Category: Sports

In the span of eight days, Pablo López followed up his worst big league start with arguably his best. The 23-year-old showed the resolve to bounce back, and he sent a reminder that he can be a core part of the Marlins’ rotation. Lopez matched career highs for innings (seven) and strikeouts (seven) and chipped in with a single in... more

The Nationals had just played one of their cleanest games of the season to cruise to a victory on Wednesday night, when Howie Kendrick stood in front of his locker and told reporters one of defining messages of this recent stretch — “It’s great for tonight,” he said, “but we got to do it consistently.” Indeed, consistency has been one... more

When the Nationals have needed a “stopper” this season, someone to almost single-handedly take the game into his own hands and halt a losing skid, they have routinely been able to lean on Patrick Corbin. Take last Thursday for example, when he was responsible for stopping the Nats’ four-game losing streak with seven scoreless innings to beat the Dodgers. Corbin... more

  Before Tuesday’s series opener against the Nationals, manager Mickey Callaway, in defending catcher Wilson Ramos, mentioned that the sub-.500 Mets were six games above that mark on nights Ramos started. No matter that both traditional and advanced metrics painted a less appealing picture of Ramos. The Mets, Callaway said, considered their win-loss record with Ramos more than mere coincidence.... more