Lovelady was designated for assignment by the Nationals on Sunday, Kyle Williams of TheBanner.com reports.
Furman was traded from the Giants to the Nationals in exchange for minor-league left-handed pitcher Tony Neubeck on Sunday, Jeff Passan of ESPN.com reports.
Kikuchi (1-7) allowed three runs on six hits, a walk and a hit batsman while striking out seven over five innings to take the loss Sunday versus the Mariners.
Siri went 1-for-1 with a two-run home run in Sunday's 7-3 loss to the Mariners.
Chaparro went 3-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs in Sunday's 6-4 win over the Mets.
Tolman earned the save in Sunday's 6-4 win over the Mets, allowing a walk and one hit while striking out two over 1.1 innings.
Trout is not in the starting lineup for Sunday's game against the Mariners, Rhett Bollinger of MLB.com reports.
Meckler went 4-for-5 with a double, a triple and two runs scored in Friday's 7-5 win over the Mariners.
Moore went 1-for-4 with a three-run home run in Friday's 7-5 win over the Mariners.
Detmers (7-8) allowed two hits and two walks while striking out seven over six scoreless innings to earn the win over the Mariners on Friday.
The Washington Nationals have dropped seven straight games, as they go into a new series against the LA Angels. All seven losses were against high caliber teams in the San Diego Padres, Atlanta Braves, and the LA Dodgers. Tonight look for the Nationals to get back on track at the plate against Yusei Kikuchi. The losses may be piling up but the Nationals are still second in runs on the season. Play the National’s team total over.
Being on the road for nine straight days now, the Angels are on a long east coast trip and things can get ominous at this point in the season. Cavalli has excelled against lefties for strikeouts but has been better vs. righties of late, and he may get a couple of extra lefties in the bottom of the order which could provide a huge boost. Cavalli has bumped up the swinging strike rate to lefties above 15% in the last month, but to righties the overall K rate is high, even if the underlying stuff has lacked a bit of late. Still, he should be able to grab strikeouts tonight in what makes for a softer matchup.
Caesar’s. Cade Cavalli is on an absolute tear - since the all star break the righty has pitched to a 2.05 ERA, with a 31.8% K%. He’s cleared this strikeout line in eight of those contests, including each of his last six. He’ll now face the Angels whom over the last month have a 27% strikeout rate and just a .643 OPS against righties. Cavalli should roll today - I have him projected closer to eight strikeouts.
I usually don't like laying this much juice for a money line pick but I can't resist backing Cade Cavalli and his Nationals at home on Friday. Since the All-Star Break, Washington is 5-0 at home when Cavalli pitches. Overall, the right hander has a 6-2 record at home and gets a relatively soft matchup in the worst team in the American League. With no innings cap on him, look for another quality start from Cavalli and the Nationals to end their seven game losing streak.
