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Nats' bats quiet in 3-2 loss

Nats' bats quiet in 3-2 loss
The Nationals have nothing working on offense tonight. Rockies starter Yohan Flande has limited the Nats to just three baserunners through the first five innings. Bryce Harper's double in the first is the Nats' lone hit of the evening. Yunel Escobar followed with a groundout to end the frame and strand Harper. Harper and Ryan Zimmerman have reached on walks tonight. Max Scherzer held the Rockies scoreless through four innings before running into trouble in the fifth. Up 0-2 on Flande,...
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Nationals game blog: Ryan Zimmerman feasting on Rockies pitching

Nationals game blog: Ryan Zimmerman feasting on Rockies pitching
With the Mets idle tonight, the Nationals look to finish off a sweep over the Rockies and gain a half-game in the race for the National League East crown. The Nationals took the first two games of the series in very different fashion. After pouring in 15 runs on Tuesday night, the Nats were held scoreless until Bryce Harper raced home on a wild pitch in the seventh last night. A two-run triple from Jayson Werth a frame later broke a tie and helped the Nats to a 4-1 victory. "These games are...
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Max Scherzer looks to rebound for series sweep (with lineups)

Max Scherzer looks to rebound for series sweep (with lineups)
For much of this season, Max Scherzer was the game's most imposing right-hander, tossing a no-hitter and one-hitter in consecutive games. But Scherzer has come back to earth in August. He's 0-1 with a 7.80 ERA while surrendering five home runs over three starts this month. Scherzer takes the hill tonight aiming to correct his recent troubles and claim the Nationals' first series sweep since July 3-5 over the Giants. The 31-year-old fanned 10 Rockies over six innings but was tagged for three...
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David Huzzard: Nationals need a hot streak

David Huzzard: Nationals need a hot streak
With the Nationals' 4-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday evening, they won back-to-back games for the first time since July 29 and 30. It was also the first series that the Nats have won in the month of August. The Nats' recent cold stretch has put them in an unfamiliar position. In 2012 and 2014, I wrote this same column about what it would take to overtake the Nationals, and now the Nats are the team hoping to overtake the Mets. The good thing for the Nationals is that the...
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Zach Wilt: How quickly things change

Zach Wilt: How quickly things change
Since we last spoke, the Orioles have won five of their last six games and grabbed the second wild card spot in the American League. A week ago, I searched far and wide for good news to share about my favorite ballclub after they were no-hit by Hisashi Iwakuma in the finale of what ended up being a 4-5 West Coast road trip against the A's, Angels and Mariners. Today, I'm struggling to figure out how to cram all these positive nuggets into 600 words. How quickly things can change in...
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A healthy Stephen Strasburg proves dominance

A healthy Stephen Strasburg proves dominance
Stephen Strasburg watched the Nationals and Rockies combine for 21 runs on 28 hits, including four homers on Tuesday night. He entered Wednesday's start having lost his only two outings at Coors Field, dinged with a 5.56 ERA. But the talented right-hander blocked all of that out as he blitzed the Rockies lineup with a blazing, high-90s fastball, a baffling changeup and a filthy curveball in the Nationals' 4-1 win. The Rockies combined an error and a wild pitch to score an unearned run off...
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Nats gain ground as Jayson Werth delivers late

Nats gain ground as Jayson Werth delivers late
A night after lighting up the scoreboard, the Nationals' offense fell asleep for most of Wednesday's game. With the game knotted at 1-1 with two outs in the eighth, Jayson Werth woke them up, thumping a two-run triple to propel the Nats to a 4-1 win over the Rockies. "I'm just trying to be aggressive," Werth said on MASN's "Nats Xtra". "Things haven't really been going as planned. I'm just glad to help the team get a win. Big win for us." The timing of Werth's clutch hit couldn't...
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Stephen Strasburg dominant in 4-1 win

Stephen Strasburg dominant in 4-1 win
An error and wild pitch led to the Rockies' first run of game. With one out, Ben Paulsen hit a sharp grounder down the first base line. Ryan Zimmerman shifted to his left but the ball skipped over his glove and into right field. Paulsen hustled to second on Zimmerman's third error of the season. D.J. LeMahieu's groundout advanced Paulsen to third. With Nick Hundley batting, Stephen Strasburg bounced a curveball that jumped away from Wilson Ramos. The Nats catcher hustled to the ball, but his...
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Nationals game blog: Stephen Strasburg aims to foil Rockies

Nationals game blog: Stephen Strasburg aims to foil Rockies
The Nationals snapped their six-game losing streak, scoring a whopping 15 runs, in last night's win over the Rockies. It was the eighth time the Nats scored 10 or more runs this season. Ian Desmond continued swinging a hot bat, going 3-for-6 with a double and four RBIs. In his last 27 games, Desmond is slashing .313/.376/.606 with eight homers, three doubles, one triple, 19 runs scored and 21 RBIs. Desmond is hitting .436 in 19 career games at Coors Field. Bryce Harper walked a career-high...
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Anthony Rendon sits, Danny Espinosa starts again (with lineups)

Anthony Rendon sits, Danny Espinosa starts again (with lineups)
Other than slotting Stephen Strasburg in as tonight's starter, Nationals manager Matt Williams didn't touch his lineup card from last night, a lineup that produced 15 runs. That means Jayson Werth remains the leadoff hitter and Anthony Rendon sits for the second consecutive night while Danny Espinosa starts at second base. Espinosa was 3-for-5 with a pair of doubles, two RBIs and two runs scored in last night's win. He's hitting .385 (5-for-13) with two homers and four RBIs in six games...
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MASN giving fans chance to win Jayson Werth NLDS bobblehead from Great Moments in Nationals History series

