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Nationals turn to Trevor Williams in series finale vs. Braves
Washington's Trevor Williams will try to keep his record unblemished on Thursday night when the visiting Nationals complete their four-game series against the Atlanta Braves. ,Washington recorded its second win of the series with a 7-2 victory on Wednesday.,Williams (4-0, 2.29 ERA) will oppose Atlan...

Lane Thomas helps Nationals knock off Braves
Lane Thomas hit a three-run homer and MacKenzie Gore struck out 10 batters to lead the visiting Washington Nationals to a 7-2 win over the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday.,The Nationals have won two of the first three games of the four-game series.,Thomas' homer, his third of the season and first since ...

Braves' Spencer Schwellenbach to make debut vs. Nationals
The Atlanta Braves have recalled one of their top prospects from Double-A to open the third contest of their four-game home series against the Washington Nationals.,The teams have split the first two games, with Washington posting an 8-4 victory on Monday and the Braves winning 2-0 on Tuesday.,Atlan...

Max Fried, Braves blank Nationals
Max Fried pitched eight scoreless innings and Marcell Ozuna blasted his National League-leading 16th home run of the season to help the Atlanta Braves defeat the visiting Washington Nationals 2-0 on Tuesday.,It was the major-league-leading ninth shutout win for the Braves. The four-game series betwe...

Nationals rack up 15 hits in win over Braves
Jacob Young had three hits, one of six Washington players with multi-hit games, to pace the visiting Nationals to an 8-4 win over the Atlanta Braves on Monday in the opener of their four-game series.,Young went 3-for-4 and drove in a run during the sixth inning. The Nationals banged out 15 hits, wit...

Nationals DFA Victor Robles, reinstate Lane Thomas
The Washington Nationals reinstated Lane Thomas from the 10-day injured list on Monday and designated fellow outfielder Victor Robles for assignment.,Thomas missed a month with an MCL sprain in his left knee. He was injured stealing second base in an April 23 game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.,Th...

Julio Rodriguez, Mariners surge past Nationals
Julio Rodriguez went 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs as the Seattle Mariners defeated the host Washington Nationals 9-5 on Sunday afternoon.,Ty France also went deep and singled home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning for the American League West-leading Mariners, who blew a 4-0 lead before ra...

Skidding Mariners in need of variety in their offense vs. Nationals
For the Seattle Mariners, it has been home run or bust as of late.,But mostly bust.,The Mariners suffered their season-worst fourth consecutive loss Saturday, dropping a 3-1 decision at Washington. The Nationals will go for a sweep of the three-game interleague series Sunday afternoon.,Seattle has s...

Trevor Williams, Nationals relievers too much for slumping Mariners
Four Washington relievers combined for four hitless innings as the Nationals defeated visiting Seattle 3-1 Saturday, sending the Mariners to their season-worst fourth consecutive loss.,Dylan Floro (1-0) got the victory and Kyle Finnegan pitched a 1-2-3 ninth for his 14th save.,Keibert Ruiz went 2 fo...

Nationals look for strong pitching again in rematch vs. Mariners
The Washington Nationals started a stretch of 17 games in as many days Friday, with their next day off scheduled for June 10.,So it's imperative their starting pitchers stretch it out a bit.,MacKenzie Gore did that Friday night, matching a career high by pitching seven innings in a 6-1 victory again...

Nationals handle Mariners thanks to MacKenzie Gore, 3 HRs
MacKenzie Gore pitched seven strong innings as the Washington Nationals defeated the visiting Seattle Mariners 6-1 Friday night in the opener of a three-game interleague series.,Luis Garcia Jr., Keibert Ruiz and Eddie Rosario each homered to account for all of the runs for the Nationals, who snapped...

Slumping Julio Rodriguez, Mariners open series at Nats
The Seattle Mariners went with a different look Thursday at Yankee Stadium.,For the first time this season, manager Scott Servais didn't pencil Julio Rodriguez into the one of the top two spots in the Mariners' lineup. Instead, the struggling Rodriguez batted sixth.,The move didn't pay immediate div...

Max Kepler, Carlos Correa power Twins past Nationals
Max Kepler homered, doubled and scored two runs and Carlos Correa also hit a home run to lead the visiting Minnesota Twins to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals in the rubber game of their three-game series on Wednesday afternoon.,Steven Okert (1-0) picked up the win in relief of starter Si...

With slump over, Twins look to take series from Nats
One day after ending their seven-game losing streak, the visiting Minnesota Twins will look to win their series against the Washington Nationals on Wednesday afternoon.,Washington won the series opener 12-3 on Monday, but the Twins routed the Nationals 10-0 on Tuesday. After two games in which their...

Byron Buxton hits 2 HRs as Twins rout Nationals to end skid
Joe Ryan pitched seven shutout innings, Byron Buxton hit two of Minnesota's four home runs and the visiting Twins routed the Washington Nationals 10-0 on Tuesday to snap a seven-game losing streak.,Jose Miranda and Willi Castro also homered for the Twins, who ended their longest losing streak since ...

Nationals try to build winning streak vs. Twins
The Washington Nationals will try to keep their offense humming when they host the Minnesota Twins in the middle game of their series on Tuesday.,After mustering five runs over four losses, the Nationals scored five in a loss on Sunday and then erupted in a 12-3 win over the Twins on Monday night.,T...

Nationals snap skid by pummeling Twins
Jesse Winker and Luis Garcia Jr. homered and the Washington Nationals snapped a five-game losing streak with a 12-3 win against the visiting Minnesota Twins on Monday night.,Eddie Rosario had two hits and drove in three runs for Washington, which has scored 17 runs over its past two games after tota...

Twins, Nationals meet in matchup of skidding teams
Misery will have company when the visiting Minnesota Twins open a three-game series against the Washington Nationals on Monday.,The Twins have lost a season-high six straight games after falling 5-2 to the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday, while the Nationals limp home after a 2-7 road trip that ended ...

Aaron Nola earns sixth win as Phillies cruise past Nationals
Aaron Nola pitched seven strong innings, Alec Bohm homered and drove in five runs and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the visiting Washington Nationals 11-5 on Sunday to complete the three-game sweep.,Bryce Harper had three hits and drove in two runs for the Phillies, who have won six of seven. Nick ...

Seeking sweep of Nats, Phillies turn to Aaron Nola
The Philadelphia Phillies, who own the majors' best record, go for a three-game sweep when they host the Washington Nationals on Sunday.,Philadelphia won for the fifth time in six games on Sunday by rallying for a dramatic 4-3 10-inning victory.,Aaron Nola (5-2, 3.10 ERA) goes for the Phillies on Su...