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Jason Bergmann gave the run, and a few more, before Manny Acta had seen enough of the right-hander. The Braves knocked out Bergmann in the third when he gave up three runs on three hits and three walks. The first four batters reached base before Bergmann got an out and ...
Pitchers' Shairon Martis, for the Nationals and James Parr, for the Braves, made their Major League debut on Thursday night. One looked calm and cool under pressure and the other struggled to find his groove. Four Braves pitchers combined to shut out the Nationals 2-0, the 21st time this season ...
The series finale between the Phillies and Nationals was a back and forth affair. You got the feeling that Washington, because they are the home team, would win the game since they had the final at bat. Washington didn't wait until the bottom of the ninth because they exploded for ...
Not only did the Nationals lose the game, 4-0, ending their seven-game win streak, they lost catcher Jesus Flores with a sprained left ankle; for how long, we don't know. X-rays were negative and an MRI pending. After the game, the Nationals called up catcher Luke Montz from Triple-A Columbus. ...
Check out Pete McElroy's Minor League Report: Nationals GCL team falls one win shy of title Washington's 7-4 win over the Phillies extended their season-high winning streak to seven games. It's the longest such streak since the Nationals won 10 in a row from June 2-12, 2005. Tim Redding, who ...
Washington sent 11 men to the plate and scored five runs in the eighth to knock off the Braves 8-4. The victory completes the series sweep and extends their winning streak to a season-high six games. Aaron Boone's 3-run homer, off Braves reliever Elmer Dessens, turned out to be the ...
It took the Nationals' three hours and forty-six minutes and 10 innings to beat the Braves 9-8 and extend their winning streak to a season-high five games. It wasn't easy, as they trailed by four runs twice and needed a bases loaded walk to pick up the win. Washington loaded ...
If you missed the action last night on MASN, read about Guzman hitting for the Cycle in Thursday's Nats GameBlog: Guzman's Cycle, Dukes' 2 HR's pace Nats offense in 11-2 win Odalis Perez bounced back from his miserable outing last Saturday and tossed 6 1/3 innings of three run ball ...
Cristian Guzman did something no National has done since April of 2005; he hit for the Cycle. And Elijah Dukes picked up where he left off before his most recent stint on the disabled list, hitting two homers and driving in four as the Nationals completed the three-game sweep of ...
Joel Hanrahan already has a two-inning save and two saves in one day, and tonight he got a four-out save to nail down the Nationals 5-4 win over the Dodgers. Hanrahan, who got the last out in the eighth, retired the first two Dodgers in the ninth before allowing Manny ...
Collin Balester, who didn't have the best outing of his short career, can thank Ryan Zimmerman for lending a helping hand in the Nationals 2-1 victory. Washington matched a season-high with four double plays turned on the night and Zimmerman had a hand in all four. Zimmerman's glove helped Balester ...
Nationals' outfielder Elijah Dukes, who is rehabbing his strained right calf with the Triple-A Columbus Clippers, is very close to returning to the parent club. Dukes was placed on the 15-day disabled list on August 7th, retroactive to August 3rd. Dukes has one hit, a home run, two runs scored ...
Washington hitters were overmatched by Cubs starter Rich Harden on Sunday afternoon at Wrigley Field in the series finale. Chicago won the game, 6-1, and in the process evened the season series at three wins apiece. Harden struck out 11, matching his career high, including the side in the seventh. ...
The Nationals' two game winning streak is over thanks to Cubs starter Ryan Dempster and clean-up hitter Aramis Ramirez. Dempster gave up one run in 7 1/3 innings of work to pick up his 15th win of the year and Ramirez drove in six of the Cubs' nine runs with ...
Less than 24-hours after snapping their 12-game losing streak, the Nationals kept their momentum going and beat the Cubs 13-5 in the first game of the series in the Windy City. Trailing 4-0 in the sixth, the Nationals scored six runs to take a lead they wouldn't relinquish. It was ...
