Gio Gonzalez

Josh Johnson outpitched Gio Gonzalez for another win over Washington, and the Miami Marlins beat the Nationals 5-2 Friday night to split their doubleheader. In the first game, Adam LaRoche and Mark DeRosa each drove in three runs, leading John Lannan and...

Adam LaRoche and the Washington Nationals handed R.A. Dickey his first loss in three months, beating the sinking New York Mets 5-2 Tuesday night behind Gio Gonzalez’s seven crisp innings. LaRoche hit a tiebreaking homer and Gonzalez (13-5) gave...

Three All-Stars, first place on the Fourth of July and a 19-year-old sensation who is mature enough to defer to a 40-year-old from another team. Baseball in the nation’s capital hasn¿t looked this good in decades. And decades. And decades.Instead of...

Tyler Colvin homered twice off Stephen Strasburg to back a masterful pitching performance by Drew Pomeranz and lead the Colorado Rockies past Washington 5-1 Friday night, ending the Nationals’ four-game winning streak. Colvin hit a solo shot in the...

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Gio Gonzalez knew he wasn’t going back to the mound after throwing 102 pitches in 101-degree heat. The game was tied in the middle of the sixth inning, so if Gonzalez was to get his 12th win of the season, the Washington Nationals needed to score...

Jordan Pacheco doubled and scored the tiebreaking run on a ninth-inning wild pitch by Tyler Clippard, giving the Colorado Rockies a 4-3 comeback victory over the Washington Nationals on Sunday. The NL East-leading Nationals took a 3-1 lead into the...

Detroit's Justin Verlander and San Francisco's Matt Cain will be the starting pitchers in Tuesday's All-Star game in Kansas City that will air on Fox 5 San Diego. The choice of Cain (9-3, 2.62 ERA) as the National League starter has raised some eyebrows,...

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- Stephen Strasburg chuckled the moment the subject was broached. His response sounded as if it had been memorized off a note card. "I have no clue how many innings I'm going to throw this year," he said. "I've answered that question...

Stephen Strasburg chuckled the moment the subject was broached. His response sounded as if it had been memorized off a note card. “I have no clue how many innings I’m going to throw this year,” he said. “I’ve answered that...

Gio Gonzalez continued to dominate hitters and the Washington Nationals continued to frustrate the Philadelphia Phillies. Gonzalez allowed three hits over six innings and Ian Desmond homered and drove in both runs to lead the Nationals to a 2-1 victory...