MEDICAL WATCH: OF Austin Kearns (stress fracture in left foot) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to Aug. 

If the Nationals continue to show an offensive resurgence the last month of the season, they will continue to get questions about why the production couldn't happen before now. 

--RHP Shawn Hill was examined by Dr. 

MEDICAL WATCH: OF Austin Kearns (stress fracture in left foot) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to Aug. 

If the Nationals continue to show an offensive resurgence the last month of the season, they will continue to get questions about why the production couldn't happen before now. 

--RHP Shawn Hill was examined by Dr. 

The Washington Nationals may not be contenders, but they are entering the season's final month on a high note. 

A little run support and some timely hitting went a long way for the suddenly resurgent Washington Nationals. 

Nationals right-hander Shaun Hill is scheduled to have his chronically sore right forearm evaluated on Wednesday and will then undergo arthroscopic surgery on his pitching elbow. 

MEDICAL WATCH: OF Austin Kearns (stress fracture in left foot) went on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to Aug. 

Right-hander Shawn Hill will not pitch again for the Nationals this season, the team announced Thursday, after the oft-injured sinkerballer started experiencing elbow pain while working through a throwing program that would have had him pitching out of th 

--SS Cristian Guzman became the seventh player in franchise history to hit for the cycle, and the second since the Nationals came to Washington. 

As soon as Cristian Guzman stepped into the on-deck circle in the eighth inning, his Nationals teammates started to call for a triple. 

Cristian Guzman capped off the Washington Nationals' impressive sweep of a playoff contender by hitting for the cycle. 

Cristian Guzman became the second Washington National to hit for the cycle when he tripled in the eighth inning against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Thursday night.