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Game 156 lineups: Nats vs. Mets

Game 156 lineups: Nats vs. Mets
Will the Nationals and Mets play their final head-to-head matchup of the season today? And if not, will they ever play it? That's the pertinent question right now, with the rain coming down all morning and expected to continue all day. Major League Baseball doesn't like canceling games altogether and leaving teams playing fewer than 162 games - the Marlins and Pirates already are scheduled to meet on Oct. 1 for reasons that can only be financial - but given how little is at stake here, you...
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Final elimination comes via walk-off win in St. Louis (Nats win 6-0)

Final elimination comes via walk-off win in St. Louis (Nats win 6-0)
There will be no postseason appearance for the Nationals in 2018. Eliminated from the National League East race Friday night, the Nats were eliminated from the NL wild card race this afternoon when Tyler O'Neill hit a walk-off homer off Mark Melancon in St. Louis to give the Cardinals a 5-4 10-inning victory over the Giants. That result leaves the Nationals trailing the Cardinals by 8 1/2 games for the final playoff berth in the NL, with only eight games remaining on the schedule....
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Voth will get today's start after Roark is pushed back

Voth will get today's start after Roark is pushed back
The Nationals are going to send Austin Voth, not Tanner Roark, to the mound Saturday afternoon. Though Roark had previously been named their starter for the third game of a four-game weekend series with the Mets, the Nationals decided to push the veteran right-hander back and give him more time to recuperate following the birth of his third child. Roark's wife, Amanda, gave birth earlier this week in Atlanta, where the pitcher spent four days while the Nationals played in Miami. He was back in...
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Nationals eliminated from NL East race (updated)

Nationals eliminated from NL East race (updated)
Even the most pessimistic of observers out there, those who insisted all along the Nationals would not win the National League East this season, could not have reasonably believed this team would be facing elimination on Sept. 21, with more than a week left on the regular-season schedule. If the Nats were going to fall short in their quest to win a third straight division title, it wouldn't happen until the final weekend, after a soul-crushing loss that allowed a surprise rival to celebrate...
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With Eaton's knee stiff, Robles getting extended look (Nats down 4-1)

With Eaton's knee stiff, Robles getting extended look (Nats down 4-1)
As much as he's wanted to get a look at Victor Robles down the stretch of the season, Davey Martinez also wanted to give Adam Eaton opportunities to keep playing until the finish line, making sure his surgically repaired left knee and ankle could hold up through the late September grind. Eaton, though, is now dealing with stiffness in that knee, so that has opened the door for Robles to get his first extended look of the season. Eaton isn't in the Nationals' lineup tonight, the fourth time...
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Game 154 lineups: Nats vs. Mets (updated)

Game 154 lineups: Nats vs. Mets (updated)
The Nationals could be eliminated from the National League East race tonight. That's not a scenario anyone anticipated back in February (or April or June or maybe even July or August, for that matter) but it's the reality of the situation. The Nats are eight games back of the Braves in the division with nine to play. That means the elimination number is two, which means a Washington loss and an Atlanta win make it official. (The elimination number for the NL wild card race, for what it's...
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Soft outfield turf surprises players from both clubs

Soft outfield turf surprises players from both clubs
The outfield grass at Nationals Park hasn't always looked pristine this summer, most notably after a couple of concerts that left much of center field a splotchy brown. But the field itself had held up well through it all, never once appearing to negatively impact play despite heat, rain, All-Star festivities and more. But on Thursday night, two players in the Nationals-Mets game got their feet caught in the outfield turf, wound up creating massive divots and nearly injured themselves in the...
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Nats rally to get Scherzer off hook, but lose in 12th (updated)

Nats rally to get Scherzer off hook, but lose in 12th (updated)
Max Scherzer won't win 20 games this season. He very well could strike out 300 batters. Whether that's enough to get him a fourth Cy Young Award over first-time hopeful Jacob deGrom won't be known until mid-November. Scherzer was mostly dominant tonight against the Mets, striking out 13 batters in seven innings to raise his season total to 290. But back-to-back homers surrendered in the third left the Nationals ace ineligible to earn his 18th win, with at most only two starts remaining on...
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No days off have been no problem for Turner

No days off have been no problem for Turner
The Nationals tonight play their 153rd game of the season. Trea Turner tonight plays in his 153rd game of the season. "I appreciate the fact he goes out there and plays every day," manager Davey Martinez said. "It's hard to do these days. I talk to him and ask if he needs a day off, and he's good to go. He loves to play." Turner hasn't started all 153 of those games. Four times this season he has been out of the lineup but still appeared off the bench. Even so, the Nationals shortstop is...
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Game 153 lineups: Nats vs. Mets

Game 153 lineups: Nats vs. Mets
And so we have come to the final homestand of the 2018 season. The Nationals host the Mets for four games, then the Marlins for three before hitting the road for an admittedly odd final series at Colorado next weekend. There will be time for some sentimentality once we reach the later stages of the homestand, but for now it's all business. Especially for the man on the mound tonight. Max Scherzer makes what lines up to be the first of three more starts this season. That number is significant,...
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Sorting through the Nationals' new Triple-A affiliation

