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Johnson admits Nats need left-handed specialist going forward

Johnson admits Nats need left-handed specialist going forward
The Nationals were hoping that left-hander Zach Duke and right-handed relievers that could get left-handed hitters out would be the answer to the southpaw specialist role in the 2013 bullpen. Things did not turn out the way the team had hoped, at least with 32 games remaining. It is an issue that manager Davey Johnson believes will need to be addressed. He said it is a top concern going forward. "Not having the left-handed presence that we had last year," Johnson said when asked what...
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Nats to send eight players to Arizona Fall League, rosters announced

Nats to send eight players to Arizona Fall League, rosters announced
The Nationals will send eight players to the Arizona Fall League in 2013 to suit up for the Mesa Solar Sox. Brian Goodwin, Matt Skole, Adrian Nieto and Steven Souza (taxi squad) are the position players invited. Pitchers include starters Sammy Solis and Matt Purke, plus relievers Robert Benincasa and Richie Mirowski. Solis, Purke and Benincasa are from high Single-A Potomac, exemplifying the extensive depth the team has demonstrated all year, leading to an 80-plus win season and a playoff...
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Potomac reaches 80 win plateau

Potomac reaches 80 win plateau
High Single-A Potomac beat Wilmington 6-2 Sunday at Pfitzner Stadium for victory No. 80 of the season. The P-Nats are now 80-51 overall, a sterling winning percentage of .611. They have already clinched a postseason berth after winning the first-half of the season. The P-Nats are 36-24 (.600) with the second-half of the season winding down. Michael Taylor, Caleb Ramsey, Adrian Sanchez, Cutter Dykstra, Kevin Keyes, Adrian Nieto, Billy Burns, Jason Martinson and others have provided fairly...
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Royal heartbreak for Nats on two critical plays in eighth inning

Royal heartbreak for Nats on two critical plays in eighth inning
It is difficult to have a mental mistake keep an inning alive with two outs in a tie ballgame. It hurts more when your team has scored four unanswered runs to tie a game at 4-4 against a team that was reeling in a seven-game losing streak. But to see another mental mistake later in the inning that scored the go-ahead run and opened the door to another run-scoring single? It is too much to handle. The Nationals fell Sunday in Kansas City to the Royals, 6-4. The game was tied heading to the...
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Mooneyham and Johansen fall in debuts at higher levels

Mooneyham and Johansen fall in debuts at higher levels
Left-hander Brett Mooneyham had some control issues in his initial start for high Single-A Potomac. Mooneyham walked six batters in three innings, allowing five hits, six runs and one strikeout in taking a 6-2 loss against Winston-Salem on Thursday. He allowed a two-run shot in the first inning by Kevan Smith. It was only his fourth setback in 14 decisions this season. He had come in 10-3 in 17 starts with low Single-A Hagerstown, sporting a 1.94 ERA. These next few weeks will be a great...
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Cathcart on outfielder Ballou: "Most pleasant surprise in the draft by far"

Cathcart on outfielder Ballou: "Most pleasant surprise in the draft by far"
Outfielder Isaac Ballou is having an outstanding season for the Auburn Doubledays of the New York-Penn League. The former Marshall star has excelled in 56 games, batting .284 through August 21. The 23-year-old Ballou has 11 doubles, one triple, two homers, seven stolen bases, 32 runs and 17 RBIs in 197 at-bats. Auburn manager Gary Cathcart said the 6-foot-2, 205-lb. Ballou has really gotten his attention through the first two months of the short-season. "Most pleasant surprise in the draft...
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Cathcart on Voth's opponents: "Looked like they were swinging underwater"

Cathcart on Voth's opponents: "Looked like they were swinging underwater"
Right-hander Austin Voth has put together a very solid first year with short-season Single-A Auburn. This week he was rewarded with an invitation to join the low Single-A Hagerstown. He was called up the same day as teammate Jake Johansen. Voth has gone 2-0 with a 1.47 ERA in seven starts for the Doubledays. He has an impressive 42 strikeouts to only four walks in 30 2/3 innings. He began the season with the GCL Nats, so his combined numbers total is 2-0 with a 1.69 ERA in 35 2/3 innings, 46...
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Giolito takes first game at new level

Giolito takes first game at new level
If there was any concern that a step up in league play would be too much for the Nats' first-round pick of the 2012 First Year Player Draft, Lucas Giolito, those concerns were unfounded Wednesday. The right-hander cruised through five innings in his short-season Single-A Auburn debut. Giolito notched the win, allowing just two hits, giving up no walks and striking out five as Auburn beat Batavia 7-0. Jeremy Houghtaling of Auburnpub.com has the details. It is just one start, but it shows...
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Cathcart on Johansen: "He has got everything he needs"

Cathcart on Johansen: "He has got everything he needs"
Right-hander Jake Johansen made exceptional progress this summer at short-season Single-A Auburn. Johansen was an astounding 1-1 with a 1.06 ERA in 10 starts for the Doubledays. He allowed no hits in five innings on Aug. 17, striking out six batters and walking just two. The Nationals' top selection from the 2013 draft performed so well, in fact, that he was promoted Tuesday to low Single-A Hagerstown. His first start for the Suns is Friday. How did Johansen do so well? Did his...
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Source: Nationals promote three more prospects

Source: Nationals promote three more prospects
One day after promoting top prospect Lucas Giolito to short season Single-A Auburn, according to a source the Nationals have announced plans to promote three more prospects. Left-hander Brett Mooneyham will start for Single-A Potomac on Thursday, weather permitting. Mooneyham was 10-3 with a 1.94 ERA in 17 starts with Single-A Hagerstown. Austin Voth and Jake Johansen will also be promoted to Hagerstown. Both started the season with Auburn. Johansen, the Nats' top pick in the June draft,...
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Giolito on "No panic" GCL Nats, Mooneyham could move soon (updated)

