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Max Scherzer comes off IL as Blue Jays eke past Nationals
Luis Urias homered, Myles Straw had two hits and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Nationals 3-2 on Monday in Max Scherzer's return to Washington.,Scherzer, who spent 6 1/2 seasons in Washington and won a World Series with the Nationals in 2019, came off the injured list to make his seventh start of th...
Off IL, Jays' Max Scherzer looks to cool down Nationals, CJ Abrams
Max Scherzer will try to cool down red-hot CJ Abrams when the Toronto Blue Jays visit the Washington Nationals for the opener of a three-game series on Monday night.,Scherzer, who won a World Series with the Nationals in 2019, will come off the injured list and make the start on his 42nd birthday.,A...
Nats' CJ Abrams, James Wood go deep twice to drop D-Backs
CJ Abrams and James Wood each homered twice as the Washington Nationals beat the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks 10-7 on Sunday to take the rubber game in the series between NL wild card contenders.,Abrams finished 3-for-5 with three RBIs to boost his numbers to seven homers and 14 RBIs in his last se...
CJ Abrams making difference for Nationals against Diamondbacks
The Arizona Diamondbacks will try to subdue All-Star CJ Abrams and the host Washington Nationals in the rubber game of their three-game series on Sunday afternoon.,Abrams finished a triple short of the cycle and drove in three runs in Washington's 5-3 win on Saturday. The Diamondbacks hold the third...
CJ Abrams, Foster Griffin spark Nationals over D-backs
CJ Abrams had three hits including a home run, Foster Griffin pitched into the seventh inning and the Nationals beat the Arizona Diamondbacks 5-3 on Saturday in Washington.,Abrams tied the game with a two-run double in the third and hit his 25th home run in the fifth, giving him a major-league-leadi...
Nationals All-Star Foster Griffin aims to level series vs. D-backs
Washington left-hander Foster Griffin looks to continue his stellar rookie season and help the Nationals gain in the National League wild-card race when the club hosts the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday.,Arizona took the series opener 3-2 on Friday and has won four straight and six of seven.,Griff...
Eduardo Rodriguez, Diamondbacks earn tight win over Nationals
Gabriel Moreno drove in the go-ahead run with a seventh-inning sacrifice fly as the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 on Friday.,Moreno and Tim Tawa each had two hits and an RBI for Arizona, which has won four straight and six of seven.,Dylan Crews hit a two-run homer f...
D-backs, Nats open set with eyes on wild-card race, trade deadline
The National League wild-card race takes center stage when the Arizona Diamondbacks visit the Washington Nationals for a three-game series beginning Friday night.,Though the calendar still reads July, both teams are in the wild-card mix and trying to determine whether to be buyers or sellers ahead o...
Nationals score 6 in 7th; Cade Cavalli fans 8 in shutout of Rockies
Luis Garcia Jr. homered, Cade Cavalli tossed six strong innings, and the Washington Nationals beat the Colorado Rockies 8-0 in the rubber game of the series in Denver on Wednesday.,Cavalli (7-4), making his second start since serving a five-game suspension, scattered four hits, walked a pair and str...
Nationals push to continue power surge in finale vs. Rockies
Coors Field always has been a hitter-friendly park, and the Washington Nationals have helped continue that narrative. ,After belting five homers over the first two contests against the Colorado Rockies, the Nationals will look to do more damage in the finale of a three-game series on Wednesday after...
Hunter Goodman's late HR lifts Rockies over Nationals
Hunter Goodman hit a solo home run with two outs in the bottom of the eighth inning, lifting the Colorado Rockies over the Washington Nationals 8-7 in Denver on Tuesday night.,Goodman, who leads all catchers in homers with a career-high-tying 31, hit a 3-2 slider to left-center off Clayton Beeter (...
Nationals' potent offense ready to back Miles Mikolas vs. Rockies
Miles Mikolas and the rest of the Washington Nationals pitching staff have benefited this season from the run-scoring prowess displayed by their team.,After all, how many starters can give up seven runs in an outing and still earn the victory?,Mikolas (3-7, 5.53 ERA) did on July 6 in Houston, when h...
Washington gets to Kyle Freeland early, takes down Rockies
CJ Abrams homered for the second straight game, one of three home runs for Washington, and the Nationals beat the Colorado Rockies 7-3 in Denver on Monday night.,Jacob Young also went deep and finished with three hits, Curtis Mead contributed three hits, and Andres Chaparro hit his fourth home run f...
Slugger Hunter Goodman, Rockies strive to slow down Nationals
Colorado Rockies catcher Hunter Goodman was snubbed from last week's Home Run Derby, but he already is making a case for next year's event.,Goodman has a team-high 30 homers for the Rockies, who face the Washington Nationals in the opener of a three-game series on Monday in Denver.,Washington took t...
Nationals place LHP PJ Poulin (flexor) on 15-day injured list
The Washington Nationals placed left-hander PJ Poulin on the 15-day injured list on Sunday because of a left flexor strain.,The move was retroactive to Thursday. In a corresponding move, the Nationals signed free agent lefty Matt Krook. Washington transferred lefty Richard Lovelady (left triceps str...
Nationals turn back Athletics for series victory
Foster Griffin's seven innings of one-run ball and home runs by CJ Abrams and Dylan Crews led the visiting Washington Nationals to a 5-2 win over the Athletics on Sunday afternoon in West Sacramento, Calif.,Griffin (11-2), who picked up his third win in as many starts, only struck out two but induce...
Athletics, Nationals meet in rubber game after dueling blowouts
The Athletics were embarrassed by the Washington Nationals in the series opener but the script was rewritten in favor of the A's for Game 2.,Each team has a blowout victory in the books as they get together for the finale of the series on Sunday afternoon at West Sacramento, Calif.,The Nationals mat...
Athletics end 10-game losing streak with demolition of Nationals
Jacob Wilson homered during a three-hit outing, Tyler Soderstrom and Carlos Cortes also went deep and the Athletics broke a 10-game slide with a 15-1 beatdown of the Washington Nationals on Saturday night at West Sacramento, Calif.,J.T. Ginn took a no-hitter into the seventh inning for the Athletics...
Andres Chaparro, Nats try to top gaudy numbers vs. skidding A's
The All-Star break didn't hinder the bats of the Washington Nationals as they scored more than three touchdowns' worth of runs in their first game after the resumption of play on Friday.,The Nationals dismantled the Athletics 23-4 in the opening contest of a three-game set and will look for another ...
Andres Chaparro (2 HRs, 8 RBIs) powers Nationals to 23-4 rout of Athletics
Andres Chaparro hit two homers and more than doubled his season count with eight RBIs as the Washington Nationals torched the lowly Athletics 23-4 on Friday night at West Sacramento, Calif.,Chaparro had seven RBIs on the season before going 4-for-5 with a walk and four runs as Washington set a seaso...