Josh Land

Ted Leavengood: Finally making a game of it

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Ted Leavengood: Finally making a game of it
The Nationals have started to dig out of the hole. The mark of the good ballplayer and the good team is competing consistently, going out and playing to win day-in and day-out. Washington has been consistently competitive in recent weeks. Even when they have been down early in games, they have punched and clawed their way back to key wins against the Royals and Phillies. Had they not lost six of seven games against the Braves during August, the Nationals would be 12 of 16 for the month,...
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Josh Land

David Huzzard: Impressions of Syracuse and the forgotten Danny Espinosa

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David Huzzard: Impressions of Syracuse and the forgotten Danny Espinosa
Last night was the first Nationals game I watched since Thursday, and that isn't because I have been so frustrated by the season I've given up on baseball. It is because I spent the last five days on a whirlwind tour of minor league ballparks. This trip was to include two of the Nationals affiliates, but short-season Single-A Auburn was rained out. Luckily for us, it was called early enough that it gave us time to make it to Triple-A Lehigh Valley in time for the second inning of the second...
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Dan Kolko

Hearing from Desmond, Roark and Clippard

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Hearing from Desmond, Roark and Clippard
Entering tonight, the Nationals had won only six of the 65 games this season in which they'd scored two runs or fewer. They got just two runs tonight, and it was just enough. The Nats plated both their runs in the first inning against Marlins starter Nathan Eovaldi and then held on for a 2-1 win, with Tanner Roark, Drew Storen, Tyler Clippard and Rafael Soriano combining to throw four scoreless innings of relief behind Ross Ohlendorf. Ian Desmond, who drove in one of the Nats' two runs,...
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Dan Kolko

Johnson discusses 2-1 win and a potential change to Nats rotation

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Johnson discusses 2-1 win and a potential change to Nats rotation
Ross Ohlendorf improved to 3-0 on the season with today's 2-1 Nationals win, this after the veteran righty allowed just one run over five-plus innings, lowering his ERA to 2.49. What did it get him? Well, it might have gotten him knocked from the Nats rotation. Tough crowd. Ohlendorf was pulled by manager Davey Johnson just one batter into the sixth inning tonight, having thrown only 78 pitches. He surrendered a leadoff homer to Christian Yelich in the sixth, and then saw Johnson emerge...
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Ohlendorf on cruise control (Nats win 2-1)

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Ohlendorf on cruise control (Nats win 2-1)
In Ross Ohlendorf's first start off the disabled list, he appeared to run out of gas in the fifth inning, when he allowed three hits and three runs in what eventually turned into an 11-6 Nationals win over the Cubs. Tonight, Ohlendorf is through five - and he's still going strong. The veteran right-hander has delivered five scoreless frames, allowing just two hits thus far. He's thrown just 74 pitches, and while Tanner Roark has started warming in the Nationals bullpen, Ohlendorf hasn't...
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Boras on Espinosa's struggles, contract possibilities for Strasburg and Harper

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Boras on Espinosa's struggles, contract possibilities for Strasburg and Harper
Mega-agent Scott Boras is at Nationals Park tonight to take in the Marlins-Nats game, and he held court with reporters during batting practice, talking everything from free agent draft pick compensation to long-term contract ideas for a couple of the Nats' young stars to Danny Espinosa's health. Espinosa is batting just .208 with two home runs, 19 RBIs, 96 strikeouts and 18 walks in 69 games since getting sent down to Triple-A Syracuse in June, this after he had struggled mightily in the big...
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Pete Kerzel

Nationals recall Ryan Mattheus, option Xavier Cedeno to Triple-A

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Nationals recall Ryan Mattheus, option Xavier Cedeno to Triple-A
The Washington Nationals today recalled right-handed pitcher Ryan Mattheus from Syracuse of the Triple-A International League and optioned left-handed pitcher Xavier Cedeno to Syracuse. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement. Mattheus is 0-1 with five holds and a 6.26 ERA in 23 games with Washington this season. The 29-year-old allowed just one earned run with three strikeouts (no walks) in 5.1 innings during his five-appearance stint...
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Dan Kolko

Detwiler probably won't return this season, plus Harper and Werth notes

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Detwiler probably won't return this season, plus Harper and Werth notes
Ross Detwiler hasn't pitched in a game since July 3, and it appears unlikely that he'll be back on a mound in a big league game again the rest of this season. Detwiler has been out more than seven weeks with a herniated disc in his back, and while the left-hander was back out at Nationals Park running with resistance bands around his waist and doing drills this afternoon, manager Davey Johnson said that Detwiler probably won't have enough time to work back up to the majors before the season...
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Dan Kolko

Nats recall Ryan Mattheus, option Xavier Cedeno

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Nats recall Ryan Mattheus, option Xavier Cedeno
The Nationals made a roster move before today's game, recalling right-hander Ryan Mattheus from Triple-A Syracuse and optioning left-hander Xavier Cedeno to Syracuse. Mattheus was sent down on August 15 after posting a 14.09 ERA in his last 10 games with the Nats, but he allowed just one earned run in his five appearances (spanning 5 1/3 innings) at Syracuse, striking out three and walking none in that time. Mattheus has a 6.26 ERA in 23 big league appearances this season. The roster move...
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Josh Land

Nationals recall right-hander Ryan Mattheus, option left-hander Xavier Cedeno

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Nationals recall right-hander Ryan Mattheus, option left-hander Xavier Cedeno
The Washington Nationals today recalled right-handed pitcher Ryan Mattheus from Syracuse of the Triple-A International League and optioned left-handed pitcher Xavier Cedeno to Syracuse. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcement. Mattheus is 0-1 with five holds and a 6.26 ERA in 23 games with Washington this season. The 29-year-old allowed just one earned run with three strikeouts (no walks) in 5.1 innings during his five-appearance stint...
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Dan Kolko

