Adam LaRoche News

"New day, new hope," he said just after sitting down. "I was talking to [Phillies Manager] Charlie [Manuel].

If the Washington Nationals truly wanted to turn their season around, their doubleheader against the Minnesota Twins was crucial for starting the process.

Poor on-base percentage. Missing fastballs. Pressing to score runs. Not making enough contact.

The Washington Nationals ' acquisition of Dan Haren in the offseason played a role in the team not re-signing John Lannan , who wound up agreeing to a deal with the NL East rival Philadelphia Phillies .

The Nationals had Stephen Strasburg and the Indians had Corey Kluber. Sounds like a mismatch.

One thing can be said about the Nationals on Sunday at Progressive Field: They had enough scoring opportunities, but they ended up getting blanked by the Indians, 2-0.

Anthony Rendon hit his first major league home run following Nick Swisher's ninth-inning error to propel the Washington Nationals to a 7-6 win over Cleveland on Saturday night.

Drew Stubbs slid home safely on a ball hit by Jason Kipnis in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Cleveland Indians a 2-1 win over the Washington Nationals.

The Indians needed both speed and power to squeak out a 2-1 victory over the Washington Nationals at Progressive Field on Friday evening.

The Indians bounced back in a big way against the Texas Rangers. After losing eight games in a row and falling to 5-plus games back of the Detroit Tigers for first place in the AL Central, they needed to do something to get back on track.

Colorado Rockies left-hander Jorge De La Rosa was bothered by a cut on the middle finger of his pitching hand in his previous start.

The Washington Nationals try to bounce back from last night's 8-3 loss to the Colorado Rockies.

The best time to ask a clubhouse attendant to grab a couple of Big Macs from the McDonald's up South Capitol Street from Nationals Park is not when the clubhouse chef is within earshot.

First, let's start with some good news for the Washington Nationals: although he visited Dr. James Andrews recently, there doesn't appear to be any structural damage to Bryce Harper's injured left knee and he didn't have any surgical procedures on it .

Throughout the day off on Monday, fans of the Washington Nationals waited for word on DL'd star Bryce Harper, but there were no reports outside of an ambiguous tweet from the left-handed hitting slugger who had his knee examined in Florida on Sunday.

Former Senators LHP Danny Rosenbaum hasn't won since May 24 with the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs, but he's been fairly consistent in manager Tony Beasley's starting rotation.

For parts of three seasons in Minnesota, plus another five stops in the minor leagues, Anthony Swarzak and Denard Span had been teammates.

The Washington Nationals fell behind 4-1 early in the nightcap with the Minnesota Twins, but the Nats rallied to take a 5-4 lead in the seventh when Adam LaRoche and Ian Desmond hit back-to-back doubles to give the home team the lead.

It's safe to say that manager Davey Johnson wasn't frustrated during Game 1 of a day-night doubleheader between the Twins and Nationals on Sunday afternoon at Nationals Park.

A recent rule change allows teams to call up a 26th player for any doubleheader, and the Nationals took advantage of that rule on Sunday by recalling first baseman Chris Marrero from Triple-A Syracuse.