#VoteNats to send your favorite Nationals to All-Star Game in D.C.

#VoteNats to send your favorite Nationals to All-Star Game in D.C.
We're a month away from the All-Star Game coming to D.C., which means we're getting closer to the announcements of the National League and American League rosters. And the Nationals need your help to ensure the host city is well-represented in the All-Star Game! After leading all NL outfielders in voting last week, Bryce Harper has slipped to second with 1,002,696 votes behind Braves outfielder Nick Markakis' 1,173,653. Harper, a five-time All-Star, currently leads the league with 19 home...

Adams a gametime decision, Voth available as 26th man

Adams a gametime decision, Voth available as 26th man
Nationals manager Davey Martinez said that he expects that right-hander Wander Suero will remain in the suspended game against the Yankees to pitch the top of the seventh. The game resumes in a 3-3 tie in the bottom of the sixth inning at 5:05 p.m. on MASN. "Suero is still in the game," Martinez said. "When the game starts, we will see where we are at. Hopefully, we score a couple of runs and then things will change. But he's still in the game. "We will have guys warming up. Depending on,...

Game 43 lineups: Nats vs. Yankees (suspended game)

Game 43 lineups: Nats vs. Yankees (suspended game)
The Nationals limp home from a 1-5 road trip with questions about their offense and seeking a pair of wins against the Yankees. They lost each game in Toronto, and must get right quickly as they take on the Yankees for the second time in five days. Tonight, the Nats will finish two games with the Yankees postponed from May's rained-out affairs. The first game is a continuation of the suspended game from May 15 with the game tied 3-3 heading to the bottom of the sixth inning. About 30 minutes...

Adams still out, Eaton off, Harper will DH (Nats lose 8-6)

Adams still out, Eaton off, Harper will DH (Nats lose 8-6)
TORONTO - Davey Martinez went into the weekend with a plan for his lineup, who would get days off and who would get opportunities to serve as designated hitter. But Matt Adams' injury Friday night and the lineup's continued struggles forced the Nationals manager to make some tweaks for today's series finale against the Blue Jays. With Adams still sidelined - "he's doing better today," Martinez said - Daniel Murphy is starting his second straight game at first base. The original plan had...

Game 68 lineups: Nats at Blue Jays

Game 68 lineups: Nats at Blue Jays
TORONTO - It's a glorious Father's Day here in Canada (and, yes, they celebrate it here, too) but it hasn't been a glorious road trip for the Nationals, who have gone 1-3 so far against the Yankees and Blue Jays and have been shut out twice. They'll need to bounce back this afternoon if they want to avoid a weekend sweep at the hands of a sub-.500 opponent. Tanner Roark gets the ball today, and he opened this trip with a quality start at Yankee Stadium, only to be on the wrong end of a 3-0...

Adams' finger in splint, X-rays inconclusive (Nats lose 2-0)

Adams' finger in splint, X-rays inconclusive (Nats lose 2-0)
TORONTO - Matt Adams, as surmised, is not in the Nationals lineup this afternoon. Now the club can only wait to find out how many more games (if any) the slugger is going to need to miss with an injured left index finger. Adams, who was struck by a pitch while squaring around to bunt Friday night, had an X-ray taken after the game, the results of which appear to have been inconclusive. Manager Davey Martinez said, "it didn't really show much." "You can't even tell," Martinez said when...

Game 67 lineups: Nats at Blue Jays

Game 67 lineups: Nats at Blue Jays
TORONTO - The Nationals' unfamiliarity with Rogers Centre cost them during Friday night's 6-5 loss. Perhaps now that they've experienced this unique ballpark a little bit, they won't be victimized by it in the second game of their weekend series with the Blue Jays. It doesn't hurt, of course, to have Max Scherzer on the mound. The ace has made four prior starts here in his career, and all he's done is go 3-0 with a 1.98 ERA, 32 strikeouts and only five walks. And this was the Detroit...

On Adams' swollen finger and Eaton's quick out in the ninth

On Adams' swollen finger and Eaton's quick out in the ninth
TORONTO - Matt Adams finished the at-bat, and he played another inning in the field, but deep down the Nationals first baseman knew his left index finger was in no real condition to continue playing after it was struck by a pitch in the top of the second Friday night. "I mean, I knew from the get-go it was bad, but I wanted to do everything I could to stay out there," he said. "I don't like coming out of the games and putting other guys in a tough position. So, tough situation." Yes, and...

Misplay in right, subsequent homer send Nats to 6-5 loss to Jays

Misplay in right, subsequent homer send Nats to 6-5 loss to Jays
TORONTO - The Nationals put themselves in a position to win tonight's series opener at Rogers Centre with a late rally, but it would have required spotless relief and airtight defense, and they received neither. A misplay in right field by Adam Eaton in the bottom of the seventh turned a routine fly ball into a costly double, and Justin Miller's first poor relief outing in the majors or minors this season turned the game into a 6-5 loss to the Blue Jays. Summoned to try to pitch out of a jam...

Adams departs after taking pitch off left hand (Nats lose 6-5)

Adams departs after taking pitch off left hand (Nats lose 6-5)
TORONTO - Matt Adams had been one of the few members of the Nationals lineup to avoid injury so far this season. Add the big first baseman to the list now. Adams had to depart tonight's game before the bottom of the third, one inning after he took a pitch off his left hand while squaring around to bunt the previous inning. Leading off the top of the second and facing the exaggerated infield shift he has seen from most opponents this season, Adams decided to try to surprise the Blue Jays and...

