News Category: Washington

Liberty take continuity into season opener at new-look Mystics

The 2024 WNBA season will begin in Washington on Tuesday night when the rebuilding Mystics host a New York Liberty team that aims to contend for the league championship again. After finishing 19-21 last season, the Mystics look different this year. Gone are longtime leaders Natasha Cloud and Elena Delle Donne, who spent a combined 15 seasons with the franchise and helped Washington win the WNBA title in 2019. Cloud signed with the Phoenix Mercury

Nats, White Sox open series, aim to cut down on miscues

Mistakes plagued the Washington Nationals and Chicago White Sox in their respective losses on Sunday. Both squads will look to orchestrate a cleaner game on Monday night when the White Sox host the Nationals to begin a three-game series. Washington’s miscues in the field and on the basepaths on Sunday proved costly in a 3-2 road setback against the Boston Red Sox. In the second inning, center fielder Victor Robles dropped a routine fly ball

Brayan Bello set to return for Red Sox in series finale vs. Nats

Boston right-hander Brayan Bello will make his return from the 15-day injured list when the host Red Sox and Washington Nationals wrap up a three-game series on Sunday afternoon. Bello (3-1, 3.04 ERA) hasn’t pitched since April 19, when he picked up a win against the Pittsburgh Pirates after allowing just one hit across six shutout innings. He landed on the IL five days later because of lat tightness. Sunday will mark Bello’s first career

Skidding Red Sox aim for offensive revival vs. Nationals

The Boston Red Sox will search for solutions to their offensive woes on Saturday when they face the visiting Washington Nationals in the second contest of a three-game series. Boston’s losing streak reached three games when it dropped a 5-1 decision to Washington on Friday night. The Red Sox went 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position during the loss, and are 2-for-29 with runners in scoring position and have stranded 33 baserunners during their three-game

Red Sox hope to find more runs at home against Nationals

The Boston Red Sox will be looking to revive their offense when they open a three-game series against the visiting Washington Nationals on Friday night. Boston is coming off Wednesday’s 5-0 loss to Atlanta that left the Red Sox with a 1-4 record during a five-game road trip. Boston scored five runs over the four losses. Wednesday’s setback against Atlanta was Boston’s fifth loss in its last six games. It was also the fourth time

Nationals, over .500, aim to sweep 2-game set with Orioles

The Washington Nationals enter their game against the visiting Baltimore Orioles on Wednesday evening in unfamiliar territory. After taking the opener of their two-game series 3-0 on Tuesday night, the Nationals (18-17) are above .500 for the first time since a victory on July 1, 2021. The Nationals have won eight of their past 11 games and, after three failed attempts, they won the game that gave them a winning record. “We’re playing tremendous baseball

O’s bring four-game win streak into mini-series vs. Nationals

The visiting Baltimore Orioles bring a four-game winning streak into their two-game series against the Washington Nationals that begins on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the Nationals are coming off a series win over the Toronto Blue Jays and will look to surpass the .500 mark for the first time since July 1, 2021. Baltimore right-hander Corbin Burnes (3-1, 2.61 ERA) opposes Washington righty Trevor Williams (3-0, 2.27) in the opener. Burnes has allowed three earned runs or

Alek Manoah back in majors as Jays take on Nationals

Toronto right-hander Alek Manoah will make his 2024 major league debut when the visiting Blue Jays go for a series win against the Washington Nationals on Sunday afternoon. Washington rallied for a 9-3 win on Friday night before Toronto scored four runs in the first inning on Saturday and held on for a 6-3 victory. The 26-year-old Manoah, who has been rehabbing from a bout of right shoulder inflammation, will be called up from Triple-A

Nationals aim to follow up ‘electric’ win in rematch vs. Jays

The Washington Nationals started hitting late on Friday and will look to carry that momentum into Saturday afternoon’s game against the visiting Toronto Blue Jays. The Nationals came back in the opener of the three-game series Friday night with a four-run seventh inning, highlighted by a pinch-hit, three-run homer by Luis Garcia Jr. Washington added four runs in the eighth en route to a 9-3 victory for its sixth win in the last eight games.

Jays, Nationals open series aiming to jump-start bats

The Toronto Blue Jays and host Washington Nationals will continue to search for consistent offense when they open a three-game series Friday night. Blue Jays hitters have been in a season-long drought that was emphasized on a 2-4 homestand. They had only four hits in a 6-1 loss to the Kansas City Royals on Wednesday. They had Thursday off while the Nationals fell to the Texas Rangers 6-0 in the rubber match of a three-game