April 28, 2019: Washington Nationals youngsters Soto, Robles, Kieboom set home run record
It was a beautiful day for baseball in the nation’s capital:…
May 2, 2019: Stephen Strasburg reaches 1,500 strikeouts in fewest innings
It was supposed to be a getaway game for both teams, scheduled…
May 8, 2019: Red Sox defeat Orioles behind Sale’s pitching, Benintendi’s home run, and Bradley’s catch
As the Boston Red Sox journeyed to Baltimore for a three-game…
May 11, 2019: Gerardo Parra’s first hit for Nationals is a grand slam
The Washington Nationals did not start the year well. Expected…
May 24, 2019: Washington Nationals begin their improbable comeback with four-homer game
The Washington Nationals’ record was 19-31. They were in a…
June 1, 2019: Tanner Rainey wins, Tanner Roark loses, homers as Reds top Nationals
Reds pitcher Tanner Roark was facing his former team for the…
June 4, 2019: Stephen Strasburg records 100th career win for Nationals
Ten years after he was drafted, nine years after making his major-league…
June 13, 2019: Major-league baseball comes to Nebraska on eve of College World Series
Homer Bailey of the Kansas City Royals throws the first pitch…
June 13, 2019: Shohei Ohtani becomes first Japanese player to hit for the cycle
On June 13, 2019, Los Angeles Angels two-way player Shohei Ohtani…
June 14, 2019: Padres score 12 unanswered runs to rally at Coors Field
The thin Rocky Mountain air, the enlarged outfield dimensions,…
June 16, 2019: Nationals’ Aníbal Sánchez earns his 100th win
It was a beautiful Father’s Day afternoon in DC: sunny and…
June 19, 2019: Franmil Reyes pulls Padres past Brewers in slugfest
As the Milwaukee Brewers took the field on a sunny Wednesday…
June 19, 2019: Gerardo Parra brings the Baby Shark to rally Washington Nationals
Washington Nationals fans could be forgiven if their focus was…
June 19, 2019: Blue Eye, Brown Eye, Black Eye: Scherzer pitches with a broken nose
The 24,220 fans attending the second game of the day-night doubleheader…
June 23, 2019: Albert Pujols returns to Busch Stadium with Los Angeles Angels
“This is probably one of the best moments of my career. I’m…
June 23, 2019: Dodgers win third straight game with a walk-off home run by a rookie
Three rookies took turns hitting walk-off home runs in three…
June 28, 2019: Four calls reviewed, four calls overturned — all at first base
Similar to almost every game played in San Diego during the summer…
June 28, 2019: Fernando Rodney, Aníbal Sánchez reach milestones in Nationals’ win over Tigers
The Washington Nationals’ Aníbal Sánchez would be facing…
July 6, 2019: Max Scherzer strikes out 11, collects a hit, and steals a base
The 27,863 fans filing into Nationals Park for this 4 P.M. Saturday…
July 13, 2019: At Coors Field, Reds hit 5 triples in one game
As baseball has shifted to the “three true outcomes” in the…
July 18, 2019: Strasburg sets records, homers, has to dance in dugout
If you came to the ballpark hoping to see something you hadn’t…
July 23, 2019: Gregorius’s 7 RBIs, Hicks’s homer and catch send Yankees to extra-innings win
Max Kepler drilled a four-seam fastball to deep left-center field.…
July 23, 2019: Trea Turner hits for the cycle again
Every good recipe starts with the right ingredients. In baseball,…
July 25, 2019: Baltimore’s Stevie Wilkerson earns the first nonpitcher save
The Los Angeles Angels were tightening the race for a 2019 American…