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Watch the celebration following Jose Lobaton's walk-off sac fly

Watch the celebration following Jose Lobaton's walk-off sac fly
Two Fridays ago, the Nationals sported their blue jerseys and faced their National League East rivals, the Braves, in front of the hometown crowd at Nats Park. With the game tied 2-2 in the bottom of the 10th, Michael A. Taylor came on to pinch-hit and sent a walk-off three-run home run into the stands. Fast forward to last night's scene in D.C. The boys dawned their patriotic get-up as they hosted another division foe, the Marlins. The ballgame was knotted at 4-4 after nine innings. To the...
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Nats win 5-4 on Jose Lobaton's walk-off sacrifice fly in 10th

Nats win 5-4 on Jose Lobaton's walk-off sacrifice fly in 10th
Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer yielded a leadoff single to Dee Gordon. Two batters later, Christian Yelich launched a two-run homer to deep right-center field. It's the second straight night a Nats starter has allowed a two-run homer in the first inning. Scherzer has now surrendered 25 home runs on the season, seven more than last year and his highest total since 29 in 2011. Update: Clint Robinson answered with a solo shot to the second deck in right to start the second. It was...
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Matt Williams on Michael A. Taylor: "I think he's answered the question"

Matt Williams on Michael A. Taylor: "I think he's answered the question"
Nationals manager Matt Williams gave Michael A. Taylor a night off with right-hander Jose Fernandez on the mound and the Marlins throwing two left-handers the next two days. Taylor has struggled at the plate since banging his right knee on the center field wall at Nationals Park while trying to make a leaping catch against the Padres on Aug. 27. The 24-year-old missed seven games dealing with bruising and swelling around the knee, which limited him in the field and on the basepaths. Since...
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Max Scherzer, Jose Fernandez featured in marquee matchup (with lineups)

Max Scherzer, Jose Fernandez featured in marquee matchup (with lineups)
The nation's capital is the site for the majors' marquee pitching matchup tonight as a couple heavyweight right-handers are set to face off. The Nationals send Max Scherzer to the mound while the Marlins counter with Jose Fernandez. After struggling uncharacteristically for much of the second half of the season, Scherzer experienced his best start of the past three months in a 5-0 win in Miami last Sunday. Scherzer tossed eight scoreless innings in the victory, striking out six while refusing...
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Patrick Reddington: Could Zack Greinke be free agent target for Nationals?

Patrick Reddington: Could Zack Greinke be free agent target for Nationals?
In discussing the Washington Nationals' approach to negotiations of contract extensions with pending free agents like Jordan Zimmermann (a free agent this winter unless he re-signs) and 2009 No. 1 overall pick Stephen Strasburg (under team control through 2016), both of whom are on their "second elbows" after having Tommy John surgery, Washington Post writer Thomas Boswell suggested last winter that in Zimmermann's case, previous talks likely centered around a deal similar to what Ian...
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Matthew Taylor: Comparing the Orioles and Nationals seasons

Matthew Taylor: Comparing the Orioles and Nationals seasons
Who has had it worse this season, Baltimore Orioles fans or Washington Nationals fans? The two teams will square off next week in a series that fans of each franchise had expected to be a tune-up for postseason play. Instead, it will be a match-up of drowning teams gasping desperately for a breath of playoff air. Neither of the teams playing near the Navy Yard next week is fully submerged just yet, but the O's and Nats have both been sinking ships for some time now. The teams have both sounded...
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Ian Desmond opens Nats' final homestand with homer, four RBIs

Ian Desmond opens Nats' final homestand with homer, four RBIs
Ian Desmond was one of the few offensive bright spots for the Nationals in their untimely 6-4 loss to the Marlins last night. The 29-year-old smacked a two-run homer in the second to even the score and then drove in two more in the eighth on a clutch two-out single, accounting for the entire Nats tally on the scoreboard. Desmond's home run delivered the only runs the Nationals managed against Marlins right-hander Jarred Cosarts. "To be honest, I just caught it a little out front," Desmond...
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Time running out for Nats after 6-4 loss

Time running out for Nats after 6-4 loss
The Nationals got off to a rough start on their final homestand, suffering a costly 6-4 loss to the Marlins. Certainly the Nats will point to dropping six straight to the first-place Mets if they fail to make the playoffs, but they have also lost three of four to the Marlins over the last week. At 19 games under .500 for the season, Miami holds a 9-7 record over Washington this year. Right-hander Tanner Roark was done in by the longball in his third straight start. Martin Prado blasted a...
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Nats suffer costly 6-4 loss to Marlins

Nats suffer costly 6-4 loss to Marlins
Dee Gordon singled to center to start tonight's game. Two batters later, Martin Prado smacked a hanging slider from Tanner Roark over the wall in left-center for a two-run homer. Update: Jayson Werth drew a leadoff walk in the second. After Clint Robinson grounded out, Ian Desmond hit a missile into the Marlins bullpen. The two-run homer was Desmond's 18th of the season, but first in his his last 18 games. Update II: Miguel Rojas doubled to start the fifth. After advancing to third on...
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Bryce Harper: "Everybody's gonna expect 40 a year every time I play now"

Bryce Harper: "Everybody's gonna expect 40 a year every time I play now"
Throughout the Nationals' 145 games this season, Bryce Harper's lofty batting average has remained a constant. But over the summer months, Harper's homers decreased from six in June to five in July and then only two in August. Now in September, the 22-year-old slugger is on pace to blow out the artillery show from May, when he bombed 13 homers and drove in 28 runs, winning the National League's Player of the Month. Through 15 games this month, Harper is slashing .417/.540/1.063 with nine...
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Tanner Roark kicks off final homestand (with lineups)

