Ross Detwiler

The Washington Nationals didn’t have a close shave, and neither did Davey Johnson. The 70-year-old manager still looked closer to 80 after the Nationals beat the Philadelphia Phillies 5-2 Friday night, sporting the scraggly beginnings of facial...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH The Nationals need to get their bullpen right if they are going to get a surge going heading into June. The likes of Tyler Clippard, Drew Storen and Rafael Soriano were expected...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH Outfielder Bryce Harper blamed himself for not making the play on a long fly ball by the San Francisco Giants' Gregor Blanco on Tuesday. It turned into the tying run and the...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH The Nationals' West Coast trip likely will be remembered for two incidents involving players experiencing difficulties with immovable objects. First, on May 13, Bryce Harper ran...

The Sports Xchange By Dave Del Grande, The Sports Xchange Giants 4, Nationals 2 (10) SAN FRANCISCO -- Gregor Blanco rescued the San Francisco Giants from the edge of defeat with a ninth-inning RBI triple and Pablo Sandoval belted a two-run, game-...

The Sports Xchange By Dave Del Grande, The Sports Xchange EditorsNote: first lede; write-thru to follow Vogelsong breaks hand in Giants' shutout win SAN FRANCISCO -- Ryan Vogelsong pitched five shutout innings before leaving the game with a broken...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH Ryan Mattheus made two mistakes Sunday and Monday. The second was much more disturbing to Nationals manager Davey Johnson than the first. The right-handed reliever punched a...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH Jordan Zimmermann was not able to get his eighth win of the season Saturday, but he remains the hottest starting pitcher in the Nationals' stacked rotation. Zimmermann, still...

Ian Desmond’s three hits included a two-run homer and an RBI double, and Danny Espinosa and Kurt Suzuki also drove in runs with doubles, helping the Washington Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs 7-3 for their season-high fifth consecutive victory....

The Sports Xchange Nationals OF Harper out with knee bursitis Washington Nationals outfielder Bryce Harper was not in Monday's lineup and will probably also be out Tuesday because of knee bursitis. Manager Davey Johnson told reporters before Monday's...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH Right-hander Stephen Strasburg appears back in a groove. And at just the right time for the Nationals. On Tuesday in San Francisco, Strasburg went seven innings but did not factor...

The Sports Xchange By Harvey Valentine, The Sports Xchange Orioles 6, Nationals 2 WASHINGTON -- Jason Hammel turned in his longest start of the season and Nick Markakis and Yamaico Navarro each drove in two runs as the Baltimore Orioles defeated the...