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Werth gets night off, Taylor makes first start in left (with lineups)

Werth gets night off, Taylor makes first start in left (with lineups)
Most of the lineup moves up a spot tonight as outfielder Jayson Werth is given a night off and rookie Michael A. Taylor slides into left field and the eighth spot in the order. Taylor is in his second stint with the Nationals this season after starting the first 12 games in center field before taking a trip back to Triple- A Syracuse. Taylor is batting .271 with two homers, four doubles and nine RBIs. This will be Taylor's first action in left field this season. The Nationals acquired minor...
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Orioles unveil new Player-Designed T-Shirt Series

Orioles unveil new Player-Designed T-Shirt Series
The Orioles today announced details for a new Player-Designed T-Shirt Series featuring personalized graphics and themes created by Orioles players. The series will feature five different Orioles players including Zach Britton (May 30), Bud Norris (June 30), and J.J. Hardy (July 30). The Orioles will announce the players and designs for the August 19 and September 30 giveaways at a later date. On May 30 when the Orioles host the Tampa Bay Rays at 4:05 p.m., all fans will receive a "Rock the...
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Washington Nationals to recognize 2015 honorary bat girl contest winner at Nationals Park for "Going to Bat Against Breast Cancer"

Washington Nationals to recognize 2015 honorary bat girl contest winner at Nationals Park for "Going to Bat Against Breast Cancer"
Major League Baseball has announced the winners of the 2015 Honorary Bat Girl contest, which recognizes baseball fans who have been affected by breast cancer and who demonstrate a commitment to eradicating the disease. The Honorary Bat Girl for the Washington Nationals is Tracy Lustig of Alexandria, Va. She will be recognized on the field and will be responsible for delivering the lineup card before the team plays the Atlanta Braves on Sunday, May 10.Tracy Lustig is a resilient breast cancer...
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2015 honorary bat girl contest winner to be recognized on May 15 at Oriole Park

2015 honorary bat girl contest winner to be recognized on May 15 at Oriole Park
Major League Baseball announced the 30 winners of the 2015 Honorary Bat Girl Contest that recognizes baseball fans who have been affected by breast cancer and demonstrate a commitment to eradicating the disease. The winner of the Honorary Bat Girl Contest for the Orioles is Sara Tresselt, who will be recognized in a pre-game ceremony at Oriole Park at Camden Yards on Friday, May 15 prior to the Orioles game vs. the Los Angeles Angels. Tresselt will be honored during an on-field ceremony, will...
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Matt of Matt's Bats: May will be a good test for the Nationals

Matt of Matt's Bats: May will be a good test for the Nationals
Thankfully, April is over. Now that it's May, the Nationals are winning. Winning is what Nats fans expected; it just has not been how we planned it. After a full month, the Nats sit just below .500 at 13-14. The Nats looked like they were going to end April on a losing streak. On April 27, they were on a six-game skid. However, to end the month, they turned up the gas and won three in a row against the Braves and Mets. Between Tuesday and Thursday, the bats heated up to produce 34 runs in...
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Ian Desmond, Yunel Escobar will Nats to comeback win

Ian Desmond, Yunel Escobar will Nats to comeback win
No player has typified the first month for the Nationals better than shortstop Ian Desmond. From inexplicable fielding blunders to show-stopping defense, and from down-in-the-dumps batting slumps to curtain calls, Desmond has seen it all. The fielding demons came quick. Desmond's two errors in the season's first game bungled the script on opening day, costing the Nats a win. He had a staggering eight errors all together in the first 12 games, and they were expensive. In the seven games...
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Tough luck continues as Anthony Rendon is diagnosed with oblique strain

Tough luck continues as Anthony Rendon is diagnosed with oblique strain
Infielder Anthony Rendon's visit this afternoon with Nationals team doctor Wiemi Douoguih revealed a left oblique strain. "We're gonna have to slow his progress down a little bit," Nationals manager Matt Williams said after his team's 6-4 win over the Marlins. "He's felt it for the fast couple days, so we're going to have to sit him a little bit longer and make sure it's OK before he resumes activity. It's just not getting loose for him. So there's a little strain in there and we've...
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Escobar's "best game" leads Nats to third straight win

Escobar's "best game" leads Nats to third straight win
With a desire to add more offense to his team that had failed in the postseason, Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo pulled the trigger on a controversial trade to acquire infielder Yunel Escobar for reliever Tyler Clippard in mid-January. Wow, has it paid off. Escobar turned in a 5-for-5 night at the plate that included a clutch two-out two-RBI single in the eighth to break a tie and propel the Nats to a 6-4 win over the Marlins. Escobar, who is batting a team-high .311, never had five hits...
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Matt Kremnitzer: Miguel Gonzalez is at it again

Matt Kremnitzer: Miguel Gonzalez is at it again
Orioles pitching has been better lately, and Miguel Gonzalez's solid performance on Saturday (7 2/3 scoreless innings of four-hit ball with a walk and six strikeouts) played a part in the turnaround. It's been easy to routinely overlook Gonzalez, who always seems to be mentioned as a bullpen option instead of a lock for the rotation. I'm certainly guilty of that. But after five starts of posting a 2.59 ERA and a 3.89 FIP this season, Gonzalez is again chugging along and doing what it takes...
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Desmond, Escobar spark late rally, Nats beat Marlins 6-4

Desmond, Escobar spark late rally, Nats beat Marlins 6-4
The error-prone Nationals made it four straight games without a miscue until the first inning tonight. With one out and one on, Marlins slugger Giancarlo Stanton ripped a line drive right at left fielder Jayson Werth. Werth stepped up and crouched down, but the diving screamer caromed off his glove. The next batter, center fielder Marcell Ozuna, hit a soft flare up the middle to score third baseman Martin Prado. The run was unearned for Nats starter Jordan Zimmermann. The Nationals are the...
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Anthony Rendon having side checked out, Casey Janssen is improving