Full Nats lineup in place for series opener vs. Marlins

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Full Nats lineup in place for series opener vs. Marlins
The Nationals open a three-game set with the Marlins tonight, as Ross Ohlendorf squares off against Miami right-hander Nathan Eovaldi. All eight starting Nats position players will be in there today despite bumps and bruises to Jayson Werth (infected right foot), Bryce Harper (left foot), Ian Desmond (back, hamstring) and Ryan Zimmerman (shin). This time of year, everyone's battling something. Ohlendorf is 2-0 with a 2.58 ERA this season, while the 23-year-old Eovaldi is 2-4 with a 3.82...
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The road ahead gets a little smoother

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The road ahead gets a little smoother
Believe it or not, the Nationals' second-to-last homestand of the 2013 season begins today. In some ways, it feels like we just left Viera, Fla., a week ago. In others, it feels like the season has been going on for 2 1/2 years. The Nats open a three-game set with the Marlins tonight, followed by three against the Mets. Then it's off on a 10-game road trip to Philadelphia, Miami and New York, followed by a 10-game homestand with the Phillies, Braves and Marlins all coming to town. Add it...
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Seeing changes in the second half

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Seeing changes in the second half
What a weekend it was for Roger Bernadina. The former Nationals outfielder, now with the Phillies, went 2-for-8 with a home run and a double in the Phillies' 18-inning marathon win on Saturday, and then had another double, two RBIs and two really impressive defensive plays yesterday. If you didn't happen to see Bernadina's glovework from yesterday afternoon, here you go. I wonder if they do the Shark Chomp in Philadelphia? Sorry, still too soon to ask that question? Over the last two...
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Josh Land

Gonzalez, Span and Zimmerman on-deck for Wednesday's tripleheader live chat

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Gonzalez, Span and Zimmerman on-deck for Wednesday's tripleheader live chat
This Wednesday at Nationals Park, we will be hosting our first live video chat of the season, which will stream live on the homepage of MASNsports.com. The chat will be a tripleheader as Denard Span, Ryan Zimmerman and Gio Gonzalez will be participating and answering your questions live. In order for this to be successful, we need your help. Submit your questions on Twitter or Facebook with the hashtag #NatsChats or leave a comment in the section below. We also want to reward our "Touch...
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Dave Nichols: A defeat emblematic of the season's struggles

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Dave Nichols: A defeat emblematic of the season's struggles
The Nationals took two out of three over the weekend from the Kansas City Royals to keep their dwindling playoff hopes just barely alive. Starting play Monday, the Nats sit 8 1/2 games behind Cincinnati, with just 32 games remaining, for the last invitation to the playoff party in the National League. The loss on Sunday halted a five-game winning streak, matching the longest the Nats have had all season long. If they're to get back in this thing, they are going to have to take advantage now...
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Byron Kerr

Royal heartbreak for Nats on two critical plays in eighth inning

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Royal heartbreak for Nats on two critical plays in eighth inning
It is difficult to have a mental mistake keep an inning alive with two outs in a tie ballgame. It hurts more when your team has scored four unanswered runs to tie a game at 4-4 against a team that was reeling in a seven-game losing streak. But to see another mental mistake later in the inning that scored the go-ahead run and opened the door to another run-scoring single? It is too much to handle. The Nationals fell Sunday in Kansas City to the Royals, 6-4. The game was tied heading to the...
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Dan Kolko

Another comeback in Kansas City (Nats lose 6-4)

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Another comeback in Kansas City (Nats lose 6-4)
The Nationals came back from a 6-0 deficit to the Royals on Friday. They've now come back after trailing 4-0 this afternoon and battled to tie this game 4-4 in the seventh. A three-run seventh inning has knotted things up, with Denard Span getting it started with a solo homer to right-center and Bryce Harper then following with a two-run shot to left-center. The three runs all came with two outs, and they came in the span of three pitches. Span smoked a first-pitch Ervin Santana changeup...
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Nats win 7-2, have a five-game streak going

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Nats win 7-2, have a five-game streak going
As rocky as things have been at times lately, the Nationals have now tied their longest winning streak of the season. Tonight's 7-2 win over the Royals gives the Nats their fifth straight win, matching streaks put together from May 4-10 and Aug. 9-14. Jordan Zimmermann went 7 2/3 strong innings, allowing two runs on eight hits with one walk and seven strikeouts. He gets back on track after a rough outing in Chicago. Ian Desmond had his 18th homer of the season and drove in two, Chad Tracy...
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A hairy first inning for Haren (Desmond goes yard again)

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A hairy first inning for Haren (Desmond goes yard again)
Once the major league leader in home runs allowed, Dan Haren had allowed just four homers in 50 innings since coming off the DL. Haren hadn't allowed more than two runs in an outing since July 22. In the first inning of this afternoon's game alone, Haren allowed two homers and four runs, and the Nationals trail 4-0 early. Alex Gordon got things started for the Royals with a solo shot to right leading off the bottom of the first. Emilio Bonifacio then came around to score from first on a...
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Werth in Nats lineup as designated hitter

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Werth in Nats lineup as designated hitter
Jayson Werth missed yesterday's game with an infection in his right foot, but the Nationals' hottest hitter is back in the lineup today, serving as the designated hitter. Werth is batting a ridiculous .384/.481/.661 since the All-Star break, so the Nationals will be plenty happy to have him back in the cleanup spot today. Tyler Moore will get his third straight start in left field, and Anthony Rendon is back playing second base today. Dan Haren (4-0 with a 1.32 ERA in his last six games)...
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