Nats Nightly

Washington's Nationals improved to 67-46 with a 7-4 win over the Cleveland Indians this afternoon in the nation's capital. Gio Gonzalez battled in a less-than-stellar outing, but he received run support after giving up a couple leads and the Nats' bullpen locked down the win with Dusty Baker mixing and matching to get it done.

The Nationals have an off day tomorrow before they start a three-game set with their divisional rivals from Atlanta on Friday night in Nationals Park when Stephen Strasburg takes on the Braves.

Trevor Bauer outdueled Max Scherzer, who flirted with a no-hitter again tonight, and the Cleveland Indians beat the Washington Nationals, 3-1 in the nation’s capital. It was a tough way for things to go for Scherzer, who struck out 10 and passed 200 strikeouts on the season for the fifth straight season. Bauer was solid, however, after struggling in his last five starts before tonight and the Indians took the series opener like they did last week in Ohio. Nats now 66-46

Tanner Roark held the San Francisco Giants off the board through seven innings and Wilson Ramos put the Washington Nationals ahead with a solo home run to right in the bottom of the inning. The one run held up when Nats' relievers Shawn Kelley and Mark Melancon shut the Giants down in the seventh and eighth innings, respectively. Final score: 1-0 Nats. Nationals take 2 of 3 and improve to 66-45 on the year with a day off tomorrow before two with Cleveland.

In his shortest outing of the season, Washington Nationals’ starter Stephen Strasburg gave up 8 hits and 4 ER in 4 ? in what ended up a 7-1 loss to the San Francisco Giants.

Gio Gonzalez made one mistake and gave up one run on two hits in what ended up a 5-1 win over the San Francisco Giants for the Washington Nationals and their lefty. The Nationals got home runs from Trea Turner (No. 2) and Wilson Ramos (career-high No.17) and cruised to a win in the series opener in D.C. Tomorrow afternoon it's going to be Stephen Strasburg taking on Matt Cain in the second of three in the nation's capital. Nats now 65-44.

Max Scherzer struck out 11 batters and drove in two runs including the winning one in what ended up being an 8-3 Washington Nationals’ win over the Arizona Diamondbacks... SWEEEEP!!!! The Nats took three straight from the D-Backs and now they head home (after a day off) to take on the San Francisco Giants, Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves at 64-44, 20 games over .500. Who starts on Friday? Will they win the series with the Giants after splitting four in AT&T Park? We'll talk about it all on Nats Nightly...

Washington’s Nationals knocked Arizona Diamondbacks’ starter Archie Bradley around and cruised to a 14-1 win as Stephen Strasburg improved to (W, 15-1) on the season in the series opener in Chase Field. The Nats collected a season-high 19 hits and won their 62nd game of the year, improving to 62-44. Trea Turner, Daniel Murphy, Anthony Rendon, Wilson Ramos and Clint Robinson all had multi-hit games in the desert and Mark Melancon made his Nats debut, striking out two in an 11-pitch ninth. Two more in AZ over the next two nights.

San Francisco Giants’ righty Matt Cain held the Washington Nationals hitless though five, and the Giants’ pen allowed just one earned run in four innings in what ended up a 3-1 win. Gio Gonzalez was not particularly sharp, but the two runs that scored when he was on the mound were the result of errors. Washington settled for a split of the four-game set in AT&T Park, and they head off to Arizona for a three-game set with the Arizona Diamondbacks with a 61-44 record on the year.

With the score 4-1 Washington in the eighth, the San Francisco Giants loaded the bases with no one out before Brandon Crawford grounded into the first 3-3-5 triple play in MLB history. No really. You never know what you'll see when you tune in for baseball. Max Scherzer put together another impressive start and the Nats made major league history in AT&T Park on the way to their second-straight win over the Giants. 61-42 on the year after the win.

Tanner Roark gave up just one run in seven innings, but the Washington Nationals' bullpen made it interesting again as Jonathan Papelbon gave up a one-out single and a walk and a run scored before Oliver Perez and Shawn Kelley combined to shut the San Francisco Giants' rally down in what ended up a 4-2 win. Roark got the curly-W (10-6) and the Nationals improved to 60-42 on the year with three more to play in AT&T Park this weekend.