Thursday night's game was a seesaw battle, but in the end, the Nationals finally got a win, a 4-3 victory over Philadelphia, and snapped their 12-game losing streak. Austin Kearns' RBI single in the eighth proved to be the game-winner as Washington scored twice in the inning to get a ...
Tonight's 4-0 loss, the Nationals 12th consecutive set-back, can be blamed on the offense. Washington left nine men on base, four in the first two innings where they had three base hits, a walk and two men who reached base on errors; and they didn't score. Brett Myers tossed a ...
With one swing of the bat, the Nationals' losing streak reached 11 games. Jason Werth hit a hanging curve ball from Steven Shell over the wall in left field to give the Phillies a 5-4 lead in the eighth, the same score they would win by. It was their only ...
The Nationals are expected to call up right-handed pitcher Marco Estrada from Triple-A Columbus on Tuesday to join the team in Philadelphia. Estrada, a starter in the Minors, will work out of the bullpen, filling the void left by Luis Ayala, who was traded to the NY Mets on Sunday. ...
It was the last of 20 games in 20 days, and the Nationals were looking to go into Monday, an off day, on a positive note. It didn't quite work out that way as Washington dropped their 10th straight game, 7-2 to Colorado. They finished up the 20 games 6-14 ...
It started off bad, got worse and now the Nationals losing streak is at nine games, matching their season long, which, sadly, they've done twice. John Lannan lasted four innings, plus three batters, giving up eight runs, all earned, and walked four. Lannan suffered the loss in the Rockies 13-6 ...
Another night, another loss; Washington's 4-3 defeat is their eighth straight loss and fourth in a row at Nationals Park. Tim Redding is charged with the loss evening his record at 8-8. It's the first time since he was 1-1 that his record is not above .500. Redding threw two ...
The Nationals 10-inning scoreless streak ended with a 3-run seventh, but it still wasn't enough, as the Mets beat Washington 9-3, swept the 3-game series and handed the Nationals their seventh straight loss. Collin Balester suffered his second straight defeat and fifth in his last seven starts. He gave up ...
Jason Bergmann, who was outstanding in his previous start, didn't last long enough for the fans, mostly from New York, to settle in their seats before digging a 10-0 hole and taking an early shower. Bergmann gave up 10 runs, six earned, on eight hits and six walks. He gave ...
Odalis Perez did his job and so did the Mets' Johan Santana. In the end, it came down to whose bullpen would perform better; neither 'pen has been that good recently, but tonight, the Mets relievers were able to shut down the Nationals. The Nationals were first to crack and ...
Nieto signs with Nationals Adrian Nieto, the Nationals' fifth-round draft pick, signed with the club on Sunday and will report to the Gulf Coast League Nationals on Tuesday. The 18-year-old is considered to have one of the best bats among catching prospects selected in this season's Draft. ...
Check out Pete McElroy's Minor League Report: Nieto, 5th-round draft pick, signs with Nationals The Nationals' offense never got on track against Brewers pitching, not only this afternoon, but in the entire series. Dave Bush held Washington to one run on five hits in 6 1/3 innings to earn his ...
Gabe Kapler looked bad on the first two swings at Luis Ayala's fastball; but the third was perfect, and he ended Sunday's game with a walk-off homer in the 13th inning. Kapler, starting in left field for an injured Ryan Braun, was 0-6 before ending the game with a homer ...
Last night it was CC Sabathia; tonight it was Ben Sheets who shutout the Nationals, 6-0. It's tough to say who had the better outing, but I would guess the Nationals would say they were equally as good. The Nationals have now been held scoreless in 22 straight innings. The ...
The Nationals' two-game winning streak came to a crashing halt Friday night in Milwaukee. They ran into a buzzsaw by the name of CC Sabathia, who tossed a five-hit, complete-game shutout as the Brewers blanked Washington 5-0. For Sabathia, it was the fourth time he went the distance, second complete ...
The Nationals swept a doubleheader from the Rockies and took three of four from Colorado to begin their 8-game road trip. Odalis Perez tossed six innings of two-run, six-hit ball to earn his fifth win of the year and second straight. It's the first time this season Perez won two ...
