| Breaking News |  | Monday, October 23rd, 2017: Washington Nationals Win World Series
It was a storybook year for the Washington Nationals as they closed out a 4-1 series win over the Seattle Mariners to claim the 2017 World Series. They wrapped it up with a 7-3 victory to cap an incredible season and brought home their 1st championship.
The Nationals manager gave his view of the series, "We had a lot of things going for us, offense and defense doing it at the right time. That's what it takes win a World Series."
"We're disappointed we lost, but we're also very proud of what we did all year," said the Mariners manager. "They played better baseball than us and they beat us."
During the National League Eastern Division regular season Washington put up a 99-63 record and finished first.
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 | Wednesday, October 18th, 2017: Washington's Sowers Injured
Washington starting pitcher Jeremy Sowers has a tender elbow, suffered while throwing a pitch. He's expected to be out for 1-2 weeks.
In 2017, Sowers has chalked up 14 wins and 9 losses in 28 starts with 167 strikeouts in 194 innings and a 3.15 ERA.
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 | Friday, September 1st, 2017: August's NL Top Pitcher is Nationals Wils
When Theo Wils takes the hill, chances are good for a Washington victory. At least that's the way it was in May.
He excelled with a 5-0 mark and 1.13 ERA in 5 starts, tossed 40 innings, fanned 48 and held others clubs to a .173 average.
That's why the Nationals star was honored today as the Pitcher of the Month by the National League.
Wils has a 15-4 season record so far. In 25 starts, he has fanned 191 batters in 176.1 innings with a 3.42 ERA.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P Renyel Pinto | ruptured disc (back) | 7-8 months | Not on DL | | P Jeremy Sowers | tender elbow | 3 days | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 99-63, .611 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 54-27, .667 PCT | | Record on the road | 45-36, .556 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 9-12, .429 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 30-23, .566 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 36-20, .643 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 63-43, .594 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 8-2, .800 PCT | | Record in April | 16-10, .615 PCT | | Record in May | 13-15, .464 PCT | | Record in June | 16-11, .593 PCT | | Record in July | 19-5, .792 PCT | | Record in August | 20-9, .690 PCT | | Record in September | 15-12, .556 PCT | | Record in October | 0-1, .000 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .261 - 2nd in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .334 - 4th in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .424 - 3rd in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .758 - 3rd in NL | | Runs Scored | 839 - 2nd in NL | | Hits | 1465 - 1st in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 497 - 5th in NL | | Home Runs | 191 - 4th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 595 - 3rd in NL | | Strikeouts | 1235 - 6th in NL | | Stolen Bases | 122 - 8th in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.32 - 1st in NL | | Starters' ERA | 3.32 - 1st in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.37 - 2nd in NL | | Runs allowed | 599 - 1st in NL | | Hits allowed | 1256 - 1st in NL | | Opponents AVG | .229 - 1st in NL | | BABIP | .288 - 1st in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 121 - 1st in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 491 - 2nd in NL | | Strikeouts | 1436 - 3rd in NL |
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