Nats Nightly

Washington's Nationals jumped out to an early lead with a four-run first and padded their lead in what ended up an 8-4 win over the Minnesota Twins in Nats Park. Gio Gonzalez was sharp on the mound and the Nationals knocked Twins' starter Kyle Gibson out early before holding on for the win, which left them 12-4 overall on the year and 6-1 in the nation's capital. And did you see Jose Lobaton's hustle triple?

Defending NL MVP Bryce Harper hit another home run off Tom Koehler in the first, but Washington Nationals' right-hander Max Scherzer was not sharp this afternoon and the Miami Marlins fought back with five runs in five innings against the Nats' starter in what ended up a 5-1 win. The Nationals and Marlins split their four-game set in South Florida and now the Nats head home to take on the Minnesota Twins this weekend.

Washington Nationals' starter Joe Ross left tonight's outing early with a blister on the middle finger of his right hand, but the Nats' bullpen picked him up and the offense did enough to get the Nationals their second straight win over the Marlins in Miami. 3-1 final. Ryan Zimmerman and Bryce Harper doubled in runs and Michael A. Taylor hit another dinger as the Nationals improved to 11-3 on the year. One more with Miami tomorrow at 1:05 PM with Max Scherzer on the mound.

It was scoreless through six in Miami tonight before the Washington Nationals went home run happy with four blast including a grand slam by Bryce Harper in a seven-run frame in what ended up a 7-0 win over the Marlins in Marlins Park. Stephen Strasburg tossed eight scoreless on 105 pitches in the win. Nationals now 10-3.

Miami Marlins' starter Jose Fernandez wasn't particularly sharp against the Washington Nationals, but he managed to strike out nine in six innings of work in what ended up being a 6-1 win in Marlins Park. Tanner Roark struggled for the second time this season against Miami and the Nats' bats couldn't generate much offense as they dropped the first game of their four-game set in South Florida. Nationals 9-3 after the loss, which was their second straight loss.

Bryce Harper's 10th inning home run put the Washington Nationals up, 2-1, but the Philadelphia Phillies rallied in the bottom of the inning and walked off on Nats' closer Jonathan Papelbon, avoiding the sweep in the series finale in Citizens Bank Park and snapping the Nationals' seven-game winning streak in the process. Cue Papelbon hate from the Nats fanbase? Nationals now 9-2 heading to Miami for the start of a four-game set with the Marlins.

Washington Nationals' hitters jumped all over Philadelphia Phillies' starter Jeremy Hellickson, scoring five runs in the top of the ffirst inning of what ended up a 9-1 win for the Nats, who improved to 8-1 overall on the year with their sixth straight win. Joe Ross tossed 7 2/3 scoreless. Michael A. Taylor and Bryce Harper homered as the Nats pounded the home team in Citizens Bank Park, improving to 8-1 on the year.

The Washington Nationals improved to 14-0 against the Atlanta Braves in D.C. since the start of the 2015 campaign as they swept the four-game set with their NL East rivals with a 6-2 win this afternoon in Nationals Park.

Bryce Harper hit HR No.100 of his major league career in the third and it was a big one! Harper's Grand Slam provided all the offense the Nationals needed, but they added on a few runs for good measure.

Stephen Strasburg was filthy and sick... what fun.

Tanner Roark got the start tonight when Stephen Strasburg was scratched due to an illness, and the Washington Nationals' right-hander came up big against the Atlanta Braves, tossing seven scoreless innings on 100 pitches in what ended up a 3-0 win. It was the Nats' 13th straight win over the Braves in the nation's capital and their fifth win in five games against Atlanta to start the season, leaving them 6-1 overall so far in 2016.

Gio Gonzalez returned from a long layoff to make a solid start in his 2016 debut and the Washington Nationals scored late to go ahead 2-0 on a two-out, two-run double by Bryce Harper in what ended up a 2-1 win over the Atlanta Braves, who dropped their 12th straight game in the nation's capital and their 15 of the last 16 in D.C.