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Rendon's injury is to his left leg

Rendon's injury is to his left leg
CHICAGO - There's not much new information to pass along just yet on Anthony Rendon, the Nationals' top pick in the 2011 draft who had to be helped off the field last night after suffering an injury during Single-A Potomac's game at Lynchburg. Rendon fell to the ground after slipping while making a turn around third base. The good news, if there is any, is that Rendon's injury apparently is to his left leg, according to reports out of Lynchburg. The 21-year-old third baseman tore...
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Gonzalez not disappointed with rocky Nats debut

Gonzalez not disappointed with rocky Nats debut
CHICAGO - If you look at Gio Gonzalez's stat line from tonight and think that he left Wrigley Field disappointed with his performance, you'd be wrong. The Nationals starter actually says he was perfectly fine with his 3 2/3 innings, in which he allowed four runs on seven hits with three walks and six strikeouts. "It was exactly what I wanted," Gonzalez said. "I was in the strike zone. I felt like I was in the strike zone. I felt like I was getting contact, making the guys swing the bat....
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The wild ride continues for Tracy

The wild ride continues for Tracy
CHICAGO - Around 2:50 p.m. Central time, Chad Tracy - he of the .235 batting average and one home run in Japan last year - was trending on Twitter. Not just in the Washington, D.C., area. Nationwide. Tracy's reaction to the fact that likely tens of thousands of people were sending out messages about him on the popular social media platform? "Oh really? That's good to know," he said, a smile creeping across his face. Twitter might not really be Tracy's thing, but delivering clutch hits...
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Back on track, LaRoche delivers a monster performance

Back on track, LaRoche delivers a monster performance
CHICAGO - After Thursday's game, in which Adam LaRoche went 0-for-3 with three strikeouts, his 9-year-old son Drake approached him with a question. "What were you doing?" Drake asked his father. All the Nationals' first baseman could do was laugh. "I said, 'Drake, you're exactly right,' " LaRoche said. LaRoche didn't know exactly why he struggled so badly in the Nationals' opening day win over the Cubs. But he knew going forward he needed to just stay focused, not try to do too...
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Another day, another comeback

Another day, another comeback
CHICAGO - These dramatic comeback wins are nice and all, but have the Nationals thought about jumping out to an early lead and coasting to an easy win? Is that something that might be in the cards instead of these chaotic, nail-biting, hair-pulling finishes? "No, I think we kind of like this," Adam LaRoche said. "We perfected it at times last year. So just keep it going." All right then. For the second time in as many games, the Nats battled back from a late deficit and earned an...
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Five-run eighth lifts Nats to thrilling 7-4 win

Five-run eighth lifts Nats to thrilling 7-4 win
CHICAGO - If the Nationals keep this up, they're going to shorten their fans' lifespan by a few years. Not sure if anyone in the D.C. area would mind, however. On Thursday, the Nats came back from a run down in the late innings, tying the game in the eighth and taking the lead in the ninth. Today, yet again, the Nats put together an eighth inning rally against the Cubs bullpen. Washington entered the frame trailing by two, and left the eighth holding a 7-4 lead, thanks to a miraculous...
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Another deficit entering the eighth (and another comeback)

Another deficit entering the eighth (and another comeback)
CHICAGO - For the second straight game, the Nationals have done very little at the plate through seven innings. And for the second straight game, the Nats will need to get the job done against the Cubs' bullpen in the late frames in order to come away with a win. Adam LaRoche's two-run homer in the fourth is all the Nats have been able to muster against Cubs pitchers Matt Garza and Rafael Dolis, and they trail 4-2 with just six outs left to work with. Jayson Werth has struck out swinging...
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LaRoche's blast puts Nats on top (but not for long)

LaRoche's blast puts Nats on top (but not for long)
CHICAGO - Adam LaRoche has given the Nationals a 2-1 lead here in the fourth inning with a two-run homer off the right-field foul pole. That's one way for LaRoche to put his stinker of an opening day behind him. The homer came on a 2-2 pitch from Cubs starter Matt Garza, who tried to blow a 95 mph fastball past LaRoche on the inner half. LaRoche stayed inside the ball, however, and was able to keep it fair - barely. The blast from LaRoche was his first since April 24 of last season, and is...
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Morse getting treatment in New York

Morse getting treatment in New York
CHICAGO - After homering yesterday while on his rehab assignment with Double-A Harrisburg, Nationals outfielder Michael Morse is heading up to New York today to get some treatment on his strained lat. Morse, who was scheduled to have today off, will meet with a specialist and receive treatment and some massage on his lat, according to manager Davey Johnson. Morse will rejoin the Senators tomorrow and is eligible to come off the DL and suit up for the Nationals as early as April 10. Johnson...
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Saturday's Nats-Cubs lineups

Saturday's Nats-Cubs lineups
CHICAGO - Gio Gonzalez won't benefit from the same wind blowing in from center that Stephen Strasburg did on Thursday, as it's a much milder day here at Wrigley Field than it was opening day. They're calling for a high of 67 degrees here today, and while the breeze might pick up later on, the flags above the center field scoreboard are barely waving back and forth. Manager Davey Johnson has written in the same lineup for today's ballgame that he did on Thursday, while Cubs manager Dale...
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Gonzalez pumped for his Nationals debut

