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Nationals continue home run barrage (Nats win 6-1)

Nationals continue home run barrage (Nats win 6-1)
CINCINNATI - Well, that didn't take long. Three batters into the game, the Nationals had a 3-0 lead over the Reds courtesy of a Bryce Harper home run. Brian Goodwin doubled, Stephen Drew singled and Harper crushed his 23rd homer of the season over the wall in right field. The blast extended Harper's hitting streak to 12 games and his on-base streak to 20 games. Reds right-hander Scott Feldman's next pitch, to Ryan Zimmerman, was deposited into the seats in left for a solo homer. It was...
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Baker on roster move, Taylor, bullpen makeup and more

Baker on roster move, Taylor, bullpen makeup and more
CINCINNATI - Dusty Baker knows who his starting pitcher will be for tomorrow's series opener in Anaheim. He's just not ready to make an announcement yet. "It's the same as yesterday: I can't tell you yet," Baker said before Monday's series finale against the Reds at Great American Ball Park. "There's an update. Same as yesterday." However, general manager Mike Rizzo, in an interview this morning on MLB Network Radio on XM, said that right-hander Edwin Jackson would get the call for...
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Game 92 lineups: Nats at Reds

Game 92 lineups: Nats at Reds
CINCINNATI - The Nationals have selected the contract of right-hander Jacob Turner, who takes Blake Treinen's spot on the 25-man roster as a long-relief option out of the bullpen. Edwin Jackson is still in line to start Tuesday's game in Anaheim. To create a 40-man roster spot, right-hander Koda Glover has been transferred to the 60-day disabled list. Turner is 2-3 with a 5.08 ERA in 18 games (two starts) for the Nats this year. Glover's move to the 60-day DL is a signal that he's nowhere...
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Contributions come from many in Nats' 14-4 romp over Reds

Contributions come from many in Nats' 14-4 romp over Reds
CINCINNATI - A little perspective makes the Nationals' 14-4 thumping of the Reds on Sunday afternoon all that much more enjoyable. First baseman Ryan Zimmerman got the day off, just as manager Dusty Baker had promised. Three regulars - left fielder Jayson Werth, center fielder Michael A. Taylor (who replaced the injured Adam Eaton) and shortstop Trea Turner - remain on the disabled list with no timetables established for their returns. Nats starting pitcher Tanner Roark was desperately trying...
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Rizzo and Baker on trade for Doolittle and Madson

Rizzo and Baker on trade for Doolittle and Madson
CINCINNATI - Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo had been chatting with his A's counterpart, Billy Beane, over the past couple of weeks. Their conversations began centered around a single relief pitcher to help stabilize the Nats' bumbling bullpen. But when both righty Ryan Madson and lefty Sean Doolittle became available, Rizzo couldn't pass up the opportunity to add a pair of pitchers who have worked high-leverage innings, closed games, and are capable of getting both right- and...
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Nats acquire Madson, Doolittle from A's (Nationals win 14-4)

Nats acquire Madson, Doolittle from A's (Nationals win 14-4)
CINCINNATI - The Nationals have moved to shore up their sagging bullpen by acquiring two relievers - righty Ryan Madson and lefty Sean Doolittle - from the A's in a deal announced Sunday afternoon. In return, the A's will receive one major league piece, right-handed reliever Blake Treinen, and two prospects, Single-A Hagerstown third baseman Sheldon Neuse and rookie-level Gulf Coast League left-hander Jesus Luzardo. General manager Mike Rizzo moved quickly ahead of the July 31 nonwaiver...
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Game 91 lineups: Nats at Reds

Game 91 lineups: Nats at Reds
CINCINNATI - If Tanner Roark is going to revert to form and once again become a dependable member of the Nationals rotation, there's no time like the present. With right-hander Joe Ross scheduled to undergo Tommy John ligament replacement surgery Wednesday in Texas, the rotation could use a boost. Lefty Gio Gonzalez and righty Max Scherzer have thrown 14 1/3 scoreless innings in the first two games of this four-game series against the Reds. Now it's Roark's turn. There are reasons to be...
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Scherzer, Rendon help Nats survive late meltdown in 10-7 win

Scherzer, Rendon help Nats survive late meltdown in 10-7 win
CINCINNATI - What should have been a cakewalk - a feel-good story punctuated by another 10-strikeout start by Max Scherzer and another offensive outburst by Anthony Rendon - turned into another reminder of why the Nationals so desperately need to find a couple of reliable bullpen arms - and fast. First the good news: The Nats won again Saturday night, prevailing in a 10-7 slugfest over the Reds that never should have gotten so close. Now the flip side: Handed a 10-0 lead, rookie Austin Adams...
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Examining Nats' interest in A's relievers, possible Tuesday starters

Examining Nats' interest in A's relievers, possible Tuesday starters
CINCINNATI - Yes, the Nationals are interested in obtaining a pair of A's relievers to bolster their beleaguered bullpen. And that should not come as a surprise. Last night's report by Ken Rosenthal of MLB Network that the Nationals are interested in acquiring relievers Sean Doolittle and Ryan Madson is indeed accurate and would seem to check a couple of boxes heading into the July 31 nonwaiver trading deadline. It would give the Nats two veteran bullpen arms, both of whom have closed at...
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Nats top Reds 10-7, plus updates on Kelley, Taylor and Werth

Nats top Reds 10-7, plus updates on Kelley, Taylor and Werth
CINCINNATI - If reliever Shawn Kelley can get through throwing long toss and on flat ground today and Sunday, he could be in line to throw a bullpen session early next week "It could be Monday (or) Tuesday," Kelley said. "The bullpen depends on how the next two days of throwing goes." Kelley has been on the 10-day disabled list since June 18 (retroactive to June 17) with a right trapezius strain. It's his second stint on the DL this season, having previously been down with a lower back...
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Joe Ross to undergo Tommy John surgery on Wednesday

