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Haren’s confidence growing
Kevin Dunleavy
Updated: Sun, Apr 28, 2013
Serving up four home runs and losing 15-0 in Cincinnati was an inauspicious Nationals debut for veteran Dan Haren. Four weeks later against the same Reds, Haren found himself in a pitcher-friendly park, aided by the force of a powerhouse team gathering momentum. In a 6-3 victory Saturday...
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Zimmermann’s CG shutout was eighth in nine years for Nats
Kevin Dunleavy
Published: Sat, Apr 27, 2013
How rare was Jordan Zimmermann’s complete game shutout in Friday’s 1-0 win over the Reds? It was just the eighth for the Nats since moving to D.C. in 2005 and was the first complete-game one-hit shutout. Here are the Nats pitchers who have pitched complete-game shutouts.
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First-pitch strikes critical for Gonzalez
Kevin Dunleavy
Updated: Thu, Apr 25, 2013
Gio Gonzalez threw strikes on Thursday night – 78 to be exact, on 112 pitches — keying his one-hit work over eight dominant innings in the Nats’ 8-1 victory over the Reds. Gonzalez (2-1), the Nats’ starter most susceptible to wildness, had walked 11 in 20 innings, lasting no more than...