LF Jayson Werth took a day to rest despite batting .389 (21-for-54) with four doubles, a home run and 10 RBI since June 10. He's expected to return to the lineup Saturday.

LF Jayson Werth reached base four times Wednesday, going 2-for-3 with a double and two walks. Werth has reached base safely in 13 of his last 14 games, batting .389 (21-for-54) with four doubles, a home run and 10 RBIs in that span.

LF Jayson Werth was 2-for-5 Friday night. Werth is hitting .353 (18-for-51) in June and is batting .421 (16-for-38) over the last 10 games.

LF Jayson Werth had an RBI single to drive in the winning run in the 12th on Wednesday. "He is a big game guy," manager Dusty Baker said. Werth had two hits and his average is up to .248.

LF Jayson Werth had a two-run single with two outs and the bases loaded in the ninth as Washington won 5-4 Sunday over the Phillies. Werth came through with a hard single up the middle on a 2-2 pitch after he took a strike on the inside part of the plate that the Phillies catcher Cameron Rupp couldn't hold on to. "He has been a clutch man," manager Dusty Baker said of Werth. "Clutch men love to be in that situation."

OF Jayson Werth finished 3-for-5 with a home run and four RBIs in an 11-4 win against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday. Werth's four RBIs marked a season high. He has homered four times in his past eight games.

LF Jayson Werth had the day off Sunday. He entered the day with a .220 average and then was used as a pinch-hitter in the seventh and hit a grand slam to give the Nationals a lead of 8-2. "I saw the opportunity to hit off a lefty," he said of going deep against Dean Kiekhefer. "I was able to get ready for the at-bat."

LF Jayson Werth reached base in all five plate appearances Wednesday night, when he scored a season-high three runs in the Nationals' 7-1 win over the Mets. Werth drew walks in the first, third and eight, singled in the fifth and doubled in the seventh as he raised his on-base percentage from .265 to .291. The three runs were the most he has scored since Sept. 16, 2015. Werth is batting .222 with six homers and 20 RBIs in 35 games this year.

OF Jayson Werth did not start Sunday as Clint Robinson made his first start of the year in left. Werth has struggled in his career against Jose Fernandez, the Sunday starter, and he is hitting .208 this year.

OF Jayson Werth, who got Monday off, was back in the starting lineup Tuesday. He was 1-for-4 and is hitting .204 this year. The defense of Werth in left has been better of late, and he has hit for power at times but has also been out in front of breaking balls at times.

OF Jayson Werth got a scheduled day off Monday, according to manager Dusty Baker. Werth is hitting .202 with six homers.

LF Jayson Werth's ninth inning home run was the 1,300th hit of his Nationals career as he became the seventh to reach that milestone as a Washington team member. Other active players with 1,300 hits include: Dmitri Young (2007), Cristian Guzman (2009), Ronnie Belliard (2009), Adam Kennedy (2010), Ryan Zimmerman (2014) and Adam LaRoche (2014).

LF Jayson Werth hit a much-needed three-run homer to cap a four-run first inning that gave the Nationals complete control. Werth came into the at-bat hitting a paltry .191, but kick-started a four-RBI game with his fourth home run of the season. It was the 18th time in his career that Werth knocked in four runs or more in a game.

OF Jayson Werth has struggled on defense at times this year in left, a spot he began to play last year when Bryce Harper moved to right.But Werth came up big Friday, robbing Byron Buxton of a solo homer in the third when Werth jumped to make the catch above the wall in left. Werth hit a homer in the fifth - his third of the year. "He timed that homer like, you can tell he played basketball, he timed it like a rebound," said manager Dusty Baker. "His legs were underneath him tonight. He hit a big homer and so it looks like he's warming up but we've still got to watch him and pay attention. He still has a couple little nagging injuries, but he's getting there."

RF Jayson Werth broke up a scoreless game by pulling a 3-2 fastball from rookie Adam Conley for a solo homer to left-center in the seventh inning. It was career home run No. 200 for Werth.

OF Jayson Werth clubbed two doubles Friday night against his former team, two days after hitting his first home run of the season. Werth was 2-for-5 with three RBIs and two runs scored. After an injury-plagued 2015 and a slow start to 2016, Werth may be finding his groove.

OF Jayson Werth entered Wednesday with an average of .105, though he has made decent contact at times on the homestand. In the fifth inning, he crushed a two-run homer to left-center -- his first homer of the year. Werth is now hitting .136.

OF Jayson Werth is now 1-for-16 this season and he was hitless in two at-bats Monday. He was hitless in his first 13 at-bats this season before getting a go-ahead single in the seventh inning of a win Sunday.

OF Jayson Werth has two years left on his contract and some wonder if he will be able to make it physically. A native of Springfield, Illinois and a former first-round pick of the Orioles, Werth was limited to 88 games last year and hit .221 with 12 homers and 42 RBIs. It was his fewest games since playing in 81 games in 2012. He did set a career-high for reaching base 29 games in a row through Sept. 20, and most of that was spent with him in the leadoff span as CF Denard Span was injured. Werth figures to bat further down in the order this season and is slated to start in left field barring injuries. Young Michael A. Taylor waits in the wings to play left when needed.

Werth isn't in the starting lineup Monday against the Reds, William Ladson of MLB.com reports.

Werth and other veterans continue to receive multiple days off with the Nationals eliminated from playoff contention. As a result, Tyler Moore will replace him in left field Monday, batting sixth for the Nationals.