loss snapped the Braves' win streak...
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Pete Kerzel

Opposite dugout: Braves have been owned by Nationals this season

Opposite dugout: Braves have been owned by Nationals this season
Manager: Brian Snitker (1st season) Record: 54-83 Last 10 games: 8-2 Who to watch: 1B Freddie Freeman (.294/.396/.563 with 29 HR, 79 RBIs), CF Ender Inciarte (.291), RF Nick Markakis (.264, 75 RBIs), LF Matt Kemp (24 HR, 58 RBIs), RHP Mike Foltynewicz (8-5, 4.31 ERA), RHP Jim Johnson (3.08 ERA, 15 saves) Season series vs. Nationals: 2-11 Pitching probables: Sept. 5: RHP Ryan Weber vs. RHP Max Scherzer, 4:05 p.m., MASN2 Sept. 6: RHP Williams Perez vs. LHP Gio Gonzalez, 7:05 p.m., MASN2 Sept. 7:...
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Lopez tosses much-needed gem as Nats beat Braves 8-2

Lopez tosses much-needed gem as Nats beat Braves 8-2
ATLANTA - Salvation for the Nationals' overtaxed pitching staff came not from either of their aces, nor from an established big leaguer. No, when the Nats really needed a big-time pitching performance tonight, they turned to a 22-year-old flamethrower making his fourth career start. Reynaldo Lopez overwhelmed the Braves for the better part of seven innings, striking out 11 while allowing only one earned run, leading the Nationals to a much-needed 8-2 victory at Turner Field that was close...
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