Hot-hurling Gio looking for more vs. Phils

The Phillies' reign as National League East champions has lasted for five years. During most of that time, they have dominated the lowly Nationals. Both of those trends could be changing, but not without some drama — and perhaps, the beginnings of a legitimate rivalry. The teams kick off a three-game series on Monday night [...]

Strasburg homers in win, but suffers arm tightness

Stephen Strasburg put on another dominant pitching performance and hit his first career home run before exiting with biceps tightness as the Nationals took the finale of the Beltway Series from the surging Orioles with a 9-3 victory on Sunday at Nationals Park.
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Strasburg's arm tightness a matter of concern

Stephen Strasburg was pulled from Sunday's game after five innings and 90 pitches at Nationals Park because of tightness in his golden right arm.
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Strasburg cranks first big league HR, beats O's

Stephen Strasburg put on another dominant pitching performance and hit his first career home run as the Nationals took the finale of the Beltway Series from the surging Orioles with a 9-3 victory on Sunday at Nationals Park.
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Nationals' bullpen continues to be strong

The Nationals' bullpen had another solid performance in Saturday's 6-5 loss, holding the Orioles scoreless over the final four innings while the offense chipped away at a six-run deficit.
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Johnson seeing improvement in Nats bats

Nationals manager Davey Johnson has been encouraged by the way his team has been swinging the bats lately, and he is hopeful the club will start packing more punch going forward.
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Espinosa returns to leadoff spot for finale

Danny Espinosa was back in the leadoff spot for Sunday's series finale against Baltimore after getting most of the previous night off as he deals with an ongoing slump.
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Battle of the Beltway a resounding success

The Nationals drew 42,331 for Saturday's 6-5 loss to the Orioles — the second-largest crowd in the history of four-year-old Nationals Park.
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Nationals' rally falls just short against Orioles

Even though their revamped lineup showed signs of life, the Nationals could not overcome Ross Detwiler's worst start of the season in a 6-5 loss to the Orioles on Saturday night at Nationals Park.
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Wang likely headed to bullpen on return

Nationals manager Davey Johnson was optimistic on Saturday about pitcher Chien-Ming Wang's progress at Triple-A Syracuse, and Wang will likely pitch out of the bullpen when he returns — at least temporarily.
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