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The first-place Washington Nationals have five players on the 25-man roster who were not part of the organization when spring training began: outfielder Howie Kendrick and pitchers Edwin Jackson, Sean Doolittle, Ryan Madson and Brandon Kintzler. The latter three are transforming the bullpen for the Nationals, who host the Miami Marlins on Tuesday in the second of four games in a showdown of National League East teams. Washington right-hander A.J. Cole (1-1, 4.91 ERA) will start against Miami right-hander Vance Worley (1-2, 5.31). Continue to Article

August 08, 2017 2:43:am EST

Today in HistoryToday is Monday, Aug. 7, the 219th day of 2017. There are 146 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On August 7, 1942, U.S. and other allied forces landed at Guadalcanal, marking the start of the first major allied offensive Continue to Article

August 07, 2017 12:01:am EST

CHICAGO (AP) -- Willson Contreras homered and drove in three runs, Alex Avila homered for his first hit with the Cubs and Chicago beat the Washington Nationals 7-4 on Saturday to even the series between division leaders. Kris Bryant and Jon Jay each added Continue to Article

August 05, 2017 6:08:pm EST

Max Scherzer hit his first career home run tonight, then almost immediately left the game with an as-yet undisclosed issue... Max Scherzer squared to bunt on an 0-2 offering from Miamis starter Chris OGrady, then pulled back and unloaded on the pitch, hitting his first career home run out to left in Marlins Park for a three-run blast that put the Washington Nationals up 4-0 early in the second of three with the Fish. Scherzer returned to the mound for the bottom of the second, after a 10-pitch, 1-2-3 first, and threw one warm-up pitch, well-wide of home, then motioned to the dugout he was done [with a throat-slash motion]. Continue to Article

August 01, 2017 8:13:pm EST

Dusty Baker told reporters after Erick Fedde went four innings against the Rockies in the right-handers MLB debut. Washington Nationals Assistant GM and VP of Scouting Kris Kline compared righty Erick Fedde to a one-time Cy Young Award winner on the night of the Draft in 2014 when asked if the Nats top pick that June reminded him of anyone. When I first met him, I said, Hey, man, you remind me of Bob Welch. Continue to Article

July 31, 2017 1:58:am EST