Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer gave up more homers than normal and center fielder Bryce Harper took far more pitches than is usually the case on Thursday night against the Baltimore Orioles. The numbers still added up to a 4-2 win for the Nationals over the Orioles as rookie teen sensation Juan Soto drove in two runs to break a tie in the last of the eighth before a crowd of 36,868 at Nationals Park.
During Wednesday’s game against the Baltimore Orioles, Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez approached center fielder Michael A. Taylor to ask when he last played infield.
The Washington Nationals, from first baseman Ryan Zimmerman to pitchers Stephen Strasburg and Brandon Kintzler, are slowly and surely getting healthier.
The story got even better at Nationals Park on Tuesday, as Joseph and his brother Caleb - a catcher for the Orioles - were teammates at the major league level for the first time. They became the first brothers to suit up for the Orioles since Cal Ripken, Jr. and Billy Ripken in 1996.
The left-handed slugger leads the National League in homers with 19 and has driven in 44 runs. Harper has a slugging mark of .470 and has drawn 53 walks. But the Las Vegas native has fanned 72 times in 249 at-bats and his average has fallen to .213.
Nationals manager Dave Martinez played a hunch by having speedy Trea Turner bat sixth in the lineup Tuesday night. It paid off.
A south Mississippi baseball league aimed at black players says it may fold unless it can raise money.
Soto is now hitting .326 with six homers and 16 RBI in his first 92 at-bats in the majors.
Reactions to the death of conservative writer and pundit Charles Krauthammer.
Police say a board member of an Alabama city's youth baseball program is accused of stealing $15,000 to $20,000 from the program.
Lawmakers are moving closer to passing legislation that would help the Pawtucket Red Sox build a new ballpark in the city.
A Minor League Baseball team is moving to Colorado from Utah.
It was a flying frankfurter and not a foul ball that left a baseball fan with a black eye in Philadelphia.
Mississippi gambling regulators are set to vote Thursday on whether to approve final rules allowing sports betting, clearing the way for sports books to open in the state's 28 casinos in July.
Residents in a Newport neighborhood say baseballs hit out of a field used by a collegiate summer league team are damaging their houses and cars.
The Chicago Cubs will have to get by without closer Brandon Morrow for a little while.