Anthony Rendon having side checked out, Casey Janssen is improving
Infielder Anthony Rendon is in D.C. today undergoing an examination on his troublesome left side with Nationals team doctor Wiemi Douoguih. "Don't know why it's been a problem," Nationals manager Matt Williams said. "It's just crept up on him. We're being cautious with it to make sure that it doesn't turn into something we don't want it to turn into. The last couple of days, he's taken it easy. He went through the full workout a couple days ago and it was tight. So yesterday we shut...
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Jordan Zimmermann to deal with Dee Gordon, Marlins (with lineups)

Jordan Zimmermann to deal with Dee Gordon, Marlins (with lineups)
The last time right-hander Jordan Zimmermann faced the Marlins at Nationals Park, he tossed the Nationals' first no-hitter on the final day of last year's regular season. He didn't achieve the same lofty results 11 days ago in Miami, but he was still solid, allowing two runs on six hits with no walks and four strikeouts in six innings. The Nationals went on to lose Zimmermann's start 3-2 and ended up falling in the final two games of the series as the Marlins completed the sweep. Marlins...
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Marty Niland: Pitchers take over as Nats find footing

Marty Niland: Pitchers take over as Nats find footing
This is the Nationals pitching staff we've been waiting to see. Since coming back from 9-1 and 10-2 deficits to beat the Braves 13-12 last Tuesday in a game that may well be remembered as the defining moment of the 2015 season, the Nats have won four of five games behind starting pitching that has been just about lights out. In this latest turn through the rotation, Jordan Zimmermann, Stephen Strasburg, Max Scherzer, Gio Gonzalez and Doug Fister have gone 4-1 with a cumulative 1.65 ERA. They...
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Andrew Stetka: Paredes' place on the roster

Andrew Stetka: Paredes' place on the roster
Baseball rosters fascinate me - the way they are constructed, they way certain players must pass through waivers or be optioned to the minor leagues. It's all a messy and complicated puzzle. Now that we are through the first month of the season, the most intriguing part to the Orioles puzzle is Jimmy Paredes. I wonder every day how that puzzle piece fits into the bigger picture long term. The biggest problem with Paredes going forward is the fact that he doesn't really have a position. He's...
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Magnificent pitching helps Nats survive cliffhangers

Magnificent pitching helps Nats survive cliffhangers
The Nationals clubhouse was quiet last Sunday night as the players packed up having just been easily swept by the Marlins. It wasn't the start anyone expected from a Nats team that was focused on the 10-day excursion against three National League East opponents as a way to fix the surprising mistakes of the early season. Seven days later, after displaying tremendous fortitude in Atlanta, the Nationals finished the road trip, celebrating with blaring beats among a smoke-filled locker room after...
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Nats living on the edge in back-to-back shutouts

Nats living on the edge in back-to-back shutouts
FLUSHING, N.Y. - For the second straight day, the Nationals received an incredible pitching performance, this time from right-hander Doug Fister, as they held on to shut out the Mets 1-0 and take the four-game series. "Well, the last two have been kind of the same," Nationals manager Matt Williams said. Good starting pitching. Good bullpen and then turning it over to Drew (Storen). It's good. 1-0 is never fun but we'll take it any way we can get it." It's the second time the Nationals...
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Nats shut out Mets 1-0 for second straight day

Nats shut out Mets 1-0 for second straight day
FLUSHING, N.Y. - A sharp single from right fielder Bryce Harper moved left fielder Jayson Werth into scoring position with two outs in the first. First baseman Ryan Zimmerman then picked up his team-leading 16th RBI by flicking an offering from Mets starter Dillon Gee safely into right field to plate Werth. For Harper, the single extends his career-best on-base streak to 19 games. Right-hander Doug Fister surrendered singles to Mets right fielder Curtis Granderson and center fielder Juan...
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Denard Span and his hot bat return (with lineups)

Denard Span and his hot bat return (with lineups)
FLUSHING, N.Y. - Center fielder Denard Span returns to the Nationals lineup today after resting the past two days with abdominal soreness in the region of his most recent core muscle surgery in March. Span's bat is a welcome site. The 31-year-old was on tear before he left Thursday's game, going 7-for-18 with two homers, four doubles, five RBIs and six runs scored in his previous four contests. Doug Fister brings a 3.24 ERA into his fifth start of the season this afternoon. Fister has...
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Road trip winds down with huge opportunity

Road trip winds down with huge opportunity
FLUSHING, N.Y. - The Nationals are nearing the end of their long 10-day journey through three National League East cities. After being swept by Miami and starting the trip 0-3 last weekend, the Nats have battled back to give themselves a chance to return to Washington with a respectable 5-5 split on the road. "To bounce back from a tough series in Miami, this is a resilient group," Ian Desmond said. "We're gonna keep our heads up and keep pushing forward." This afternoon's game also...
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Gio Gonzalez's "masterpiece" helps Nats shut out Mets

Gio Gonzalez's "masterpiece" helps Nats shut out Mets
FLUSHING, N.Y. - An RBI infield single from rookie center fielder Michael A. Taylor in the second inning and some exceptional early defense was all left-hander Gio Gonzalez needed as the Nationals handed the Mets a 1-0 defeat tonight, their first shutout loss of the season. Gonzalez's stellar outing got off to a shaky start when Mets center fielder Juan Lagares, the game's second batter, singled up the middle. First baseman Lucas Duda followed with a double into the left field corner. Lagares...
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