Adams announces presence early (Nats win 4-2)

Adams announces presence early (Nats win 4-2)
Matt Adams fouled a ball off the top of his foot over the weekend in Atlanta. It was a play that looked eerily similar to the injury that kept Anthony Rendon out of the lineup for 14 games, there some worried that the big first baseman would be out for a while himself. Adams announced to anyone who cared that he is just fine, thank you, by getting hold of a second-inning offering from Rays starter Nathan Eovaldi and sending it over the right field wall. Adams' 13th homer of the season came on...

A lot to watch for before and during tonight's Nats game

A lot to watch for before and during tonight's Nats game
If your attention has been diverted from baseball to hockey in recent days, you are forgiven. Hey, this kind of thing hasn't happened in these parts for 26 years. It's OK to get swept up in it. But if you need something to keep you occupied for the next 48 hours until they carry the Stanley Cup into the building in Las Vegas, you should know this could be an eventful week for the Nationals. After a tough weekend in Atlanta to cap an otherwise excellent 7-3 road trip, the Nats are back home...

Murphy not ready for season debut yet

Murphy not ready for season debut yet
ATLANTA - The Nationals don't know yet when Daniel Murphy will make his season debut, but they seem to have conceded it won't come at the start of this week's homestand. Murphy, who has spent the last week playing six rehab games for Double-A Harrisburg, is scheduled to be back in Washington on Tuesday to be evaluated by doctors and meet with club officials. Despite some initial hope he might be ready to be activated by then, manager Davey Martinez suggested today that won't happen. "I...

Game 58 lineups: Nats at Braves

Game 58 lineups: Nats at Braves
ATLANTA - It's another scorching hot and humid day here at SunTrust Park, where the Nationals and Braves wrap up their four-game series, the Nats trying to salvage a split after yesterday's dramatic 14-inning victory. To do so, they're probably going to need some effective work from their bullpen again today, though that group was taxed yesterday and has a new face in it today. Tim Collins, who did not appear in the game, has been placed on the paternity leave list and has left town to be...

Gonzalez cruising, Adams departs early (Nats win 5-3 in 14)

Gonzalez cruising, Adams departs early (Nats win 5-3 in 14)
ATLANTA - Gio Gonzalez is authoring another gem. Juan Soto and Michael A. Taylor have supplied some early offense, but the Nationals will have to play the rest of today's game without cleanup hitter Matt Adams. Adams departed in the middle of the fourth inning with an apparent injury. He fouled a ball off his foot in the top of the frame before flying out to left field. The Nationals do not provide in-game injury updates, so Adams' abrupt exit will be something of a mystery for a few more...

Strasburg's one mistake costs Nats on night Braves made none

Strasburg's one mistake costs Nats on night Braves made none
ATLANTA - Stephen Strasburg felt like he made only one mistake, a curveball down in the zone but over the plate to Dansby Swanson with two outs in the bottom of the seventh. Then again, one mistake was all it took for the Nationals to drop tonight's game to the Braves, who rode a two-hit shutout from Mike Foltynewicz to a 4-0 victory and a second straight win to begin this weekend's National League East showdown. "We couldn't get nothing going," manager Davey Martinez said. "Our guy was...

Four-run seventh dooms Nationals in 4-0 loss to Braves

Four-run seventh dooms Nationals in 4-0 loss to Braves
ATLANTA - For six innings they dueled, Stephen Strasburg and Mike Foltynewicz posting up zero after zero, neither willing to give in on a muggy Friday night at SunTrust Park. Somebody, though, had to give in at some point. That somebody was Strasburg. And that point was the bottom of the seventh, the decisive frame that turned a brilliant pitchers' duel into a 4-0 Nationals loss to a young Braves team that can only feel emboldened after taking the first two games of this big weekend...

With contributions from many, Nats have climbed back in NL East

With contributions from many, Nats have climbed back in NL East
BALTIMORE - For a few minutes Tuesday night, the Nationals found themselves tied for first place in the National League East division. And with the Braves trailing the Mets late, the Nats were on the verge of taking over sole possession of the top spot in the division for the first time since the season's first week. A Mets bullpen collapse prevented that from happening, and so as they wake up this morning the Nationals still remain 1/2-game behind Atlanta. Not that anyone inside the clubhouse...

Harper's frustrations, plus an update on Murphy and Goodwin

Harper's frustrations, plus an update on Murphy and Goodwin
MIAMI - Lost in the hoopla of another late surge and win Saturday for the Nationals were the struggles of right fielder Bryce Harper in this series. He connected on a two-run double and a single late Friday, which were big in helping the Nats to a 9-5 win. But he has also struck out six times in the series. Manager Davey Martinez has noted the building frustration for Harper at the plate. "He'll snap out of it, that's the only thing I can say," Martinez said after Saturday's 4-1 win....

Another strong outing from Roark, Nats rally to win 4-1 against Marlins

Another strong outing from Roark, Nats rally to win 4-1 against Marlins
MIAMI - Nationals left fielder Juan Soto doubled with one out in the second inning, but Marlins left-handed starter Wei-Yin Chen notched two strikeouts against the next three batters to get out of the inning. It was Soto's first double in the majors. Trea Turner singled and stole second in the third, but Bryce Harper struck out and Anthony Rendon popped up to end the threat. J.T. Realmuto singled in the first inning, but Nationals right-handed starter Tanner Roark induced a fly out to center...