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Michael Morse suffers another setback

April 10, 2012, 2:05pm

FLUSHING, N.Y. - The bad news on the injury front just keeps coming. Yet again, Michael Morse has suffered a setback in his strained lat, and the Nationals' left fielder has been shut down for the time being. Scheduled to play a full nine innings yesterday at low-A Hagerstown as part of the next step in his rehab, Morse was pulled in the seventh inning when he complained of more discomfort in his right lat. Morse will be examined by the Nationals' team doctors and will undergo additional...

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A mid-afternoon stat or two

April 10, 2012, 10:16am

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FLUSHING, N.Y. - The New York Mets currently have the best record in the major leagues at 4-0. Let's just take a second and let that all sink in. I know, I didn't see it coming, either. Tonight's starter for the Mets, Dillon Gee, won 13 games for New York last year in just his first full season in the big leagues. He's had good success against Nationals hitters in his brief career, as well; of the seven Nats who have faced Gee more than five times, Jayson Werth has the highest batting...

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Breaking down where it all broke down

April 09, 2012, 8:33pm

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FLUSHING, N.Y. - Danny Espinosa caught an elbow to the head when he tried to retrieve Henry Rodriguez's throw to first in the ninth inning, but the Nationals second baseman says he'll be fine. Espinosa felt a little dizzy immediately after Ruben Tejada collided with him and briefly talked things over with a trainer on the field following the play, but remained in the game. "Just needed a second," said Espinosa, who added he won't undergo any concussion tests. When Rodriguez fielded...

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Johnson talks missed opportunities after Nats' 4-3 loss

April 09, 2012, 7:52pm

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Johnson talks missed opportunities after Nats' 4-3 loss

FLUSHING, N.Y. - When you simplify the Nationals' 4-3 loss to the Mets tonight, the reason for the outcome was simple: The Mets made the fundamental plays late in the game, and the Nationals didn't. Manager Davey Johnson saw it all unfold in the final two innings. In the top of the ninth, with the game tied 3-3, the Nats got the leadoff man on when Steve Lombardozzi walked, but Ian Desmond failed to get a quality bunt down, and Mets first baseman Ike Davis cut down the lead runner at second....

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Hagerstown center fielder Goodwin leaves game with injury; Ankiel homers

April 09, 2012, 8:39pm

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Hagerstown center fielder Goodwin leaves game with injury; Ankiel homers

Low Single-A Hagerstown center fielder Brian Goodwin pulled up lame running out an infield single in the second inning of Monday's game for the Suns, an 8-7 victory in 11 innings over Lexington. According to a club source, Goodwin left the game under his own power, but favoring what appeared to be an upper right leg injury. Goodwin was able to slowly put weight on the injured leg and make his way back to the Suns clubhouse, which is all the way down the right field line at Municipal Stadium,...

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Will Yoder: With Storen out, we may finally get a good gauge of his value

April 10, 2012, 3:51am

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Will Yoder: With Storen out, we may finally get a good gauge of his value

What is Drew Storen worth? It's a question that has been debated pretty heavily since the Nationals used their No. 10 overall pick to draft the talented reliever in 2009. In fact, it's fair to say that Storen, the team's 23-year-old stopper who recorded 43 saves last year, has been one of the more divisive characters on the team's roster among pundits, bloggers, and fans since he made his major league debut in 2010. The issue has been raised several times as the team's stopper has been...

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Battle of the bullpens (Mets walk off with 4-3 win)

April 09, 2012, 5:50pm

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Battle of the bullpens (Mets walk off with 4-3 win)

FLUSHING, N.Y. - Both Edwin Jackson and Mike Pelfrey are out of this game, and with the score tied 3-3 in the middle of the seventh, the Nationals and Mets will leave the outcome of tonight's game up to their bullpens. Jackson went five innings in his Nationals debut, allowing three earned runs on four hits with two walks and six strikeouts. The outing was along the lines of what we saw all spring - Jackson showed he can overpower guys at times and rack up the strikeouts, but he allows a...

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Nationals to unveil new menu options at home opener

April 09, 2012, 5:06pm

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Dinner's ready, y'all! Come and get it! Alright, since it's way too hard to type and ring my triangular dinner bell at the same time, let me just get straight to the point: Nationals Park is a food lover's paradise. It's true. It seems like each season the fine folks in our nation's capital are adding more and more options for baseball fans to sink their teeth into. This year is no different. The Washington Nationals and Union Square Events are pleased to introduce the newest fanfare...

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Nats brought their bats to New York (updated)

April 09, 2012, 4:22pm

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Nats brought their bats to New York (updated)

FLUSHING, N.Y. - Apparently all it took was a change of scenery for the Nationals to start hitting early in ballgames. The Nats have gotten out to a 3-1 lead over the Mets after three innings here at Citi Field, and they already have seven hits off New York starter Mike Pelfrey. Hey, even Jayson Werth has his first base hit of the 2012 season - a triple to the right-center field gap, which followed an 0-for-11 start. Washington jumped on top in the first after three straight base hits by...

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Storen to see Dr. Andrews after feeling more elbow tenderness

April 09, 2012, 2:18pm

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Storen to see Dr. Andrews after feeling more elbow tenderness

FLUSHING, N.Y. - Drew Storen will be examined by renowned orthopedist Dr. James Andrews tomorrow after the Nationals closer felt some tenderness in his right elbow following a simulated game yesterday. This is the second time that Storen has been shut down by elbow problems this spring, as the 24-year-old felt tightness in his throwing elbow midway through spring training. He's been on the comeback trail recently, playing catch and then subsequently throwing off a mound, but after facing...

