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#1 P

MacKenzie Gore: Bullpen spoils win Sunday

May 29th

Gore did not factor into the decision in Sunday's 3-2 loss to the Royals, allowing one run on three hits and a walk while striking out 11 over seven innings.

#1 SS

CJ Abrams: Gets breather Sunday

May 28th

Abrams is out of the lineup Sunday versus the Royals.

#1 3B

Jeimer Candelario: Resting Sunday

May 28th

Candelario is out of the lineup for Sunday's game against the Royals.

#1 C

Keibert Ruiz: Gets rest day Sunday

May 28th

Ruiz is out of the lineup Sunday versus the Royals.

#1 PROS

James Wood: Rises to Double-A

May 28th

The Nationals promoted Wood from High-A Wilmington to Double-A Harrisburg on Sunday, Jesse Dougherty of The Washington Post reports.

#1 CL

Kyle Finnegan: Secures 11th save

May 28th

Finnegan picked up the save in Saturday's 4-2 win over Kansas City, allowing one hit over a scoreless ninth inning. He recorded two strikeouts and didn't issue a walk.

#2 P

Josiah Gray: Short outing Saturday

May 28th

Gray did not factor into the decision Saturday, allowing two runs on four hits and three walks over four innings during a 4-2 win over the Royals. He struck out four.

#1 1B

Joey Meneses: Productive in wild win

May 27th

Meneses went 3-for-5 with a walk, a double, two runs scored and three RBI in Friday's 12-10 win over the Royals.

#1 RF

Lane Thomas: Swats eighth homer

May 27th

Thomas went 1-for-5 with a walk, a solo home run and a second run scored in Friday's 12-10 win over the Royals.

#1 2B

Luis Garcia: Makes franchise history Friday

May 27th

Garcia went 6-for-6 with two doubles, three runs scored and two RBI in Friday's 12-10 win over the Royals.

#3 P

Patrick Corbin: Carried to fourth win

May 27th

Corbin (4-5) picked up the win Friday despite coughing up six runs on seven hits and four walks over 6.1 innings in a wild 12-10 victory over the Royals. He struck out six.

#1 BP

Hunter Harvey: Takes fourth blown save

May 25th

Harvey (2-2) blew the save and took the loss in Thursday's 8-6 defeat against the Padres. He allowed three runs on three hits while striking out two over one inning.

#5 P

Jake Irvin: Lasts four innings Thursday

May 25th

Irvin did not factor into the decision Thursday, allowing two runs on two hits and four walks over four innings against San Diego. He struck out four.

#4 P

Trevor Williams: Falls short of quality start

May 25th

Williams (2-2) picked up the win in Wednesday's 5-3 victory over the Padres, giving up three runs on three hits and three walks over 5.2 innings while striking out five.

#5 BP

Erasmo Ramirez: Can't keep ball in park Tuesday

May 24th

Ramirez (2-2) took the loss Tuesday as the Nationals were downed by the Padres, coughing up four runs on four hits and a walk over one inning of relief.

#3 CF

Victor Robles: No improvement yet with back

May 23rd

Robles has shown no improvement yet in his recovery from a back injury, Mark Zuckerman of MASNSports.com reports.

#19 PROS

Cole Henry: Level jump on rehab

May 23rd

Henry (shoulder) had his rehab assignment transferred Tuesday to High-A Wilmington, Bobby Blanco of MASNSports.com reports.

#2 2B

Ildemaro Vargas: Pops first homer

May 22nd

Vargas went 2-for-4 with a two-run home run in Sunday's win over the Tigers.

#2 C

Riley Adams: Three extra-base hits in win

May 21st

Adams went 4-for-4 with two doubles and a solo home run in Sunday's 6-4 win over the Tigers.

#11 PROS

Jackson Rutledge: Going deep into games at Double-A

May 18th

Rutledge has gone exactly six innings in each of his last five starts for Double-A Harrisburg, logging a 2.40 ERA, 1.00 WHIP and 26 strikeouts in 30 innings.

#13 PROS

Daylen Lile: Strong full-season debut

May 18th

Lile is hitting .297 with a .387 OBP, three home runs, eight steals and a 19.3 percent strikeout rate in 26 games for Single-A Fredericksburg.