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Game #124 Nats are betting with House money today!

The Washington Nationals are ahead 2-games-to-1 in this long four game series with the Philadelphia Phillies, ahead of a day-off tomorrow. So, interim-manager Miguel Cairo is “playing with house money” as they say because he can’t lose this series, and … Continue reading

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Game #123 Cade Cavalli gets the mound!

The Washington Nationals looked to be in great shape going into the into the 7th inning. Interim-manager Miguel Cairo went to his bullpen and allowed starter MacKenzie Gore to book another really good start on his season. The problem was … Continue reading

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Game #122 The Opening Day rematch

On March 27, Opening Day started great for the Washington Nationals as they took a 1-0 lead into the 7th with MacKenzie Gore outdueling Philadelphia’s ace, Zack Wheeler. These two match up tonight again in Nationals Park in a rematch … Continue reading

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Game #121 Crews up, Lowe gone, back to the future!

The Washington Nationals returned home last night after a quick west coast swing that finished with three games in Kansas City. A 3-and-3 road trip gets the Nationals back to face the two best teams in the NL East with … Continue reading

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Game #120 A salvage game to leave Kansas City

The Washington Nationals have put themselves in a salvage game situation as they wrap up this afternoon in Kansas City. Days like this show the importance of why you go for it aggressively as we did not see on Monday … Continue reading

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Game #119 Nats need to even the series

The Washington Nationals were in control last night until Miguel Cairo tried to push Cade Cavalli for more. That was such a Davey Martinez type of move that almost always backfired in more ways than one. Cavalli has shown that … Continue reading

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Game #118 Nats are in Kansas City

The Washington Nationals looked as good as you can look on Saturday and Sunday in a polar opposite to how bad they looked on Thursday and Friday. What the Nats need to do is bottle up what they did against … Continue reading

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Game #117 Nats have to hope Gore is their ace!

The Washington Nationals got a really good day from their pitching on Saturday to win 4-2. There was certainly a power surge for the Nationals, but they still are not piecing together singles and doubles to score more runs. This … Continue reading

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Game #116 Time to change the lefty/day-game issues!

The Washington Nationals fell flat again yesterday, and another shutout loss. Today’s recipe facing a left-handed starter in a day-game isn’t a good mix. Per FanGraphs, in day games facing a left-handed starter, the Nats OPS is only .563. Add … Continue reading

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Game #115 Nats are West again!

The Washington Nationals are on the West coast again, albeit just a weekend trip before the Nats head to Kansas City for a 3-game series, and then back home to D.C. for a 4-game series against the Phillies to start … Continue reading

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