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WASHINGTON -- Nationals All-Star catcher Wilson Ramos is out for the season because of a torn ACL in his right knee, manager Dusty Baker announced Tuesday.Ramos suffered the injury in Mondays game against the Arizona Diamondbacks.Shortly after play resumed following a 20-minute rain delay Monday, Arizonas Yasmany Tomas hit an RBI double to right field. On the play, Ramos leaped up to catch a high relay throw from first baseman Ryan Zimmerman. When Ramos landed on the dirt next to home plate, he collapsed to the ground, clutching his right knee and grimacing in pain.After spending several minutes on the ground while Washington trainer Paul Lessard examined him, Ramos exited the game. He needed assistance as he walked gingerly toward the first-base dugout and barely put any weight on his right leg.It is the same leg Ramos injured in May 2012, when he tore his ACL and MCL during a game in Cincinnati.Baker said Ramos will see doctors this week, then determine when he will have surgery.Hes upbeat about things, Baker said. He knows that other guys have come back from this. ... And Im positive as strong and as positive as he is and the way he works that hell be back stronger than ever.A 29-year-old free agent-to be, Ramos was in the midst of a career year in which he was named an All-Star for the first time. In 131 games for the Nationals, he was hitting .307 with 22 home runs and 80 RBIs, all personal bests.Without Ramos, Washington will turn to veteran backup Jose Lobaton and rookie Pedro Severino to fill the void behind the plate. Additionally, the Nationals called up catcher Spencer Kieboom from Double-A Harrisburg on Tuesday to provide catching depth.Washington also is dealing with injuries to several other key players. All-Star pitcher Stephen Strasburg has been out since early September with a strained flexor mass, MVP candidate Daniel Murphy has missed the past five games with a strained buttocks muscle, and reigning MVP Bryce Harper has been out after injuring his thumb while sliding Sunday.There is no timetable for Strasburgs return, although general manager Mike Rizzo said Tuesday that he doesnt expect to have Strasburg back on the mound for the beginning of the playoffs.Baker said prior to Mondays game that he expects Murphy to be ready for the playoffs. After the game, Baker announced that Harpers X-rays came back negative.In addition, pitcher A.J. Cole was suspended for five games and fined Tuesday for throwing a pitch near the head of Pittsburgh Pirates third baseman Jung Ho Kang on Saturday. 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Whisenhunt said he hit it off quickly with Ruston Webster when interviewing for the job Friday night. Clearance NCAA Jerseys . There are surprises among the Vezina candidates, but most of the others are standard top-tier performers, even if the two Hart Trophy runners-ups have never been quite as good as they have been through the first half of the season.SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- Tourist became a much-deserving Grade 1 winner for the first time when rallying from off a relatively slow pace to a 1-1/4-length victory over A Lot in Saturdays $500,000 Fourstardave at Saratoga.Tourist had to survive a brief bobble on the second turn and a claim of foul by Javier Castellano, the rider of A Lot, before his Grade 1 win was officially in the books.Tourist ducked in at the break before straightening away and taking up a striking position just off the early pace set by King Kreesa, who posted leisurely splits of 24.53 and 48.43 over the firm course. Tourist was sent up to challenge the leader by jockey Joel Rosario on the far turn, stumbled briefly nearing the quarter pole, quickly recovered to edge clear near the furlong grounds then had plenty left to withstand a final surge from the runner-up.A Lot, bumped by Tourist almost immediately after the break, was reserved at the rear of the scratch-reduced field for six furlongs, commenced his bid midway on the second bend, finished willingly down the center of the course, but could not reach the winner. Grand Arch, winner of the 2015 Fourstardave, raced within striking distance from the outset but lacked the sufficient rally at the end.Ring Weekend, the tepid 5-2 favorite, steadied after getting pinched following the incident at the break, saved ground thereafter and could never seriously menace.ddddddddddddTourist, a 5-year-old son of Tiznow, had been Grade 1-placed on four previous occasions, including in his previous start when second, beaten less than a length, in the Shoemaker Mile at Santa Anita 11 weeks earlier. Trained by Bill Mott for the partnership of WinStar Farm, Gary Barber and Wachtel Stable, Tourist returned $7.40 after completing a mile in 1:34.29.Very important for a horse like him to get a Grade 1 win, Mott said. Hes been a good horse, multiple Grade 1-placed, and to win the Fourstardave at Saratoga is an important race.Mott said he was happy with the way the trip worked out, but did admit to having some anxious moments when Tourist bobbled momentarily on the second turn.On paper, that looked like the type of trip hed probably get, Mott said. He was laying second, came on and drew away from the field. But it was a bit of an anxious moment on the middle of the turn when he took a bad step. I kind of swallowed for a second there, but he was able to pick himself back up and go on with it.Mott said the Breeders Cup Mile would be his ultimate goal for Tourist later this year. ' ' '