Washington Nationals News

Center fielder Lastings Milledge was dropped from the Washington Nationals’ starting lineup Thursday night against his former team, the New York Mets, for arriving late to the ballpark. Milledge appeared as a pinch hitter in Washington’s 10-5 victory, walking in the sixth inning. “He showed up late to work.

Felipe Lopez is in the lineup again — and hitting again. Lopez’s grand slam and two-run single gave him a career-high-tying six RBIs and led Washington past the New York Mets 10-5 on Thursday night, the Nationals’ fourth victory in their past 20 games. The Nationals fell behind 3-0 while being held in check through […]

Veteran left-handed reliever Ray King was contemplating retirement Thursday, when he was optioned to Triple-A Columbus by the Washington Nationals before their game against the New York Mets. The Nationals made the move, which King called “very surprising,” so they could select left-hander Mike O’Connor’s contract from Columbus.

The Washington Nationals optioned reliever Ray King to Class AAA Columbus on Thursday and recalled lefthander Michael O’Connor.

For a mere $15.1 million in mid-January, you could have had a starting rotation of Livan Hernandez, Kyle Lohse, Brett Tomko, Shawn Chacon and Odalis Perez. Not too shabby.

Johan Santana added a dangerous bat to his dominant repertoire, and Mets manager Willie Randolph had some fun critiquing his prized pitcher. Santana doubled twice and pitched seven solid innings to lead the Mets to a 7-2 win over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night. “He should have had the cycle,” Randolph said.

Johan Santana hit two doubles and pitched seven solid innings, leading the New York Mets to a 7-2 win over the Washington Nationals on Wednesday night. Santana (3-2) allowed seven hits, none after the fourth inning, struck out four and walked one. As a batter, he had the second two-hit game of his career.

Washington Nationals reliever Chad Cordero had an MRI exam on his right shoulder Wednesday that showed tendinitis and weakness, but he will not need to return to the disabled list. Cordero was examined by Dr. James Andrews in Birmingham, Ala. He had complained of a “click” in his shoulder after pitching one inning in Atlanta […]

Washington Nationals closer Chad Cordero on Wednesday learned he will not need another trip to the disabled list.

John Smoltz, sitting on 2,999 strikeouts, had two strikes on Felipe Lopez. With the home crowd cheering, Smoltz went with the pitch he still credits for helping win the ‘96 NL Cy Young Award: the split-finger fastball. Lopez whiffed, and Smoltz became the 16th pitcher in major league history to reach the 3,000-strikeout plateau.