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Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images The Yankees have a quick turnaround after taking two of three from the Astros. They welcome the Nationals into town for their second interleague series of the season following the two-game blitz they split with the Braves. Washington sits fourth in a dismal NL East — though only a game-and-a-half back with a losing record. They do get stronger as uber-star Juan Soto was recently reinstated from the Injured List after missing ten games with a shoulder strain. ...

Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports Thursday afternoon was going along swimmingly as the Yankees searched for a six-game winning streak and a sweep of the Astros. Sure, Gerrit Cole wasn’t quite as electric as he had been in April, but he still left with a 3-2 lead. Sure, the Yankees’ offense didn’t look quite as sharp as most of the past week, but they’d still put together a late lead for the dominant bullpen. The relief corps had been so dominant that the Yankees were 37-1 when leading af...

Can the Yankees still claim to be baseball’s Evil Empire? Share this story Last Star Wars Day, we took a dive into the history of the Evil Empire moniker for the New York Yankees. Despite its closely-knit association with the organization, the nickname is fairly new, coined by Red Sox team president Larry Lucchino in disgust after the Yankees signed Cuban defector José Contreras a week after adding Japanese superstar Hideki Matsui in December 2002. Six years later, the Yankees and Major Lea...

No use in burying the lede—the champs are on their way down. After a brutal stretch when they’ve lost 10 out of 14, the previously impervious-seeming Dodgers are suddenly starting to show warts. Is it panic time at Chavez Ravine? Not exactly, but it’s worth commemorating the passing of the torch for the top spot in SI’s esteemed power rankings. Championships are not handed out in May, however, so fear not, Dodgers fans. At this time last year, we were roughly halfway through the regular...

Yan Gomes, 33, has caught in the major leagues for 10 seasons, and his teammate, Nats newcomer Alex Avila, 34, has logged 13 seasons. The pair have combined to play in more than 1,800 big league games. With all that experience comes vital in-game knowledge of pitchers’ tendencies and an ability to know when a play can be made.  The veteran backstops have shown that defensive ability to prevent runs scoring in recent games. Avila threw out a St. Louis Cardinals runner attempting to steal sec...

Surging Nationals welcome sinking Braves for three-game set Field Level Media 04 May 2021, 06:19 GMT+10 The Washington Nationals fortunes have changed significantly since the last time they saw the Atlanta Braves. After their season-opener was delayed by a COVID-19 outbreak, the Nationals were still missing nine players when they finally got started on April 6 and 7, dropping two of three to the Braves in Washington. Now the Nationals have won four straight and share first place in the tepid Na...

Max Scherzer is a 21st century Paul Bunyan. Twenty years from now we’ll be discussing the Nats pitcher and somehow his exploits will sound made up. The pitcher hit home runs and stole bases as well? Yeah, right. During his near-perfect no-hitter Max had his jersey thrown in the dryer between innings to alleviate the lake of perspiration built up when he was on the mound? I’m sure. He pitched one game with a broken nose and three different colored eyes (black eye to go with the brown and bl...

Mets Morning News: Who is Donnie Stevenson? Share this story The Mets beat the Phillies 5-4 in a rollercoaster game in Philadelphia. The Mets put up a crooked number against Zack Wheeler early, tagging him for four runs in the first inning. The Phillies then immediately cut the Mets’ lead in half in the second against Taijuan Walker and Alec Bohm tied the game with a two-run homer in sixth. In the seventh, the Mets were the beneficiaries of a botched call by the umpiring crew that enabled the...

Travis Shaw RBI single capped a three-run 11th inning, and the Milwaukee Brewers beat the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers for a third consecutive night, 6-5 on S

Schwarber 2-run HR in 10th, Nats top Marlins Kyle Schwarber led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a two-run homer and the Washington Nationals, boosted by a fine debut by Jon Lester, rallied past the Miami Marlins 2-1 on Friday night. The Canadian Press Jon Lester , The Canadian Press WASHINGTON — Kyle Schwarber led off the bottom of the 10th inning with a two-run homer and the Washington Nationals, boosted by a fine debut by Jon Lester, rallie...