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If you listened to my advice last week , you took a shot on Scott Kazmir, only to see him give up four runs, and steered clear of Francisco Liriano as he shined.

Slowly but surely Washington righty Dan Haren is beginning to find his way. The right-hander takes the ball on Sunday when the Nationals conclude a four-game set at Petco Park.

Two days before he would make a triumphant return from the disabled list with 5 1/3 innings of one-run baseball in a victory over the Washington Nationals , Zack Greinke stood on the field at Dodger Stadium laughing and smiling in conversation with Nationals principal owner Mark Lerner .

Dodgers manager Don Mattingly shuffled his lineup for Tuesday's game against the Nationals, with Matt Kemp batting second for the first time since 2010.

Clayton Kershaw pitched 8 2/3 shutout innings and the Los Angeles Dodgers blanked the Washington Nationals, 2-0, in the second tilt of a three-game series.

On the fifth of December last year, a mighty groan arose from the earth. The groan could be heard for miles as it reverberated through nearby canyons and was helped along by endless stretches of asphalt.

After winning 10 of their last 12 games in the past two weeks, the Tigers dropped four of their five games.

The team took a gamble when it let Edwin Jackson go in the offseason and turned a spot over to Haren, one of the game's steadiest pitchers for years but one finally showing signs of erosion.

Plenty of chatter about a few umpires who don't know the rules, Dan Haren speaks up in defense of Mike Scioscia and, Josh Hamilton doesn't care what fans think.

Arizona Diamondbacks starting pitcher Patrick Corbin is making it look too easy in his starts this season.

Rays 5, Blue Jays 4: Luke Scott drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs in the 10th inning to give Tampa Bay a victory.

Ryan Mattheus, Drew Storen and Rafael Soriano combined for shutout relief after Dan Haren nearly squandered a four-run lead, and the Washington Nationals beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 Thursday to complete a two-game sweep of the AL champions.

After just making the club as the team's fifth starter out of Spring Training, left-hander Patrick Corbin will go for a D-backs record when he takes the mound vs.

Over the winter, I know that general managers were agonizing over one important decision: Do we bring him back, or do we let him go? When contracts run out, teams have to decide whether or not they should bring back their stars.

Corbin, 23, was the second-round pick of the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim in 2009.

Haren , Nationals shut down Braves ATLANTA -- Washington Nationals manager Davey Johnson walked to the mound to talk to starting pitcher Dan Haren in the eighth inning.

The first month of the 2013 MLB season is in the books and already serves as a stark reminder to those observers who get hypnotized by the most aggressive big spenders in the offseason.

Second-year lefty Patrick Corbin can stay unbeaten for 2013 on Sunday when the Arizona Diamondbacks host the Colorado Rockies in the finale of a four-game series at Chase Field.

Bryce Harper homered and singled, Dan Haren had his best start of the young season Saturday and the Washington Nationals beat the Cincinnati Reds 6-3 . Denard Span and Jayson Werth each had two hits for Washington, which has won the first three games of the four-game set.

Although the circumstances were different and the stakes far lower, it was a chance to start to exorcise the ghosts of last October.