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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...

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • Nats put rough stretch in perspective

    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...

  • Moore in for slumping LaRoche

    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...