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Liz Barr: Rendon's return has sparked Nationals

May 16, 2018, 5:27am

He's our favorite player, he's Trea Turner's favorite player: it's Tony Two Bags himself, Anthony Rendon. We all missed him when he was out unexpectedly long after fouling a ball off his foot, and the offense suffered in his absence. But now that he's back, he's thriving, the team is thriving, we're all thriving. Since Rendon's return on May 5, the Nationals have gone 7-2, and they've scored 32 runs through those nine games, which averages to about 3.5 per game. But with the way the...

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Martinez said Murphy close to minor league rehab games

May 15, 2018, 2:14pm

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Martinez said Murphy close to minor league rehab games

As the Nationals return home the hottest team in the National League, there is more positive news about the rehab process for Daniel Murphy. The second baseman is continuing rehabbing from knee surgery in West Palm Beach at the National spring training facility. Pregame Friday in Arizona Murphy did not appear to be in any pain as he went through all the paces of batting practice with fielding and running the bases. He ran down the first base line multiple times. Murphy headed towards second on...

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Rendon homer ignites the offense (game tied 3-3, game suspended)

May 15, 2018, 3:53pm

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Rendon homer ignites the offense (game tied 3-3, game suspended)

A fast start for the Nationals against the Yankees' Masahiro Tanaka. Anthony Rendon with a solo homer in the first, his fourth homer of the season, on a 1-1 pitch. In the second, the Nats strung together three hits in four at-bats. Howie Kendrick doubled. Andrew Stevenson single to left-center scored Kendrick. Pedro Severino's RBI double scored Stevenson. Meanwhile, left-hander Gio Gonzalez allowed two base runners in each of the first two innings and got out of jams. His curveball was a...

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Game 43 lineups: Nats vs. Yankees

May 15, 2018, 11:28am

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Hello from South Capitol Street, where the Nationals are home for the next week-and-a-half, hosting a pair of marquee opponents (Yankees, Dodgers) and then the Padres. The matchups don't get much bigger than what's on tap the next two nights (weather permitting). No two teams in baseball are hotter right now than the Nats (who have won 13 of 15) and the Yanks (who have won 19 of 22). It'll be up to Gio Gonzalez to try to contain that ferocious New York lineup tonight, a lineup that is loaded...

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Opposite Dugout: Surging Yankees holding down first place in AL East

May 11, 2018, 7:56am

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Opposite Dugout: Surging Yankees holding down first place in AL East

Manager: Aaron Boone (1st season) Record: 28-12 Last 10 games: 8-2 Who to watch: RF Aaron Judge (.311 with 11 HR, 35 RBIs), DH Giancarlo Stanton (10 HR, 26 RBIs), SS Didi Gregorius (10 HR, 31 RBIs), 2B Gleyber Torres (.319), LHP CC Sabathia (2-0, 2.23 ERA), LHP Aroldis Chapman (9 saves), Season series vs. Nationals: First meeting (1-3 in 2015) Pitching Probables: May 15: RHP Masahiro Tanaka (4-2) vs. LHP Gio Gonzalez (4-2), 7:05 p.m., MASNMay 16: LHP CC Sabathia (2-0) vs. RHP Max Scherzer...

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Nationals, PenFed Credit Union launch "Tickets for Troops" program

May 15, 2018, 9:10am

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PenFed Credit Union, the nation's second largest federal credit union, today announced it has signed a unique and expansive sponsorship deal with the Washington Nationals Major League Baseball team. The new three-year agreement will expand upon a previous sponsorship and will designate a new, special area as "PenFed Military Appreciation Section" at Nationals Park. "PenFed has been supporting the national military community and the greater Washington community for 83 years," said James...

