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Nationals Park is the current ballpark for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball. It is the first LEED-certified green major professional sports stadium in the United States.
Read More at Wikipedia ›Three games separate last place from bragging rights in the National League East and the division-leading Washington Nationals are hoping a weekend showdown with the Atlanta Braves will help their advantage.
The Nationals will welcome the Braves to the nation's capital tonight for the first of three straight games and swept Atlanta in three games last week at Turner Field. The Nationals have won five in a row against the Braves and will kick off a six-game homestand this evening.Washington went 5-4 on a recent road trip and lost all three games in Miami, including Wednesday's 5-3 setback at Marlins Park. Chien-Ming Wang's first start of the season didn't go as planned and he was reached for four runs and seven hits in four innings to suffer the loss."I'm kind of disappointed in myself today for my performance," Wang said through his translator on the team's website. "I'm going to try to make adjustments in the coming days."Roger Bernadina went 1-for-2 with a pair of RBI and Danny Espino...A late-game collapse on Mother's Day cost the Washington Nationals a chance for a three-game sweep and first place in the NL East.Washington is hoping a return to th...
Joe Saunders leads the major leagues with a 0.90 earned run average and the Arizona Diamondbacks hope he can keep it that way tonight in the second test of a three-g...
Hunter Pence blasted a pair of two-run homers and the Philadelphia Phillies avoided a three-game sweep with a convincing 9-3 victory over the Washington Nationals in...
Wilson Ramos knocked in the game-winning run in the bottom of the 11th inning and the Washington Nationals snuck past the Philadelphia Phillies, 4-3, in the opener o...
Ian Desmond's two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Washington Nationals over the Arizona Diamondbacks, 5-4, in the second test of a three-ga...
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...
Right-hander Edwin Jackson aims to follow up his fifth career complete game with another gem tonight, when the Washington Nationals aim for a sweep of the Houston As...
For the Washington Nationals , it was a lonely feeling. A Nationals Park record crowd of 44,685 was on hand, and it seemed as if nearly all were rooting for the Phil...
The usually-low attendance at Nationals Park should be a repaired right elbow.The hard-throwing Strasburg underwent Tommy John surgery at the end of last season and ...
Arizona was within one out of its fourth straight win before J.J. Putz blew his second save of the season.Leading 4-3 in the ninth inning Wednesday night, Putz got t...
As Washington first baseman Chad Tracy sees it, the Nationals' early-season success isn't a mirage. It's time for others in the NL to recognize the first-place team ...
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...
First place in the tight National League East will be on the line tonight, as the Atlanta Braves return home to open a three-game series versus the Washington Nation...
Adam LaRoche collected his 1,000th career hit with a three-run double in the seventh and added a solo home run, as the Washington Nationals took down the Pittsburgh ...
Right-hander Jordan Zimmermann aims for his first home win of the season tonight when the Washington Nationals host the Pittsburgh Pirates in the second game of a tw...
Lefty Gio Gonzalez makes his second career start against Pittsburgh tonight when the Washington Nationals host the Pirates in the first half of a two-game series at ...
Ross Detwiler's emergence as a reliable starter has been one of the early bright spots on a Washington Nationals team beset by injuries.Saturday night's effort is on...
Justin Verlander hasn't suffered defeat in more than a month and the Detroit Tigers would like to keep it that way when they entertain the Pittsburgh Pirates tonight...
Bryce Harper is as sentimental about his first big league homer as he is about the rest of the many milestones in his baseball career.The ball's headed for a cardboa...