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...

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.

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...

Kevin Dunleavy

Published: Wed, Apr 24, 2013

Getting swept at home by the National League East rival Atlanta Braves was one thing. But getting the same treatment from a team that knocked the Nationals out of the postseason in gut-wrenching fashion last October is quite another. Wednesday’s 4-2 loss to St. Louis completed a three-game...

Kevin Dunleavy

Published: Wed, Apr 24, 2013

After his team’s eighth loss in its last 11 games, 2-0 to the Cardinals, Nationals manager Davey Johnson said there would be lineup changes in an effort to boost the sagging offense. The most significant for Wednesday’s afternoon game is Tyler Moore at first base and in the cleanup spot for...

Kevin Dunleavy

Updated: Thu, Apr 11, 2013

In each of the Nationals’ three wins to sweep the series with the Chicago White Sox, manager Davey Johnson went to Rafael Soriano to close. Even with a three-run lead in Thursday’s 7-4 victory and Soriano coming off back-to-back appearances, Johnson chose Soriano (five saves) over Drew...

Kevin Dunleavy

Updated: Thu, Apr 11, 2013

Coming off surrendering four home runs in his Nationals debut Friday in Cincinnati, Dan Haren tries to find it tonight against the Chicago White Sox. Nats manager Davey Johnson sounded more concerned about golf as he sat down with reporters on Thursday afternoon. “Here we are interrupting...

Brian McNally

Published: Wed, Apr 10, 2013

The runs came from all over baseball’s most balanced lineup. There was nowhere for Chicago White Sox starting pitcher Gavin Floyd to turn for relief save his counterpart, Nationals starter Jordan Zimmermann. There was the monster home run by Bryce Harper, a laser that smashed into the seats...