Craig Stammen

SportsDirect Inc. Recap: Giants 8, Nationals 0 Giants 8, Nationals 0: Brandon Belt homered among his four hits and Ryan Vogelsong tossed five shutout innings before leaving with a broken right hand as San Francisco blanked visiting Washington in the...

The Sports Xchange By Dave Del Grande, The Sports Xchange EditorsNote: first lede; write-thru to follow Vogelsong breaks hand in Giants' shutout win SAN FRANCISCO -- Ryan Vogelsong pitched five shutout innings before leaving the game with a broken...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH Ryan Mattheus made two mistakes Sunday and Monday. The second was much more disturbing to Nationals manager Davey Johnson than the first. The right-handed reliever punched a...

MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH Jordan Zimmermann was not able to get his eighth win of the season Saturday, but he remains the hottest starting pitcher in the Nationals' stacked rotation. Zimmermann, still the National League...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH The Nationals went through a tumultuous stretch of injuries in 2012 that they somehow emerged from without too much damage. Those problems are starting again this season. Jayson...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH Stephen Strasburg hadn't pitched too badly after winning his first start. Still, he wound up losing five straight decisions, thanks mainly to little offensive support, before...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH The Nationals' injury ledger balanced at the end of play Thursday. Two players took positive strides in their recoveries, but two others went down with new injuries....

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH Bryce Harper brings the kind of intensity that few players have nowadays. That's a good thing. But it also can be dangerous. He sat out Tuesday's loss to the Dodgers, and manager...

Anyone looking for evidence of how hard Bryce Harper plays the game needs to look no further than the blood on the Dodger Stadium wall. Harper was injured and left Monday's game after he ran face-first into the fence attempting to catch A.J. Ellis'...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH Anyone looking for evidence of how hard Bryce Harper plays the game needs to look no further than the blood on the Dodger Stadium wall. Harper was injured and left Monday's game...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH Nationals' third baseman Ryan Zimmerman continues to have the backing of manager Davey Johnson despite his defensive issues. The question is -- for how long? Zimmerman's always...

The Sports Xchange MLB Team Report - Washington Nationals - INSIDE PITCH The Nationals recent hot streak parallels the resurgence of Adam LaRoche and Ryan Zimmerman. On Wednesday, Zimmerman went 3-for-4 with a run scored and an RBI in the Nationals' 5-...