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Tonight's Nationals-Mets lineups

April 09, 2012, 11:41am

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FLUSHING, N.Y. - Wilson Ramos will get his first day off of the season, as manager Davey Johnson has written Jesus Flores into his lineup today. Flores will catch Edwin Jackson in the righty's first start with the Nationals. Jackson will oppose the 3-0 (yeah, who would've thunk it?) Mets. Here are your lineups for tonight's game: Nationals SS Ian Desmond 2B Danny Espinosa 3B Ryan Zimmerman 1B Adam LaRoche RF Jayson Werth LF Mark DeRosa CF Roger Bernadina C Jesus Flores P Edwin...

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Runs early in games still hard to come by

April 09, 2012, 6:00am

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Runs early in games still hard to come by

NEW YORK - Hello from Queens, where it's a breezy but warm 58 degrees. We've been incredibly lucky with the weather so far this season, in two cities where warmth and sunshine is not always found in early April. And I just jinxed it. For whatever reason, the first the first seven innings of all three games in Chicago were not kind to the Nationals. Davey Johnson's boys just couldn't get into a groove during the early and middle frames, and trailed each of their first three games entering...

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Union Square Events to unveil new dishes at Nationals Park on opening day

April 09, 2012, 7:30am

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The Washington Nationals and Union Square Events will unveil several delicious new menu items from Blue Smoke, Box Frites and El Verano TaquerÃƒÂa during the Nationals home opener on Thursday, April 12 at the Miller Lite Scoreboard Walk. These new offerings will join a winning array of dishes from Union Square Events, the event services business of Danny Meyer's Union Square Hospitality Group. Nationals fans can choose from a wide variety of new offerings, including: * Buffalo and BLT...

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Ted Leavengood: Cardiac kids take Chicago

April 09, 2012, 4:47am

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Ted Leavengood: Cardiac kids take Chicago

Three tense and tightly contested games yielded two road wins for the Nationals in Chicago, thanks to surprising late-inning magic. Call them the "Comeback Kids," the "Cardiac Kids" or whatever you will, but the Nationals scored nine times in the last two innings during the three-game set in the Windy City. The late heroics produced both wins and they almost pulled off a third Sunday for what would have been a sweep. Keeping Kerry Wood out of Sunday's game may have been the difference...

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Nationals' Morse, Ankiel look good in Bowie, to suit up for Hagerstown Monday

April 08, 2012, 2:41pm

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Nationals left fielder Michael Morse continued on the road to recovery with another outstanding day at the plate Sunday as the Double-A Harrisburg Senators downed the Bowie Baysox, 5-2. Morse smacked a two-run double and finished 1-for-2 with a walk and three RBIs as the designated hitter. He finished with a .375 average over the four games at Bowie. Meanwhile, Rick Ankiel played center field and went 0-for-2 with a run scored and a walk, batting .333 over the series. Morse can return as...

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Zimmermann's debut a strong one, Lannan's not so much

April 08, 2012, 3:44pm

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Zimmermann's debut a strong one, Lannan's not so much

CHICAGO - Here's the line that John Lannan put up during his brief debut for Triple-A Syracuse against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre this evening: Two innings, five earned runs, six hits, two walks and one strikeout. Not a great start to the year, and not exactly the type of performance you want to turn in when you're trying to improve your trade value. Jordan Zimmermann, however, delivered a fine first outing of 2012, going seven innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits with no walks...

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Nats stymied by Samardzija, hurt by late insurance runs

April 08, 2012, 2:09pm

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Nats stymied by Samardzija, hurt by late insurance runs

CHICAGO - Jeff Samardzija pumped his fastball in at up to 98 mph, located a hard, biting slider on the corners and mixed in some quality changeups down in the zone. Making just his sixth career start, the Cubs righty had Nationals hitters guessing all afternoon, and allowed just one run until Adam LaRoche's two-run home run in the ninth inning made it a 4-3 game. By then, it was too late for another comeback, and led by Samardzija, the Cubs snuck out of Wrigley with a one-run win. Davey...

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Werth not concerned with slow start

April 08, 2012, 2:38pm

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CHICAGO - All spring, we heard Jayson Werth talk about how confident he was feeling at the plate. We heard manager Davey Johnson say he was seeing a major difference in Werth this year, not only during Grapefruit League games, but even during batting practice. Through the season's first three regular season games, the results just haven't been there for the Nationals right fielder. And his stat line doesn't look too pretty. In the three contests at Wrigley Field, Werth went 0-for-10 with...

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No comeback, no sweep: Nats fall to Cubs 4-3

April 08, 2012, 12:44pm

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No comeback, no sweep: Nats fall to Cubs 4-3

CHICAGO - The whole dramatic late-inning comeback stuff was great while it lasted. But the Nationals will need to score more runs, and do so early in games, if they're going to compete this season. Adam LaRoche did his best to get the Nats their third straight come-from-behind win with a two-out, two-run homer in the ninth, but Carlos Marmol closed it out for the Cubs, and Washington's shot at a sweep of the first series of the 2012 season was spoiled by a 4-3 loss. Chicago starter Jeff...

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Samardzija outdueling Zimmermann early on (updated twice)

April 08, 2012, 11:31am

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Samardzija outdueling Zimmermann early on (updated twice)

CHICAGO - Jordan Zimmermann has been great through five innings of work. Jeff Samardzija has just been a little bit better. Samardzija, making just his sixth career start, has dominated the Nationals hitters today at Wrigley Field, retiring 15 straight since allowing a leadoff double to Ian Desmond to start the game. The Cubs' starter has struck out four and has been mowing the Nats down with ease. Where's Chad Tracy when you need him? The Nats trail the Cubs 1-0 entering the sixth after...