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James Wood's walk-off HR lifts Nationals over Rockies in 11
James Wood hit a two-run walk-off shot in the bottom of the 11th inning, his second home run of the game, and the Washington Nationals snapped their 11-game losing streak with a 4-3 win against the visiting Colorado Rockies on Thursday.,Jacob Young led off against Seth Halvorsen (1-2) by bunting pin...

Fresh off 7-HR barrage, streaking Rockies take aim at skidding Nationals
The visiting Colorado Rockies will vie for their first four-game winning streak of the season on Wednesday night when they play the third contest of their four-game series against the spiraling Washington Nationals.,Colorado matched a franchise record with seven home runs in a 10-6 win on Tuesday ni...

Rockies crack seven homers, hand Nationals 10th straight loss
The visiting Colorado Rockies tied a team record with seven home runs in a game -- including back-to-back homers twice in the seventh inning -- and held on for a 10-6 win against the sinking Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.,Michael Toglia had three hits and homered twice. Hunter Goodman went d...

Rockies hit two homers in 9th to rally vs. slumping Nationals
Mickey Moniak's two-run home run capped a three-run ninth inning and the visiting Colorado Rockies rallied past Washington 6-4 Monday night, sending the reeling Nationals to their ninth straight loss.,Hunter Goodman led off the ninth with the Rockies trailing 4-3 and smacked his second homer of the ...

Marlins visit Nationals, seek first series sweep of season
The Miami Marlins will go for their first series sweep of the season when they visit the Washington Nationals on Sunday afternoon.,For the second consecutive game in the set, the Marlins fended off a late rally Saturday, holding on for 4-3 win after the Nationals scored twice in the ninth inning and...

Nationals place LHP Andrew Chafin (hamstring) on 15-day IL
The Washington Nationals placed left-hander Andrew Chafin on the 15-day injured list Saturday with a right hamstring strain.,The move is retroactive to Wednesday.,Chafin, 34, recorded a 3.18 ERA without a decision in 16 relief appearances with Washington this season. ,Also on Saturday, the Nationals...

David Peterson fires first career shutout as Mets blank Nationals
David Peterson threw the first shutout of his career Wednesday night as the New York Mets clinched another series victory with a 5-0 win over the visiting Washington Nationals.,Peterson (5-2) allowed six hits, walked none and struck out six while throwing 106 pitches. He ran into trouble in the eigh...

Mets bid to build off comeback win in rematch vs. Nationals
The Washington Nationals learned about the resiliency of the New York Mets during a series between the teams in April.,After losing two of the first three contests in that four-game set, the Mets routed the Nationals 19-5 in the finale. ,On Tuesday, New York again showed it hasn't gotten any easier ...

Mets hope to keep June surge going as they welcome Nationals
The New York Mets spent the first week of June leaving their May performance in the past.,Unfortunately for the Washington Nationals, they did the same thing.,The Mets will look to remain red-hot on Tuesday night when they host the struggling Nationals in the opener of a three-game series between th...

Evan Carter, Jake Burger help Rangers beat Nats
Evan Carter and Jake Burger each finished a triple short of the cycle as the visiting Texas Rangers beat the Washington Nationals 4-2 on Sunday in the rubber game of their three-game series.,Carter hit a two-run homer in the second inning, doubled in the fourth and singled in the sixth before striki...

Nationals look to get bats going against Rangers
The Washington Nationals will try to break out of their offensive slump when they host the Texas Rangers in the rubber game of their series on Sunday.,After scoring nine or more runs in four straight games last week, Washington has scored a total of nine runs in their past six games, but thanks to s...

Struggling offenses seek a breakthrough as Rangers, Nationals meet
Despite a string of lackluster offensive performances, the Washington Nationals have a chance to post a series victory over the visiting Texas Rangers on Saturday afternoon.,Following Washington's 2-0 win in the series opener on Friday night, the club has only nine runs since the calendar turned to ...

Michael Soroka leads combined two-hitter as Nats beat Rangers
Michael Soroka threw six scoreless innings and Alex Call homered to propel the Washington Nationals to a 2-0 victory over the visiting Texas Rangers on Friday.,Soroka (3-3) allowed just two hits while striking out seven and walking one for the Nationals, who had dropped three of four games prior to ...

Rangers' Patrick Corbin to see familiar faces in opener vs. Nationals
A familiar face will return to Washington, D.C., when the Texas Rangers open a three-game series against the Nationals on Friday night.,Left-hander Patrick Corbin, a key member of 2019 World Series champion Washington, will start for the Rangers.,Signed as a free agent by Washington in December 2018...

Michael Busch powers Cubs past Nationals
Michael Busch finished a double short of a cycle and the Chicago Cubs opened a nine-game road trip with an 8-3 win over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.,Busch finished 3-for-4 with a walk, drove in three runs and scored twice for the Cubs, who have won three straight games and 13 of 16. Ni...

Diamondbacks cool off Nats' bats, but Corbin Burnes departs early
Eugenio Suarez hit a long two-run homer in a three-run first inning and the Arizona Diamondbacks held on for a 3-1 win against the Washington Nationals in the finale of their three-game series on Sunday afternoon in Phoenix.,Diamondbacks right-hander Corbin Burnes blanked the Nationals on four hits ...

Nationals look to ride offensive surge into finale vs. D-backs
The Washington Nationals will go for their fifth straight win when they play the finale of their three-game series against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Sunday afternoon in Phoenix.,The Nationals scored nine runs before making an out in a 10-run first inning and held on for an 11-7 win on Saturday nig...

Nationals ring up 7 in 10th to blast Mariners
Josh Bell hit a three-run homer and Luis Garcia Jr. added a two-RBI double in a seven-run 10th inning as the Washington Nationals defeated the host Seattle Mariners 9-3 Thursday night.,Daylen Lile's first career RBI, on a sacrifice fly, brought home the tiebreaking run in the 10th against Mariners r...

Mariners' Cal Raleigh bids to continue power surge vs. Nationals
The Seattle Mariners will play their 54th game of the season when they play host to the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night, putting them one-third of the way through their 2025 campaign.,And catcher Cal Raleigh most likely will make his 53rd appearance.,Granted, 11 of those have come as a desig...

Nationals, thrilled with new call-ups, head west to face Mariners
The kids are all right.,Two of Washington's top prospects made their major league debuts over the past week at Nationals Park, with outfielders Robert Hassell III and Daylen Lile both making strong first impressions. The duo gets its first taste of the road when the Nationals open a six-game trip Tu...