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Three injured regulars to face live pitching Monday (3-3 after 12)

Three injured regulars to face live pitching Monday (3-3 after 12)
PHILADELPHIA - Matt Adams, Ryan Zimmerman and Matt Wieters will all move a step closer to returning to the Nationals' active roster Monday when they face live pitching in a simulated game before their teammates face the Red Sox in Washington. Adams, Zimmerman and Wieters will face a couple of minor league pitchers the Nationals are flying into town for the occasion. It's the first time each will have batted against a live pitcher since going on the disabled list, but that doesn't mean all...
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Murphy's availability becoming daily dilemma for Martinez

Murphy's availability becoming daily dilemma for Martinez
PHILADELPHIA - Some 12 hours after explaining Daniel Murphy was available only in an emergency, Davey Martinez wrote out a lineup card that included Murphy as his starting second baseman for the first time this season. What changed from Saturday night to Sunday morning? The two principals offered up their explanations today as the Nationals prepared to face the Phillies for the seventh time in the last 10 days, seeking only their third head-to-head win. The process began Thursday, when Murphy...
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Game 82 lineups: Nats at Phillies

Game 82 lineups: Nats at Phillies
PHILADELPHIA - As is the case across much of the country today, it is blazing hot here in Philly. Temperatures are expected to approach triple digits this afternoon, making for quite an uncomfortable setting at Citizens Bank Park as the Nationals wrap up their four-game series with the Phillies and try to get July off to a positive start after a bad June. There are some interesting nuggets in today's lineup. Bryce Harper and Juan Soto have essentially swapped swaps, with Soto batting third and...
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A statistical look at the season's first half

A statistical look at the season's first half
PHILADELPHIA - June has come to an end, and not soon enough for a Nationals club that just went 9-16 in the last month. The calendar change also coincides with the halfway point of the regular season. Yes, the Nats have played 81 games now. And I'm not sure anyone expected their record at this juncture to be 42-39. That's simply not going to cut it. Eighty-four wins almost certainly isn't getting them into the playoffs. To get to 90, they'll have to play .593 ball the rest of the way, which...
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Same lineup, old results for Nats in 3-2 loss to Phillies (updated)

Same lineup, old results for Nats in 3-2 loss to Phillies (updated)
PHILADELPHIA - When Chip Hale asked Davey Martinez for tonight's lineup, the Nationals manager looked at his bench coach with a skeptical eye. Uh, they scored 17 runs and launched seven homers Friday night. They were going with the exact same lineup tonight, no need to ask. Past success, especially fleeting past success, of course does not guarantee future success. Martinez knew this, but he also knew you don't tempt the baseball gods after a game like that. So he instructed Hale to fill out...
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Notes on Zimmerman, Read, Strasburg, Robles, Ross (Nats lose 3-2)

Notes on Zimmerman, Read, Strasburg, Robles, Ross (Nats lose 3-2)
PHILADELPHIA - The Nationals made another set of transactions today in addition to the ones that allowed Jeremy Hellickson to come off the disabled list at the expense of Sammy Solís. They also moved Ryan Zimmerman to the 60-day DL so they could reinstate minor league catcher Raudy Read after he completed his 80-game suspension for a positive drug test. Read, whose suspension was handed down in early February after he tested positive for the performance enhancing drug Boldenone, saw his term...
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Solís surprised, upset by demotion to Triple-A

Solís surprised, upset by demotion to Triple-A
PHILADELPHIA - Sammy Solís knew the Nationals were going to need to drop one of their nine relievers today to make room for starter Jeremy Hellickson. He just didn't expect to be the one who got dropped. Solís, though, was the only one of those nine relievers on the current roster who still had a remaining option and thus could be sent to the minors without first passing through waivers. So the club made the decision to demote the guy who leads their staff and ranks second in the...
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Game 81 lineups: Nats at Phillies (Solís optioned)

Game 81 lineups: Nats at Phillies (Solís optioned)
PHILADELPHIA - What do you do after hitting seven homers and exploding for 17 runs? Trot out the same lineup the next night, right? That's what Davey Martinez is doing tonight, going with the same batting order from Friday night's win over the Phillies. There is one change, of course, and that's the return of Jeremy Hellickson from a strained hamstring. The veteran right-hander, who hurt himself covering first base four weeks ago in Atlanta, returns not only to the Nationals rotation but...
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Fedde labors but gets long-awaited first career win

Fedde labors but gets long-awaited first career win
PHILADELPHIA - Erick Fedde was well aware of the situation. He had started seven previous big league games and had yet to emerge with a win in any of them. "I mean, it was a thought," the rookie right-hander admitted. "Not something ever when I was out on the field. Maybe when I get back home. But it's really nice to get that first one out of the way." Pitcher wins are a strange stat, and often they aren't at all a reflection of a pitcher's actual performance. But they do still mean...
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Nats flip the script with seven homers in 17-7 win (updated)

Nats flip the script with seven homers in 17-7 win (updated)
PHILADELPHIA - Answering a question this afternoon after his team's dramatic drop in home runs during this long and frustrating month, Davey Martinez offered up a different cure for the Nationals' offensive woes. "If you've noticed the days we've actually had good at-bats, we've hit a lot of balls up the middle," the manager said. "And the approach was like that. There's a lot of hits up the middle and in the gaps. So just stay there. They're going to hit home runs, I know they are....
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Power stroke returns in rapid fire in Philly (Nats win 17-7)

Power stroke returns in rapid fire in Philly (Nats win 17-7)
PHILADELPHIA - The Nationals entered play tonight dead-last in the majors with only 12 home runs hit this month. Two innings later, they've taken over sole possession of 29th place, and they're only one away from moving into a tie for 28th. Three big blasts by Trea Turner, Juan Soto and Anthony Rendon have brought this previously moribund lineup to life and allowed the Nats to open up a commanding 7-0 lead on the Phillies after only two innings. The Nationals roughed up Nick Pivetta, with...
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Will Nats convince Zimmerman to go on rehab assignment?

