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On a night the Washington Nationals welcomed back slugger Bryce Harper, the team learned it will be without reliever Ryan Mattheus after he broke his hand punching a locker.On top of that, manager Davey Johnson said that right fielder Jayson Werth is still a couple of weeks from coming off the disabled list after another MRI on his strained right hamstring showed he isn't healing as quickly as hoped.With all that going on, an 8-0 loss to the San Francisco Giants seemed like an afterthought.Mattheus allowed five runs in one inning of Washington's 13-4 loss to the San Diego Padres. According to Johnson, Mattheus did not inform the team of his injury until just before Monday's game at AT&T Park."Last night after the game he came in and was in the locker room and banged his glove against his locker with his hand in it," Johnson said. "He didn't say anything to anybody. His hand didn't swell up but when he went out to throw today his hand swelled up and he couldn't throw the ball.The news c...
Jayson Werth turned boos to cheers by scoring the winning run on a wild pitch in the bottom of the 10th inning, and the Washington Nationals snagged another one-run ...
If Bryce Harper is going to make the Washington Nationals out of spring training, it's not going to be because he's an excellent bunter.Still, the 19-year-old outfie...
Wilson Ramos' sacrifice fly in the eighth inning was the difference as the Washington Nationals topped the Houston Astros, 3-2, in the third of a four-game series at...
Matt Kemp homered leading off the 10th inning, spoiling Bryce Harper's major league debut and lifting the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 4-3 victory over the Washington Na...
Veteran righty Bronson Arroyo makes his 298th major-league start and aims to avoid a sweep today when the Cincinnati Reds host the Washington Nationals to close out ...
On a day the Brewers acknowledged they were working to trade ace Zack Greinke, the team's other top-line pitcher, Yovani Gallardo, put the team in a hole early.Steve...
The deft combination of Ross Detwiler's arm and Adam LaRoche's bat helped the Washington Nationals salvage the final contest of their three-game set against the Phil...
Daniel Murphy delivered a game-tying, pinch-hit homer in the eighth inning right after Jose Reyes was ruled out at third base on a disputed call, then added a two-ru...
Terry Collins knew he was taking a risk.With Chris Young starting his first major league game in more than a year, and a short bullpen, the New York Mets manager had...
The first half of the season didn't go as expected for the Miami Marlins. The second half didn't get off to a good start.The division-leading Washington Nationals st...
The Philadelphia Phillies have changed a lot in the last two days. Gone are outfielders Shane Victorino and Hunter Pence. Jayson Werth finds it hard to recognize his...
The Washington Nationals erased most of a seven-run deficit Saturday night and still had three innings remaining.But their hopes of a comeback ultimately dissolved i...
Jayson Werth hit a three-run homer and scored twice as the Washington Nationals beat the Miami Marlins, 6-1, to complete a three-game sweep.Ryan Zimmerman went 3-for...
The Washington Nationals reinstated pitcher Brad Lidge off the 15-day disabled list Thursday.The 10-year veteran has appeared in seven games for the Nationals this y...
The Washington Nationals placed pitcher Chien-Ming Wang on the 15-day disabled list on Tuesday.The move is move is retroactive to July 1 as Wang is suffering from a ...
R.A. Dickey continued his stellar season by pitching into the eighth inning, Lucas Duda hit a two-run home run and the New York Mets avoided a sweep with a 3-1 victo...
The Washington Nationals designated struggling reliever Brad Lidge for assignment Sunday and activated reliever Ryan Mattheus.Lidge signed a $1 million, one-year con...
Chris Young says he wants to remain with the Washington Nationals. Manager Davey Johnson says he'd like Young to stay, too.But when the right-hander removed his Nati...
Bryce Harper had a hand in everything for the Washington Nationals.Harper made a tumbling barehanded catch in centerfield and then led off the ninth inning with a do...