LF Jayson Werth returned to the lineup Sunday night, when he went 0-for-3 as the Nationals beat the Mets. 6-3. Werth missed the previous three games with a groin injury suffered while he was taking a swing against the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night. With temperatures in the low 50s, manager Dusty Baker pulled Werth in the middle of the eighth inning for precautionary reasons, Baker said he would likely do the same thing when the Nationals head to Colorado to face the Rockies in a four-game series beginning Monday night. Werth is batting .271 with three homers and seven RBIs in 14 games this season.

LF Jayson Werth (groin) missed his third straight game Saturday when the Nationals beat the Mets 3-1. Werth was injured while batting against the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night. Manager Dusty Baker is hopeful Werth can return for Sunday night's series finale. Werth is batting .289 with three homers and seven RBIs in 13 games this season.

LF Jayson Werth (groin) missed his second straight game Friday, when the Nationals beat the Mets, 4-3, in 11 innings. Werth was injured while batting against the Atlanta Braves on Wednesday night. Manager Dusty Baker said Werth was feeling better Friday and that it was possible he'd return to the lineup for Sunday night's series finale. Werth is batting .289 with three homers and seven RBIs in 13 games this season.

LF Jayson Werth was not available Thursday after sustaining a groin spasm Wednesday, leaving the game against the Braves after checking his swing during a third-inning at-bat. "Hopefully just a couple of days, maybe," said Werth, who indicated he has had a similar issue in the past and didn't go on the disabled list. He is listed as day-to-day.

LF Jayson Werth had to leave during a third-inning at-bat when he tweaked his groin checking his swing. "I guess his diagnosis is groin spasm and he's day-to-day, so we'll see. Werth had singled leading off the second inning and scored a run.

LF Jayson Werth was the third member of the Washington lineup to go deep in a 7-6 win over Philadelphia on Friday, knocking in a three-run home run off reliever Joely Rodriguez to provide the eventual game-winning runs. The former Phillies outfielder (2007-10) hit his 13th home run in Citizens Bank Park since the start of the 2012 season, tops among all non-Phillies players in that span. It was his 20th home run against the Phillies, his most against any opposing team.

LF Jayson Werth will begin the last year of his seven-year contract that he signed before the 2011 season. The Nationals took some hits for the big contract, but Werth has been part of three division titles for an organization that had won none before he came. Werth was moved from right field to left field to allow Bryce Harper to play right prior to the 2015 season. Last year, Werth hit .244 with 28 doubles and 21 homers and there is reason to believe he could slip in those numbers this year, as he hit .174 in his first 19 spring training games over 46 at-bats. Werth also showed signs of less range in the outfield last year, especially early in the season.

LF Jayson Werth had a productive NL Division Series at age 37. He got off to a slow start this year but had solid season. Werth was 0-for-3 in Game 5 but hit .389 in the series. "Mostly, you know, his legs are still good. I mean, he's gluten-free, everything. Raises his own vegetables and stuff like that," Washington manager Dusty Baker said.

LF Jayson Werth went 2-for-3 with an RBI for his second consecutive multi-hit game. Werth has at least a hit in each of the four series contests.

LF Jayson Werth was 3-for-4 with a homer, a walk and two RBIs. Werth drilled a solo blast an estimated 450 feet into the left field bleachers off Dodgers closer Kenley Jansen to lead off the ninth. Werth has hit safely and scored at least a run in each game of the series.

LF Jayson Werth was not in the starting lineup Sunday after he left the game in the seventh inning on Friday with back tightness. The Nationals are being cautious with some of their regulars, with an eye on the Oct. 7 first game of the NLDS against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

LF Jayson Werth was not in the starting lineup Saturday after he left the game in the seventh inning on Friday with back tightness. The Nationals are being cautious with some of their regulars, with an eye on the Oct. 7 first game of the NLDS against the Los Angeles Dodgers. Werth is hitting .244 with 21 homers and 69 RBIs and has hit in the No. 2 hole most of the year.

LF Jayson Werth left the game in the seventh inning Friday and is day to day. "He had tightness in his back, and we can't afford to lose anybody else. So we decided that, it was wet, on the chilly side, and I decided I couldn't take a chance on him being injured too," Nationals manager Dusty Baker said. Werth is hitting .244 with 21 homers and 69 RBIs and has been in the No. 2 hole most of the year, and recently that has been with Trea Turner leading off.

OF Jayson Werth was among the regulars given the day off, but he was brought in as a pinch hitter in the eighth inning. He made the most of it, hitting a game-tying, two-run homer off the top of the center field wall. It was his fifth career pinch-hit homer.

LF Jayson Werth was back in the starting lineup Sunday after he got the day off Saturday. He has reached base in 60 of his last 65 games after going 0-for-4 against the Phillies, his former team.

LF Jayson Werth homered against his former team Wednesday night, as Washington beat Philadelphia. The homer, a solo shot off Phillies starter Adam Morgan in the first, was a 453-foot shot into a camera well in deep center field. "I've been in some pretty cool places in this ballpark but never there," Werth said. It was his fourth homer in six games, his eighth in August and his 20th of the season.

LF Jayson Werth hit a solo homer in Monday night's victory over the Phillies, the 63rd the former Phillie has hit in Citizens Bank Park in his career. That's the fifth-highest total in the history of the stadium. It was also Werth's third homer in four games, and his seventh in August. "Home runs come in streaks," manager Dusty Baker said. "When you start hitting a couple, you think about it. I knew he was locked in watching him in BP. He was hitting them out and keeping them low." Werth has reached base safely in 54 of his last 55 games.

LF Jayson Werth got a break from the starting lineup Sunday as OF Ben Revere made the start in left and batted second. Werth has reached base in 53 of his last 54 games. Werth and Revere are both former outfielders for the Phillies, who host Washington on Monday. Werth did not play.

LF Jayson Werth got a break from the starting lineup Sunday as OF Ben Revere made the start in left and batted second. Werth has reached base in 53 of his last 54 games. Werth and Revere are both former outfielders for the Phillies.

LF Jayson Werth, who had his 46-game on-base streak snapped Friday, got a day off for rest Sunday. He was 1-for-5 on Saturday after going 0-for-5 with three strikeouts the previous night. The streak tied the record for the Montreal/Washington franchise set by Rusty Staub of the Expos.