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Middle of Nats order bringing the thunder (Nats sweep Marlins)

Middle of Nats order bringing the thunder (Nats sweep Marlins)
It's a party at Nationals Park tonight, and Bryce Harper, Jayson Werth and Ian Desmond are providing the fireworks. Each guy has homered tonight, with Harper's two-run shot putting the Nats on the board, Werth's three-run bomb pushing that lead to 5-0 and Desmond's moonshot making it a 9-0 Nats advantage. Desmond's homer came in the seventh, and it was a sky-high blast that seemed like it was in the air forever. When it finally came down a handful of rows into the left field bleachers,...
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Nats' left-handers getting it done early on (more of the same from Werth)

Nats' left-handers getting it done early on (more of the same from Werth)
A recent hot streak has gotten Bryce Harper's batting average and on-base percentage moving in the right direction. But Harper's power numbers have shot up over the last couple weeks, as well. Harper lifted an opposite-field two-run homer off Marlins right-hander Tom Koehler in the fourth, giving the Nationals a 2-0 lead. It's Harper's 19th homer of the season, and second in his last four games. He also has eight extra-base hits in his last 11 games, pushing his slugging percentage back...
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Strasburg to stay on turn, Ohlendorf likely to start Sunday

Strasburg to stay on turn, Ohlendorf likely to start Sunday
Despite some talk from manager Davey Johnson about Stephen Strasburg possibly getting moved up in the rotation and starting Sunday after his rain-shortened start last night, Johnson said today that Strasburg will stay on his current turn and pitch Monday against the Phillies. As for Sunday's starter, Johnson isn't able to settle on a guy just yet, needing to see how things play out tonight. Ross Ohlendorf seems to be the most likely guy to get the start for the Nationals against the Mets on...
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Nationals lineup for finale vs. Marlins

Nationals lineup for finale vs. Marlins
The Nationals are fielding the same lineup for tonight's series finale against the Marlins with one exception. Anthony Rendon is back at second base instead of Steve Lombardozzi. Rendon has struggled of late, going 5-for-29 (.179) over his last nine games after recording hits in 13 of his previous 14 contests. Gio Gonzalez is on the mound looking to rebound from one of his worst starts of the season. The Nats lefty allowed seven runs on 10 hits in 3 1/3 innings on Friday in Kansas...
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Werth's stellar 2013 just keeps getting better

Werth's stellar 2013 just keeps getting better
It might have gotten overlooked a little bit last night because of some of the weird plays that went on in the Nationals' 4-3 win over the Marlins, but Jayson Werth continued to rake, homering again to give him 20 longballs on the season. It also might have gotten overlooked because, well, Werth raking is pretty much just commonplace at this point. After his effort last night, Werth is now batting .324 with a .403 on-base percentage and .530 slugging percentage this season, leading the Nats...
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Hearing from Storen and Desmond after Nats' win

Hearing from Storen and Desmond after Nats' win
Steve McCatty is a jokester, a guy never afraid to make one of his pitchers smile to lighten the mood in a big spot. He's also a bit of a disciplinarian at times, scolding pitchers who he feels aren't working to their strengths. So what type of speech did McCatty give Drew Storen tonight, when the Nationals' pitching coach came out of the dugout in the top of the seventh with two on, none out, Giancarlo Stanton at the plate and Storen having a 2-0 count on the Nationals-killer? "He just...
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Johnson discusses Nats' 4-3 win

Johnson discusses Nats' 4-3 win
Tonight's ballgame ended more than four hours and 10 minutes after it began, with a 72-minute rain delay in there, 11 total pitchers making an appearance and the Nationals and Marlins combining to go 3-for-23 with runners in scoring position. Not the prettiest of games, that's for sure. But don't tell Davey Johnson that. "It was a nice ballgame, since we won it," Johnson said. The Nats held on for a tight 4-3 win in a game in which both starting pitchers were done before they'd seen...
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Stanton does it again, but so does Werth (Nats win 4-3)

Stanton does it again, but so does Werth (Nats win 4-3)
Giancarlo Stanton kills the Nationals. Just kills them. He might not kill them like Andrew McCutchen kills them. But Stanton still kills them. You get the idea. The Marlins' right fielder absolutely obliterated a 2-2 slider from Ryan Mattheus to dead center leading off the sixth, tying the game 2-2. It was Stanton's 17th homer in 47 career games against the Nats. The ball was just crushed, on a line, and if not for a wall about 30 feet beyond the center field fence, that one still might...
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Nats take lead into early rain delay (Harper stays hot)

Nats take lead into early rain delay (Harper stays hot)
Stephen Strasburg is starting for the Nationals tonight, which meant that rain would play a factor at some point. It sure seems like every time Strasburg takes the mound, rain makes an appearance. It started pouring here at Nats Park in the bottom of the second inning, and within minutes, the tarp was on the field and we were in a rain delay. Looking at the radar online, it doesn't appear we're in danger of this being a long delay. But then again, I'm definitely no meteorologist. The...
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Johnson on his eating habits, Mattheus' return, Garcia's lost season

Johnson on his eating habits, Mattheus' return, Garcia's lost season
A reporter for a national outlet is at Nationals Park today doing a story on how some major league teams are putting more of an emphasis on eating healthy these days and hiring specialty chefs for their clubhouses. The reporter tried to get Nationals manager Davey Johnson to compare the food that players ate in his days to what players are eating in the Nats' clubhouse now. Johnson chose to take the conversation down a different path. "Well, I'm a meat and potatoes man, and I like iceberg...
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Nats lineup vs. Marlins

