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An important Friday
I know there's this college basketball tournament going on right now, but believe it or not, there are some important things going on in Nats camp.
Nats win, then cut 6
Late rally tops Orioles; Eldred, Orr, Langerhans, Chacin, Montz and Bernadina all cut.
Martis strong again
Young right-hander allows two runs, two hits in five innings against the Orioles.
Beimel arriving, Sosa not
Newly acquired reliever Joe Beimel will be reporting to Viera sometime later this morning, but Jorge Sosa (who has been denied a visa) won't be here anytime soon.
Nats lose; Milledge and Belliard hurt
Rough night for the Nats, who drop a 7-5 decision to the Marlins and lose Ronnie Belliard to a sprained left ankle and Lastings Milledge to a bruised left knee.
Belliard injured [updated]
Second baseman apparently injures his left ankle running down the first-base line. Nats trailing Florida, 4-1, after four innings.
More on Hill, Beimel
Manny Acta and Mike Rizzo explain the decision to release Shawn Hill and sign reliever Joe Beimel.
Nationals release Shawn Hill
Just a day after a pain-free start, the Washington Nationals have released Shawn Hill.
Ready for the home stretch
We're down to the final 2 1/2 weeks of spring training, and there's still plenty for the Nats to sort out before they break camp.
Tuesday morning news
It's a cloudy and quiet Tuesday morning here at Space Coast Stadium, where the Nats are getting ready for an 11:00 intrasquad game on their day off. Here's the news from Manny Acta's morning press conference:
Nats win 3-1
The big story today was Shawn Hill and Jordan Zimmermann. The two combined for two hits and eight strikeouts in five innings.
Hill (and a Guzman injury)
Shawn Hill looked impresssive in his one inning today, while Cristian Guzman left early with a cut on his toe.
Nats make next round of cuts
The Nationals cut 11 players from major-league camp this morning, trimming the spring training roster to 47.
Balester, Tavarez and J-Lo
An update on Collin Balester's day, plus some colorful insight from the Nats' newest reliever on how he got here.
Post-game wrapup
Nice rally from the Nats in the ninth inning to win 6-2 over the Mets today. They'd had two hits to that point, but came alive for six runs at the end of the game, including four with two outs.
