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No drama this time as Capitals keep secure lead throughout home win
Brian McNally
Updated: Tue, Apr 16, 2013
Capitals defenseman Mike Green looked bewildered. His team had won Saturday night over Tampa Bay and yet the winning locker room felt far from victorious after Green's team needed his overtime score to rescue a game it twice led by four goals. Consider that a lesson learned. Washington again...
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Injured Brooks Laich leaves a hole in Capitals roster
Brian McNally
Updated: Tue, Apr 16, 2013
It appears at the very least that the Capitals must get through the final six regular season games without one of their most versatile players. And it could take a longer playoff run to give injured forward Brooks Laich enough time to recover from his latest groin injury. Laich missed his...
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Capitals still have some work to do
Brian McNally
Updated: Mon, Apr 15, 2013
Washington hasn't locked up Southeast Division yet The end is in sight now for the Capitals. With six games left in the NHL regular season, a fifth Southeast Division title in six years is close. But Washington's work isn't complete. With a four-point lead over the second-place Winnipeg...
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Nationals' Danny Espinosa leaves game after getting hit by pitch on hand
Brian McNally
Updated: Sun, Apr 14, 2013
Second baseman could miss a game or two The pitch caught Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa on the right hand and left him steaming as he made his way to first base during Sunday's 9-0 loss to Atlanta. Braves left-hander Paul Maholm isn't the hardest thrower around, but his...
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For the Nationals, it's a lost weekend against Braves
Brian McNally
Updated: Sun, Apr 14, 2013
Gonzalez gets shelled as Atlanta finishes sweep of Washington It is a small slice of a long baseball season. Maybe months from now the Nationals will look back upon a series sweep by the Atlanta Braves in April as nothing more than an aberration. A team wins its division by grinding through...
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The Baseball Page: April 14, 2013
Brian McNally
Updated: Sat, Apr 13, 2013
Nationals report Unusual start for LaRoche Adam LaRoche has been notorious for slow starts throughout his 10-year big league career, and it looked like just another one for the Nationals first baseman when he began 2013 0-for-13 at the plate. Last year's hot start seemed just an aberration....
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