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Part of it has been due to his squat, homely appearance. He raced to back up third base on a hit to the outfield.

Acquired in a trade from the Phillies in late July, Papelbon was ejected on Wednesday when he hit 3B Manny Machado of the Baltimore Orioles in the ninth inning after Machado hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh off RHP Max Scherzer.

Philadelphia Phillies left fielder Aaron Altherr may only be a rookie, but he certainly made a name for himself Friday night against the Washington Nationals.

It was later revealed that, although the Washington Nationals are by now statistically eliminated from the playoffs, Jonathan Papelbon took serious issue with Harper and his apparent lack of effort on the play. Is Jonathan Papelbon really a guy that can stick around in...

The Nats’ Stephen Strasburg was better, showing off the Number One pick that once dwelt within his arm and is allowed out on weekends, striking out 13 over eight innings, with only one run on three hits and a walk against. “I think the next couple days, next week or...

Looking ahead, the Mets will most likely face the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first round of the playoffs next month, and whichever team finishes the season with the best record will get home-field advantage for that series. These were all scenes from this incredible Saturday...

WASHINGTON (AP) – For Philadelphia Phillies rookie right-hander Aaron Nola, there were a couple of reasons why his outing against the Washington Nationals might stick in his mind for years to come.

A season that started with so many soaring expectations for the Washington Nationals crashed with a dreary thud Saturday, when they were mathematically eliminated from playoff contention despite a 2-1 win over the Phillies in 12 innings on Bryce Harper’s RBI double.

Matt Harvey (13-7) was most appropriate to pitch the clincher.

There were no beanballs and no brawl, a day after Washington closer Jonathan Papelbon hit Manny Machado with a pitch in the ninth, two innings after Machado hit a go-ahead two-run homer off Max Scherzer to give Baltimore a 4-3 victory.

Bryce Harper, hitless in his last four games, was 0 for 4 with three strikeouts.

Friday night’s game could have ended with another bullpen let down, but the Washington Nationals (76-71) pulled through, completing a walk-off, extra innings win over the Miami Marlins (64-84). The Marlins’ ace struck out eight in 5.2 innings.

Not only did the veteran right-hander keep Baltimore alive in a longshot bid to make the playoffs, but Jimenez became just the 11th Dominican-born pitcher to win 100 games in the majors as Baltimore beat the Washington Nationals 4-1.

Entering Wednesday night’s game app at Nationals Park, deGrom has oblique 170 innings around right now, also the Allis thatStar game app, and most definitely has a six.75 Moment in her past 3 (three) starts off. Their setup man got tagged again.

The three-game series with playoff implications now opens Tuesday night.