Will Nats convince Zimmerman to go on rehab assignment?
PHILADELPHIA - Ryan Zimmerman took the unusual step this afternoon of walking into the visitors' bullpen at Citizens Bank Park with a bat in hand. The purpose: To stand in the batter's box as both Max Scherzer and Gio Gonzalez threw pitches during their standard between-starts bullpen session. "Just trying to see pitches as much as I can," said Zimmerman, who has been on the disabled list with a strained oblique muscle since May 12. "So when it is time to come back, I've already seen as...
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Game 80 lineups: Nats at Phillies

Game 80 lineups: Nats at Phillies
PHILADELPHIA - The Nationals have gotten into a habit of doing virtually nothing at the plate for much of a ballgame and then trying to mount a furious rally late. That strategy worked once (Sunday night at home against the Phillies) but has failed several other times (most recently Thursday night here at Citizens Bank Park). So perhaps they'll see if they can generate something a little earlier tonight. Some changes to the lineup tonight: Adam Eaton is back in there as promised, leading off...
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New-look Roark gets better, if not perfect, results

New-look Roark gets better, if not perfect, results
PHILADELPHIA - First things first, and the first thing everyone noticed about Tanner Roark when he took the mound Thursday night was the major alteration he made to his facial hair. Having sported a thick beard for several years now, the right-hander suddenly showed up with a mustache and sharp-angled sideburns, a look best described as a parody of a style popular in the 1970s. What, exactly, was Roark's inspiration? "I don't know," he said, before going on to explain. "I told (pitching...
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Nats drop opener of key series in Philly 4-3 (updated)

Nats drop opener of key series in Philly 4-3 (updated)
PHILADELPHIA - Davey Martinez wasn't afraid to admit it. "We've got some pretty big games coming up, some teams that are doing really well," the Nationals manager said this afternoon. "What I'd really like for them to see is to kind of play with a sense of urgency. This is a time right now where we can make up some ground and do some good things for ourselves." It's the final weekend of June, and there's still half a season of baseball to be played. But the Nats, surprise residents of...
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Roark laboring again in opener vs. Phillies (Nats lose 4-3)

Roark laboring again in opener vs. Phillies (Nats lose 4-3)
PHILADELPHIA - Tanner Roark has a new look adorning his face, but his performance on the mound so far tonight unfortunately has looked too familiar to the Nationals. Roark, who shaved off his large beard but retained a thick mustache and sharp-angled sideburns for tonight's start against the Phillies, has been laboring on the mound from the get-go and appears headed for another quick exit. On the heels of back-to-back troublesome outings in Toronto and Washington, Roark has needed 71 pitches...
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Strasburg close to bullpen session, plus Zimmerman news

Strasburg close to bullpen session, plus Zimmerman news
PHILADELPHIA - Stephen Strasburg continues progress in his return from a shoulder injury and appears to be a few days away from throwing off a mound for the first time since landing on the disabled list. Strasburg, three weeks removed from his last outing for the Nationals, threw pitches off flat ground in the outfield at Citizens Bank Park this afternoon, ramping up from the simple game of catch he played last weekend. Next up for Strasburg would be a bullpen session, which Davey Martinez...
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Game 79 lineups: Nats at Phillies

Game 79 lineups: Nats at Phillies
PHILADELPHIA - A big series? During the final weekend of June? For the Nationals, well, yeah I think it's safe to say this qualifies. Having lost nine of their last 12 games, including back-to-back shutouts at Tampa Bay earlier this week, the Nats come to Citizens Bank Park desperate to get back on track. To do that, they'll have to play well in a four-game series against a Phillies club that took two of three from them last weekend in D.C. (the lone win coming via a dramatic, eighth-inning...
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After calling it a career, Werth's legacy in D.C. is complete

After calling it a career, Werth's legacy in D.C. is complete
Jayson Werth always insisted he could play well into his 40s, that as a late bloomer who didn't become a big league regular until his late 20s and someone who was big into nutrition and maintaining a healthy lifestyle, he was uniquely positioned to continue his playing career beyond the norm. And no doubt Werth still believed that deep in his heart when he went out to Tacoma two months ago to play for the Mariners' Triple-A affiliate. There were three factors, however, Werth couldn't...
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Nats say it's still early, but they should beware recent history

Nats say it's still early, but they should beware recent history
After losing a mid-June game in frustrating fashion and staring up at two teams in front of them in the standings for the first time, the Nationals manager insisted this was no time to panic. "I don't worry about that," the skipper said. "It's a little too early for me to start watching the scoreboard." After a different mid-June loss that left them hovering just over the .500 mark and firmly behind the division leaders, a Nationals veteran looked at the bright side. "We're in a good...
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