Game one of the doubleheader between the Nationals and Rockies was controlled by two men; Jason Bergmann and Lastings Milledge. This is not to say the other players in a Washington uniform didn't do anything, but Bergmann and Milledge almost single-handedly beat the Rockies 6-3. Bergmann pitched into the eighth, ...
The Nationals never had a chance to erase Tuesday night's tough loss. Rain cancelled Wednesday's affair, and Washington and Colorado will play a doubleheader on Thursday. Game one will be played at 3:00 p.m. with the second game to follow after a brief intermission. Jason Bergmann will get the start ...
Washington's bullpen, which had the best ERA since the All-Star break, was shelled for six runs on three hits, four walks and two hit batters in the eighth. Luis Ayala, Charlie Manning and Saul Rivera turned a 2-2 game into an 8-2 deficit. All three gave up a hit and ...
Check out Pete McElroy's Minor League Notes: Wagner continues long road back to Majors The Nationals fell behind 3-0 after the first inning, but they didn't quit and won 9-4 extending their winning streak to four games, matching their season high. They won four straight from April 27-May 1. The ...
"It was a team effort" might be one of the most over-used cliches in all of sports. Today, however, the Nationals truly used a team effort en route to a 4-2 win over the Reds. With the win, the Nats wrapped up a sweep of Cincinnati, their first sweep since ...
Check out Johnny Holliday's new MASN Blog: No more streak talk for Nats Washington (AP) - Pete Orr picked up his first RBIs in more than 15 months, slapping a pinch-hit, two-run single into left field in the seventh inning Saturday night to put the Washington Nationals ahead to stay ...
The Nationals' 9-game losing streak is in the history books and they can thank their veteran starting pitcher and four youngsters who provided all the offense to beat the Reds 5-2. Washington scored two in the first, the second time in as many nights they scored in the first inning, ...
The Nationals matched their season long losing streak of nine games with tonight's 8-4 setback to the Phillies. Not only did they lose the game, but they lost Ryan Zimmerman, for how long, we don't know. Zimmerman was hit on the right hand in the third inning and left before ...
STATS: By Inning | Box | Matchup | Nats Stats | Phillies Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Zimmerman still sees positives in down times [link] The Nationals' best pitcher, Tim Redding, was supposed to put an end to the seven-game losing streak. It didn't happen and the streak is now ...
STATS: By Inning | Box | Matchup | Nats Stats | Phillies Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Zimmerman still sees positives in down times [link] The good news for the Nationals is that they didn't get shutout for the third straight game. The bad news is they lost their seventh ...
STATS: By Inning | Box | Matchup | Nats Stats | Dodgers Stats Nationals Minor League Monday: Bonifacio tearing up Triple-A pitching with Columbus [link] Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Estrada released to make room for Milledge [link] The Nationals failed to score a run for the second consecutive game; they ...
STATS: By Inning | Box | Matchup | Nats Stats | Dodgers Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Estrada released to make room for Milledge [link] Derek Lowe was brilliant tonight against the Nationals, holding them to one hit in eight strong innings and the Dodgers hand Washington their fifth straight ...
Second baseman Emilio Bonifacio, who was acquired last week in the trade that sent Jon Rauch to the Arizona Diamondbacks, has been outstanding with the Columbus Clippers. After Sunday's game, Bonifacio is batting .625 (10-16) with a double, seven runs scored and three stolen bases in three attempts in just ...
STATS: By Inning | Box | Matchup | Nats Stats | Dodgers Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Estrada released to make room for Milledge [link] Despite a Ryan Zimmerman RBI-single in the top of the 8th to bring the Nationals within one run, the Dodgers sealed their 3-2 victory over ...
STATS: By Inning | Box | Matchup | Nats Stats | Giants Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Estrada released to make room for Milledge [link] Tim Redding pitched arguably his best game of the season, if not his career, and ended up with the loss in the Giants 1-0 win. ...
STATS: By Inning | Box | Matchup | Nats Stats | Giants Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Zimmerman reinstated, Pena's season over [link] Luis Ayala entered the eighth with a 4-3 lead, and by the time the inning ended, the Nationals trailed 6-4 and lost by that same score. Ayala ...
