Archive for May, 2007
Nationals RHP Hill to get second opinion on injured elbow (AP)
WASHINGTON (AP)– Washington Nationals starter Shawn Hill will go to Cleveland on Thursday for a second opinion on his injured right elbow. The right-hander was placed on the 15-day disabled list May 14, three days after he left a game against Florida after pitching six no-hit innings. Hill also strained his left shoulder diving […]
Posted: May 30th, 2007.
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Five and Fly: Detente in Scioscia-Guillen feud? (Yahoo! Sports)
One of the bitter feuds in baseball may be nearing a warm-and-fuzzy ending, as Jose Guillen sought out Mike…
Posted: May 30th, 2007.
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Five and Fly: Flat Brew (Yahoo! Sports)
About, oh, 20 minutes ago the Milwaukee Brewers were 25-11, eight games in front of the rest of the NL Central…
Posted: May 29th, 2007.
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Surprising Nationals aren’t so bad after all (AP)
On paper, the Washington Nationals look even worse than they did at the beginning of the season, when they seemed poised to field one of the worst teams of all time. Four-fifths of the projected starting rotation is on the disabled list. There isn’t a starter with more than three wins. Five pitchers have won […]
Posted: May 28th, 2007.
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Bonds and Howard end home run droughts (AP)
Barry Bonds moved closer to Hank Aaron’s record, and then said he was done talking about it. Bonds broke out of a lengthy home run drought, hitting his 746th career homer in the sixth inning of a 6-4, 10-inning loss against Colorado to pull within nine of Hammerin’ Hank’s career mark of 755. Unfortunately […]
Posted: May 28th, 2007.
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Sunday’s NL Capsules (AP)
The New York Mets continued their mastery of left-handers with a four-run fourth against Florida starter Scott Olsen, carrying them past the Marlins 6-4 on Sunday and to a three-game series sweep. David Wright had two hits and an RBI and Carlos Beltran walked and scored twice for the Mets, who swept a three-game series […]
Posted: May 27th, 2007.
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Young leaves game with lower back pain (AP)
Washington Nationals first baseman Dmitri Young did not return after a rain delay of just more than an hour Sunday in St. Louis because of lower back pain. Young had a minor collision in the fourth inning with Scott Rolen, who hit a groundball to third baseman Ryan Zimmerman. Young shifted over the base to […]
Posted: May 27th, 2007.
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Harris helping Nationals improve in the pinch (PA SportsTicker)
By Doug Orth Special to PA SportsTicker
Posted: May 25th, 2007.
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Nationals are last in standings, and not much better at gate (AP)
Washington Nationals players notice it. Opponents do, too. Attendance at Nationals home games has dropped by more than a third from Year 1 to Year 3, leaving thousands of empty yellow and burgundy seats night after night at 46,000-capacity RFK Stadium. Even this past weekend’s interleague series against Baltimore, a city about a 45-minute drive […]
Posted: May 21st, 2007.
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Nationals call up LHP Bacsik for Saturday start (PA SportsTicker)
The Washington Nationals on Saturday purchased the contract of lefthander Mike Bacsik from Class AAA Columbus.
Posted: May 19th, 2007.
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