June 19, 2013

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  • Late rally gives Nats first walk-off win of year

    By Brian McNally | 06/04/13 11:10 PM

    Late rally gives Nats first walk-off of season An inevitable roster shakeup finally rattled the locker room at Nationals Park on Tuesday afternoon. For most of the night, it looked like those moves would do little to change the results on the field. But a late rally provided hope. Steve...

  • Phil Wood: Nationals can't stick with Henry Rodriguez's wild ride

    By Phil Wood | 06/03/13 11:10 PM

    Fifty-odd years ago, the baseball world was abuzz with stories about Orioles pitching prospect Steve Dalkowski. Dalkowski, a smallish (5-foot-11, 175 pounds) southpaw, left observers slack-jawed with the velocity of his fastball. Add an incredible lack of command, and a legend was born....

  • Thom Loverro: Nationals walking a tightrope of a season -- without a net

    By Thom Loverro | 06/03/13 11:10 PM

    There is a scene in the film "Wyatt Earp" where Kevin Costner, as Wyatt, asks Dennis Quaid -- Doc Holliday -- "What's wrong with you?" Doc replies, "What is wrong with me? What have you got?" That might be the collective reply to the question of what's gone wrong with the Washington...

  • Nationals place Bryce Harper on DL with sore knee

    By CHARLES ODUM | 06/03/13 05:50 AM

    ATLANTA (AP) -- Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper has been placed on the 15-day disabled list because of bursitis in his left knee. Harper has missed the last five games and has been bothered by the knee since he crashed into the wall in a May 13 game at the Los Angeles Dodgers. The...

  • Nats lose to the Braves

    By associated press | 06/02/13 09:30 PM

    Nationals fall below .500 with loss ATLANTA -- A woeful showing at the plate while losing two of three games to the Braves has left the Washington Nationals below .500 and with an embarrassing .229 batting average. Davey Johnson hopes help is coming this week. The Nats managed only five...

  • Nationals rookie Nathan Karns tries to settle into majors

    By Brian McNally | 05/29/13 04:45 PM

    Rookie hopes for calm in his second start It looked as if rookie pitcher Nathan Karns had stood outside in the rain showers that were pelting Nationals Park on Tuesday evening. But the 25-year-old was actually indoors, dripping with sweat, waiting with his teammates for the biggest moment of...

  • Rick Snider: Nagging issues threaten to derail Nationals' season

    By Rick Snider | 05/29/13 03:30 PM

    Bryce Harper's knee may not improve this season. Is the same ahead for the Washington Nationals? The season may be barely 50 games in, but that's also nearly one third of the season -- enough to make a reasonable analysis of where the expected World Series contender rates this season. And it's...

  • Nationals slug four homers in win over Orioles

    By Brian McNally | 05/28/13 11:25 PM

    Lineup hits four homers in breakout showing It was a tough day to be a Double-A pitcher in the big leagues. After a one-hour, 20-minute rain delay pushed the scheduled 7:05 p.m. start time back, the Nationals and the Baltimore Orioles turned to a pair of rookie starters with five innings of...

  • Thom Loverro: Bryce Harper getting a chance to take it to the warehouse

    By Thom Loverro | 05/27/13 08:15 PM

    There it sits beyond right field, about 460 feet from home plate at Camden Yards: the B&O Warehouse, reputedly the longest building on the East Coast and still uncharted territory for major league hitters. It was to be demolished in the original plans for the ballpark. Then there was a...

  • Orioles shut down Nationals in first round of Beltway battle

    By associated press | 05/27/13 08:10 PM

    Gio knocked around as Nats bats go silent On Sunday, the Nationals' offense showed rare scoring punch in a victory over Philadelphia Phillies starter Cole Hamels, enough to imagine manager Davey Johnson ending his shaving boycott soon. On Monday, Orioles hurler Jason Hammel stymied...



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