
Washington Nationals win West Coast opener
Petco Park was playing like a Ping Pong table Thursday night, and the Washington Nationals took advantage.

Petco Park was playing like a Ping Pong table Thursday night, and the Washington Nationals took advantage.

Washington rallied twice from one-run deficits, and won with a Jayson Werth walkoff as the Nats knocked off the Chicago Cubs, 5-4.

An Albert Almora RBI double broke a 3-3 ninth-inning tie to lift the Chicago Cubs to a 4-3 win over the Washington Nationals on Tuesday.

Max Scherzer was the dominant Max Scherzer in a 4-1 Washington Nationals win over the Chicago Cubs Monday night.

A two-out, two-strike, two-run single by Jayson Werth lifted the Washington Nationals to a dramatic 5-4 win over Philadelphia Sunday at Nationals Park.

Phil Morse became the first Shenandoah University baseball player taken in the Major League Draft in at least the past 25 years.

The Washington Nationals jumped to an early 4-0 lead and never looked behind Tanner Roark in an 8-0 win over Philadelphia on Saturday.

Washington fell behind 4-0 early Friday night, but the Nationals rallied behind Daniel Murphy to top Philadelphia, 9-6.

Gio Gonzalez settled down nicely after surrendering three in the first, but Washington couldn’t get the bats going in a 3-1 loss to Chicago.

Charlottesville Parks & Recreation, with the support of BAMA Works and the LeRoi Moore Fund, will host the first of three Sunday Sundowns of 2016 on Sunday.
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