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Werth to DH, McLouth in right, Frandsen in left

Werth to DH, McLouth in right, Frandsen in left
HOUSTON - It seems a bit weird, but the Astros are an American League team now, which means the Nationals get to utilize the designated hitter during this brief two-game set in Houston. Tonight, the Nats' DH will be Jayson Werth. Manager Matt Williams will have Nate McLouth play right field tonight, and Kevin Frandsen will play left, replacing Bryce Harper, who will be out for around two months after having surgery to repair a torn ligament in his thumb today. Harper tweeted out this...
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Nats recall Ryan Mattheus, option Taylor Jordan to Triple-A

Nats recall Ryan Mattheus, option Taylor Jordan to Triple-A
HOUSTON - The Nationals announced this afternoon that they've recalled right-handed reliever Ryan Mattheus from Triple-A and optioned right-hander Taylor Jordan to Syracuse. The move almost certainly means that the Nats will go with a four-man rotation for now, skipping what would have been Jordan's turn on Sunday against the Phillies, and they will have an eight-man bullpen with the addition of Mattheus. Off-days in the schedule yesterday and Thursday will allow the Nats to skip...
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As injuries mount, Nats rely on "next man up" mentality

As injuries mount, Nats rely on "next man up" mentality
HOUSTON - In the NFL, there's a saying that is used quite frequently when a team has to deal with a key player getting injured. "Next man up," is what coaches, general managers and players will often utter when a valuable contributor heads to the trainer's room. That's a mentality that the Nationals have needed to adopt this season as one player after another has landed on the disabled list for weeks on end. When Wilson Ramos went down, Jose Lobaton and Sandy Leon had to step up and...
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Bryce Harper to undergo thumb surgery, miss around two months

Bryce Harper to undergo thumb surgery, miss around two months
HOUSTON - The second opinion that Bryce Harper received on his injured left thumb provided more bad news to an already injury-depleted Nationals team. Harper will need surgery to repair a torn ulnar collateral ligament in the thumb, a source confirms, and Harper could be out for around two months. ESPN first reported that Harper would need surgery. Harper injured the thumb sliding into third base on a triple in Friday night's win over the Padres. He remained in the game initially, but came out...
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Some off-day talk

Some off-day talk
HOUSTON - Bryce Harper, Ryan Zimmerman, Wilson Ramos, Doug Fister and Scott Hairston are all already on the disabled list. Denard Span spent time on the seven-day concussion DL earlier this season. Taylor Jordan battled through four innings yesterday while dealing with a bout of the flu. Danny Espinosa has a sore knee after taking an Ian Kennedy curveball off his right kneecap. The blows just keep on coming. But as the Nationals have said in the past, and will continue to say, no one will feel...
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McLouth subs for shelved Harper in finale against Padres

McLouth subs for shelved Harper in finale against Padres
With Bryce Harper heading to the 15-day disabled list with a sprained left thumb, Nate McLouth gets the call to play left field for the Nationals this afternoon in the finale of a four-game series with the Padres. This is just the kind of situation the Nats were thinking of when they signed McLouth to a two-year, $10.75 million deal in December. It never hurts to have a veteran outfielder with a good glove and a little pop on your roster as a fourth outfielder when an injury occurs, as they...
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Harper placed on 15-day disabled list (updated with Harper quotes)

Harper placed on 15-day disabled list (updated with Harper quotes)
The Nationals have placed outfielder Bryce Harper on the 15-day disabled list with a left thumb sprain. To take Harper's place on the 25-man roster, outfielder Stephen Souza has been recalled from Triple-A Syracuse. Harper sustained the injury sliding handfirst into third base on a triple Friday night. He went back in the field the following half-inning, but was later removed with what was first diagnosed as a jammed left thumb. "It's sprained right now," Harper said. "I sprained it, they...
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Williams, Leon react to Roark's stellar outing in 4-0 win (with Harper note)

Williams, Leon react to Roark's stellar outing in 4-0 win (with Harper note)
Ian Desmond had three hits and an RBI, Jayson Werth had a two-hit ballgame, Adam LaRoche stayed hot, reaching base twice and driving in a run, and Anthony Rendon had a hit and made a couple of tremendous defensive plays. But with all due respect to those guys, Tanner Roark was the story today. Roark delivered a three-hit shutout in the Nationals' 4-0 win over the Padres, his first career big league complete game. After the win, manager Matt Williams and catcher Sandy Leon discussed Roark's...
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Roark on the shutout: "For the first time doing it, it feels really good"

Roark on the shutout: "For the first time doing it, it feels really good"
Only once in his 99 career minor league starts had Tanner Roark ever tossed a complete game. He'd never thrown a shutout. Yet here he was today, on the field at Nationals Park in front of 31,590 fans, delivering the finest outing of his professional career in a 4-0 Nationals win over the Padres. Roark retired the first 16 hitters he faced today. He allowed just three hits. And he struck out a career-high eight, needing just 105 pitches to finish off the complete game. "For the first time...
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Harper out of Nats' Saturday lineup

Harper out of Nats' Saturday lineup
Not surprisingly, outfielder Bryce Harper isn't in today's Nationals lineup against the Padres and hard-throwing right-hander Andrew Cashner. (That's Cashner, the pitcher, who is not to be confused with Cashner, the outfielder, who played left field for a batter in Thursday night's opener of the four-game series between the teams.) Harper jammed his left thumb sliding into third base on a triple in last night's 11-1 win over San Diego. X-rays taken at Nationals Park were negative, manager...
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How quickly things can turn

