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Koda Glover officially named Nats' closer by skipper Dusty Baker

The unsettled closer situation has been one of the few question marks for the Washington Nationals, who are threatening to run away from the rest of the NL East with a 28-17 record.

On Wednesday, however, Dusty Baker indicated he had found the pitcher for the job, naming Koda Glover his closer after the right-hander finished out the Nationals' 5-1 victory over the Seattle Mariners by pitching a scoreless ninth inning.

"Koda was kind of lobbying for that in the first place. We wanted to break him in slowly because this guy's .