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After 461 appearances, Albers finally gets to save the game

After 461 appearances, Albers finally gets to save the game
PHILADELPHIA - Matt Albers has been a professional pitcher for 16 seasons, a major leaguer for 12, a full-time reliever for 10. He's the guy who is called upon to pitch in whatever situation is needed on a given night. Long relief. Extra innings. Mop-up work. A random sixth or seventh inning here or there. And a whole lot of ninth innings ... with his team trailing. It's about as unglamorous a role as there is in baseball, and after more than a decade it surely gets you typecast. Albers has...
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Nats ride homers, Strasburg, altered bullpen to 4-2 victory

Nats ride homers, Strasburg, altered bullpen to 4-2 victory
PHILADELPHIA - Ryan Zimmerman homered again, which is no surprise. Anthony Rendon homered, which is not a surprise this week. But a Stephen Strasburg home run? That was most surprising and elicited the biggest gasp among the crowd at Citizens Bank Park tonight. Strasburg's solo blast, only the second of his career, helped the Nationals open up a lead tonight. His heavy workload on the mound held the Phillies in check and ultimately put his team in position for a 4-2 victory in the opener of...
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Sore groin keeps Harper out of lineup (Nationals win 4-2)

Sore groin keeps Harper out of lineup (Nationals win 4-2)
PHILADELPHIA - Still dealing with a sore groin, Bryce Harper is not in the starting lineup for tonight's series opener against the Phillies, but the Nationals remain confident the injury isn't anything serious and that their slugger will return in short order. "He's a little sore," manager Dusty Baker said. "Like I said yesterday, he's day-to-day. I said I'll check with him daily. I didn't check with him today, but I checked with the trainers. Hopefully he'll come back sometime this...
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Kelley lands on DL with strained lower back, Grace recalled

Kelley lands on DL with strained lower back, Grace recalled
PHILADELPHIA - The Nationals hoped they'd have Shawn Kelley available out of their bullpen tonight after he missed the last two days with an illness. Turns out they're going to be without him a while longer after they placed him on the 10-day disabled list with a strained lower back. The surprise move came only 15 minutes before first pitch between the Nationals and Phillies, after Kelley's back flared up while trying to determine if he'd be able to appear in the series opener at Citizens...
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Game 29 lineups: Nats at Phillies

Game 29 lineups: Nats at Phillies
PHILADELPHIA - As was the case in Washington, it poured in Philadelphia this morning. But as is the case in D.C., the rain has mostly cleared out now and so the Nationals and Phillies shouldn't have much trouble getting the opener of their weekend series in tonight at Citizens Bank Park. If and when they play, Stephen Strasburg will be on the mound for the Nats in a ballpark in which he has enjoyed an awful lot of success. Strasburg has 1.64 ERA in seven career starts here, including seven...
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Zimmerman starts off May how he ended April

Zimmerman starts off May how he ended April
Ryan Zimmerman found out Wednesday afternoon he had been named National League Player of the Month for April. Then he took the field for his second game in May and picked up right where he left off. Zimmerman went 2-for-3 and drove in the go-ahead run with a sixth-inning double, helping lead the Nationals to a 2-1 victory over the Diamondbacks. In doing so, he extended his hitting streak to 10 games, his multi-hit streak to six games and raised his batting average to a major league-best...
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Jacob Turner comes to the rescue: "He saved our bullpen"

Jacob Turner comes to the rescue: "He saved our bullpen"
Before their team takes the field every night, Dusty Baker and Mike Maddux come together and map out a pitching plan for that particular game. They know who's starting and how much can be expected from him. They know who is available and who isn't available out of the bullpen. And they know which reliever they ideally want to turn to for each potential scenario. When they mapped out the plan for tonight's game against the Diamondbacks, Baker and Maddux knew they had a short bullpen. Shawn...
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Turner's dominant relief holds D-backs down 2-1

Turner's dominant relief holds D-backs down 2-1
Their starter walked seven batters in five innings. Their emergency starter pitched four scoreless innings of relief, taking over all the setup roles and the closer's job by himself. This isn't how the Nationals envisioned pitching their way to a 2-1 victory, but hey, whatever works, right? Behind five ragged-but-effective innings from Gio Gonzalez and then four surprising and dominant innings from Jacob Turner, the Nationals defeated the Diamondbacks tonight, and perhaps found themselves a...
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Baker on Zimmerman's award, Blanton's homer problem

Baker on Zimmerman's award, Blanton's homer problem
Dusty Baker has managed more than a few guys who won their league's Player of the Month award. Shoot, you don't even have to go back to his previous jobs to compile a deep roster of honorees. When Ryan Zimmerman was named National League Player of the Month today, he became the Nats' fourth different starter to earn such an honor in the last seven months, joining Bryce Harper (April 2016) and Daniel Murphy (May and July 2016). "I didn't even know that," Baker said when informed. "That...
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Game 27 lineups: Nats vs. Diamondbacks

Game 27 lineups: Nats vs. Diamondbacks
As impressive as Ryan Zimmerman was in April, there was no bigger surprise on the Nationals roster in the season's first month than Gio Gonzalez. After a ragged 2016, Gonzalez burst onto the scene to begin this year, going 3-0 with a 1.62 ERA in five starts. Now we find out if the lefty can keep it going and not fall back into the same traps that befell him last season after a strong start. He'll face a tough challenge tonight in the Diamondbacks, who, as we saw last night, can grind out...
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Zimmerman named NL Player of the Month

