The Washington Nationals hit their high-mark of the season last night at 4-games over .500. The Nats also tied their season’s best 4-game winning streak in that game.
On July 6, 2019, the Nats beat the Kansas City Royals to get to 4-games over .500, and that was the last time the team had seen that exact point above the .500 mark before this. In winning last night, the Nationals clinched the series win against the Kansas City Royals. This afternoon marks the season finale against Kansas City, and the Nats can get to 5-games over .500 like they did on July 7, 2019 against the Royals.
By the way, the Nats longest winning streak of the season was at 4-games back on May 26. With a win today, the Nats would set season marks for longest winning streak as well as most games above .500 at five games
On offense, the Nats are at the top of MLB for the most runs scored this season at 405 runs and that is an impressive 5.47 runs per game. With the Nats pitching giving up 4.63 earned runs per game, the difference is really those pesky unearned runs due to the errors. Overall, the Nats have a +17 run differential on the season. Since April 19th, the Nats are the 16th best in ERA in MLB in that span at 4.13.
“They understand that those small things … we have to do that really well if we want to be playing playoff baseball.”
This afternoon’s game against the Kansas Royals has Zack Littell for the Nats as the starting pitcher. Tomorrow is a day-off before a weekend Father’s Day series against Tampa.
After Clayton Beeter had pitched two games in a row, and warmed up last night. Gus Varland closed the game out last night, the bullpen situation might look to other arms in today’s game. Mitchell Parker has warmed up but not used since the San Francisco series.
Kansas City Royals vs.Washington Nationals
Stadium: Nationals Park, Washington, D.C. 1st Pitch: 1:05 PM EDT TV: Nationals.TV Radio: 106.7 The Fan radio and via the MLB app. On Sirius/XM, tune to Channel 176 for the home broadcast and the road team is online only.
This afternoon’s game against the Kansas Royals has Zack Littell for the Nats as the starting pitcher. Tomorrow is a day-off before a weekend Father’s Day series against Tampa.
After Clayton Beeter had pitched two games in a row, and warmed up last night. Gus Varland closed the game out last night, the bullpen situation might look to other arms in today’s game. Mitchell Parker has warmed up but not used since the San Francisco series. Here is manager Blake Butera’s bullpen chart:
The FanGraphs WAR chart is accumulating data. The numbers are getting very large as the season is headed towards the halfway point on June 24. The OAA defense stat is now giving us a picture of what the Nats have — and don’t have.
Kansas City Royals vs.Washington Nationals
Stadium: Nationals Park, Washington, D.C. 1st Pitch: 1:05 PM EDT TV: Nationals.TV Radio: 106.7 The Fan radio and via the MLB app. On Sirius/XM, tune to Channel 176 for the home broadcast and the road team is online only.
