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		<title>Vazquez Shuts Down The Nats</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Sep 2011 17:24:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Davey Johnson]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Veteran righty Javier Vazquez, who has done much to retrieve an otherwise poor season, pitched the Florida Marlins to a 3-0 victory over the Washington Nationals at Nationals Park on Friday night. Vazquez held the anemic Nationals to just five hits, notching a win over Washington lefty John Lannan. The Marlins&#8217; victory ended a five [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First In War, First In Peace and . . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:07:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ian Desmond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jayson Werth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ahead Of The Mets In The N.L. East: The Washington Nationals scrubbed the New York Madoffs at Citi Field this afternoon, 10-1 &#8212; thereby notching a four game sweep of their division rivals. The win featured a pitching gem from rookie September call-up Tom Milone, and a 5-6 day at the plate from shortstop Ian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back To Back To Back (And The Nats Win)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:17:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Adam LaRoche]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Henry Rodriguez]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Washington Nationals broke out the lumber at Nationals&#8217; Park on Sunday, spraying twelve hits and hitting back-to-back-to-back home runs to down the visiting Houston Astros, 8-2. The hit parade was led by Ian Desmond, who was 3-5 with two RBIs. Ryan Zimmerman, Chris Marrero and Danny Espinosa claimed two hits each, with Rick Ankiel, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four Dingers Derail The Dodgers</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Sep 2011 13:14:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Florida Marlins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ian Desmond]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jayson Werth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Lannan]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Lannan threw 5.1 innings of five hit ball and the Nationals stroked four home runs to down the Los Angeles Dodgers, 7-2 at Nationals Park on Monday. Ian Desmond led off the game with a home run, Michael Morse hit two and Jayson Werth hit one to lead the Nationals&#8217; attack. The Nationals assault [...]]]></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>Another Nats Walk-Off Stuns The Phillies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 02:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This win, a Washington Nationals 5-4 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies in ten innings, was even more improbable than Friday&#8217;s walk-off 8-4 bloodletting. With Philadelphia leading in the bottom of the ninth and with two outs and two strikes on Ian Desmond (and the Philadelphia buses starting their engines in the parking lots), the Nationals&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zimmerman Blasts The Phils In 9th Inning Walk-Off</title>
		<link>http://www.centerfieldgate.com/philadelphia-phillies/zimmerman-blasts-the-phils-in-9th-inning-walk-off</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 15:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Jayson Werth]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It must be tough having to drive all the way back to Philadelphia after losing a game to the Nationals &#8212; but that&#8217;s what Phillies&#8217; fans had to do on Friday night, as Ryan Zimmerman and his teammates stunned baseball&#8217;s best team in a come-from-behind victory that was capped with a 9th inning walk-off grand [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nats Bats Come Alive . . . And The Fracas In Frisco</title>
		<link>http://www.centerfieldgate.com/colorado-rockies/nats-bats-come-alive-and-the-fracas-in-frisco</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Aug 2011 18:16:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Drew Storen]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is what the Nationals must have had in mind when the team came out of Florida after Spring Training: the lead-off hitter would get aboard and the big bats further down in the line-up would hit for power and average in providing the surge needed for a victory. That&#8217;s what the Nationals did, finally, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lannan&#8217;s Arm, Ankiel&#8217;s Bat Spark 9-3 Nats Win</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 13:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[John Lannan seems to be getting better and better. But for skeptical Nats&#8217; fans (who have a right to be skeptical), Lannan&#8217;s outing against the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night, seemed the clearest evidence that the young lefty deserves a prominent role in the Nationals&#8217; future &#8212; and might be moving into the top tier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nats Walk Off &#8212; And &#8220;The Core&#8221; Stays</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jul 2011 22:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mark</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ian Desmond&#8217;s high bounding infield hit and Rick Ankiel&#8217;s hustle home in the bottom of the ninth inning provided the winning margin for the Nationals on Sunday, as they took the third game of their three game set against the New York Mets, 3-2 at Nationals Park. Desmond&#8217;s hit came after Ankiel, in a heads-up [...]]]></description>
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