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A-Rod implicated in PED use again as MLB probes
Alex Rodriguez is in the middle of Major League Baseball's latest doping investigation after an alternative weekly newspaper reported baseball's ...
Nationals trade Morse to Seattle in 3-team deal
The Mariners added some much-needed power to their lineup Wednesday, acquiring Michael Morse from Washington in a three-team deal that moved catcher ...
Red Sox rev up with Victorino; Giants keep Scutaro
Shane Victorino bolted for Boston, Marco Scutaro stayed with San Francisco, and the Miami Marlins shed more payroll in a late-night trade. It was ...
Melvin, Johnson picked as managers of the year
Young rosters, small budgets, limited expectations. No matter. Bob Melvin of the Oakland Athletics and Washington's Davey Johnson won big right away ...
No-quit Cards come back to beat Nats 9-7 in Game 5
In the end, it made sense that Yadier Molina and David Freese would work those key walks, and that Daniel Descalso and Pete Kozma would come through ...
Cards score 4 in 9th, beat Nats 9-7, reach NLCS
Carlos Beltran and the never-give-up St. Louis Cardinals began their latest comeback celebration quietly, plucking cans of beer from a blue bin that ...
Before Werth's walkoff, a rousing speech for Nats
Hours before Jayson Werth's game-ending homer on a 13-pitch at-bat extended the Washington Nationals' surprising season, before a bullpen trio got ...
Werth's homer for Nats forces Game 5 against Cards
Joyous, bouncing teammates waiting to greet him at home, the red-clad crowd raucous as can be, Jayson Werth yanked off his red batting helmet with two ...
Nationals rally past Cardinals in Game 1
Given zero wriggle room, Nationals reliever Ryan Mattheus had realistic expectations. Entering with the bases loaded, nobody out and the cleanup man ...
Athletics sweep Rangers to win AL West on last day
The Oakland Athletics had been down and doubted so many times during this remarkable year that a four-run deficit against the two-time reigning AL ...
A's win AL West, Yanks take AL East, pairings set
Coco Crisp settled under the final fly ball, and the Oakland Athletics started charging onto the field like a bunch of Little Leaguers chasing an ice ...
Miguel Cabrera 1st Triple Crown winner in 45 years
It is more rare than a perfect game and about as uncommon as an unassisted triple play. Miguel Cabrera won baseball's first Triple Crown in 45 years ...
A's win AL West, Yanks & O's to settle AL East
A dropped fly ball by Josh Hamilton, a home run from Ryan Zimmerman and pitch by pitch, the baseball playoff picture became completely clear on the ...
Zimmerman, Nationals win NL East championship
As the Washington Nationals' first draft pick back in June 2005, third baseman Ryan Zimmerman was there almost from the start, through the various ...
A's win, back in playoffs for 1st time in 6 years
This time, it was manager Bob Melvin who took a whipped cream pie in the face. All those walk-off wins from guys hardly known beyond the Bay Area ...
Nationals wrap up NL East title despite loss
Amid the postgame delirium on the field, the crushed beer cans and strewn champagne bottles collecting in the grass, pitcher Gio Gonzalez grabbed ...
Nats and Rangers close in, Yanks and Sox lose
Here's how the pennant races look with six days to go: — CLOSING IN: Washington and Texas can wrap up division titles this weekend. Both teams have ...
Dickey gets 20th win, leads Mets over Pirates 6-5
R.A. Dickey was so close yet so far from 20 wins, faltering from fatigue and fuming he had failed to seize the moment. "About the fourth or fifth ...
'Sun monster,' Zimmermann lead Nats over Brewers
According to Washington right fielder Jayson Werth, the way an intense, September afternoon sun turns fly balls at Nationals Park into adventures ...
Gonzalez wins 20th, Nationals beat Brewers 10-4
Waking up early during the offseason back home in Florida, Gio Gonzalez and his personal trainer would consult a workout program tucked away in a ...
Young player-manager led DC to last pennant in '33
The Washington Nationals ended a long drought for the nation's capital Thursday night by clinching a playoff spot, returning the District of Columbia ...
Braves sweep Nats, Cardinals move ahead of Dodgers
The AP's daily wrap on the playoff races and what's ahead in the final weeks: — BRAVES & BROOMS: Chipper Jones & Co. kept things interesting in the ...
Jones gets farewell from Mets fans, Braves win
Mets fans cheered the loudest for Chipper Jones once he was out of their ballpark for good. When he took the lineup card to home plate before his last ...
Nationals sweep Cubs 9-2 in fight-filled game
Nationals manager Davey Johnson figures the Chicago Cubs were ticked off because Jayson Werth swung at a 3-0 pitch in the fifth inning. Just to be ...