Nats lineup vs. Marlins
Steve Lombardozzi gets the start at second base tonight for game two of this three-game set against the Marlins, with Anthony Rendon getting a day off. Stephen Strasburg (6-9, 3.00 ERA) will get the start for the Nationals tonight, opposing Marlins right-hander Henderson Alvarez (2-3, 3.86 ERA) The 23-year-old Alvarez came to the Marlins in the monster trade with the Blue Jays this winter, and while he's been pretty impressive this season, he has allowed at least four earned runs in each of...
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A hodgepodge of morning notes and quotes (with promotional note)

A hodgepodge of morning notes and quotes (with promotional note)
The deficit is down to seven. It's at six in the loss column. The Nationals' hottest stretch of the season has gotten them back on the fringe of the playoff conversation. They've won 12 of their last 17, and coupled with the Reds now having lost five of their last eight, the Nats are finding a way to close ground in the race for the final wild card spot. All the TVs in the Nationals clubhouse were tuned to the Reds-Cardinals game last night after the Nats' 2-1 win over the Marlins. By no...
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Hearing from Desmond, Roark and Clippard

Hearing from Desmond, Roark and Clippard
Entering tonight, the Nationals had won only six of the 65 games this season in which they'd scored two runs or fewer. They got just two runs tonight, and it was just enough. The Nats plated both their runs in the first inning against Marlins starter Nathan Eovaldi and then held on for a 2-1 win, with Tanner Roark, Drew Storen, Tyler Clippard and Rafael Soriano combining to throw four scoreless innings of relief behind Ross Ohlendorf. Ian Desmond, who drove in one of the Nats' two runs,...
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Johnson discusses 2-1 win and a potential change to Nats rotation

Johnson discusses 2-1 win and a potential change to Nats rotation
Ross Ohlendorf improved to 3-0 on the season with today's 2-1 Nationals win, this after the veteran righty allowed just one run over five-plus innings, lowering his ERA to 2.49. What did it get him? Well, it might have gotten him knocked from the Nats rotation. Tough crowd. Ohlendorf was pulled by manager Davey Johnson just one batter into the sixth inning tonight, having thrown only 78 pitches. He surrendered a leadoff homer to Christian Yelich in the sixth, and then saw Johnson emerge...
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Ohlendorf on cruise control (Nats win 2-1)

Ohlendorf on cruise control (Nats win 2-1)
In Ross Ohlendorf's first start off the disabled list, he appeared to run out of gas in the fifth inning, when he allowed three hits and three runs in what eventually turned into an 11-6 Nationals win over the Cubs. Tonight, Ohlendorf is through five - and he's still going strong. The veteran right-hander has delivered five scoreless frames, allowing just two hits thus far. He's thrown just 74 pitches, and while Tanner Roark has started warming in the Nationals bullpen, Ohlendorf hasn't...
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Boras on Espinosa's struggles, contract possibilities for Strasburg and Harper

Boras on Espinosa's struggles, contract possibilities for Strasburg and Harper
Mega-agent Scott Boras is at Nationals Park tonight to take in the Marlins-Nats game, and he held court with reporters during batting practice, talking everything from free agent draft pick compensation to long-term contract ideas for a couple of the Nats' young stars to Danny Espinosa's health. Espinosa is batting just .208 with two home runs, 19 RBIs, 96 strikeouts and 18 walks in 69 games since getting sent down to Triple-A Syracuse in June, this after he had struggled mightily in the big...
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Nats recall Ryan Mattheus, option Xavier Cedeno

Nats recall Ryan Mattheus, option Xavier Cedeno
The Nationals made a roster move before today's game, recalling right-hander Ryan Mattheus from Triple-A Syracuse and optioning left-hander Xavier Cedeno to Syracuse. Mattheus was sent down on August 15 after posting a 14.09 ERA in his last 10 games with the Nats, but he allowed just one earned run in his five appearances (spanning 5 1/3 innings) at Syracuse, striking out three and walking none in that time. Mattheus has a 6.26 ERA in 23 big league appearances this season. The roster move...
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Detwiler probably won't return this season, plus Harper and Werth notes

Detwiler probably won't return this season, plus Harper and Werth notes
Ross Detwiler hasn't pitched in a game since July 3, and it appears unlikely that he'll be back on a mound in a big league game again the rest of this season. Detwiler has been out more than seven weeks with a herniated disc in his back, and while the left-hander was back out at Nationals Park running with resistance bands around his waist and doing drills this afternoon, manager Davey Johnson said that Detwiler probably won't have enough time to work back up to the majors before the season...
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Full Nats lineup in place for series opener vs. Marlins

Full Nats lineup in place for series opener vs. Marlins
The Nationals open a three-game set with the Marlins tonight, as Ross Ohlendorf squares off against Miami right-hander Nathan Eovaldi. All eight starting Nats position players will be in there today despite bumps and bruises to Jayson Werth (infected right foot), Bryce Harper (left foot), Ian Desmond (back, hamstring) and Ryan Zimmerman (shin). This time of year, everyone's battling something. Ohlendorf is 2-0 with a 2.58 ERA this season, while the 23-year-old Eovaldi is 2-4 with a 3.82...
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The road ahead gets a little smoother

The road ahead gets a little smoother
Believe it or not, the Nationals' second-to-last homestand of the 2013 season begins today. In some ways, it feels like we just left Viera, Fla., a week ago. In others, it feels like the season has been going on for 2 1/2 years. The Nats open a three-game set with the Marlins tonight, followed by three against the Mets. Then it's off on a 10-game road trip to Philadelphia, Miami and New York, followed by a 10-game homestand with the Phillies, Braves and Marlins all coming to town. Add it...
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