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PHOENIX -- Three straight homers off Washington Nationals ace Max Scherzer in the first inning had the Arizona Diamondbacks set up for an easy Major League Baseball victory over the NL East leaders. Instead, they needed Brandon Drury's bases-loaded single in the bottom of the ninth for a 6-5 victory Friday night. The home runs by David Peralta, A.J. Pollock and Jake Lamb to start their first at-bat helped stake the Diamondbacks to a 5-0 lead against Scherzer. "We did a great job getting his pitch count up and also putting runs on him," the Diamondbacks' A.J. Pollock said. "Great getting on him early. We would've loved to have (scrapped) a couple of runs in the middle of the game, but the key Continue to Article

July 23, 2017 11:13:am EST

Tanner Roark snapped a five-start (and six appearance) winless streak last time out on the mound, earning the decision in Washington’s 14-4 victory over Cincinnati in Great American Ball Park. Roark gave up four hits, three walks and three runs (none of them earned) in six innings of work in that outing, earning his first win since June 4th in the process. Over his previous six outings before that win, the 30-year-old righty was (0-4) with the Nationals 0-5 in his starts, in which Roark had an 8.78 ERA, 13 walks, 20 Ks, and a brutal .358/.422/.558 line against in 27 2⁄3 innings pitched. He finished up the first half with a relief appearance against the Atlanta Braves, which Nats’ skipper Dusty Continue to Article

July 23, 2017 9:43:am EST

This is Bryce Harper, and he’s here to destroy the 3-2 curveball you kindly set on a tee. The Washington Nationals slugger showed no mercy on Saturday night, greeting the debuting Diamondbacks top pitching prospect with a monstrous home run that easily cleared the pool area at Chase Field and found a home deep in the second deck. Harper hit it so hard, and so far, that like Aaron Judge’s home run that nearly left Safeco Field entirely on Friday, there were no initial readings on Statcast. Continue to Article

July 22, 2017 10:42:pm EST

Aaron Judge may be the talk of the town right now, but let’s not forget some of Major League Baseball’s more established sluggers. Take the Nationals’ Bryce Harper, for instance, who jumped on a full count during the first inning of Saturday’s game and postmarked the ball to the center field concourse in Chase Field. Harper’s mammoth hit was the first career home run allowed by Diamondbacks’ rookie Anthony Banda. Continue to Article

July 22, 2017 10:17:pm EST

In his latest roundup of notes from around the NL on Thursday, FanRag’s Jon Heyman wrote that the Nationals were concerned about injured outfielder Michael A. Taylor’s oblique, which has kept him out of action since July 6th, though he originally tweaked it earlier than that. “There’s concern about Michael Taylor (oblique), so they could look at the outfield, too,” Heyman wrote in discussing where Washington could look for help at the non-waiver trade deadline. “Jayson Werth is also on the DL. Though, rookie Brian Goodwin has played well.” Dusty Baker told reporters earlier this week that there wasn’t a clear timetable for Taylor’s return. “Not sure,” Baker said when asked when Taylor might get Continue to Article

July 22, 2017 11:43:am EST

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