Category Archives: Games

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Game #22 is Jon Lester’s debut with the Nats!

Posted on April 30, 2021 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

After COVID struck the team just before Opening Day, it wreaked havoc on Jon Lester who had to go back to Spring Training mode to ramp his arm strength back up. Here we are 30-days later, and Lester is ready … Continue reading →

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Lucky Game #21 is a Fedde nice Nats win!

Posted on April 28, 2021 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals had lost two games in a row, and needed this win and got it. With a gem from Erick Fedde, the Nats powered to a 8-2 win for a happy flight back to Washington, D.C. and a … Continue reading →

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Game #21 wraps up this 2-game series in Dunedin

Posted on April 28, 2021 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The lineup cards are changing daily these days. Tonight’s card has Hernan Perez in rightfield and batting in a game for the first time in 9 days. Starting pitchers bat with more regularity than Perez has this season. Manager Dave … Continue reading →

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Game #20 takes Ryan Zimmerman to his 34th MLB stadium!

Posted on April 27, 2021 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

For Ryan Zimmerman, he has seen a lot of history since he entered the league to make his debut in 2005. This will be the 34th stadium for Zimmerman to play an MLB game once he officially enters a game … Continue reading →

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Game #19 wraps up the first series with the Mets!

Posted on April 25, 2021 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals wrap up their first series of the season with the Mets, and the winner of this game gets the bragging rights for the first series. The NL East is separated by only 1.0 game of 1st Place … Continue reading →

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Joe Ross beats Marcus Stroman to move the Nats within 1.0 game of 1st place!

Posted on April 24, 2021 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

This afternoon, