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Martinez gives injury updates (Nats fall 5-0)

June 13, 2019, 1:43pm

First basemen Matt Adams and Ryan Zimmerman each went through full swings during batting practice at Nats Park before the Nationals opened their four-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks. Adams tweaked his oblique Monday, and Zimmerman has been on the injured list since April 28 with plantar fasciitis in his right foot. Nationals manager Davey Martinez said coaches and trainers were monitoring Adams before and after batting practice, but feels like the possibility of a trip to the...

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Game 68 lineups: Nats vs. Diamondbacks

June 13, 2019, 9:07am

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The Nationals are back in D.C. to begin their longest homestand of the summer. These 11 games over the next two weeks will go a long way in setting up how big a mountain the club will need to climb in the National League East as the All-Star break approaches. Even with Tuesday's 7-5 loss at Chicago, the Nats have won 12 of their last 17 games and sit 7 1/2 games behind the division's new leader, the Atlanta Braves. After a 3-3 road trip, the Nats (31-36) begin a four-game set against the...

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Improving Nats now face critical 11-game homestand

June 12, 2019, 3:59pm

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Improving Nats now face critical 11-game homestand

Unless you've been traveling around the country with them, you probably haven't seen very much of the Nationals in person the last three weeks. They may be finally playing their best baseball, going 12-5 since a late-May sweep in New York, but only six of those 17 games have taken place in D.C.: four against the Marlins, two against the White Sox. So the Nats will be a sight for sore eyes tonight when they take the field for the opener of an 11-game homestand, their longest of the season. And...

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Rutledge not among them, but Nats announce 20 signings

June 13, 2019, 10:50am

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Rutledge not among them, but Nats announce 20 signings

The Nationals announced the signing of 20 players from their 2019 First-Year Player Draft, but their first three draft picks have yet to officially sign. Top selection right-hander Jackson Rutledge, third baseman Drew Mendoza and left-hander Matt Cronin are yet unsigned, but it is still extremely early in the process. Mendoza and Cronin are still playing in the College World Series, so the Nationals will not negotiate until their seasons are complete. Ironically, Mendoza's Florida State...

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Topgolf Crush set to take over Nationals Park Aug. 22-25

June 13, 2019, 12:53pm

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Global sports entertainment leaders, Topgolf and Complex Sports and Entertainment, are bringing the Topgolf Crush experience to Nationals Park, home of the Washington Nationals, from August 22-25. Topgolf Crush Nationals Park, presented by Coca-Cola and Black Clover, will give sports fans, golfers and non-golfers alike a chance to crush golf balls from the third baseline of Nationals Park into colorful targets on the field. Tickets will go on sale at 10am ET on Friday June 14, at...

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With improvement in all phases, Nats inching back into race

June 11, 2019, 8:59pm

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With improvement in all phases, Nats inching back into race

They had just been swept in ugly fashion in New York. Their bullpen was a disaster. Their defensive play was sloppy. Their manager's job security was being questioned. The Nationals were 12 games under .500 on May 24, 10 games back in the National League East, and few gave them any chance of resurrecting themselves at that point. Only a handful of teams this century had managed to even finish with a winning record after playing so poorly through their first 50 games. As the team returned home...

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Another Corbin dud ends Nats' road trip with a thud (updated)

June 11, 2019, 7:29pm

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Another Corbin dud ends Nats' road trip with a thud (updated)

CHICAGO - Just as the Nationals as a whole are rounding into shape and finally resembling a team capable of going on a sustained run, one of the most important members of their rotation - a bright spot even as the team was struggling early on - has turned into one of their biggest concerns. Patrick Corbin, pitching like an All-Star only three weeks ago, has now turned in three consecutive sub-par outings, including tonight's latest effort during a 7-5 loss to the White Sox that put a damper on...

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Adams avoids injured list for now (Nats down 7-2)

June 11, 2019, 3:17pm

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Adams avoids injured list for now (Nats down 7-2)

CHICAGO - Davey Martinez was admittedly concerned about Matt Adams' strained left oblique after Monday night's game. "Whenever it's an oblique, that's going to be days missed," the manager said following his team's otherwise uplifting 12-1 thumping of the White Sox. But today brought encouraging news about the slugger, enough to keep him from going on the injured list for now. "Actually, he's a lot better than we anticipated," Martinez said this afternoon. "He woke up today and he's...

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Rendon only fifth in early NL All-Star voting

June 11, 2019, 9:07am

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Rendon only fifth in early NL All-Star voting

CHICAGO - Anthony Rendon has an awful lot of ground to make up if he's going to even have a chance of being elected the National League's starting third baseman for the All-Star Game. Despite leading all NL third basemen in several statistical categories, Rendon currently ranks fifth at his position in the first round of balloting released today by Major League Baseball. That's the highest rank for any Nationals player so far. Brian Dozier is ninth among second basemen, with Trea Turner 10th...

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Game 67 lineups: Nats at White Sox

June 11, 2019, 12:46pm

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CHICAGO - Matt Adams has been a big part of the Nationals resurgent lineup, which has scored an MLB-high 6.44 runs per game since May 24, so his potential loss from an oblique strain wouldn't be ideal. That said, with Howie Kendrick and Brian Dozier both red-hot at the moment, there's room for both to start on the right side of the infield most days. And Ryan Zimmerman appears to be inching closer to a return himself. So the Nats might not suffer too much if Adams ends up on the injured list...

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Rosenthal returns with scoreless ninth, Adams strains oblique

June 10, 2019, 8:49pm

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Rosenthal returns with scoreless ninth, Adams strains oblique

CHICAGO - Davey Martinez wanted to find a low-pressure situation to ease Trevor Rosenthal back into a big league game, and with his team up five runs entering the ninth inning Monday night, this looked like a good situation to do it. By the time Rosenthal actually entered from the right field bullpen, it had become a great situation to do it. The Nationals had tacked on six insurance runs in the top of the ninth, so now Rosenthal was able to pitch with a 12-1 lead. Of course, that also...

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SÃ¡nchez cruises again, Nats bats explode in 12-1 win (updated)

June 10, 2019, 7:17pm

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SÃ¡nchez cruises again, Nats bats explode in 12-1 win (updated)

CHICAGO - The Nationals signed AnÃbal SÃ¡nchez over the winter because they believed the veteran right-hander could duplicate his bounceback 2018 season with the Braves by virtue of his ability to induce weak contact. For six weeks, it looked like a colossal mistake. SÃ¡nchez couldn't get ahead of hitters, he couldn't keep himself from issuing free passes and he couldn't keep his ERA under 5.00. A two-week stint on the injured list with a strained hamstring followed, and when...

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Martinez on picking DH, using Rosenthal again (Nats lead 4-1)

June 10, 2019, 3:38pm

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Martinez on picking DH, using Rosenthal again (Nats lead 4-1)

CHICAGO - The Nationals' lineup wasn't exactly built with American League baseball in mind, but the lineup Davey Martinez will be fielding the next two nights in a quick interleague series with the White Sox certainly fits the profile. Martinez recently has had room to start only two of the three players who make up the right side of his infield: Howie Kendrick, Brian Dozier and Matt Adams. That was less of a problem when Dozier was slumping or Adams was on the injured list, but now all three...

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SÃ¡nchez showing what he is capable of

June 11, 2019, 3:40am

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Right-hander AnÃbal SÃ¡nchez is on a run. The veteran starter has won his last two decisions since returning from a hamstring injury. In three starts since May 29, SÃ¡nchez has allowed two runs in 17 1/3 innings on nine hits with three walks and 15 strikeouts. On Monday night in the 12-1 win over the White Sox in Chicago, SÃ¡nchez struck out only one batter, but induced 11 grounds balls and nine fly balls to improve to 2-6. He faced 22 batters and used only 69 pitches. His ERA has...

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Game 66 lineups: Nats at White Sox

June 10, 2019, 12:36pm

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CHICAGO - Good afternoon from whatever this stadium is called these days. To me, it'll always be Comiskey Park. Or, actually, New Comiskey Park, since the original one was across the street. The Nationals make their third-ever trip here to the South Side, having won two of three both in 2011 ("The John McLaren Series") and in 2016 ("The Beat Up on Mat Latos and James Shields Series"). This is a different White Sox team, but just as they did last week in D.C., the Nats do catch a bit of a...

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With historic homer barrage, Nats win series finale (updated)

June 09, 2019, 3:07pm

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With historic homer barrage, Nats win series finale (updated)

SAN DIEGO - The first one, a pinch-hit rocket to left by Howie Kendrick, was impressive both because of the situation and the fact it gave the Nationals a lead in the top of the eighth. The second one, a 402-foot shot to center by Trea Turner, drew some oohs and aahs because it had now extended the Nationals' lead to two runs in very short order. The third one, another blast to center by Adam Eaton, was reason for some to drop their jaws and others to boo Padres reliever (and former Nats...

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Kendrick's gaudy numbers earning veteran All-Star praise

June 09, 2019, 8:51pm

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Kendrick's gaudy numbers earning veteran All-Star praise

SAN DIEGO - Howie Kendrick stepped to the plate in the top of the eighth Sunday afternoon, the Nationals and Padres tied. It was his first at-bat of the game, manager Davey Martinez having hoped to give him a well-earned day off, but now needing his veteran utilityman to pinch-hit in a key spot. Inside the visitors' dugout, the Nationals - to a man - just knew something big was about to happen, courtesy the 35-year-old they affectionately view as a grandfatherly figure. "I feel like when...

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Padres' bullpen day forces lineup decisions (Nats up 5-1)

June 09, 2019, 11:23am

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Padres' bullpen day forces lineup decisions (Nats up 5-1)

SAN DIEGO - There are any number of factors a manager must consider when filling out a lineup card, but the identity of the opponent's starting pitcher typically is high on the list. What, though, does a manager do when the opponent's starting pitcher is a reliever who threw an inning the previous night and is scheduled to be the first of a parade of arms coming out of the bullpen? That's the dilemma Davey Martinez faced this morning as he selected a batting order for the Nationals' series...

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With 1,000th career hit, Dozier extends hot streak to 20 games

June 09, 2019, 12:38am

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With 1,000th career hit, Dozier extends hot streak to 20 games

SAN DIEGO - Did Brian Dozier know, when he stepped to the plate in the top of the fourth Saturday night, that he was sitting on 999 career hits? "No," he insisted. "I knew it was creeping up, just because of people like you guys tweeting about that kind of stuff." Wait, does Dozier follow Nationals reporters on Twitter? "No," he replied. "I actually deleted Twitter because of you guys." Fair enough. Dozier could be excused for trying to block out the criticism that was being levied at...

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Scherzer carries Nats to no-nonsense win (updated)

June 08, 2019, 8:50pm

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Scherzer carries Nats to no-nonsense win (updated)

SAN DIEGO - After a chaotic and gut-wrenching loss Friday night, what the Nationals needed tonight more than anything else was a nice, clean game with no reason for panic. What they needed was a no-nonsense Max Scherzer start. And that's what they got, riding their ace's seven scoreless innings and some timely early hits to a 4-1 victory over the Padres that very briefly felt in danger of falling apart in the ninth until Sean Doolittle took care of business and locked it down. Scherzer played...