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After long winter, spring at home, Reynolds debuts with a bang

May 13, 2018, 8:48pm

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After long winter, spring at home, Reynolds debuts with a bang

PHOENIX - As he sat around his house in Charlotte, N.C., all winter - and well into the spring, for that matter - Mark Reynolds battled conflicting emotions. There certainly was a relaxing element to all this, with an opportunity to coach his kids, play golf and enjoy an actual spring break for the first time "since I probably was, like, 8," he said. And yet there was an obvious void for the 34-year-old, who had missed all those previous spring breaks because he was in Arizona or Florida...

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Monday morning Q&A from 33,000 feet above America

May 13, 2018, 10:53pm

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Monday morning Q&A from 33,000 feet above America

So I'm flying home from Phoenix today, and what better way to pass the time than by chatting with all of you! (Who needs Netflix?) There's plenty to discuss at the end of an eventful road trip that included a 6-1 record, a bunch of injures, dominant pitching performances, surprising offensive performances and six trips by Nationals relievers on the Chase Field bullpen cart. My flight is scheduled to depart Sky Harbor International Airport at 11:15 a.m. EDT and land at Dulles International...

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Marty Niland: Adams' homer tear conjures up memories of Howard's historic 1968 streak

May 14, 2018, 5:31am

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Marty Niland: Adams' homer tear conjures up memories of Howard's historic 1968 streak

Nationals fans are hopeful again, with the club coming off 6-1 road trip and threatening to return to the top of the National League East standings. One key has been the powerful bat of Matt Adams, who homered seven times in five games from May 1 through the May 7 win over San Diego. A weekly slash line of .400/.516/1.240 is impressive for the 6-foot-3, 245-pounder known as "Big City," but it brings to mind an even bigger streak by an even bigger man. Frank Howard, the 6-foot-7, 280-lb....

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After near misses, Harper finally homers in Arizona (Nats win 6-4)

May 13, 2018, 5:16pm

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After near misses, Harper finally homers in Arizona (Nats win 6-4)

PHOENIX - Bryce Harper spent all weekend crushing pitches to every corner of Chase Field without having anything to show for it. Finally, tonight he launched one farther than the park or its newly installed humidor could contain. With a green light on a 3-0 pitch from Zack Godley in the top of the third, Harper sent a 448-foot home run soaring into the back of the right field bleachers, only a few rows shy of a bright red truck on display on the concourse. Harper's 13th home run of the season,...

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Reynolds powers Nats to 6-4 win, four-game sweep of D-backs

May 13, 2018, 7:16pm

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Reynolds powers Nats to 6-4 win, four-game sweep of D-backs

PHOENIX - For a month and a half now, the Nationals have overcome a host of injuries to regulars thanks to some unlikely performances from guys who they've been forced to add to their big league roster along the way. Mark Reynolds just joined that club tonight with a most impressive debut in a most familiar setting. Reynolds, the veteran slugger who played the first four seasons of his career with the Diamondbacks before embarking on a meandering journey that on Saturday featured a promotion...

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Scherzer to face Yanks, Rendon gets day off thanks to Reynolds

May 13, 2018, 3:11pm

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Scherzer to face Yanks, Rendon gets day off thanks to Reynolds

PHOENIX - An unusual quirk in the schedule this week gave the Nationals the option to tweak their rotation, and they've decided to take advantage of it and move Max Scherzer up in the order so he can face the Yankees. With off-days scheduled for both Monday and Thursday around the two-day interleague series at Nationals Park, the team was afforded the chance to either give everybody extra rest or rearrange things so Scherzer could both stay on turn and face the most productive lineup in...

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On Strasburg's velocity, outs on the bases and blocking the plate

May 12, 2018, 11:23pm

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On Strasburg's velocity, outs on the bases and blocking the plate

PHOENIX - More from Saturday's 2-1 victory over the Diamondbacks to help tide you over before the Nationals' series finale on Sunday Night Baseball ... * When Stephen Strasburg was giving up frozen-rope singles and then plunking opposing batters in the bottom of the first, all with a fastball that was registering only 92-93 mph, a few red flags went up in the Nationals dugout. It didn't help when everyone could see the right-hander massaging and stretching out his neck a few times. "We...

