Mark Zuckerman

Nationals once again left to make sense of an NLDS loss

Nationals once again left to make sense of an NLDS loss
Most of them had been through this at least once before, some twice, a select few three times. The Nationals have grown accustomed to - and, quite frankly, tired of - standing inside a dead-silent clubhouse late at night following an agonizing loss in the National League Division Series and trying to make sense of it all. They did it after the ninth-inning fiasco against the Cardinals in 2012. They did it after a poorly played series against the Giants in 2014. They did it after a dramatic...
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Byron Kerr

Scherzer on a bewildering fifth inning that changed the game

Scherzer on a bewildering fifth inning that changed the game
With the Nationals leading 4-3 in Game 5 of the National League Division Series against the Cubs, the fifth inning started off well for Max Scherzer in his first relief appearance of the postseason. Scherzer recorded a pair of outs. But then the trouble started. The Cubs' Willson Contreras singled. Then Albert Almora Jr. singled. The hit that changed the game came next from Addison Russell, who laced a double that hugged just inside the bag at third and down the line. Contreras and Almora...
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Mel Antonen

Cubs will themselves to win, prevail in "crazy" Game 5 over Nationals

Cubs will themselves to win, prevail in "crazy" Game 5 over Nationals
Bryce Harper swung and missed for strike three and Cubs catcher Willson Contreras tossed his glove and mask and joined a hug-fest of gray uniforms around closer Wade Davis on the pitcher's mound at a shocked Nationals Park. The Cubs beat the Nationals 9-8 to win their National League Division Series in five games. After the game, the Cubs headed to Los Angeles to get ready for a rematch with the Dodgers for the National League pennant. The Cubs are going to their third consecutive National...
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Mark Zuckerman

Mistakes abound in another Game 5 loss for Nationals

Mistakes abound in another Game 5 loss for Nationals
If the Nationals were going to finally do it, if they were going to cast aside their reputation for coming up short when it matters most and at long last win a postseason series, they were going to have to blast their way through some major obstacles. The defending World Series champs were tough enough to beat. But in Game 5 of the National League Division Series, the Nationals were left to try to beat themselves, committing one costly gaffe after another during a 4 1/2-hour marathon that...
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Bobby Blanco

NLDS game blog: Nats can make D.C. sports history with Game 5 win

NLDS game blog: Nats can make D.C. sports history with Game 5 win
It's Game 5. There are no ifs, ands or buts. It's all hands on deck. Throw all your stat sheets and conventional wisdom out the window. It's your best versus mine. It's win or go home. Do or die. The Nationals and their loyal fan base are no strangers to this dire situation. We all know what's at stake, having now been here in three of Nationals' four playoff appearances. Win and advance to the first National League Championship Series in club history and the first league/conference final...
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Mark Zuckerman

Baker sticking with Werth, rest of lineup for Game 5

Baker sticking with Werth, rest of lineup for Game 5
Through four games of this National League Division Series, the Nationals have scored a grand total of 12 runs on 16 hits. For the arithmetically challenged, that's an average of three runs on four hits per game. That's not good. Throughout it all, though, Dusty Baker has stuck with the same eight batters in his starting lineup. The order changed for Game 4, but the names remained the same. And they'll remain the same for tonight's do-or-die Game 5. Which means Jayson Werth is again...
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Byron Kerr

Baker on Gonzalez as starter and where that leaves Scherzer, Roark

Baker on Gonzalez as starter and where that leaves Scherzer, Roark
Left-hander Gio Gonzalez gets the nod for the Nationals' most important game in 2017 and, really, in their franchise history to date. Gonzalez will be on the hill tonight for Game 5 of the National League Division Series against the Cubs. Manager Dusty Baker could have easily given the start to right-hander Tanner Roark, who until late Wednesday morning appeared to be the planned Game 4 starter in Chicago. Right-hander Stephen Strasburg felt good enough to go after battling sickness for a few...
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Mark Zuckerman

Will a third Game 5 at home be the charm for the Nationals?

Will a third Game 5 at home be the charm for the Nationals?
CHICAGO - Jayson Werth has played in two do-or-die games before. Both came with the Nationals, both of them Game 5 in a National League Division Series, both of them ending in heartache. Tonight might well be the last one of these the 38-year-old outfielder gets to experience. And because of that, more than a few of his teammates have made it known they're trying to win this October for one of the guys whose arrival in D.C. had the largest impact on taking this franchise to its current...
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Josh Land

Taylor defies elements with grand slam at Wrigley Field

Taylor defies elements with grand slam at Wrigley Field
CHICAGO - A game removed from taking the blame for not catching the Cubs' game-winning bloop hit, Michael A. Taylor stepped to the plate in the eighth inning Wednesday night with rain falling, wind blowing and the bases loaded. With the elements stifling fly balls at Wrigley Field, the only run of the game was the Nats' unearned run in the third inning. After Daniel Murphy's single off Jon Lester, who was pitching in relief, Cubs manager Joe Maddon opted to bring in Carl Edwards Jr., who...
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Mark Zuckerman

With game of his life, Strasburg rewrites his story

With game of his life, Strasburg rewrites his story
CHICAGO - Stephen Strasburg rode the Nationals team bus back to their relocated downtown hotel following Tuesday's rainout at Wrigley Field, checked into his room, took some newly prescribed antibiotics and went to sleep. At that moment, what chance did the ailing right-hander think he had of taking the mound the next afternoon for a win-or-else ballgame against the Cubs? "It wasn't much, to be honest," he said. And then Strasburg woke up this morning, feeling like the antibiotics had made...
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Mark Zuckerman