STATS: By Inning | Box | Matchup | Nats Stats | Giants Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Zimmerman reinstated, Pena's season is over [link] Bengie Molina hit two home runs and drove in three to lead the Giants to a 6-3 win over the Nationals, in the process snapping their ...
Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Young lands on DL, Zimmerman to be reinstated [link] Honor Roll RHP Craig Stammen was named Bank of America Pitcher of the Week in the Double-A Eastern League for the period of July 7-13. Stammen went 2-0 with a 0.64 ERA in 2 starts with ...
STATS: By Inning | Box | Matchup | Nats Stats | Braves Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Young lands on DL, Zimmerman to be reinstated [link] This is the type of offense that Manny Acta envisioned when the season started. The Nationals scored 15 runs on 17 hits to beat ...
STATS: By Inning | Box | Matchup | Nats Stats | Braves Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Pena lands on DL, Estrada reinstated [link] John Lannan stymied the Braves thru six innings, earning his sixth win of the season, leading the Nationals to an 8-2 win and ending their three-game ...
STATS: By Inning | Box | Matchup | Nats Stats | Braves Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Pena lands on DL, Estrada reinstated [link] Tim Redding dug a hole the offense couldn't get out of tonight. He gave up six runs in four innings and left the game trailing 6-2. ...
Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Pena to have surgery on ailing shoulder [link] A successful second half for the Nationals is going to depend on one major issue--getting healthy. I spoke to Ryan Zimmerman, Paul Lo Duca, Pete Orr and Odalis Perez, and all four agreed that if the team ...
Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Pena to have surgery on ailing shoulder [link] The Nationals officially passed the mid-season point on June 27th with a 4-2 win over the Orioles in their 81st game of the season. Most people around baseball consider the All-Star break the half-way point, and it ...
Washington Nationals Minor League prospect, RHP Shairon Martis picked up the save for the World Team in Sunday's All-Star Futures Game against the U.S. team at Yankee Stadium. Martis, a member of the Triple-A Columbus Clippers, pitched one inning and gave up one hit and a walk, in the 3-0 ...
Preview | By-Inning | Boxscore | Nats Stats | Astros StatsFor the Latest Nats News & Notes, Read Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Zimmerman to see game action Monday [link] The Nationals finished a disapointing first-half by getting shutout by the Astros 5-0. They head into the All-Star break losing two ...
Collin Balester struggled in the fifth inning of his two previous starts and tonight was no different. The Astros, already leading 3-2 entering the fifth, scored three more times to take a 6-2 lead and hold on for the 6-4 victory. Ronnie Belliard's throwing error on Darin Erstad's routine grounder, ...
STATS: By Inning | Box | -->Matchup | Nats Stats | Astros Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Bernadina demoted, Langerhans recalled [link] The Nationals offense, more like Ronnie Belliard, Austin Kearns and Jesus Flores, exploded for 10 runs and won their most lopsided game of the season. Belliard hit two ...
STATS: By Inning | Box | Matchup | Nats Stats | D-backs Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Perez ejected Tuesday night, has history with umpire [link] The Nationals offense rallied twice, from down two in the ninth and three in the 10th, to tie the game, but the bullpen failed ...
STATS: By Inning | Box | Matchup | Nats Stats | D-backs Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Perez ejected Tuesday night, has history with umpire [link] One could argue that tonight's 5-0 win over the Diamondbacks was the most complete victory of the season. John Lannan tossed six scoreless innings ...
STATS: By Inning | Box | Matchup | Nats Stats | D-backs Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Zimmerman's rehab is making progress [link] The Nationals lost their sixth straight game, a 2-0 shutout loss to the Diamondbacks. They also had their starting pitcher, Odalis Perez, ejected in the third inning. ...
Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Injuries, not losses have hurt the most [link] Nats Minor League All-StarsWashington's Minor League system is loaded with young talent. Three more of the Nationals' future were rewarded by being named to the Double-A Eastern League All-Star game. RHP Jordan Zimmerman, RHP Bobby Brownlie and ...