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Game 42 lineups: Nats at Diamondbacks

May 13, 2018, 12:33pm

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PHOENIX - What a weekend it's been for the Nationals. They learned Adam Eaton needed arthroscopic ankle surgery. They lost Matt Wieters to a hamstring strain (and possibly a knee injury as well). They lost Ryan Zimmerman to an oblique strain. Not good, any of that. Oh, and they also won the first three games of this series against the best team in the National League. Despite all their injury woes, the Nats are playing their best baseball of the season. They've won 12 of 14 overall, they've...

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SolÃs, Kelley, Madson finish off another close win for Nats

May 12, 2018, 5:02pm

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SolÃs, Kelley, Madson finish off another close win for Nats

PHOENIX - Much as he wants to hand the ball to Brandon Kintzler, Ryan Madson and Sean Doolittle every chance he gets while holding a slim lead late in games, Davey Martinez knows those three elite relievers won't make it to September if he keeps calling their names over and over and over. No, there are five other relievers sitting in that bullpen every night, and sometimes they have to be the ones to take the mound in the seventh, eighth and ninth innings and try to secure a victory for the...

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Nationals like what they see from Austin Voth

May 13, 2018, 3:34am

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Right-hander Austin Voth only came up for a 24-hour period a couple of weeks ago. He did not get into that game on April 29, but expect to see Voth again in a Nationals uniform this season. The starter has built himself to a point in his young career to be an extremely valuable asset to the Nats. Nats director of player development Mark Scialabba said Voth's dedication to getting stronger in the offseason has positively affected his pitching repertoire and his ability to strive towards the end...

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Behind "B" bullpen, Nationals eke out 2-1 win over D-backs

May 12, 2018, 3:22pm

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PHOENIX - If the Nationals are going to insist on playing low-scoring, tight ballgames every night, Davey Martinez is going to have no choice but to ask the members of his "B" bullpen to record some key late outs every once in a while. Such was the case this afternoon at Chase Field, where Brandon Kintzler and Sean Doolittle were unavailable after pitching the previous two nights (both low-scoring victories) and Ryan Madson was being saved to pitch the ninth. So it was that Martinez asked...

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Zimmerman to DL with oblique strain, Reynolds called up (Nats win 2-1)

May 12, 2018, 11:38am

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Zimmerman to DL with oblique strain, Reynolds called up (Nats win 2-1)

PHOENIX - The sore back that prevented Ryan Zimmerman from playing in five of the Nationals' last seven games has now landed him on the disabled list. The Nationals placed Zimmerman on the 10-day DL today with what the club called a right oblique strain and purchased the contract of veteran slugger Mark Reynolds from Triple-A Syracuse to take his place and provide another right-handed bat off the bench (and quite possibly in the lineup). Needing to clear a spot on their 40-man roster for...

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Nationals select Mark Reynolds

May 12, 2018, 11:51am

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The Washington Nationals selected the contract of infielder Mark Reynolds from Triple-A Syracuse on Saturday and placed first baseman Ryan Zimmerman on the 10-day disabled list (retroactive to May 10) with a right oblique strain. Additionally, the Nationals transferred right-handed pitcher Joaquin Benoit to the 60-day disabled list. Nationals President of Baseball Operations and General Manager Mike Rizzo made the announcements. Reynolds, 34, joins the Nationals after appearing in 10 games...

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With Wieters on DL, Severino ready to take over as top catcher

May 11, 2018, 9:39pm

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With Wieters on DL, Severino ready to take over as top catcher

PHOENIX - For several years, Pedro Severino has been waiting for an opportunity to show the Nationals what he can do catching in the big leagues on a regular basis. And for several years, the Nats have been intrigued at the prospect of Severino playing on a regular basis but unwilling to go all-in on him while trying to contend for a title. They have no choice but to find out now. With Matt Wieters on the disabled list and expected to miss significant time with a strained hamstring, Severino...