Strasburg's gem, Taylor's slam bring Nats home for Game 5

Strasburg's gem, Taylor's slam bring Nats home for Game 5
CHICAGO - All the precautions they took with him earlier in his career, all the bumps along the way he dealt with that prevented him from taking the mound as much as he or the Nationals wanted, all of that meant nothing this afternoon at cold, raw, windy Wrigley Field. Because with their season on the line, the Nationals handed the ball to Stephen Strasburg. And, after a chaotic and convoluted 24 hours during which he was pulled from the outing and then reinserted for the start, Strasburg...
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Pete Kerzel

Taylor's slam in eighth extends Nats' lead (Nats win 5-0)

Taylor's slam in eighth extends Nats' lead (Nats win 5-0)
The Nationals grabbed a 1-0 lead in the third inning of Game 4 of the National League Division Series, Trea Turner racing home from third base when shortstop Addison Russell booted Ryan Zimmerman's two-out grounder. Turner doubled to left field with one out in the second, his first hit in 13 at-bats in the NLDS. He went to third on a wild pitch from Cubs righty Jake Arrieta while Jayson Werth was batting. Werth struck out and Bryce Harper walked, later stealing second. Zimmerman hit a bouncer...
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NLDS game blog: Strasburg back on the mound for makeup Game 4

NLDS game blog: Strasburg back on the mound for makeup Game 4
By Paul Mancano CHICAGO - The National League Divisional Series matchup between the Nationals and the Cubs has been nothing if not interesting. From the disappearing act of the Nationals offense to Ryan Zimmerman's home run in Game 2 that defied gravity to the Chicago weather changing at the drop of a hat, the series resembles an amateur magic act. Then, Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, the magician pulling the strings picked up a few new tricks. Less than 24 hours after it was determined...
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Mark Zuckerman

What changed to make Strasburg available for Game 4 start

What changed to make Strasburg available for Game 4 start
CHICAGO - When he walked out of Wrigley Field on Tuesday evening, Dusty Baker fully expected Tanner Roark to start a must-win Game 4 of the National League Division Series. Despite the Nationals' hopes, Stephen Strasburg simply was too ill at that moment for his manager to believe he could take the mound the following afternoon. Baker, though, has been in this sport long enough to have seen it all. He's seen guys play through injuries and illness, and he's seen guys' conditions dramatically...
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Mark Zuckerman

NLDS Game 4 lineups: Nats at Cubs (Strasburg to start)

NLDS Game 4 lineups: Nats at Cubs (Strasburg to start)
CHICAGO - As if this National League Division Series wasn't already dramatic enough, how about this: Stephen Strasburg will start Game 4 for the Nationals after all. Some 18 hours after announcing Strasburg wouldn't be able to pitch this elimination game against the Cubs because he was ill, the Nationals reversed course and named the right-hander as their starter. Strasburg, according to a source familiar with the decision, informed the club this morning he was feeling better and wanted to...
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Mark Zuckerman

Roark embraces challenge of must-win start for Nationals

Roark embraces challenge of must-win start for Nationals
CHICAGO - As attention and controversy swirled around Stephen Strasburg and the circumstances that led to the right-hander not taking the mound for today's must-win game against the Cubs, another member of the Nationals rotation was left ignored: Tanner Roark. Which was appropriate, given Roark's career and personality. Here's a guy who consistently has been overlooked and countless times has stepped up and made people notice him with his performance. And now the Nationals are hoping Roark...
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Mark Zuckerman

With Strasburg ill, Roark still gets postponed Game 4 start

With Strasburg ill, Roark still gets postponed Game 4 start
CHICAGO - The postponement of Game 4 of the National League Division Series appeared to favor the Nationals, who suddenly had the option of sending Stephen Strasburg back to the mound for a must-win game on normal rest. But when manager Dusty Baker entered the makeshift press conference room at Wrigley Field this evening to provide what seemed like an obvious answer to a simple question, he wound up creating confusion and dissatisfaction among many with his eight-word reply: "We're going to...
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Mark Zuckerman

Game 4 postponed until Wednesday (Roark will start)

Game 4 postponed until Wednesday (Roark will start)
CHICAGO - With rain approaching the area and expected to arrive sometime late this afternoon or early this evening, the start of Game 4 of the National League Division Series has been delayed. There's been no decision made yet on a full postponement of the game, but the general managers and managers from both the Nationals and Cubs met with Major League Baseball officials including chief baseball officer Joe Torre a short while ago to discuss the possibilities. They are scheduled to meet again...
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Mark Zuckerman

NLDS Game 4 lineups: Nats at Cubs

NLDS Game 4 lineups: Nats at Cubs
CHICAGO - And so the Nationals' season has come down to this: They need to win Game 4 of the National League Division Series at Wrigley Field and force a winner-take-all Game 5 at Nationals Park on Thursday night. All of this, of course, is assuming they're able to play today. Your early-afternoon weather update: It's not raining yet, but the rain is on the way, and it's going to hit sometime later this afternoon. It's just a question of whether the rain is significant enough to prevent...
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Mark Zuckerman

Looking back at the key decisions in the seventh and eighth

Looking back at the key decisions in the seventh and eighth
CHICAGO - A lot happened in Game 3 of the National League Division Series. Seriously, for a 2-1 ballgame, there were enough significant moments, great plays, terrible plays and key decisions to warrant a week's worth of discussion. We don't have that much time, of course, to discuss it all. Game 4 is coming up later this afternoon. (If you missed it, Major League Baseball announced late last night that, no matter the outcome of the other NLDS, the game will be played at 5:38 p.m. EDT in an...
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