STATS: By Inning | Box | Matchup | Nats Stats | Reds Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Injuries, not losses have hurt the most [link] The Nationlas will be glad to finally get back to DC. They wrapped up their 7-game road trip 1-6, got swept by the Reds in ...
STATS: By Inning | Box | Matchup | Nats Stats | Reds Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Kearns eyes return to face the team that drafted him [link] The injury bug that seems to be hovering around the entire Nationals team bit again tonight. And from there, things didn't get ...
STATS: By Inning | Box | Matchup | Nats Stats | Reds Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Kearns eyes return to face the team that drafted him [link] The Nationals dropped their second straight game to the Reds and lost their third in a row. Bronson Arroyo and three Cincinnati ...
STATS: By Inning | Box | Matchup | Nats Stats | Reds Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Kearns eyes return to face the team that drafted him [link] Jesus Colome, in to start the seventh, got a quick out; then things got ugly. Pinch-hitter Corey Patterson topped a ball back ...
STATS: By Inning | Box | Matchup | Nats Stats | Marlins Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Kearns eyes return to face the team that drafted him [link] Washington's bullpen wasted a great outing by Odalis Perez. Perez pitched 6 2/3 innings of 2-run, 5-hit ball, but mother nature decided ...
STATS: By Inning | Box | Matchup | Nats Stats | Marlins Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Chad Cordero out for the season with torn right labrum [link] Collin Balester tossed a five-inning, one-hitter en route to his first Major League win. The only hit came on a fourth-inning single, ...
STATS: By Inning | Box | Matchup | Nats Stats | Marlins Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: Closer Chad Cordero is out for the season with a torn right labrum [link] Nationals Minor League Monday: Bernadina's overnight voyage from Double-A to Majors [link] Jon Rauch gave up two hits, and ...
STATS: By Inning | Box Score | Matchup | Nats Stats | O's Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: [archive] Felipe Lopez on Trading Block? To O's? [link]Hanrahan Teams with Red Cross [link] Ronnie Belliard and the Nationals were down to their final strike against Orioles closer George Sherrill. With one ...
STATS: By Inning | Box Score | Matchup | Nats Stats | O's Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: [archive] Felipe Lopez on Trading Block? To O's? [link]Hanrahan Teams with Red Cross [link] John Lannan struggled after an easy first two innings, but the Orioles scored three in the third and ...
Roger Bernadina's last 24-hours have been quite interesting. In the fourth inning of last Saturday's game with Double-A Harrisburg, Bernadina was informed that he was going to start for the Nationals on Sunday afternoon at Nationals Park. He was removed from the game and went to pack his bags for ...
STATS: By Inning | Box Score | -->Matchup | Nats Stats | O's Stats Pete McElroy's Nats Blog: [archive] Felipe Lopez on Trading Block? To O's? [link]Acta, Lo Duca address team [link] With a 2-run 7th, the Nationals beat the Orioles 4-2 and won game one of the three game ...
STAT LINE: By Inning | Box Score | Matchup | Nats Stats | Angels Stats Pete McElroy's MASN Blog: For the latest news on the Nats, check out Nats beat writer, Pete McElroy's MASN Blog:Acta, Lo Duca address team [link] Jesus Flores, moved to the fourth spot in the batting ...
STAT LINE: By Inning | Box Score | Matchup | Nats Stats | Angels Stats Injury Update: Nationals first baseman Nick johnson is expected to miss the rest of the season due to a wrist injury. For more details, check out Nats beat writer, Pete McElroy's MASN Blog:Nick Johnson expected ...
STAT LINE: By Inning | Box Score | Matchup | Nats Stats | Angels Stats The Nationals defense let this one slip away. They had a 2-1 lead entering the 8th and two errors led to their demise. Saul Rivera started the eighth in place of Jason Bergmann. Chone Figgins ...
Nationals Minor League Monday: Nats top prospect, 1B Chris Marrero, out for the season with injuries
One of the Nationals rising stars is done for the season. Single-A Potomac first baseman Chris Marrero, the Nationals first-round pick in the 2006 draft, suffered a season-ending broken right fibula and torn ligaments in his ankle. According to Baseball America, the Nationals top prospect hurt himself sliding into home ...
