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WASHINGTON  -- Slumping Bryce Harper was moved to the leadoff spot for the first time since 2013 and responded with a three-run homer that helped Max Scherzer win his fifth straight start as the Washington Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 12-4 Wednesday night. Think Bryce Harper likes the leadoff spot? Continue to Article

May 01, 2018 11:43:pm EST

Matt Adams hit two home runs, Bryce Harper smacked a three-run shot and Trea Turner chipped in with a bases-clearing double Tuesday night, powering the Washington Nationals to a 12-4 victory over the visiting Pittsburgh Pirates. Max Scherzer won his fifth consecutive start, taking a shutout into the seventh inning. The Nationals jumped on Pirates starter Chad Kuhl (3-2) for solo home runs by Wilmer Difo, his first of the season, and Adams in the third and fourth innings, respectively, to take a 2-0 lead before exploding in the fifth and sixth. Continue to Article

May 01, 2018 11:02:pm EST

Matt Adams hit two home runs, Bryce Harper smacked a three-run shot and Trea Turner chipped in with a bases-clearing double Tuesday night, powering the Washington Nationals to a 12-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates in Washington, D.C. Max Scherzer won his fifth straight start, taking a shutout into the seventh inning. The Nationals jumped on Pirates starter Chad Kuhl (3-2) for solo home runs by Wilmer Difo, his first of the season, and Adams in the third and fourth innings, respectively, to take a 2-0 lead before exploding in the fifth and sixth. Continue to Article

May 01, 2018 10:29:pm EST

PITTSBURGH -- Nick Kingham accomplished something Sunday that only one major league pitcher had achieved in the past century. In his big league debut, Kingham carried a perfect game into the seventh inning to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. He joined Johnny Cueto in 2008 as the only pitchers in the past 100 years with one hit allowed, at least nine strikeouts and no walks in their debuts. "That's how you plan it up -- not to let anybody on," Kingham said. "It's incredible how it happened. Just kind of starting from the get-go, it went well. ... It's corny, but it took everybody. I'm really fortunate and really happy about it." The 26-year-old rookie right-hander Continue to Article

April 29, 2018 7:04:pm EST

Nick Kingham accomplished something Sunday that only one major league pitcher had achieved in the past century. In his big league debut, Kingham carried a perfect game into the seventh inning to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates to a 5-0 win over the St. Louis Cardinals. "That's how you plan it up, not to let anybody on," Kingham said. Continue to Article

April 29, 2018 6:13:pm EST