News Category: Washington Nationals

Nationals’ Patrick Corbin hopes to rebound in matchup vs. Dodgers

Intent on getting his season on track, Washington Nationals left-hander Patrick Corbin will visit familiar surroundings on Tuesday night. When he faces Los Angeles at Dodger Stadium, the outing will give Corbin (0-2, 8.44 ERA) his most appearances at a venue he has never called his home park. Once a member of the Dodgers’ National League West rival Arizona Diamondbacks, Corbin will make his 15th outing at Dodger Stadium, but just his fourth there since

Dodgers’ Tyler Glasnow takes aim at Nationals

It’s hard for a pitcher to be any better than Los Angeles Dodgers right-hander Tyler Glasnow was in his most recent start last Tuesday at Minnesota. Since pitch count was tracked officially for the first time in 1988, Glasnow became the first pitcher to strike out 14 hitters while using less than 90 pitches. He threw 88 and matched his career high in strikeouts during seven shutout innings in a 6-3 win. Glasnow (3-0, 2.25

Nationals looking for win, bullpen relief against A’s

The Washington Nationals will take the type of dominance they got Saturday out of MacKenzie Gore every day. Well, hopefully not every day, according to manager Dave Martinez. Gore showed why he was one of the centerpieces of the 2022 trade that sent star outfielder Juan Soto to San Diego in exchange for a haul of Padres prospects, striking out 11 over five innings in a 3-1 win in Oakland. But in piling up the

Once-lowly A’s face Nats again, aim to keep rolling

The Oakland Athletics are doing the little things necessary for big things to happen. After losing 102 games in 2022 and 112 last season, the A’s are showing spunk early in 2024. They’ve gained momentum by winning five of their past six games. They have come out on top in back-to-back one-run games, including Friday night’s 2-1, 10-inning decision against the visiting Washington Nationals. The teams will meet again Saturday afternoon, with the Athletics liking

Nationals, A’s look to break through against strong pitching

Pitching largely has been a plus this week for the Washington Nationals and Oakland Athletics. Whichever team can break through with the bats might be in better shape as they begin a three-game series Friday night in Oakland. This will be the Athletics’ first home game since the announcement late last week that they will play home games from 2025-27 in Sacramento, Calif., in advance of an anticipated relocation to Las Vegas. Oakland will be

Nationals’ Josiah Gray looks to get on track vs. Giants

Two pitchers trending in opposite directions this season will go head-to-head Tuesday night when the Washington Nationals and San Francisco Giants continue their three-game series. Trevor Williams outdueled reigning National League Cy Young Award winner Blake Snell in an 8-1 Nationals win in Monday’s series opener in San Francisco, spoiling Snell’s debut with the Giants. Right-hander Josiah Gray (0-2, 14.04 ERA) will attempt to duplicate Williams’ effort and extend his unbeaten run against the Giants

With offenses sputtering, Phillies, Nationals begin 3-game series

It’s time for the Philadelphia Phillies to get going, but they’ll have to do it away from home. After a season-opening 2-4 homestand, the Phillies head to Washington to face the Nationals in a three-game series beginning Friday night. Philadelphia’s offense has sputtered during the first week of the season. “It will come,” Phillies manager Rob Thomson said. “I have all the confidence in the world, but we’re off to a little bit of a

Unbeaten Pirates look to keep rolling vs. Nationals

The Pittsburgh Pirates and the host Washington Nationals had the day off Tuesday before continuing their three-game series Wednesday in the nation’s capital. The red-hot Pirates may be wishing that there was no interruption, as the club has won its first five games of the season for the first time since 1983 following Monday’s 8-4 win at Nationals Park. Pittsburgh collected 15 hits in the eight-run outburst, marking the first time since at least 1900

After comeback, Nats look for another win in Cincinnati

Following a dramatic come-from-behind win Saturday, the Washington Nationals look for a series win Sunday when they play the rubber match of their three-game series against the host Cincinnati Reds. Keibert Ruiz is off to a hot start for Washington, going 4-for-7 in the first two games. That includes Saturday’s 3-for-4 performance with a game-tying homer in the eighth inning and three RBIs in the Nationals’ 7-6 come-from-behind win. Joey Meneses is 4-for-8 through the

After winning opener, Reds send Hunter Greene to face Nationals

Fresh from an off day, when they were able to savor a feel-good Opening Day, the Cincinnati Reds look to make it two in a row when they host the Washington Nationals on Saturday afternoon. In Thursday’s season opener before a sellout crowd of 44,030, the Reds got a power boost from Nick Martini, who was making his first Opening Day start at the age of 33. Cincinnati also received six shutout innings from right-hander