Nats’ Adam Dunn hits 300th career home run, ends Tommy Hanson’s scoreless innings streak at 26

September 11th, 2009 Nats win at Marlins for 1st time in '09, 5-3MIAMI — Adam Dunn and Ryan Zimmerman homered and the Washington Nationals won in Miami for the first time this year Friday, beating the Florida Marlins 5-3. Pinch-hitter Mike Morse broke a tie in the sixth inning with a two-out, two-run double for the Nationals, who had lost their six previous games at Florida this year.

August 23rd, 2009 Stammen strong, Nats hit 3 homers to end skid at 5WASHINGTON — Ryan Zimmerman, Cristian Guzman and Adam Dunn homered and the Washington Nationals beat the Milwaukee Brewers 8-3 Sunday to end a five-game skid. Rookie right-hander Craig Stammen (4-6) allowed three runs and five hits over 6 1-3 innings to win for the first time in six starts.

August 16th, 2009 Dunn homers as Nationals beat Reds 10-6CINCINNATI — Adam Dunn hit his first homer against his former team and the Washington Nationals beat the Cincinnati Reds 10-6 on Saturday night. Alberto Gonzalez and Elijah Dukes each had two hits and three RBIs for the Nationals, who led 10-1 after four innings.

August 9th, 2009 Crazy Eights: Nats on longest win streak since '05WASHINGTON —Adam Dunn can easily summarize the Washington Nationals' surprising turnaround. "It's everyone finally just saying: 'What do we have to lose? We can't play any worse than we're playing,'" Dunn said.

August 6th, 2009 Extra-base hits help Nats win fourth straightWASHINGTON — Cristian Guzman fell a home run shy of the cycle, Adam Dunn homered in his third straight game and the Washington Nationals tied a season high with their fourth straight win, 5-4 over the Florida Marlins on Wednesday night. Ryan Zimmerman and Ronnie Belliard also connected for the Nationals, who improved to 10-6 under interim manager Jim Riggleman.

August 5th, 2009 Dunn's eighth-inning homer gives Nats victoryWASHINGTON — Adam Dunn capped a six-run eighth-inning rally with a two-run homer that gave the Washington Nationals a come-from-behind 6-4 victory over the Florida Marlins Tuesday night. Dunn struck out in his first three at-bats before lining a 3-2 pitch from Dan Meyer over the left-field fence, breaking a 4-4 tie.

August 4th, 2009 Dunn, Zimmerman homer in Nats' 8-4 winPITTSBURGH — Adam Dunn and Ryan Zimmerman homered and the Washington Nationals rallied from a three-run deficit for an 8-4 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Monday night. Cristian Guzman had two hits and two RBIs and Tyler Clippard (2-1) earned the win with three hitless innings of relief for Washington, which won the last two games to split the four-game series between the last-place teams.

July 26th, 2009 Nats weather storm, Dunn slams Padres in 13-1 winWASHINGTON — Adam Dunn's grand slam capped a five-run second inning after a rain delay of more than three hours and the Washington Nationals beat the San Diego Padres 13-1 Saturday night for their most lopsided victory of the season. Dunn finished with five RBIs, Ryan Zimmerman homered and drove in three runs and Nyjer Morgan equaled a career high with four hits for Washington, which snapped a two-game losing streak.

July 24th, 2009 Cardinals down Nats 4-1 in rain-shortened gameWASHINGTON — Adam Wainwright pitched six strong innings, Rick Ankiel broke a five-week homer drought and the St. Louis Cardinals snapped a three-game losing skid with a rain-shortened 4-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Thursday night.

July 12th, 2009 Nationals beat Astros 13-2HOUSTON — Nick Johnson, Josh Willingham and Adam Dunn homered in consecutive at-bats and the Washington Nationals set season highs for hits and runs in a 13-2 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday. Washington's 21 hits were the team's most since the franchise relocated from Montreal in 2005.

July 4th, 2009 Nationals rally for 5-3 win over BravesWASHINGTON — Atlanta's Tommy Hanson extended his scoreless innings streak to 26 before Adam Dunn's 300th career homer and the Washington Nationals rallied for four eighth-inning runs and a 5-3 victory over the Braves on Saturday. Hanson departed with a 3-1 lead after seven innings and was in line for his fifth straight victory before the Braves bullpen blew up, halting Atlanta's winning streak at a season-high five.

June 28th, 2009 Lannan, Dunn help carry Nationals over Orioles 5-3BALTIMORE — John Lannan took a four-hitter into the eighth inning, Adam Dunn hit a colossal home run, and the Washington Nationals defeated the Baltimore Orioles 5-3 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep. Willie Harris also homered for the Nationals, and Josh Willingham had three hits and scored twice.

June 20th, 2009 Dunn's 11th-inning single gives Nats 2-1 winWASHINGTON — Adam Dunn hit a bases-loaded single in the 11th inning to give the Washington Nationals a 2-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday night. With one out in the 11th, Cristian Guzman knocked off the glove of Jason Frasor (5-1) with a line-drive infield single, then Nick Johnson and Ryan Zimmerman walked before Dunn lined the winning single down the right-field line.

June 6th, 2009 Wright's double in 10th ends Mets skid at 3WASHINGTON — David Wright's two-run double, his fourth hit of the night, broke a 10th-inning tie and the New York Mets beat the Washington Nationals 3-1 on Friday night to snap a three-game losing streak. Luis Castillo led off the 10th with a single off Joel Hanrahan (0-3) and Carlos Beltran walked.

June 5th, 2009 Big Unit pulled with 2-1 lead in bid for 300th winWASHINGTON — Randy Johnson has left his start with a chance to earn his 300th win. The Big Unit was pulled after six innings Thursday with his San Francisco Giants leading the Washington Nationals 2-1 in the first game of a doubleheader.