Nats Nightly

Max Scherzer was dominant over eight innings, Jayson Werth homered, Bryce Harper had a two-RBI double in the eighth and the Washington Nationals beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-0.

Washington’s Nationals dropped their fourth straight game overall and the third straight to the Baltimore Orioles, 10-8 in the nation’s capital. Tanner Roark struggled. The Nationals rallied late with a grand slam and RBI double in the ninth making it closer than it appeared but lost in the end. Will they salvage one in the series finale tomorrow night or get swept by the Orioles? Unthinkable... Nationals now 73-53. Max Scherzer takes the mound tomorrow night in the series finale...

With Stephen Strasburg placed on the 15-day DL with a sore right elbow, AJ Cole gave the Washignton Nationals seven good innings but the Nats fell to the Baltimore Orioles 4-3 at Orioles Park at Camden Yards

A half-inning after the Washington Nationals blew a 6-3 lead in the eighth, Clint Robinson come through with a two-out single in the ninth to beat the Atlanta Braves, 7-6 final. Mark Melancon came on to close it out and got the job done and the Nats beat their NL East rivals for the 10th time in 11 games this season, improving to 72-49 overall on the with their second straight win in Turner Field. Two more with the Braves to come this weekend...

Reynaldo Lopez struck out 11 batters in seven innings as the Washington Nationals improved to 9-1 against the Atlanta Braves this season with an 8-2 win tonight in Turner Field. It was closer than it seemed in the end, with a late-game blow-up by the Braves' bullpen padding the Nats' lead. Washington improved to 71-49 on the year with the win and Lopez earned his second straight win over the Nationals' NL East rivals from Atlanta. Three more to come in Turner Field...

Washington dropped two of three in Coors Field in Colorado, taking the series opener but losing the second and third games of three-game set with the Rockies. Nationals' starter Stephen Strasburg had his worst start in the majors, giving up nine hits, three walks and nine runs in just 1 2/3 IP, losing for the third time in a row. With the loss, the Nationals fell to 70-49 on the year as they head to Atlanta to start a four-game set with the Braves.

Wilson Ramos came up big with a sixth inning home run off Colorado Rockies' lefty Jorge De La Rosa that tied things up at 4-4 and Bryce Harper came through with an RBI double an inning later to put the Washington Nationals ahead in what ended up a 5-4 win in the series opener in Coors Field. Washington's bullpen picked Max Scherzer up after the right-hander struggled and was out after throwing 97 pitches in just four innings pitched. With the win, the Nats improved to 70-47 with two more to play in Denver, Colorado.

Tanner Roark won his fourth straight outing and his 13th of the year as the Washington Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves 9-1 to take 2 of 3 in D.C. Roark went seven strong on 99 pitches and the Nats got hits from 7 of 8 position players as they knocked Braves' right-hander Tyrell Jenkins out early and cruised to a win that left them 69-47 in 2016 as they head out on the road to Colorado for a three-game set with the Rockies.

Reynaldo Lopez gave up a run in the first, then kept the Atlanta Braves off the board through seven as the Washington Nationals piled on runs in what ended up a closer-than-expected 7-6 win. Lopez earned his first MLB win. Mark Melancon had to come on to close it out after the Braves threatened in the ninth. Trea Turner had a big day on the offensive end, finishing a double short of a cycle and the Nationals improved to 68-47 on the season with one more to play with the Braves tomorrow.

Atlanta’s Braves knocked Washington Nationals’ righty Stephen Strasburg out early and snapped a 14-game losing streak in Nationals Park with an 8-5 win in the series opener. Mike Foltyneqwicz put together a solid start and the Braves' relievers held on for the first win in D.C. since September 2014. Nationals now 67-47 with two more to play in the nation's capital this weekend.