Tanner Roark kicks off final homestand (with lineups)
Tanner Roark makes his third straight start since rejoining the Nationals rotation on Sept. 4. The right-hander has been limited to 69 pitches in each of his last two innings as he continues to stretch out after spending the majority of the season pitching out of the bullpen. Roark has allowed three runs on 13 hits over nine innings in his last two outings. The 28-year-old is 2-3 with two holds, one save and a 2.35 ERA in 11 games, including five starts, in his career against the Marlins. Yunel...
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Zach Wilt: A year later, recalling Clinchmas morning

Zach Wilt: A year later, recalling Clinchmas morning
Waking up in Baltimore a year ago today felt very much like Christmas morning for Orioles fans. Instead of racing to the tree to see what Santa had left us the night before, we raced to our phones and computers to check the standings to see if what we witnessed the night before really did happen. Was that champagne celebration real? Did Adam Jones really pie that fan? It was all very real and I'll never forget the way I felt all day knowing that the O's were American League East...
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David Huzzard: No question, Bryce Harper is NL MVP

David Huzzard: No question, Bryce Harper is NL MVP
The very fact that Bryce Harper's legitimacy as National League Most Valuable Player is up for debate is an absurdity. The MVP award is an individual award meant to be handed out to the best player in a league at the end of the season, but too many people get caught up in the word "value" and end up trying to give it some meaning beyond simply being the best. The problem for opponents of Harper is if you debate the merits of Harper as MVP on baseball terms, you lose. Harper is the first...
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Jayson Werth providing powerful messages on and off field during stretch run

Jayson Werth providing powerful messages on and off field during stretch run
PHILADELPHIA - If the Nationals come up short - which is likely - in their bid to overtake the Mets the for the division crown, they will eventually sit back, probably cursing, and wonder why so many important players were repeatedly struck by the injury bug this year. Jayson Werth missed the first six games of the year rehabbing from offseason shoulder surgery. Just when it seemed he was turning the corner, an errant fastball fractured his wrist in San Diego in mid-May, robbing the 13-year...
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Bryce Harper, Jayson Werth keep hope alive for Nats in sweep

Bryce Harper, Jayson Werth keep hope alive for Nats in sweep
PHILADELPHIA - Is the heart still beating? Five days ago, the Nationals gave everyone the feeling it was time to kick dirt on the grave after dropping their fifth straight, leaving them a season-worst 9 1/2 games out of first place. But with their pride questioned, the Nats showed a pulse in a 5-0 shutout win, led by ace Max Scherzer on Sunday. And tonight's 12-2 drubbing of the Phillies finished a sweep, powered by four homers apiece from Bryce Harper and Jayson Werth during the...
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Orioles team up with Gov. Larry Hogan to fight pediatric cancer

Orioles team up with Gov. Larry Hogan to fight pediatric cancer
Before Wednesday's game against the Red Sox, the Orioles and the office of Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced a partnership, which is raising funds for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and Ronald McDonald House Charities in the fight against pediatric cancer. The O's fundraiser coincides with Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. Hogan is currently undergoing chemotherapy treatment to fight non-Hodgkin lymphoma. Hogan, along with children fighting cancer and representing both the Leukemia...
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Bryce Harper blasts 40th homer, Nats win 12-2

Bryce Harper blasts 40th homer, Nats win 12-2
PHILADELPHIA - The Nationals took advantage of a walk and a Phillies error to plate the game's first run in the second. Phillies right-hander Alec Asher walked Jayson Werth to start the frame. Clint Robinson then smoked a liner off first baseman Darin Ruf for a single. Ian Desmond followed with a bouncing ball to third baseman Chase d'Arnaud, but Ruf muffed the throw to first, leaving the bases loaded. Jose Lobaton lifted a sacrifice fly to right, scoring Werth from third. Update: Werth...
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Nationals game blog: Gio Gonzalez aims for consistency

Nationals game blog: Gio Gonzalez aims for consistency
PHILADELPHIA - Left-hander Gio Gonzalez takes the hill tonight in search of his 11th win of the season. Gonzalez, who went 10-10 in 27 starts last year, is looking to finish strong after struggling in August. The Nationals lost five of Gonzalez's six starts last month, while the lefty's ERA ballooned to 5.46. Gonzalez has regained his form over his first two September outings, going 1-0 with a 0.79 ERA. The Phillies counter with rookie right-hander Alec Asher, who has dropped his first three...
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Matt Williams focused on Bryce Harper's on-field actions, not vote of confidence

Matt Williams focused on Bryce Harper's on-field actions, not vote of confidence
PHILADELPHIA - Nationals right fielder Bryce Harper offered high praise for manager Matt Williams following last night's 4-0 win over the Phillies. "Truly, I love him as a manager," Harper said. "Flat out, I absolutely do and if I didn't, everybody would know because I'm not shy to say things. Just being able to have the fire, the intensity that he has and the way he approaches every single day. He wants us to be perfect and I love that as a manager." Before tonight's game, Williams...
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Bryce Harper's September surge continues (with lineups)

Bryce Harper's September surge continues (with lineups)
PHILADELPHIA - Bryce Harper continues his conquest for National League Most Valuable Player honors in tonight's series finale against the Phillies. The Nationals slugger is coming off a 3-for-3 two-homer performance on Tuesday in which he drove in all four runs in the 4-0 victory. Harper's 39 homers ties him for most in the NL and places him second all-time for longballs in a Nationals single season, trailing Alfonso Soriano's 46 taters in 2006. Harper's .338 batting average, .467 on-base...
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