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The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH The Nationals' West Coast trip likely will be remembered for two incidents involving players experiencing difficulties with immovable objects. First, on May 13, Bryce Harper ran...

LHP Fernando Abad has pitched well enough at Triple-A Syracuse (1.06 ERA in 17 appearances) to warrant a promotion to the big club. However, Abad was added to the Nationals roster Tuesday because he does something no one else currently in the Washington...

The Sports Xchange By Dave Del Grande, The Sports Xchange Giants 4, Nationals 2 (10) SAN FRANCISCO -- Gregor Blanco rescued the San Francisco Giants from the edge of defeat with a ninth-inning RBI triple and Pablo Sandoval belted a two-run, game-...

The Sports Xchange By Dave Del Grande, The Sports Xchange EditorsNote: first lede; write-thru to follow Vogelsong breaks hand in Giants' shutout win SAN FRANCISCO -- Ryan Vogelsong pitched five shutout innings before leaving the game with a broken...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH Ryan Mattheus made two mistakes Sunday and Monday. The second was much more disturbing to Nationals manager Davey Johnson than the first. The right-handed reliever punched a...

The Sports Xchange By Forrest Lee, The Sports Xchange Padres 13, Nationals 4 SAN DIEGO - Will Venable, Kyle Blanks and Yonder Alonso homered and drove in two runs apiece as the San Diego Padres hammered the Washington Nationals 13-4 before an announced...

Padres hammer Nationals SAN DIEGO -- After dropping the first two in a four-game set with the Washington Nationals, the San Diego Padres bounced back in a big way. Will Venable, Kyle Blanks and Yonder Alonso homered and drove in two runs apiece as the...

SportsDirect Inc. Preview: Nationals at Giants The Washington Nationals will look to continue their recent success against the San Francisco Giants when the teams begin a three-game series on Monday at AT&T Park. Washington won five of six meetings...

MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH Jordan Zimmermann was not able to get his eighth win of the season Saturday, but he remains the hottest starting pitcher in the Nationals' stacked rotation. Zimmermann, still the National League...

Bryce Harper is expected to miss his second straight game when his Washington Nationals visit the San Diego Padres in Sunday’s series finale at Petco Park. Harper is dealing with a sore left knee, but he's hoping to return on Monday at San Francisco....

Padres 2, Nationals 1: Yonder Alonso homered and Eric Stults tossed eight strong innings as San Diego edged visiting Washington. Alexi Amarista broke a 1-1 tie in the eighth when he scored from second base on Everth Cabrera’s one-out single to...

DENVER _ Bruce Bochy called a team meeting before the San Francisco Giants' game against the Colorado Rockies on Saturday, and afterward he was tight-lipped when asked what his message was. But you didn't need to have a camera in the clubhouse to get...