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Nationals expand partnership with Inova Sports Medicine to provide uniforms for Northern Virginia youth baseball leagues

April 20, 2017, 10:59am

Today, the Washington Nationals announced the expansion of the Nationals Youth Baseball Uniform Program into Northern Virginia, in partnership with Inova Sports Medicine, the official hospital network and sports medicine partner of the Nationals. The Nationals Youth Baseball Uniform Program was launched in 2015 in an effort to support and promote kids playing baseball and softball in the area. The Uniform Program provides, at no cost to the leagues, a Nationals T-shirt or jersey and cap to...

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Harper and Zimmerman are healthy and on a roll

April 19, 2017, 3:16am

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Harper and Zimmerman are healthy and on a roll

In Tuesday's 3-1 Nationals win over the Braves, hitting stars Bryce Harper and Ryan Zimmerman delivered again. Harper went 2-for-3 with a walk, two doubles and run scored. Zimmerman went 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. No coincidence that both battled through injury issues last season and didn't have up-to-par outcomes. Zimmerman had a wrist injury. Harper's issues were not acknowledged, but some felt he had a shoulder problem he had to battle through. But this season, they have both...

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SolÃs lands on DL with elbow inflammation (Nats lead 6-2)

April 19, 2017, 4:05pm

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SolÃs lands on DL with elbow inflammation (Nats lead 6-2)

ATLANTA - Sammy SolÃs pitched a key scoreless inning during Tuesday night's victory over the Braves. Turns out he did so with something less than a perfectly healthy left arm. The Nationals placed SolÃs on the 10-day disabled list today with elbow inflammation, an injury that is not believed to be serious but was concerning enough to convince the club to shelve its top left-handed reliever for the rest of a daunting road trip. Needing to remove somebody from the active roster to clear a...

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Minor ailments and issues aside, Nats are rolling early in 2017

April 19, 2017, 8:47pm

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Minor ailments and issues aside, Nats are rolling early in 2017

ATLANTA - There are valid reasons to be concerned about the Nationals, most notably a bullpen that fewer than three weeks into the season has required a reshuffling of roles and a spate of minor injuries including the groin spasm suffered by Jayson Werth tonight. This is not a perfect team. Let's not confuse a couple of problem areas, though, for a bad team. Or even a mediocre one. The Nationals are quite good, with a rotation that has been dynamite and a lineup that has proven it is capable...

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Harper rewriting record books; another Ross moving up

April 19, 2017, 7:44pm

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Harper rewriting record books; another Ross moving up

Tom Koehler of the Marlins is feeling a little bit better tonight. Maybe some people will stop talking about the six homers he has allowed to Bryce Harper over the years. At least until the Nationals and Marlins tangle again June 19-21. (Actually, the Nats play the Braves six more times before they play the Marlins again: May 19-21 and June 12-14). Koehler can thank the Brave Julio Teheran for taking his place on the mantle: the Braves right-hander has now allowed seven homers to the...

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Werth injured on checked swing, leaves game (Nats win 14-4)

April 19, 2017, 5:02pm

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Werth injured on checked swing, leaves game (Nats win 14-4)

ATLANTA - Jayson Werth had to depart tonight's game after injuring himself on a check-swing in the top of the third inning, the latest Nationals player to go down in the season's first month. Werth checked his swing on a 1-0 pitch from the Braves' Julio Teheran in his second at-bat of the night and appeared to grimace, his left leg perhaps tweaked. After stepping out of the batter's box, he signaled to the dugout for Nationals director of athletic training Paul Lessard, who came out to talk...

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Pair of grand slams propels Nats to 14-4 win over Braves

April 19, 2017, 7:09pm

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Pair of grand slams propels Nats to 14-4 win over Braves

ATLANTA - Freddie Freeman may own the Nationals, but Bryce Harper's ownage of Julio Teheran supersedes even the mightiest of opponents. Harper added two more homers to his deep collection off Teheran, including a grand slam that helped the Nationals overcome Freeman's latest blast off them and propel them to a 14-4 victory tonight at SunTrust Park. Joe Ross bounced back from a shaky first inning in his first major league start of the season to pitch seven strong innings and earn the win. Ryan...

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Treinen out as closer; Nats will "mix and match" Kelley, Glover

April 19, 2017, 3:04pm

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Treinen out as closer; Nats will "mix and match" Kelley, Glover

ATLANTA - Blake Treinen is no longer going to pitch the ninth inning for the Nationals, but the club isn't going to designate one replacement closer for now, choosing instead to split those duties between veteran Shawn Kelley and rookie Koda Glover. The decision was made in the wake of Treinen's latest near-meltdown Tuesday night, when the right-hander entered with a 3-0 lead in hand over the Braves and proceeded to give up two singles and issue two walks (one with the bases loaded) while...

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Game 14 lineups: Nats at Braves (SolÃs to DL)

April 19, 2017, 12:06pm

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Game 14 lineups: Nats at Braves (SolÃs to DL)

ATLANTA - And we're back at SunTrust Park, as the Nationals and Braves prepare for the second game of their three-game series, hoping for a little less drama (or at least a lot less umpiring drama) than they got last night during what ended as a 3-1 Nats victory. We know who will be pitching the first inning for the Nationals tonight: Joe Ross, who makes his long-awaited 2017 debut after spending the last 2 1/2 weeks at Triple-A Syracuse. We don't know yet who will be pitching the ninth...

