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Game 74 lineups: Nats at Brewers

June 24, 2016, 12:04pm

MILWAUKEE - The Nationals continue their 10-game road trip tonight at Miller Park, and send right-hander Max Scherzer to the mound in hopes of snapping out of a season-high five-game losing streak. Scherzer hasn't seen a lot of the Brewers in his career, but has made three starts against them among his four appearances and carries a 1-0 record and 1.64 ERA into tonight's game. Yep, those are numbers that bring hope to a team with a black cloud circling over it. He'll be opposed by...

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Game 73 lineups: Nats at Dodgers

June 22, 2016, 2:27pm

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LOS ANGELES - The Nationals need a win tonight, plain and simple. They certainly don't want to leave the West Coast on a five-game losing streak before heading to Milwaukee for the weekend. So they'll need a strong offensive performance against 19-year-old phenom Julio Urias, still seeking his first big league victory in his sixth try. The left-hander has electric stuff and hasn't been giving away free passes (he has 22 strikeouts and only three walks in his last three starts), but he also...

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Game 72 lineups: Nats at Dodgers

June 21, 2016, 2:18pm

Nationals

LOS ANGELES - It is a full 20 degrees cooler this afternoon at Dodger Stadium than it was yesterday at this time. Which means it's only in the mid-80s. Still remarkably more comfortable for the second game of this series, which finds the Nationals trying to snap a three-game losing streak. They'll be facing their third straight left-handed starter tonight, this time in the form of Scott Kazmir, who is no Clayton Kershaw, as evidenced by the fact he hasn't lasted more than five innings in any...

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Orioles and Rangers lineups

June 20, 2016, 12:56pm

Orioles

The Orioles are going with a right-handed heavy lineup tonight against Rangers left-hander Derek Holland. Nolan Reimold and Joey Rickard are playing the outfield corners. Paul Janish is starting at third base. Matt Wieters is behind the plate again tonight. For the Orioles Adam Jones CF Joey Rickard RF Chris Davis 1B Mark Trumbo DH Matt Wieters C Jonathan Schoop 2B J.J. Hardy SS Nolan Reimold LF Paul Janish 3B Kevin Gausman RHP For the Rangers Shin-Soo Choo RF Ian Desmond CF Nomar Mazara LF...

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Game 71 lineups: Nats at Dodgers (Strasburg scratched)

June 20, 2016, 2:36pm

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Game 71 lineups: Nats at Dodgers (Strasburg scratched)

LOS ANGELES - Hello from the one and only Dodger Stadium, still beautiful after all these years, even when it's 107 degrees. Yes, you read that right. It's 107 degrees as I sit here in the open-air press box preparing tonight's lineups thread. I've been to L.A. in the summer countless times in my life - we used to come here almost every summer when I was a kid - and I cannot ever remember it being anywhere close to this hot. The good news, if there is any: It'll be dropping back down into...

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Orioles and Blue Jays lineups

June 19, 2016, 7:36am

Orioles

As expected, Orioles third baseman Manny Machado is not in today's lineup. Machado will begin serving his four-game suspension as a result of his actions during the team's bench-clearing brawl with the Royals on June 7. Ryan Flaherty will start at third base for today's series finale against the Blue Jays. Hyun Soo Kim will start in left field and hit second, while Mark Trumbo starts in right. Chris Tillman will try and become just the second pitcher in the American League to reach 10 wins,...

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Game 70 lineups: Nats at Padres

June 19, 2016, 8:27am

Nationals

On the heels of perhaps their worst loss of the season, the Nationals will try to bounce back this afternoon and close out their four-game series in San Diego on a high note. Three out of four anywhere ain't half-bad, and the Nats would happily take that before making the short trip up the coast to Los Angeles, where Clayton Kershaw and the Dodgers await Monday night. Gio Gonzalez needs a bounceback performance of his own today after a rough stretch that has seen the left-hander go 1-4 with a...

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Game 69 lineups: Nats at Padres

June 18, 2016, 12:44pm

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Do the Nationals have another late-night win in them? They've already taken the first two games of this series in San Diego, piling up 15 total runs and launching five homers. Now they'll try to make it three in a row, once again facing the Padres late tonight at Petco Park. Max Scherzer gets this start for the Nationals, looking to duplicate his dominant outing in San Diego last season, when he tossed seven scoreless innings, striking out 11. Right-hander Colin Rea takes the mound for the...

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Game 68 lineups: Nats at Padres

June 17, 2016, 1:15pm

Nationals

The Nationals didn't appear to suffer at all from jet lag last night in the first game of their first West Coast trip of the season. The bats were alive during an 8-5 win over the Padres that included home runs from Bryce Harper, Wilson Ramos and Anthony Rendon. Whether all the late nights and travel catch up to them tonight remains to be seen. This much is certain: Joe Ross should be plenty motivated facing the organization that drafted and then traded him. Ross has pitched against the Padres...

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Game 67 lineups: Nats at Padres

June 16, 2016, 1:18pm

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On the heels of their dramatic, 12-inning victory last night against the Cubs, the Nationals open their first West Coast trip of the season with the first of four games in San Diego. Tanner Roark gets the start in tonight's opener, looking to build off his strong start against the Phillies his last time out. Right-hander Erik Johnson, acquired by the Padres from the White Sox in the recent James Shields trade, takes the mound at Petco Park. He'll be facing a Nationals lineup that is without...

