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Nationals prospect Daylen Lile has a lower back contusion after scary tumble against Red Sox

Mar. 03, 2024 14:37 PM EST

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Washington Nationals prospect Daylen Lile has a lower back contusion after tumbling over the outfield wall during a spring training game. Manager Dave Martinez said Sunday that Lile was out of the hospital. “I mean, he’s hurting. But...

Nationals prospect Daylen Lile stretchered off after tumbling over outfield wall

Mar. 02, 2024 18:38 PM EST

FORT MYERS, Fla. (AP) — Washington Nationals prospect Daylen Lile was taken off the field on a stretcher after he tumbled over the outfield wall during Saturday's spring training game against Boston. The 21-year-old Lile got hurt when he tried to make a play on Tyler Miller’s...

Jen Pawol becomes the first woman to umpire a spring training game since 2007

Feb. 24, 2024 22:14 PM EST

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — It took eight years but Jen Pawol made the leap from the minors to a major league game spring training contest as umpire at the Grapefruit League opener between the Houston Astros and Washington Nationals at CACTI Park of The Palm Beaches on Saturday. ...