Zimmerman named NL Player of the Month
Nationals first baseman Ryan Zimmerman was officially recognized for his remarkable April this afternoon when he was named National League Player of the Month. It was a worthy capper to a dominant month for Zimmerman, who entered the season facing major questions about his ability to bounce back from the worst year of his career and proceeded to put those questions to rest in emphatic fashion. Zimmerman ended April leading the majors in batting average (.420), homers (11), RBIs (29), hits (37),...
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Struggling Treinen seeks more strikes, faster pace

Struggling Treinen seeks more strikes, faster pace
In their quest to fix what ails Blake Treinen right now, the Nationals coaching staff isn't looking as much at the reliever's mechanics or pitch selection as the slow pace in which all those pitches are being delivered to the plate. "I'd like to see him pick up the pace," manager Dusty Baker said Tuesday night after Treinen struggled again during the Nats' 6-3 loss to the Diamondbacks. "He's very deliberate. It looks like he's thinking while he's throwing versus just throwing." The...
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Uninspired Nationals slog through "kind of a downer day"

Uninspired Nationals slog through "kind of a downer day"
The game lasted 3 hours, 48 minutes. It felt like it took even longer for the Nationals to slog their way through an uninspired 6-3 loss to the Diamondbacks that bore virtually no resemblance to the high-energy, high-drama games they had played nearly every night in April. "It was kind of a downer day," manager Dusty Baker conceded. "I don't know why, but it seems like we don't bounce back with a lot of life after an off-day. 'Cause an off-day kind of just sits on you after that long...
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Nationals drop series opener to Diamondbacks 6-3

Nationals drop series opener to Diamondbacks 6-3
The Nationals aren't going to score 23 runs every night, and it's not going out on a limb to say so. But neither are they going to score six or seven runs every night, which is what they averaged in April. There are going to be nights like this one, when the lineup produces a couple of clutch hits but misses several opportunities for more. And on those nights, the Nats are going to have to rely on their pitching staff to win games. The staff couldn't deliver in tonight's series opener...
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Baker on Ross demotion: "Joe wasn't Joe"

Baker on Ross demotion: "Joe wasn't Joe"
Asked today why the Nationals made the decision to demote Joe Ross to the minors, Dusty Baker offered up a simple answer at first. "Joe wasn't Joe," the manager said. "That was it in a nutshell." There are different theories trying to explain why Ross hasn't looked like his normal self the last two times he has taken the mound. Is there a physical problem? Ross insisted to team officials there isn't. Is there a mechanical glitch that has caused him to lose his consistent arm slot? Could...
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Game 26 lineups: Nats vs. Diamondbacks

Game 26 lineups: Nats vs. Diamondbacks
After the most impressive offensive week and month in their history, the Nationals start anew tonight when they host the Diamondbacks in the opener of a three-game series. This is a good Arizona club that comes to town with the National League's second-ranked offense and second-ranked pitching staff. One of those pitchers is Taijuan Walker, who takes the mound tonight. The young right-hander and former top Mariners prospect has opened the season 3-1 with a 3.94 ERA, having struck out 33...
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Ross optioned to Syracuse, Cole returns to major league staff

Ross optioned to Syracuse, Cole returns to major league staff
The Nationals have optioned Joe Ross to Triple-A Syracuse, a move that comes as a surprise but underscores the organization's concerns with how the right-hander has performed in limited action so far this season. Ross was formally demoted Monday, but the club didn't announce the move until today. Right-hander A.J. Cole was recalled from Syracuse to fill the roster spot, though he will need to serve a three-game suspension before he's eligible to pitch. The demotion comes in the wake of...
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After impressive April, what does May have in store for Nats?

After impressive April, what does May have in store for Nats?
Though they were far from perfect - hello, bullpen! - the Nationals did just wrap up an overwhelmingly successful opening month to the season. At 17-8, they own the best record in the majors and the second-best 25-game start to any season in club history. (Only last year's 18-7 team got off to a better start.) They lead the majors in just about every offensive category of significance, and their rotation continues to be a force. (Though their starters officially rank 16th in the majors with a...
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Zimmerman named NL Player of the Week

Zimmerman named NL Player of the Week
Ryan Zimmerman was named National League Player of the Week this afternoon. That's a nice little honor, but it probably will be overshadowed shortly, as Zimmerman is likely to be named NL Player of the Month as well. Zimmerman earned the weekly award after a torrid seven days to cap off his brilliant month. The Nationals first baseman went 13-for-26 with two doubles, five homers, 13 RBIs, 11 runs and a 1.654 OPS. And he didn't even get as many at-bats as he could have to pad his stats;...
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While lineup soars, bullpen continues to concern Nationals

While lineup soars, bullpen continues to concern Nationals
The Nationals lineup, in case you hadn't heard, is really good. As the calendar shifts from April to May, the Nats as a team lead the majors in runs, hits, doubles, RBIs, walks, batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and OPS. And on an individual level, either Ryan Zimmerman or Bryce Harper now leads the majors in runs, hits, home runs, RBIs, walks, batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage and OPS. What's not to like about this team? Well, besides the...
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