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The Washington Nationals return from a 10-game road trip to take on the Philadelphia Phillies in a three-game set in the nation's capital. The Nats have been away from Nationals Park since May 12th, but they're back home to face Philadelphia.

A report today by CBSSports.com's Danny Knobler mentioned the possibility of current Los Angeles Dodgers' manager Don Mattingly potentially succeeding Davey Johnson if Mattingly were dismissed from his role on LA's bench, but that's so next year...

Fans in the nation's capital are clamoring for the Nationals to bring Anthony Rendon up to play second and solve the problems they've had at the position, at least offensively, this season, but the Nats' brass has given no hint that they're going to.

After fracturing his left elbow on April 7 against the Texas Rangers, Jered Weaver is returning to a club that may have found it's mojo just in time.

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Washington Nationals' lefty Gio Gonzalez gave the Nats a second-straight strong start and though they once again blew the lead he handed the bullpen, the defending NL East Champs recovered and took the series finale from the San Francisco Giants.

Sometimes it just pays to have a true superstar on your team. Today's links include an interview with Marcus Stroman, a scouting report on Kevin Gausman and the latest on the toilet paper situation in Venezuela.

The big stories after the Washington Nationals' extra innings loss were Pablo Sandoval's walk-off home run, Bryce Harper's comments on costing his team and Rafael Soriano's comments on Harper's missed catch in the ninth. What about Stephen Strasburg?

Kyle Kendrick is a seven-year veteran pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies. He's accumulated some of the best results of his career so far this year, winning four games against two losses in nine starts. Improved command has helped his cause.