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Check out the latest news and notes on the Washington Nationals: Player Notes: SP Stephen Strasburg fired six scoreless innings to help the Nationals to a 4-0 victory over the Phillies on Friday. Strasburg scattered seven hits, and he walked one with six strikeouts. This makes back-to-back outings where the former first-overall pick didn't allow a run. Continue to Article

July 12, 2019 6:18:pm EST

The Philadelphia Phillies placed All-Star catcher J.T. Realmuto on paternity leave Friday and selected the contract of catcher Rob Brantly from Triple-A Lehigh Valley. Realmuto, 28, is batting .273 with 10 home runs and 42 RBIs in his first season with the Phillies after he was acquired in a trade with the Miami Marlins in February. Brantly, 29, was batting .306 at Lehigh Valley with three home runs and 18 RBIs in 53 games. Continue to Article

July 12, 2019 2:31:pm EST

It's the heat of the summer, the Sixers don't play a basketball game for months, so what's a Mike Scott Hive to do? "So The Hive was started to basically celebrate how cool Mike Scott was," Rice told us. "We picked a Phillies game just because a lot of us in The Hive are good friends and wanted to get together for a tailgate and Saturday the 13th just worked out well for everyone," Rice said. Continue to Article

July 11, 2019 11:49:am EST

Despite enduring a June swoon, the Phillies still retained most of their television viewership as ratings were up 23% at the All Star Break compared to the same period of 2018, according to NBC Sports Philadelphia. When the team ended May in First place in the National League Eastern Division with a 33-24 record, they registered a 4.6 household rating, up 31% from the first two months of last season. A 1.0 rating equals 28,169 households.  But NBC Sports Philadelphia said the team is still on pace to have the highest-rated season since 2012, when the team was coming off its five-year string of division championships from 2007 to 2011, led by recognizable stars like Jimmy Rollins, Chase Utley and Ryan Howard. Continue to Article

July 10, 2019 4:18:pm EST