STAT LINE: By Inning | Box Score | Matchup | Nats Stats | Rangers Stats Last night it was Charlie Manning and Brian Sanches; this afternoon it was Luis Ayala and Joel Hanrahan. Neither combination could keep the Rangers off the scoreboard, and it cost the Nationals a win in ...
STAT LINE: Play-by-Play | In-Game Boxscore | Head to Head | Nats Stats | Rangers Stats Tonight's game was one of missed chances. The Nationals had the bases loaded in the 5th with nobody out and only came away with one run. They loaded them again in the 6th, with ...
STAT LINE: Inning By Inning | In-Game Boxscore | -->Head to Head | Nationals Stats | Rangers Stats Elijah Dukes ended the marathon with his 5th hit of the night, a bases loaded single in the 14th, to give the Nationals a 4-3 win. Dukes, who had a career-high 5 ...
Shawn Hill had his worst outing of the season and it cost the Nationals a chance at a winning road trip. Hill lasted just 3 2/3 innings, giving up 7 runs, 6 earned on 10 hits and three walks. It's the most runs Hill has surrendered in any start this ...
Washington matched a season high with three errors, left 12 men on base and dropped their second straight game. Jason Bergmann pitched pretty well, giving up five hits in six innings, but the three errors led to two unearned runs; he suffered the loss and falls to 1-5. Bergmann left ...
It's deja vu all over for John Lannan. The Nationals offense goes into hibernation and he's saddled with another loss. Lannan pitched seven solid innings, giving up two runs on five hits, but was backed by only one run, and he falls to 4-8. Lannan gave up a 2-run, 2-out ...
The Nationals' Minor League system is filled with rising stars. Just look at players who have been called up this season to fill voids left by injuries--Tyler Clippard, Jesus Flores, Kory Casto, Garrett Mock, just to name a few. All have done an admirable job getting spot starts, and some ...
What a way to celebrate Father's Day. Your dad comes to see you play from Salem Oregon. You hit your first major league home run, a 3-run shot in the eighth, to break a 2-2 tie and help your team sweep the Mariners. That's the day Kory Casto had. Casto, ...
Tyler Clippard picked up his first win in a Washington uniform by tossing 6-plus innings of 2-run, seven hit ball as the Nationals beat the Mariners 5-2. Clippard got out of a bases-loaded jam in the sixth by striking out Richie Sexson. He gave up a walk and a single ...
Washington, which built a 6-1 lead after two innings, did everything they could to hold off the pesky Mariners. Seattle began chipping away at the Nationals lead, scoring two runs in the third and fifth innings and one more in the eighth, but Saul Rivera, Joel Hanrahan and Jon Rauch ...
Washington had their chances today, but once again fell short. They left 10 men on base and at least one in each inning except for the second and ninth. The Nationals lose 7-5 dropping their second straight, and the Pirates take the 3-game series. Washington won the season series, four ...
The Nationals had their chances to take the first two games of the series, against the Pirates, but failed to get a big hit when they needed it. Washington scored a lone run and left 10 men on base. The offense, after pounding five home runs last night, had three ...
With the Nationals down to their last out, the young guns came through in the clutch. Elijah Dukes hit a double off Pirate closer Matt Capps to keep the inning going. Next batter, Lastings Milledge, hit Capps' first pitch, into the seats in left, for a 2-run homer and a ...
Washington's losing streak is now at 4-games,due in large part, to the offenses' missed opportunities. The Nationals left 6 men on base in the 6, 7 and 8th innings combined and managed only one run. Tyler Clippard suffered the loss in the Giants 3-2 win. Clippard went 4 1/3 innings ...
Garrett Mock, called up this morning from Triple-A Columbus, didn't have the Major League debut he was hoping for. Mock gave up 4 runs on 7 hits and 3 walks in 4.1 innings and got the loss in the Giants 6-3 win. Mock got out of trouble in the 1st, ...