Sorting through the Nationals' new Triple-A affiliation
By now, you've probably heard about the Nationals' new Triple-A affiliate: the Fresno Grizzlies. And yes, that's Fresno, Calif., not Fresno, Ohio. Fresno was not the Nats' first choice for a new Triple-A affiliate, mostly because of its inconvenient location. It's not only the 2,800 miles that separate it from Washington, but the fact the closest nonstop flight you can get from Fresno to Washington is Chicago. Which, as you know, isn't particularly close to Washington. How did this...
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How the Nats stacked up in the end with the Braves, Phillies

How the Nats stacked up in the end with the Braves, Phillies
There are only 12 games remaining on the Nationals' 2018 schedule, and all of those games will come against the Marlins, Mets and Rockies. Which means there are no more opportunities to gain ground on the two clubs that have sat above them in the National League East all summer via head-to-head wins. No, the Nats have seen the last of the Braves and Phillies this season. Barring a miracle, Atlanta is going to emerge as division champs for the first time in five years. Philadelphia is 6 1/2...
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Harper, Rendon lead Nats to series win in Atlanta (updated)

Harper, Rendon lead Nats to series win in Atlanta (updated)
ATLANTA - They took two of four from the Cubs in a stretch that required a doubleheader and a special trip back to D.C. for a makeup game. They took three of three from the Phillies in a series that required a doubleheader when blowtorches couldn't dry out a soaked infield for the opener. And now the Nationals have taken two of three from the Braves to cap off a wild week of rain, late nights, long games, extra travel and the dodging of a hurricane. All of this, of course, came too late and...
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Eaton won't slow down as season winds down (Nats up 5-2)

Eaton won't slow down as season winds down (Nats up 5-2)
ATLANTA - Given what he's been through in the last 18 months - a torn ACL and sprained ankle, rehab from those injuries, the discovery of further injury to his ankle and rehab from another surgery - you might think Adam Eaton would be taking it easy here as the Nationals' season winds down. You would, of course, be wrong. Eaton is playing more regularly now than he did earlier in the season, when the Nats were still in the thick of the race. He has started 17 of the team's last 20 games,...
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Game 150 lineups: Nats at Braves

Game 150 lineups: Nats at Braves
ATLANTA - The week began with a game in Philadelphia that had to be postponed not because it was raining but because it had rained and the infield couldn't be brought back to life in time. It continued with a makeup game in D.C. that the Cubs didn't want to play out of fear of Hurricane Florence (which at that point was centered more than 400 miles south of Washington). And now the week concludes with one more game at SunTrust Park, where the sun mostly shone Friday and Saturday but has now...
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Soto shows off legs with three steals in win

Soto shows off legs with three steals in win
ATLANTA - Juan Soto has made a name for himself throughout the baseball world this season. For what he has done with his bat. Not his legs. Until Saturday, when Soto showed off a part of his game few previously knew existed: his ability to run. The Nationals' rookie phenom stole three bases in a 7-1 victory over the Braves, including third base on the front end of a double steal. He entered the day with only two stolen bases in the major leagues. He finished it with five. "That feels pretty...
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Rodriguez great in relief again as Nats walk to 7-1 win (updated)

Rodriguez great in relief again as Nats walk to 7-1 win (updated)
ATLANTA - Jeremy Hellickson wanted to get an opportunity to close out his season on a high note. That won't happen now after the right-hander re-injured his right wrist, not by pitching but by hitting in the top of the fourth this afternoon at SunTrust Park. Disappointed as they were to see Hellickson go down again, though, the Nationals couldn't help but be encouraged by what they saw from Jefry Rodriguez, the right-hander who took over on the mound and made another strong case for inclusion...
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Hellickson reinjures wrist while batting (Nats lead 5-1)

Hellickson reinjures wrist while batting (Nats lead 5-1)
ATLANTA - Jeremy Hellickson's return from a sprained right wrist lasted only three innings after the Nationals pitcher appeared to reinjure the wrist while batting. Hellickson, making his return one month after he hurt himself bracing for a fall while covering the plate following a wild pitch, looked perfectly healthy on the mound during his three innings against the Braves. He allowed one unearned run (though that was a result of his own throwing error on a pickoff attempt) on two hits and...
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Soto and Acuña enjoying rookie battle

Soto and Acuña enjoying rookie battle
ATLANTA - Not that he has needed any motivation to get himself excited for every game he's played this season, but Juan Soto couldn't help but notice the fellow phenom left fielder across the field from him Friday night and feel a little extra motivation. "Yes," the Nationals 19-year-old said when asked about facing Braves 20-year-old Ronald Acuña Jr. "It feels pretty good. That's how you compare - you and me - and see who can do that there and who can do that, you know? I feel pretty...
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Game 149 lineups: Nats at Braves

Game 149 lineups: Nats at Braves
ATLANTA - It's going to be another scorcher here today. We saw what the heat and humidity did to Max Scherzer's cap and jersey last night. Now imagine what it's going to do to Jeremy Hellickson's gear today in a 1:05 p.m. with sun covering the entire field. Hopefully clubhouse manager Mike Wallace has plenty of extra caps and jerseys at the ready. Hellickson makes his return after a month on the disabled list with a sprained right wrist, suffered when he tried to break his fall while...
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