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Scherzer talks his way into a seventh scoreless inning

April 18, 2017, 10:40pm

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Scherzer talks his way into a seventh scoreless inning

ATLANTA - Had the bottom of the ninth gone according to plan and without incident last night, the biggest takeaway from the Nationals' 3-1 victory over the Braves would have been Max Scherzer's dominant start. As it was, Scherzer's outing took a backseat to the chaos that was the bottom of the ninth, from Blake Trienen's implosion to Shawn Kelley's takeover as closer to C.B. Bucknor's blown call on what everyone thought was the final pitch of the game but wound up as only the...

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Nationals recall right-hander Joe Ross

April 19, 2017, 1:48pm

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The Washington Nationals recalled right-handed pitcher Joe Ross from Triple-A Syracuse on Wednesday and placed left-handed pitcher Sammy Solis on the 10-day disabled list with left elbow inflammation. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement. Ross, who will start for Washington on Wednesday night vs. Atlanta at SunTrust Park, joins the Nationals for his first Major League assignment of the season. The right-hander has posted a 12-10 record...

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Even in victory, Nationals left to fume after chaotic ninth

April 18, 2017, 8:35pm

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ATLANTA - The Nationals won a ballgame tonight. They probably are going to have a new closer when they wake up in the morning. And, oh by the way, the final out of this game turned into a full-blown fiasco after an egregious mistake that led their veteran leader to go on a postgame tirade that delicately teetered the line between acceptable criticism of umpires and the kind of rant that typically leads to punishment from league officials. Just a run-of-the-mill Tuesday night in suburban...

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Luke Erickson: Playing to win vs. player development

April 16, 2017, 1:22pm

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Luke Erickson: Playing to win vs. player development

In theory, the difference between playing to win and developing talent should be, um, minor. Getting ahead in the count (or not falling behind) is what you need to learn to get to the majors (and remember to stay there). In practice, however, it's not always one and the same. Last Saturday night in Woodbridge was a good example of the difference. Joan Baez is the No. 29 Nationals prospect according to Baseball America, which for better or worse is the bellwether for most prospect followers. He...

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Nats beat Braves 3-1 behind Scherzer and bailout from Kelley

April 18, 2017, 6:42pm

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Nats beat Braves 3-1 behind Scherzer and bailout from Kelley

ATLANTA - Max Scherzer scoffed after his last start when asked if his ring finger injury was finally behind him. His performance tonight would seem to confirm once and for all it's no longer a topic for discussion. Scherzer dominated the Braves with seven scoreless innings of two-hit ball, appearing to talk his way into taking the mound for his final frame and building up his pitch count to 116, leading the Nationals to a 3-1 victory that wasn't sealed until Shawn Kelley replaced Blake...

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Baker: Turner won't be activated Wednesday (Nats win 3-1)

April 18, 2017, 4:09pm

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Baker: Turner won't be activated Wednesday (Nats win 3-1)

ATLANTA - Trea Turner was at SunTrust Park this afternoon, putting his healing hamstring through a rigorous test that included baserunning drills and a full round of batting practice with his Nationals teammates, but it doesn't appear he'll remain here in Atlanta for long. Though he's eligible to come off the disabled list Wednesday, Turner likely won't play for the Nationals until he's had a chance to get at-bats and innings in a minor league rehab game, manager Dusty Baker...

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Game 13 lineups: Nats at Braves

April 18, 2017, 11:53am

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ATLANTA - Hello from SunTrust Park, the brand-new home of the Braves. I'm still taking it all in, but my first impressions of this place are better than I expected. It actually has a few interesting features. Unfortunately, most seem to be lesser versions of similar things in other parks: a brick wall in right field (like AT&T Park in San Francisco), pine trees and rocks in the batter's eye (like Coors Field in Colorado). The main seating bowl has a Citi Field vibe to it, with dark seats,...

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Shawn Kelley emerging as vocal leader as bullpen looks to find its way

April 18, 2017, 3:10am

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Shawn Kelley emerging as vocal leader as bullpen looks to find its way

A lot of the concern to begin this season centers around the Nationals bullpen and if it will be able to get on track. Going on the road will be a very good test to see where it is. Sunday's walk-off win courtesy Bryce Harper masked what was a rough last two innings for the bullpen: allowing three runs after the club had a 3-1 lead after seven innings. Shawn Kelley battled out of a bases-loaded two-out jam in the ninth that could have blown up. The Phillies had turned a 3-1 deficit into a 4-3...

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Ross will be recalled and start Wednesday night in Atlanta

April 18, 2017, 2:54pm

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Ross will be recalled and start Wednesday night in Atlanta

ATLANTA - Joe Ross will make his long-awaited season debut Wednesday night, and the Nationals hope they don't have to make any more changes to their rotation for quite some time. Ross will be recalled from Triple-A Syracuse and start the second game of the Nationals' series against the Braves at SunTrust Park, manager Dusty Baker said today, slotting in between Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg for the foreseeable future. The 23-year-old right-hander was healthy coming out of spring...

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Eaton out to prove he's still an elite center fielder

April 17, 2017, 12:41pm

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Eaton out to prove he's still an elite center fielder

Ask anyone who has watched the Nationals through the season's first two weeks to name Adam Eaton's biggest contribution to the team, and you'll get a bunch of answers about his offensive performance. The 28-year-old sports a .326 batting average and .946 OPS and has successfully reached base in all 11 games he has started. Ask Eaton what he believes has been most consistent about his game so far, and you'll get an entirely different answer. "You know what? I don't think there's been much...

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Opposite dugout: Rebuilding Braves welcome Nats to new ballpark

April 16, 2017, 8:24am

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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.,...