1B Adam Lind has been a valuable pickup this year for the Nationals. He joined the team prior to this season and has effectively taken over the role that Clint Robinson had the past two seasons, as the backup first baseman and part-time left fielder. Lind has been one of the best pinch-hitters in the majors and Saturday he made his second start in three games, spelling regular Ryan Zimmerman. "Lind rakes," Zimmerman said. Lind hit a two-run homer in the sixth to put the Nationals ahead 3-1 and he ended up with two hits.

INF/OF Adam Lind went 2-for-3 with a double and a three-run homer, his fourth blast of the season, in a 10-4 loss to Oakland on Saturday. Lind had his third multi-hit game of the season and matched his season-high for RBIs with three.

OF Adam Lind made the start in left on Sunday as Jayson Werth got the day off, with the Nationals set to begin a West Coast trip Monday in San Francisco. Lind drove in a run as he reached on a fielder's choice with the bases loaded in the first. He also drove in a run with a double in the fifth. Lind was 1-for-3 and is hitting .340.

1B Adam Lind got a rare start as Ryan Zimmerman got Friday night off. Lind was 1-for-4 and is hitting .340. Lind has excelled as a pinch-hitter this year and has taken over the reserve role from Clint Robinson. Zimmerman has been on fire and has given Lind few opportunities, though manager Dusty Baker wants to make sure and give his regulars time off.

PH Adam Lind has given manager Dusty Baker and the Nationals some real punch off the bench. Lind hit his third pinch-hit homer of the season Tuesday, a three-run shot that gave the Nationals a 4-1 lead over Baltimore, but the Orioles rallied for a 5-4 win in 12. Lind is 6-for-11 (.545) this season as a pinch-hitter. "It's been very beneficial," Baker said. "That's why we give him a start every three, four days. It keeps him sharp."

PH Adam Lind hit a two-run homer in the seventh inning Monday as Washington beat the Marlins 4-2. It was the sixth pinch-hit homer in the career of Lind, who made his Nationals debut after he played last season for the Mariners. "It was fun to help the team win a game," said Lind, who replaced Clint Robinson as Washington's left-handed-hitting first baseman off the bench. "I know there is a lot of season left. We will move on to the next game."

1B Adam Lind went 1-for-4 on Saturday and extended his hitting streak to six games. He has hit safely in 12 consecutive games against the Twins dating to June 10, 2014.

1B Adam Lind had a single in the third inning, extending his hitting streak to five games. That's the third time this season he's hit safely in five consecutive games.

1B Adam Lind, who had missed five games with a sprained finger, was back in the lineup Sunday. Lind went 1-for-4 with a fifth-inning single.

1B Adam Lind will be out a few more days with a sprained right index finger, manager Scott Servais said. Lind took soft swings in the batting cage and still felt pain while swinging, Servais said. Lind sprained the finger while fielding a ground ball in Sunday's 3-2 win over the Oakland Athletics.

1B Adam Lind is hoping to be available for this weekend's series with the Astros and he could be fit as soon as Friday. Lind jammed his thumb on Sunday when diving for a ground ball. The left-handed-hitting Lind being able to go against Houston would be a key against its stable of right-handed starters. The Astros are among the teams battling the Mariners for an Al wild-card berth.

1B Adam Lind did not make the starting lineup Monday night. Lind sprained his right index finger while fielding a ground ball in Sunday's 3-2 win against the Oakland Athletics. Manager Scott Servais said that ensuing swelling made gripping a bat dificutl for Lind, and that he would be out for three or four days.

1B Adam Lind did not make the starting lineup after spraining his right index finger Sunday. Manager Scott Servais said Lind would be out three or four days.

1B Adam Lind sprained a finger on his right hand in the bottom of the second inning while making a diving stop of a ground ball Sunday in a 3-2 win against Oakland. "It's not broke," Mariners manager Scott Servais said. "He had X-rays. He could be out a couple days and we'll see where it goes from there." Lind left the game in the bottom of the fifth inning. He has 20 home runs and 57 RBIs.

1B Adam Lind reached 20 home runs for the sixth time in 10 seasons when he hit a pair of homers in Wednesday's win over the Rangers. Lind hit the fourth grand slam of his career in the first inning, and added a solo homer in the third inning for the 12th multi-homer game of his career.

1B Adam Lind was in the lineup Thursday against the Angels as he continues to platoon with Dae-Ho Lee. Lind, who went 1-for-4 with a run, is batting .233 with 17 homers and 47 RBIs.

1B Adam Lind hit his 17th home run of the season, a solo shot off RHP Zach Neal in the second inning of an 8-4 win over Oakland on Sunday. Lind went 2-for-2 with two home runs in his first two career at-bats against Neal in Seattle's 13-3 win on May 25 at Safeco Field. Then in his first at-bat Sunday against Neal, he hit his third straight home run off Neal, launching a blast to right that landed in the second deck. Neal finally got Lind out in the third inning when he lined out hard to left field. Lind went 1-for-4 in the game.

1B Adam Lind was 1-for-4 in the 2-1 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday. It was his first game against the Blue Jays since they traded him to the Milwaukee Brewers for RHP Marco Estrada, who gave up the double to Lind on Friday. Lind played with Toronto from 2006-2014.

1B Adam Lind was back on the bench Tuesday, one day after hitting a pinch-hit, game-winning homer in the bottom of Monday's ninth inning. The left-handed Lind was not in the lineup either night because he's back to platooning with 1B Dae-Ho Lee and the Mariners were facing left-handed starters. He got another pinch-hit opportunity in the ninth, but this time he grounded out in a game that the Mariners were trailing 6-1.

1B Adam Lind has been struggling with his bat lately, and he wasn't in the lineup when Seattle faced the White Sox and LHP Chris Sale on Monday. But Lind had the biggest hit of the game, a three-run, walk-off homer as a pinch hitter with two outs in the bottom of the ninth. "That's why you play the game," said Lind, who now has six three-run homers among his 14 home runs this season.