Luis Ayala relieved Shawn Hill and tried to keep the game scoreless in the 8th. He couldn't, and the Nationals fall 6-0. Hill suffers the loss. Hill gave up a 1-out single to Jose Castillo and a double to Randy Winn before manager Manny Acta pulled him for Ayala. Ayala ...
A night after the Nationals scored 10 runs on 16 hits, they got trounced by the Giants, 10-1 in the first game of a 4-game series. Washington had only two runners reach second base all night. Jason Bergmann suffered the loss, his second in as many outings, and struggled in ...
Read further to check out player notes on the Nationals top ten picks in the 2008 Draft. With their 9th first-round pick in this year's First-Year Player Draft, the Washington Nationals selected right-handed pitcher Aaron Crow of the University of Missouri. The 21-year-old righty was rated the No. 2 pitching ...
Elijah Dukes hit a 2-run, walk-off home run in the bottom of the 10th inning as the Nats salvaged a split of Thursday's doubleheader with a 10-9 win. The Nats saw a 7-0 lead disappear, as the Cardinals slowly chipped away and eventually tied it in the 9th with two ...
Game Preview St. Louis (35-25) at Nationals (24-35) Tonight's Nationals-Cardinals game has been postponed. It will be made up tomorrow as part of a day-night doubleheader. The first game will be at 1:00p.m., with the second game at it's regularly scheduled time of 7:00 p.m. ...
Injury Update: Ryan Zimmerman, who had an MRI on his left shoulder on Monday, was placed on the 15-day DL today, retroactive to May 26th, with a small labral tear. Nationals team orthopedist, Dr. Benjamin Shaffer, recommended rest and anti-inflammatory medicine. The Nationals sent the MRI to Dr. James Andrews ...
Ryan Zimmerman had an MRI on his left, non-throwing shoulder on Monday. The exam revealed a small labral tear according to team orthopedist Dr. Ben Shaffer. Dr. Shaffer recommended anti-inflammatory medicine and rest for Zimmerman. With the findings by Dr. Shaffer, the Nationals will consult with renowned orthopedic physician, Dr. ...
After scoring 7 runs in the series opener, the Nationals have been held scoreless for 18 straight innings by the D'Backs. Dan Haren tossed 7 scoreless innings and the bullpen the final two. Over the last two games, the Nationals managed just 10 hits. They drop the series and finish ...
Manny Acta used a predominantly left-handed hitting line-up against Micah Owings, and it paid off. The Nationals, behind mostly reserves, won 7-4 and take game one of the 3-game series with the Diamondbacks. Willie Harris's 3-run homer, in the 7th, broke a 3-3 tie and lifted Washington to the road ...
Charlie Manning relieved Saul Rivera and tried to keep the game tied in the 8th, but didn't get the job done. After Rivera gave up back-to-back 1-out singles, Manning served up a 1-2 pitch to Jody Gerut, and just like that, the Padres have a 3-run lead. Gerut came in ...
Jesus Flores hit a Grand Slam and Lastings Milledge hit a solo shot to give Odalis Perez his second win of the year. The Nationals built a 6-1 lead before holding on for the 6-4 win. Perez pitched 6.1 innings, giving up 3 earned runs on 6 hits and 3 ...
Shawn Hill looked like a shell of himself, but he did enough to keep the Nationals in the game. Hill only lasted 5 innings, throwing 112 pitches, nearly half of them balls, but only surrendered 2 runs. Adrian Gonzalez and Kevin Kouzmanoff hit home runs on consecutive pitches in the ...
The Nationals had their chances to take this game as well as the series from Milwaukee. Niether happened and they head to San Diego on a losing note. The 4-3 loss in 11 innings drops thier record to 3-4 on the 7-game homestand, and they split the 4-game series with ...
The Nationals blew a 6-run lead in the 6th, only to win it on Guillermo Mota's wild pitch in the bottom of the 9th. With one out, Elijah Dukes drew a walk. Pinch-hitter Dmitri Young singled to right and Dukes ended up on third. With Felipe Lopez batting, Mota threw ...