How quickly things can turn
You hear ballplayers say it all the time. One of the best things about this game is that regardless of what happens one night, you get to come right back the next night and try all over again. On Thursday, the Nationals went 0-for-16 with runners in scoring position. They left 14 men on base. They dropped a tough 12-inning game to the Padres. On Friday, the Nats showed up, tossed on the unis and pounded the ball all over the yard. They smacked 17 hits. They plated 11 runs. They went 7-for-17...
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Harper dealing with jammed left thumb, X-rays negative

Harper dealing with jammed left thumb, X-rays negative
Despite the 11-1 romp over the Padres tonight, Nationals fans were probably holding their breath for much of the evening after Bryce Harper had to leave the game after four innings with an apparent injury. After the game, however, manager Matt Williams provided some good news, given the circumstances: Harper suffered a jammed left thumb when he slid into third base on a third-inning bases-clearing triple. X-rays on Harper's thumb came back negative, and while the Nats will re-evaluate Harper...
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Some bad and some good

Some bad and some good
The Nationals have hit .223 with runners in scoring position thus far this season, ranking 22nd in the majors in that category. They've left 176 runners on base, which leads the National League. The talent is clearly there. The Nats are putting runners on, getting knocks and drawing walks. They had six of their starting position players notch at least two hits last night. For whatever reason, those hits largely just aren't coming with runners in scoring position. "I think we're trying...
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Williams discusses lack of offense after Nats' 12-inning loss

Williams discusses lack of offense after Nats' 12-inning loss
The Nationals sure gave themselves chances. They notched 16 hits, walked twice, and had two stolen bases. The opportunities were there, but the knocks in big situations weren't. The Nats went 0-for-16 with runners in scoring position in tonight's 4-3 loss to the Padres, and left 14 men on base. Jordan Zimmermann went six solid innings and the bullpen was impressive, but the Nats dropped the opener of this four-game set with San Diego. Here's manager Matt Williams after the loss: On if...
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Padres-Nats lineups for series opener

Padres-Nats lineups for series opener
The Nationals kick off a four-game set with the San Diego Padres tonight, a team that has a really solid pitching staff but also really struggles to score. San Diego has the fourth-best ERA in the majors at 2.82 and owns the majors' best bullpen (San Diego relievers have posted a stellar 1.74 ERA). The Padres have scored just 60 runs in 22 games, however, and come into the series having scored three runs or fewer in seven straight games. Jordan Zimmermann gets the ball for the Nats tonight,...
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Looking back on a wild ballgame

Looking back on a wild ballgame
What a weird game baseball can be. Tuesday night, the Nationals dropped their second straight ballgame to the Angels, this one by a 7-2 score. They were back to just one game over .500 through the season's first three weeks and were a win away from being swept. The defense wasn't pretty and hits with runners in scoring position had been largely absent on the homestand. Then, last night the Nats saw the Angels grab control of the game in the late innings. The Nats offense went quiet. Gio...
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Williams discusses Nats' 5-4 walk-off win, Gonzalez's health

Williams discusses Nats' 5-4 walk-off win, Gonzalez's health
Two walk-off wins in four days. I bet Matt Williams would like the victories to come a little easier, but he'll take them any way he can get 'em. The Nationals rallied from a 4-1 ninth-inning deficit with four runs in the bottom half of the ninth, picking up a big comeback win and salvaging a game in this three-game set with the Angels. Jose Lobaton led off the ninth with a solo homer, Jayson Werth knotted the score with a two-run double on a 3-0 count and Adam LaRoche then won it with a...
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Nats lineup for finale vs. Angels

Nats lineup for finale vs. Angels
Adam LaRoche is back in the Nationals lineup for tonight's series finale against the Angels after sitting out Tuesday in part because of a sore quad. Jose Lobaton is also back behind the plate after getting yesterday off. Tonight's contest sets up to be the most notable pitching matchup of the series with Nats left-hander Gio Gonzalez taking on Angels right-hander Jered Weaver. Gonzalez is off to a tremendous start, going 3-1 with a 2.88 ERA over his first four starts. Weaver has struggled...
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A handful of morning observations

A handful of morning observations
Through the first 21 games of the season, the Nationals have been outscored 44-12 in the first two innings of ballgames. They've allowed at least three runs in the first inning six times. They've allowed at least three runs in the second inning five times. All of that in just 21 games. Tough to come back from those type of early deficits. Now, as we've discussed, the Nats have shown a propensity for battling back late in ballgames. They don't give up, and they scrap. That's all good...
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Williams and Werth discuss Nats' 7-2 loss

Williams and Werth discuss Nats' 7-2 loss
A couple of familiar early-season trends popped up again in tonight's 7-2 Nationals loss - an early deficit and defensive miscues. The Nats trailed 3-0 three hitters into the game following a double, an Anthony Rendon throwing error and Albert Pujols' 499th career homer. The Angels added another run later in the frame, and had a four-run cushion before the Nats even got their first ups. The lead was trimmed to two in the third when the Nats scored twice without the benefit of an RBI (a wild...
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