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Scherzer fixes glitch, dominates, reaches strikeout milestone

Scherzer fixes glitch, dominates, reaches strikeout milestone
Max Scherzer had to deal with an unusual injury - a strained ribcage muscle suffered when he dodged a foul ball in the dugout - and that alone made this a strange week and disrupted his typical preparation for Friday night's start against the Padres. But Scherzer being Scherzer, there was a more important task at hand all week: Fix whatever it was that led to his ragged performance the last time he took the mound, when he was roughed up for seven runs and 11 hits by (of all teams) the...
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Rare blast off Doolittle spoils Kieboom's debut (updated)

Rare blast off Doolittle spoils Kieboom's debut (updated)
With Max Scherzer dealing and notching his 2,500th career strikeout and Carter Kieboom providing the highlight home run in his major league debut, the Nationals should have had all kinds of reason to celebrate tonight. Even though their bullpen had surrendered another eighth-inning run in agonizing fashion, they still had Sean Doolittle on the mound in the ninth inning of a tie game. How could that scenario possibly turn sour? Welcome to 2019, folks, because it somehow did. Hunter Renfroe's...
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Kieboom ready for "special" debut while Turner keeps healing

Kieboom ready for "special" debut while Turner keeps healing
Carter Kieboom woke up at 9 a.m. Thursday to the ring of his hotel room phone in Reno. He had figured he had plenty of time to relax before heading to the ballpark for Fresno's 6:35 p.m. Pacific Coast League game against the Diamondbacks' Triple-A affiliate. But then he checked his cell phone and realized he had missed five calls from Grizzles manager Randy Knorr, who left a message saying he needed to get down to the lobby ASAP. When he finally made it downstairs, Kieboom was greeted by...
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Game 24 lineups: Nats vs. Padres

Game 24 lineups: Nats vs. Padres
It is absolutely pouring here on South Capitol Street, as appears to be the case throughout the region. The good news: The storms are supposed to clear out of here before gametime, though it may be awfully windy for the Nationals' series opener against the Padres. The weather won't do anything to dampen Carter Kieboom's excitement for his major league debut. The 21-year-old infielder officially had his contract purchased from Triple-A Fresno this afternoon, and he's in the lineup starting...
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If history is guide, Nats will give Kieboom chance to stay

If history is guide, Nats will give Kieboom chance to stay
When his team suffered a spate of early-season injuries in April 2012, Mike Rizzo made the decision to call up Bryce Harper and give the 19-year-old a chance in the big leagues. Harper never returned to the minors. When his team needed a third baseman in April 2013, Rizzo summoned Anthony Rendon straight from Double-A. Rendon would briefly return to the minors, but by June he was back in the majors for good. When his team needed an offensive boost in August 2015, Rizzo promoted Trea Turner and...
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Source: Nats promoting top prospect Carter Kieboom (updated)

Source: Nats promoting top prospect Carter Kieboom (updated)
Carter Kieboom, the Nationals' top prospect off to a red-hot start at the plate with Triple-A Fresno, is getting called up to make his major league debut this weekend, a source familiar with the move confirmed. It's not yet clear what corresponding transaction (or transactions) will be made before Kieboom's contract is purchased. The Nationals not only need to remove someone from the active, 25-man roster but also to clear a spot on the 40-man roster for Kieboom, the organization's first...
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Time for Nats to make a decision on Rosenthal

Time for Nats to make a decision on Rosenthal
DENVER - They've been putting this off for several weeks now, hoping beyond hope things would get better and they could proceed as they intended all along. But the time has probably come for the Nationals to do something with Trevor Rosenthal. They can't afford to keep waiting and keep hoping. They've put Rosenthal on the mound seven times in the last month. They've yet to see him come anywhere close to throwing a clean inning of relief. Even though there were some legitimately encouraging...
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Nats can't sustain momentum, drop another series (updated)

Nats can't sustain momentum, drop another series (updated)
DENVER - They lose one, they win one, they lose one, they hope to win the next one. It was the Nationals' recurring pattern in 2018, and it has become the recurring theme in 2019 as well. One day this team looks like a mess, dropping a series opener and digging itself into a hole. The next day, all looks right again and there seems reason for optimism. And then the next day, it falls apart amid poor pitching, poor defense and poor clutch hitting. "I don't know why; it's really hard to...
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Pregame injury updates from Colorado (Nats down 6-3)

Pregame injury updates from Colorado (Nats down 6-3)
DENVER - Some injury updates for you before the Nationals and Rockies wrap up their three-game series ... * Anthony Rendon is out of the lineup for the fourth straight game with a bruised left elbow, but the Nationals remain optimistic about their third baseman and believe he's on the verge of returning to action. Rendon, who hasn't played since he was struck by a pitch Saturday night in Miami, has taken swings in the batting tunnel each of the last two days. He had seen enough improvement...
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Game 23 lineups: Nats at Rockies

Game 23 lineups: Nats at Rockies
DENVER - The Nationals are 1-7 in series openers so far this season, and that's a bad thing. But they're 6-1 in series finales, and that's a good thing. Despite digging themselves into a hole every time they open new set against a new opponent, they've found a way to climb out of it and emerge still in one piece. They'll try to do that again today and pull off a series victory at Coors Field after dropping the opener but winning a tense affair last night. They'll ask Aníbal Sánchez...
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Nats easing Ross into higher-leverage situations