Joe Ross to undergo Tommy John surgery on Wednesday
CINCINNATI - The MRI arthrogram performed on Joe Ross' right elbow confirmed a "full-thickness tear of the ulnar collateral ligament," Nationals general manager Mike Rizzo said Saturday afternoon, and the right-hander will undergo Tommy John ligament replacement surgery Wednesday in Texas. "I think we knew (based on) the MRI it was going to be serious," said Rizzo. "Obviously, you don't know to what degree and the (MRI) arthrogram made it very clear what happened to him." Manager Dusty...
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Game 90 lineups: Nats at Reds

Game 90 lineups: Nats at Reds
CINCINNATI - For a pitcher prone to the home run ball - and Nationals ace Max Scherzer certainly qualifies - pitching in a bandbox like Great American Ball Park can be a challenge. Though he's turned in one sterling start after another this season, the right-hander has still yielded 13 homers through 128 1/3 innings. That's an improvement over the pace that saw him serve up 31 gopher balls in 228 1/3 frames last year during his Cy Young season, but more than Scherzer would like. At least...
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By answering the call, Grace making Baker take note

By answering the call, Grace making Baker take note
CINCINNATI - It took Matt Grace one pitch to escape a bases-loaded, two-out jam in the bottom of the ninth inning Friday night. But the 90 mph sinker he got Reds catcher Tucker Barnhart to ground to second base for the game's final out was more than just a shining example of pitch efficiency of a pitcher whose stock continues to rise. When Stephen Drew dove to his left to smother the grounder, throwing to first base for the 27th out the Nationals needed to secure a 5-0 win, Grace got his first...
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Harper and Gonzalez play workhorses in series-opening 5-0 win

Harper and Gonzalez play workhorses in series-opening 5-0 win
CINCINNATI - So much for the notion that Bryce Harper could benefit from a day off because he was tired from all of the festivities surrounding the All-Star Game in Miami. Harper passed when offered the chance to take a breather in the opener of a four-game series against the Reds and the Nationals are glad he did. Harper supplied the bulk of the offense - homering twice and driving in three runs at hitter-friendly Great American Ball Park, where he had previously only hit one longball, a...
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Baker on days off, Glover, Kelly and Adams (Nats win 5-0)

Baker on days off, Glover, Kelly and Adams (Nats win 5-0)
CINCINNATI - Second baseman Daniel Murphy's absence from the Nationals lineup for tonight's opener of a four-game series against the Reds is nothing more than a day off, manager Dusty Baker's way of making sure a guy who was busy during the All-Star break gets some much-needed rest. "I've just learned over the years that whoever goes to the All-Star Game - I've had Barry Bonds, Jeff Kent, I've had some of the best come back and start slow because they don't' get that mental and...
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Nats awaiting results after Ross undergoes MRI arthrogram

Nats awaiting results after Ross undergoes MRI arthrogram
CINCINNATI - Right-hander Joe Ross, who was placed on the 10-day disabled list with a right elbow sprain on Friday afternoon, has undergone an enhanced diagnostic procedure called an MRI arthrogram, where dye is injected into the joint to determine the severity of an injury. News that Ross, who left Sunday's start after 3 1/3 innings with what was termed triceps tenderness, has a sprained elbow ligament could be a signal that the Nationals are preparing to be without him in the rotation for an...
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Nationals release veteran closer Francisco Rodríguez

Nationals release veteran closer Francisco Rodríguez
CINCINNATI - The Nationals' search for a dependable ninth-inning arm continues. It won't be veteran closer Francisco Rodríguez, who was released this afternoon by the Nationals after five minor league outings. Rodríguez was signed June 27 to a minor league contract, but allowed five runs (one earned) in five innings over five appearances (one start) for low Single-A Hagerstown, high Single-A Potomac and Double-A Harrisburg. He walked three and struck out two, posting a 1.40 WHIP and a...
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Game 89 lineups: Nats at Reds (Ross heads to DL)

Game 89 lineups: Nats at Reds (Ross heads to DL)
CINCINNATI - The Nationals open the second half tonight with the first of four games against the Reds at Great American Ball Park in the second 2017 meeting between the teams. The Nationals have gone 38-42 against the Reds since moving from Montreal to D.C. before the 2005 campaign, and haven't won a season series against them since 2011, when they went 4-2. Since then, they're 16-17 against the Reds. Last season, Washington won two of three games on the shores of the Ohio River and dropped...
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Scherzer chosen to start for NL in All-Star Game (with NL lineup)

Scherzer chosen to start for NL in All-Star Game (with NL lineup)
To no one's surprise, Nationals right-hander Max Scherzer was this afternoon named as the starting pitcher for the National League in Tuesday night's All-Star Game in Miami. NL manager Joe Maddon of the Cubs made the announcement Monday afternoon in a press conference televised live on MLB Network. Maddon said he'd have chosen Scherzer over Dodgers left-hander Clayton Kershaw even if Kershaw hadn't taken himself out of the running for the assignment by pitching a complete game in a 5-2 win...
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Resilient Nats fight back to take opener in 3-2 walk-off over Mets

Resilient Nats fight back to take opener in 3-2 walk-off over Mets
When the ball hit off his bat, Ryan Raburn was hoping for the best. But he honestly wasn't sure whether he'd won the game for the Nationals or come up short with a flyout to left that would take the contest to the 10th inning. "I was watching the umpire," Raburn said of his walk-off single off Fernando Salas in the ninth inning that provided the Nationals a 3-2 victory over the Mets on Monday night. "I seen him (signal) safe. I was hoping it stayed that way, then I seen them talking, so I...
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