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Orioles and Red Sox lineups

June 16, 2016, 11:29am

Orioles

BOSTON - Matt Wieters is catching for the third consecutive night and Nolan Reimold is in left field, as the Orioles close out their series tonight against the Red Sox and try to avoid their fifth loss in the last six games. Joey Rickard is in right field and batting second. Mark Trumbo is the designated hitter and Paul Janish is starting at third base. For the Orioles Adam Jones CF Joey Rickard RF Manny Machado SS Mark Trumbo DH Chris Davis 1B Matt Wieters C Jonathan Schoop 2B Nolan Reimold...

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Game 66 lineups: Cubs at Nats

June 15, 2016, 7:37am

Nationals

The Nationals and Cubs wrap up their regular season meetings today in D.C. The Cubs lead the season series 5-1, but the Nationals have the opportunity to win this three-game set with a victory today. The Cubs edged the Nationals 4-3 on Tuesday night. Center fielder Ben Revere knew it was going to be a battle. "It's just one of the games just got away from us," Revere said. "But hold our heads high, because we battled back, we got one more game to go, we win the series. Go on the road trip...

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Game 65 lineups: Nats vs. Cubs

June 14, 2016, 10:54am

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The Nationals had plenty of reason to feel good about themselves last night after a 4-1 victory over the Cubs, one of their better wins of the season to date. But they arrived at the ballpark today to the news that they need to find a new closer for at least the next 15 days, with Jonathan Papelbon landing on the disabled list for the first time in his career with a right intercostal strain. We'll have to wait and see who Dusty Baker tabs as his ninth-inning guy for now, but it would be hard...

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Game 64 lineups: Nats vs. Cubs

June 13, 2016, 11:09am

Nationals

So you may have heard there's a pretty big series taking place here in town this week. The Cubs and Nationals are as big as it gets in baseball at this moment, owners of the two best records in the sport and loaded with star power. So it's no surprise the sport is going to be focused on South Capitol Street over the next three nights. Let's be honest, though: The Nationals need these games more than the Cubs do. Not that any series in mid-June is that important, certainly one that's not...

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Game 63 lineups: Nats vs. Phillies

June 12, 2016, 9:08am

Nationals

After an early afternoon Saturday win over the Phillies, the Nationals now go for the series sweep in a late afternoon Sunday ballgame, with first pitch not scheduled until 4:05 p.m. (Reminder: All of this was done to create as much space as possible around last night's annual team charity gala.) The Nationals, who are looking to improve to a season-best 15 games over .500, send Joe Ross to the mound. Like Tanner Roark yesterday, Ross is making his third start this year against Phillies, and...

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Orioles and Blue Jays lineups

June 12, 2016, 6:53am

Orioles

Chris Davis will attempt to homer in five straight games today and the Orioles will try to gain a split of their four-game series with the Blue Jays before heading to Boston. Davis has homered in four consecutive games for the fourth time in his career. Before his current stretch, it most recently happened on July 11-13, 2013. Mark Trumbo is in right field today and Pedro Alvarez is serving as the designated hitter. For the Orioles Adam Jones CF Hyun Soo Kim LF Manny Machado SS Chris Davis 1B...

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Game 62 lineups: Nats vs. Phillies

June 11, 2016, 5:26am

Nationals

Slowly but surely, the Nationals are building their resume, piling up wins at a rate faster than any other big league club than the Cubs. They've now won eight of their last 11, moving to a season-best 13 games over .500. They're getting contributions from up and down their lineup. Their pitching staff continues to be among the best in the majors. And their defensive play remains outstanding. So the Nats will try to keep the ball rolling today, with an early 12:05 p.m. start against the...

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Game 60 lineups: Nats at White Sox

June 09, 2016, 12:42pm

Nationals

CHICAGO - The good news: It's warmer today than it was either of the previous two days, when temperatures never got out of the 60s. The bad news: It's raining. And it's not supposed to stop all night. What that means for the series finale between the Nationals and White Sox: This could be dicey. The problem is that the Nats don't return to Chicago again this season. So a postponement would require a special trip back here at some point. Which nobody ever wants to do. But the Nats also...

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Game 59 lineups: Nats at White Sox

June 08, 2016, 12:29pm

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CHICAGO - They piled up 10 runs against John Moscot and the Reds bullpen. Then they piled up 10 runs against Mat Latos and the White Sox bullpen. Now the Nationals will try to keep their offensive surge going tonight against James Shields, the newest member of Chicago's rotation, plus this same relief corps. Shields, acquired from the Padres over the weekend, is trying to rediscover the form that made him one of baseball's most consistent starters for years before things surprisingly fell...

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Game 58 lineups: Nats at White Sox

June 07, 2016, 12:22pm

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CHICAGO - Hello from the South Side, where the Nationals are appearing for the first time since the John McLaren Era. For those who have forgotten, that was June 24-26, 2011, when McLaren served as Nats manager for three games following Jim Riggleman's surprise resignation and before Davey Johnson took over, and proceeded to go 2-1 against the White Sox. That technically makes McLaren the most successful manager in team history, at least based on that .667 winning percentage. But anyways, that...