Nats easing Ross into higher-leverage situations
DENVER - The day began with Davey Martinez mentioning he felt like it was time to start putting Joe Ross on the mound for significant situations. "We're going to have to use him as more than a long man," the Nationals manager said Tuesday afternoon. So when the bottom of the seventh arrived a few hours later, the Nats clinging to a 4-3 lead over the Rockies, who did Martinez summon from the bullpen but the young right-hander who came up as a starter and only now is trying to learn how to...
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Asked to hold slim lead at Coors, Nats bullpen delivers (updated)

Asked to hold slim lead at Coors, Nats bullpen delivers (updated)
DENVER - The Nationals seemed determined to make the four early runs they scored tonight hold up through an entire ballgame. At Coors Field. With the majors' least effective bullpen. A bold strategy, to say the least. And yet somehow they pulled it off. (With a little help from two long-awaited insurance runs via ineffective relief from the opposition.) Behind three scoreless innings from four relievers - some of them used in unfamiliar fashion - the Nationals survived the harrowing late...
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Rendon out of lineup but resumes swinging (Nats up 4-3)

Rendon out of lineup but resumes swinging (Nats up 4-3)
DENVER - Though he's out of the Nationals lineup for the third straight day, Anthony Rendon is showing signs of progress in his recovery from a bruised left elbow. Rendon, who was struck by a pitch Saturday night in Miami, was able to take swings in the batting tunnel today at Coors Field and the results were encouraging. "He swung today, so he feels pretty good," manager Davey Martinez said. "He's still a little tight in there, but he got some swings in and we'll see where he's during...
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Scherzer still on track for Friday start after throwing off mound

Scherzer still on track for Friday start after throwing off mound
DENVER - Max Scherzer believes he'll be good to make his next scheduled start as planned Friday night. But even if he isn't, the Nationals ace is grateful he's only dealing with a mild ribcage strain after dodging a foul ball Sunday in Miami that could have caused far more damage had it struck him. "First of all, you've got to understand: This is best-case scenario," Scherzer said this afternoon. "That ball was hit over 100 mph, right at my head. I'm just lucky I still have one blue...
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Game 22 lineups: Nats at Rockies

Game 22 lineups: Nats at Rockies
DENVER - What a difference a day makes. It's currently 20 degrees warmer at Coors Field than it was for last night's series opener, and there isn't a cloud in the sky, either. Now the Nationals have to hope the result on the field differs from last night as well. After dropping that game 7-5 - their seventh loss in eight series openers so far this season - the Nats face another uphill climb and will need to win the next two games to return home with a series victory and a .500 record. And...
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On Dozier, pinch-hitting decisions and losing series openers

On Dozier, pinch-hitting decisions and losing series openers
DENVER - It got lost in the Nationals' 7-5 loss to the Rockies that saw the home team score the final five runs, but in the larger picture the Nats have to be encouraged by Brian Dozier's recent resurgence at the plate. Dozier, among the biggest disappointments on the roster through the season's first three weeks, has come back to life on this road trip. He has now homered in three of his last four games, including a towering, three-run blast to left Monday night that temporarily gave the...
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Nats score early, not late in 7-5 loss to Rockies (updated)

Nats score early, not late in 7-5 loss to Rockies (updated)
DENVER - Davey Martinez has participated in enough games at Coors Field - as a player, as a coach and as a manager - to know what kind of mindset anyone in uniform must bring to this park. "You gotta try to score as many runs as possible," he said this afternoon. "No game's ever over." So even when the Nationals scored two runs in the top of the first tonight, Martinez certainly knew that wouldn't be enough. And even when they added three more in the top of the fourth via Brian Dozier's...
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Rendon out of lineup again, but no IL move yet (game tied 5-5)

Rendon out of lineup again, but no IL move yet (game tied 5-5)
DENVER - Though they don't believe Anthony Rendon will need to miss much time with a bruised left elbow, the Nationals decided they couldn't proceed any longer without any backup infielders, so they recalled Jake Noll from Triple-A today and sent reliever Austin Adams to Fresno to clear a roster spot. Rendon, who was struck in the elbow by a pitch Saturday night in Miami, has been out of the lineup since. But there were signs of improvement today: He's able to bend his arm, according to...
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Game 21 lineups: Nats at Rockies (Noll recalled)

Game 21 lineups: Nats at Rockies (Noll recalled)
DENVER - Hello from Coors Field, where the air is not only thin but really cold. At least today, it is. The high temperature might crack 50 degrees this afternoon, and it'll be dropping down through the 40s during tonight's series opener. You'd think that would be a bad thing for hitters, but I'm not sure it's possible for any game in this ballpark to be bad for hitters. The Nationals certainly hope the altitude helps get their bats going after a sluggish weekend in Miami that at least...
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After surviving opening stretch, time for Nats to start thriving

After surviving opening stretch, time for Nats to start thriving
They faced an 11-game opening gauntlet against nothing but two division rivals expecting to win this season. They've been without their starting shortstop for more than two weeks now. They continue to have to piece together their bullpen on a nightly basis, hoping to find a combination that records the necessary outs before giving up too many runs. Things have not gone swimmingly for the Nationals so far in 2019. And yet after hanging on for Thursday's 4-2 win over the Giants, they left town...
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