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	<title>Centerfield Gate - A Washington Nationals blog &#187; Collin Balester</title>
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		<title>Marlins Down The Nats In 13</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Sep 2011 12:53:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Light-hitting Donnie Murphy took a Collin Balester offering deep into the bullpen in the 13th inning on Saturday, leading the Florida Marlins to a 4-1 victory over the Nationals at Nationals Park. The Murphy homer ended a solid string of relief innings for the Nats&#8217; bullpen, accounting for the second straight loss to the Marlins [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Swept In Cincinnati</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Aug 2011 19:13:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Collin Balester]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Nationals seem to have slipped back &#8212; with their performance against the Redlegs in Cincinnati a reminder of just how terrible they were in April and May. Yesterday&#8217;s game was a case in point: the Nationals kept pace with the Reds, but only when they needed to, and ended up losing the third game [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cincy Walks Off</title>
		<link>http://www.centerfieldgate.com/cincinnati-reds/cincy-walks-off</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Chien-Ming Wang]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[﻿﻿﻿ They call it &#8220;The Great American Ball Park,&#8221; but in fact it&#8217;s only the &#8220;Good American Ballpark.&#8221; That became clear last night when two light stands at the ballpark went out in the eighth inning &#8212; and the game was delayed. At first, no one in the park understood the delay, and from where [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nats Sloppy In Philadelphia Loss</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Aug 2011 14:47:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona Diamondbacks]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.centerfieldgate.com/?p=9166</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One day after playing one of their best games of the year, the Washington Nationals committed three errors and John Lannan walked five &#8212; and the Nationals went on to lose to the Philadelphia Phillies, 11-3. Lannan lasted only three innings, as Philadelphia starter Roy Oswalt scattered six hits in seven innings, holding Washington to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cubs Down Nats, Detwiler 4-2</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 13:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bob Carpenter]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The word around the Nationals&#8217; clubhouse is that Jayson Werth, struggling through a season-long slump, is finally starting to hit. The Nationals&#8217; everyday right fielder &#8212; and headline off-season free agent acquistion &#8212; is hitting .306 in his last thirteen games. Indeed, Werth showed some pop at the plate on Wednesday night, sending a typical [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Can The Nats Make A Run At . . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 19:48:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Respectability? Forget about contending for the N.L. East championship (not even the Braves can do that), or the Wild Card (the Braves might not be able to do that either), but Washington&#8217;s 3-2 victory in Colorado on Sunday brought the Nats to within four games of .500. While Nats&#8217; fans might think their team is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bucs, Correia Scuttle The Nationals, 10-2</title>
		<link>http://www.centerfieldgate.com/pitching/bucs-correia-scuttle-the-nationals-10-2</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jul 2011 21:34:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a reason why Pittsburgh righty hurler Kevin Correia is considered one of the National League&#8217;s great pitching secrets. Correia, the journeyman retread from San Diego (who can justly claim that he should have been named to the National League&#8217;s All Star starting rotation), continued his career-defining season by holding the Washington Nationals to two [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Roger Bernadina Underappreciated?</title>
		<link>http://www.centerfieldgate.com/pitching/is-roger-bernadina-underappreciated</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 17:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The qualities that have made the Nationals one of the hottest teams in baseball failed them on Sunday afternoon, as the Washington Nine dropped the last in their three game series against the Orioles, 7-4 at Nationals Park. Returning starting pitcher Tom Gorzelanny was shaky in pitching just 4.2 innings (he gave up ten hits [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Marlins&#8217; Model</title>
		<link>http://www.centerfieldgate.com/florida-marlins/the-marlins-model</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Sep 2010 20:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the kind of pitching staff the Washington Nationals are working for: an imposing and overpowering young right hander with a lights-out fastball, a young kid with a a deep hook and a electric stuff, a veteran righty who knows his way around the league and can provide the stability needed to anchor a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stammen Is Stayin&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 16:07:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Planning in baseball is like planning in war: no matter how good you strategize, things never turn out the way you expected.Â So it is with the Nats&#8217; starting rotation.Â The off-season speculators shaped a starting five that included two no-brainers (Marquis and Lannan) withÂ three or four questions.Â But the fill-in-the-blankÂ wunderkinds of the press always seemed to skip [...]]]></description>
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