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Thanks to some superb pitching, the countdown is on to the Washington Nationals' first World Series appearance in franchise history. Up 2-0 on the St. Louis Cardinals in the NL Championship Series after near no-hitters from Aníbal Sánchez and Max Scherzer, the Nationals turn to historically strong playoff pitcher Stephen Strasburg in Game 3 Monday with the chance to take a stranglehold. Washington starting pitchers are averaging more than 6 1/3 innings in the Division Series and League Championship series, a startling reliance on Strasburg, Scherzer, Sánchez and projected Game 4 starter Patrick Corbin. Continue to Article

October 13, 2019 9:55:pm EST

It's like winning is contagious or something. Everybody likes to be a part of winning, and that's all the Washington Nationals seem to be able to do lately. No one has been a bigger supporter of the Nationals' magical postseason run than the Washington Capitals, who have been awarding a Nats' batting helmet to players with standout performances. Continue to Article

October 12, 2019 11:36:pm EST

The Washington Nationals are headed back to D.C. with a 2-0 series lead in the NLCS after a 3-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Saturday. On hand to close out the game was Daniel Hudson, who you might have heard missed Game 1 on Friday to be with his wife after she gave birth to the couple's third child in Arizona that morning. Among that group was former Marlins president David Samson, who decreed that Hudson could only miss the game if there was something wrong with his wife or newborn daughter. Continue to Article

October 12, 2019 9:58:pm EST

Former World Series champion and MVP David Freese announced his retirement from MLB after 11 seasons. Freese, 36, called it quits on Saturday following the Los Angeles Dodgers' National League Division Series loss to the Washington Nationals. "Family friends, team-mates, coaches, and fans that handed out support especially when your lives were already full, you helped me more than you know," Freese wrote in a statement via Twitter, "You took a 23-year-old kid out of college and pushed him to 36 ... Continue to Article

October 12, 2019 9:20:pm EST

Washington Nationals pitcher Daniel Hudson on Saturday defended his decision to leave the team for the first game of the National League Championship Series to be on hand when his wife gave birth. Hudson said he deleted his social media accounts a while back. The team placed him on paternity leave so that he could be there when little Millie, the couple's third child, was born in Scottsdale, Ariz., on Friday morning. Continue to Article

October 12, 2019 8:56:pm EST

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