Gonzalez pumped for his Nationals debut
CHICAGO - After going hitless two days ago in their first rehab appearance of the season, both Michael Morse and Rick Ankiel homered last night for Double-A Harrisburg in the Senators' 5-2 win over Bowie. Minor league rehab assignment, major league power. Ankiel played center field yesterday for Harrisburg, while Morse served as the DH. Morse, who is recovering from a strained lat, will be eligible to come off the DL and return to the Nats as early as Tuesday, while Ankiel could rejoin the...
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Lidge finds himself in a save situation yet again

Lidge finds himself in a save situation yet again
CHICAGO - It wasn't like Brad Lidge hadn't been in this situation before: Standing on the mound in the ninth inning, trying to protect a one-run lead and secure a save. He'd been there plenty of times over the course of his now 11 seasons in the big leagues. It had just been a little while. Prior to yesterday, Lidge had only been in one save situation since September 2010, and that came back on Aug. 3 of last year. But with Drew Storen on the disabled list, Nationals manager Davey Johnson...
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For LaRoche, an opening day to forget

For LaRoche, an opening day to forget
CHICAGO - It wasn't the smoothest of opening days for Adam LaRoche. LaRoche came to the plate four times during yesterday's game against the Cubs, and the Nationals first baseman left Wrigley Field having started his season with a big, fat 0-for-3 with a walk and three strikeouts - all swinging - and five runners left on base. "Those games suck," LaRoche said after the game. "They're really no fun when you don't come out with a win, so to get a win in there and get that one in the...
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Nats' bats slow to wake up

Nats' bats slow to wake up
CHICAGO - I'm still not used to being in the Central time zone after living in the mid-Atlantic region my whole life. I wake up here and look at my phone, which says one time, then open my computer, which says another. Yesterday, I knew the game was a 2:20 p.m. start, but it didn't kick in that first pitch would actually be at 1:20 p.m. local time until I was getting ready to hop in the shower. It's that damn East Coast bias, getting in the way again. I'm guessing that your...
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Nats happy to see Tracy deliver, for more reasons than one

Nats happy to see Tracy deliver, for more reasons than one
CHICAGO - One final note from Wrigley before I head out and do some damage over at Geno's East, which I hear is a fantastic Chicago-style pizza place: Let's not overlook the work turned in by Chad Tracy today. Tracy, who sat around in the Nationals' dugout for seven innings trying to stay warm, delivered a clutch two-out double in the eighth inning that eventually turned into the game-tying run when Ian Desmond singled in Brett Carroll, who pinch ran for Tracy. Here's a guy that a year...
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Notes and quotes on Desmond, Werth and Zimmerman

Notes and quotes on Desmond, Werth and Zimmerman
CHICAGO - Today's "Coolest Quote of the Day" goes to Stephen Strasburg, who was asked what was going through his mind in the final innings of today's game, when the Nationals were mounting their rally against the Cubs and then subsequently took the lead. "Watching from the dugout, you almost feel like you're in the box there with them," Strasburg said. "That says a lot about the chemistry we have on this team that everybody in there was pulling for the next guy to get the job done. I...
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Strasburg breezes through first start in the Windy City

Strasburg breezes through first start in the Windy City
CHICAGO - See what I did there? Stephen Strasburg learned something today. But it wasn't anything relating to hitters' tendencies or specific pitch sequences that he should focus on in the future. The Nationals righty learned that Chicago can get a little breezy. "I knew it was called the Windy City but I didn't really think about it," Strasburg said. "I knew it was going to be pretty cold but I didn't realize how windy it would be." Now he knows. Although he battled the...
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Not a bad way to start

Not a bad way to start
CHICAGO - Was this really opening day? Are we sure, given the weather and the intensity in the late innings, that we didn't hop in a time machine and end up in October? (Insert your jokes about the Cubs having no shot at October.) (Cubs fans, insert your jokes about the Nationals not being able to joke about postseason appearances just yet.) This sure had the feel of a game with a lot more riding on it than just who would get opening day bragging rights. The quality of the pitching on both...
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Late-inning magic gives Nationals 2-1 win

Late-inning magic gives Nationals 2-1 win
CHICAGO - The Nationals had one hit and failed to score a run through the first seven innings of today's ballgame. They then scratched across one run with two outs in the eighth to tie the game, and got the winning run with two outs in the ninth. Ian Desmond went 3-for-5, including the game-winning RBI single in the top of the ninth that plated pinch runner Brett Carroll, giving the Nats a 2-1 win over the Cubs. Stephen Strasburg threw seven strong innings of one-run ball for the Nats, and...
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Strasburg stellar, but can he get some help? (He can)

Strasburg stellar, but can he get some help? (He can)
CHICAGO - You'd like to think on days where Stephen Strasburg goes seven fantastic innings, allowing just one run, that his teammates would be able to scratch across a couple runs for him. That has not been the case today. Strasburg is in line for the loss this afternoon despite a stellar start to the regular season. The Nationals righty went seven innings, allowing a single run on five hits with a walk and five strikeouts. He threw 82 pitches, 58 for strikes. Unfortunately, he got zero...
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