MASN giving fans chance to win Jayson Werth NLDS bobblehead from Great Moments in Nationals History series
Win or go home. That was the situation the Washington Nationals found themselves in on a cool October afternoon at Nationals Park in 2012. Ater three games of the National League Division Series, they had their backs against the wall, down two games to one against the Cardinals. Heading to the ninth inning in Game 4, both the Nats and their opponent had mustered just one run. With All-Star Lance Lynn on the mound, Jayson Werth stepped in the box for what is now the most well-known at-bat in...
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Rachel Levitin: Nats' expectations clashing with stark reality

Rachel Levitin: Nats' expectations clashing with stark reality
When it comes to professional sports, looking good on paper can be deceiving when weighed against the actions of a team in any given season. This is what seems to be plaguing the Nationals in 2015. Two division titles in three years and the Nats are struggling to paw their way back to the top of the National League East and dethrone the New York Mets before time runs out on the regular season. And while wins like last night's 15-6 blowout victory against the Rockies in Colorado are nice to see...
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Jayson Werth, Ryan Zimmerman break out with a big night

Jayson Werth, Ryan Zimmerman break out with a big night
Searching for a way to ignite his slumping offense and jumpstart his grizzled veteran's season, Nationals manager Matt Williams opted to pencil in Jayson Werth in the leadoff spot Tuesday night. For one night, the move delivered, with Werth ripping a double and a single, drawing a walk and scoring all three times he reached base in the Nationals' 15-6 win over the Rockies in the series opener. "It's comfortable for him, he's been there before," Williams told reporters. "He's a good run...
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Losing streak ends with offensive explosion

Losing streak ends with offensive explosion
It wasn't pretty for a while, but the Nationals finally took advantage of Coors Field to put an end to their six-game losing skid with a lopsided 15-6 win over the Rockies. With the Mets beating the Orioles 5-3, the Nats needed this seesaw battle to tip in their favor just to remain within 4 1/2 games of the lead in the National League East. "We came out offensively and had a good approach tonight," Nationals manager Matt Williams said to reporters. "This ballpark, you never know. Six...
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Domenic Vadala: Late-season deal could tip AL East in favor of Orioles

Domenic Vadala: Late-season deal could tip AL East in favor of Orioles
As we've all heard countless times, Major League Baseball's trade season doesn't end in July. The non-waiver trade deadline is, of course, at the end of July. However, trades can still be made until the waiver trade deadline at the end of August (which means that players can be traded so long as they pass through waivers). So with the Orioles now playing better (or so it seems) in the wake of the West Coast trip, I would submit that the waiver trade deadline is of supreme importance for this...
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Nats offense wakes up in 15-6 win

Nats offense wakes up in 15-6 win
In the leadoff spot for the first time this year, Jayson Werth flew out to right to start the game. After striking out Danny Espinosa, Rockies starter David Hale walked Bryce Harper. Yunel Escobar then tangled with Hale in an eight-pitch battle, finally making the right-hander pay with a two-run homer drilled to right-center field. It was Escobar's ninth home run of the season. The Rockies answered quicky in the bottom of the frame. Jose Reyes legged out an infield single on a slow bouncer to...
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Nationals game blog: Nats need Jordan Zimmermann to be the stopper

Nationals game blog: Nats need Jordan Zimmermann to be the stopper
The Nationals limp into Denver after being booted out of L.A. and San Francisco on this disastrous 10-game road trip. The numbers are terrible: .179 team batting average over a six-game losing streak, which includes three shutouts, and starting pitchers unable to pitch out of the fifth inning in four of the six defeats. Time to throw them all out of the window. With 45 games remaining and trailing the first place Mets by 4 1/2 games, these Nats must begin their turnaround tonight against the...
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Jayson Werth leading off (with lineups)

Jayson Werth leading off (with lineups)
After a day off to regroup, the Nationals open the final series of their 10-game road trip against the Rockies tonight. Washington comes in losers of their past six, hitting .179 and averaging just two runs per game as a team over the slide. In the absence of Denard Span, Nationals manager Matt Williams continues searching for a leadoff hitter. Left fielder Jayson Werth tops Williams' batting order against Rockies right-hander David Hale tonight. Werth was featured in the leadoff spot for 38...
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Five-year-old Hailey Dawson throws out first pitch with Orioles-themed robotic hand

Five-year-old Hailey Dawson throws out first pitch with Orioles-themed robotic hand
The stage was set for five-year-old Hailey Dawson. She set in the infield grass at Oriole Park at Camden Yards, her brother Zach Dawson by her side. Her favorite player Manny Machado stood by home plate, glove in hand, ready to catch Hailey's ceremonial first pitch. Hailey was born with Poland syndrome, a disease in which affected individuals are born with missing or abnormal muscles on one side of the chest wall, and many affected are born with abnormalities of the hand, which may involve...
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Matt Kremnitzer: Schoop is giving O's a bat they sorely need

Matt Kremnitzer: Schoop is giving O's a bat they sorely need
It's easy to get carried away when talking about the promise of a young major leaguer. If a player is performing well, even for an extended stretch, it's hard not to ponder his future. Really, that's part of being a fan - wondering what is and what could be. But there's a game tomorrow, and the day after, and probably the day after that; things change in a hurry. Such is the case for Jonathan Schoop. Only 23, Schoop is certainly no Manny Machado. That's not a dig at all, as Machado is one...
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