Giolito on "No panic" GCL Nats, Mooneyham could move soon (updated)
The Gulf Coast Nationals have already clinched a postseason berth with their incredible record and domination of their division and league this season. Clinched! 37-6 #poppinbottles #of #applecider http://t.co/n7a6cpw2Ca— Lucas Giolito (@LGio27) August 9, 2013 The camaraderie displayed has been a key component of their success, to go with a very talented corps of prospects that will help fortify the Nationals organization for years to come. The Nationals' top pitching prospect,...
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Solis puts together solid outing in Potomac win

Solis puts together solid outing in Potomac win
High Single-A Potomac Nationals left-hander Sammy Solis was a little wild, but allowed only two hits in 4 2/3 innings Saturday. The P-Nats rolled at Wilmington, 7-1. The P-Nats are 75-47 overall and 33-20 in the second half. Solis, another one of the Nationals' top pitching prospects coming off Tommy John surgery, walked four and struck out four in the no-decision. David Fischer (4-0) came on to go 3 1/3 frames to get the win. Shortstop Adrian Sanchez had a single, double and a triple. The...
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Ohlendorf goes four innings in rehab start, allows three runs

Ohlendorf goes four innings in rehab start, allows three runs
Nationals right-hander Ross Ohlendorf completed his second rehab start by going four innings for the high Single-A Potomac Nationals Friday night. Ohlendorf allowed three runs in four innings, with one walk and two strikeouts. He recorded five ground outs and three fly outs. He tossed 79 pitches, 52 for strikes. He allowed eight hits, allowing runs in the second, third and fourth frames. A source on site said he looked good. A scary moment in the game occurred when he got hit on the right...
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Soriano on 2-2 pitch to Sanchez: "I think that is when I lost that game"

Soriano on 2-2 pitch to Sanchez: "I think that is when I lost that game"
Closer Rafael Soriano allowed the go-ahead, three-run, pinch-hit homer in the ninth inning with two outs to the Giants' Hector Sanchez, and the Nationals lost 4-3. Soriano said the key call might have been to the previous pitch, when he thought he had a strikeout on a 2-2 call. "I tried to throw it quarter-in," Soriano said on the home run pitch to Sanchez. "I think it was a bad pitch. "At the same time, I think when the game be over (was the 2-2 pitch to Sanchez). That pitch I think...
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Johnson on Storen: "I think Drew is ready"

Johnson on Storen: "I think Drew is ready"
Manager Davey Johnson said he thinks that right-hander Drew Storen didn't need much time at Triple-A Syracuse to get everything straightened out and that his standard leg kick and rejuvenated mental approach will help the ballclub in a critical moment of the season. The Nationals announced today that Storen had been returned to the team and that reliever Ryan Mattheus was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse. "I saw the first two outings," Johnson said. "He has continued what he did up here with...
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Rehabbing Giolito on target in GCL: "I am really pleased with the progress"

Rehabbing Giolito on target in GCL: "I am really pleased with the progress"
Right-hander Lucas Giolito is making good progress in his first full season of pro baseball with the rookie-level Gulf Coast League Nationals. The Nationals' top pitching prospect is 1-1 with a 2.78 ERA in eight games for the GCL Nats. The 19-year-old has thrown back-to-back five inning starts. He said that first start back from Tommy John ligament replacement surgery on July 3 worked on the nerves a bit because of such a long layoff since high school baseball. "It was a little weird at...
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Nationals focused as win streak builds, feeling different than before Braves series

Nationals focused as win streak builds, feeling different than before Braves series
With the Nationals' 6-5 victory over the Giants, the win streak reached five games. It is the Nationals' second five-game win streak of the season, matching an identical streak from May 4-9 against Pittsburgh and Detroit. It was Nationals outfielder Denard Span who made a spectacular catch in center field off the bat of Hunter Pence with two men on to end the game and preserve the win. Span said the team learned from the Braves' sweep last week and concentrated on getting back to...
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Johnson believes Gonzalez/Werth spat is "done, over, history"

Johnson believes Gonzalez/Werth spat is "done, over, history"
Nationals manager Davey Johnson had more thoughts on the Gio Gonzalez versus Jayson Werth verbal spat in the first inning of Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Giants. Johnson said he has seen disagreements occur with other clubs and believes it demonstrates the passion that Gonzalez and Werth come to the field with every day. "That was a little strange," Johnson said. "But it has happened. I have had other clubs when you are frustrated and you see a little something you don't like. Another...
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Espinosa building up average; Walters enjoying career power surge

Espinosa building up average; Walters enjoying career power surge
Second baseman Danny Espinosa has been able to build up his average over his last 10 games for Triple-A Syracuse. Espinosa is hitting .308 (12-for-39) the last 10 games, with two doubles and two RBIs. He still is striking out, 14 in the last 10 games, and drew three walks during this recent clip, but has had four multi-hit games in the run. * High Single-A Potomac Nationals first baseman Kevin Keyes is in a recent good rhythm, going 12-for-35 (.342) in his last nine games. Keyes has one...
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Giolito throws five scoreless innings in latest GCL start

Giolito throws five scoreless innings in latest GCL start
Lucas Giolito is starting to pile up consistent starts. The Gulf Coast Nationals right-hander pitched five more scoreless innings today, allowing two hits, two walks and striking out five, with one wild pitch. He faced 18 batters, inducing four groundouts and four flyouts. The GCL Nats won the game 2-1, but Giolito did not factor into the decision. The GCL Nats are now 40-6 (.870), the best record at any level of professional baseball. He has now allowed only one earned run in 14 straight...
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