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  • Momentum stalls again as Nats fall in extra innings to Twins.

    By Brian McNally | 06/08/13 09:45 PM

    The Nationals let another game slip away on Saturday afternoon and suddenly a frustrating first two months to the 2013 season is looking a lot worse. A homestand against a pair of sub-.500 teams has turned into a debacle with two losses, two rainouts and a win that took a ninth-inning rally....

  • Nats select right-handed pitcher Jake Johansen in MLB Draft

    By Brian McNally | 06/07/13 12:50 AM

    Maybe it is actually a good thing that for once the Nationals left their scouting department bored stiff on Thursday night. With the best record in baseball last season and a prominent free-agent signing over the winter in closer Rafael Soriano, Washington didn’t have a selection in Major...

  • Nats, Mets rained out on Thursday

    By Brian McNally | 06/06/13 08:45 PM

    The Nationals and the New York Mets were rained out on Thursday in the scheduled series finale at Nationals Park. There was no make-up date announced and Washington no longer needs to recall a starter for Saturday’s game against the Minnesota Twins. Ace pitcher Stephen Strasburg (right lat...

  • Long ball again hurts Nats starter Dan Haren

    By Brian McNally | 06/05/13 11:40 PM

    The answers just aren’t there right now for Nationals pitcher Dan Haren. Always prone to allow home runs even in his best days, he gave up three more on Wednesday night in an ugly 10-1 loss to the New York Mets. Haren has now allowed 15 homers on the season. That’s through just 12 starts...

  • Nats ace Stephen Strasburg to the 15-day disabled list

    By Brian McNally | 06/05/13 06:30 PM

    Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg did not throw a bullpen session as hoped this week and instead was placed on the 15-day disabled list on Wednesday with a strained lat muscle. Strasburg was examined by a doctor this week and there remains “tenderness and discomfort” in the muscle,...

  • Nats second baseman Danny Espinosa undergoes MRIs

    By Brian McNally | 06/05/13 06:25 PM

    Nationals second baseman Danny Espinosa underwent MRIs on both his left shoulder and his right wrist  on Wednesday. On the 15-day disabled list as of Tuesday, Espinosa has a small tear in his rotator cuff from last season and a fractured wrist with bone fragments. He saw a wrist...

  • Nats second baseman Danny Espinosa to the 15-day disabled list

    By Brian McNally | 06/05/13 04:00 AM

    The locker sat empty in the happy clubhouse, its contents packed away and its occupant gone. Danny Espinosa has been a key contributor to the Nationals since his first promotion from the minor leagues late in the 2010 season. He has played 390 games for Washington, most of them at second base....



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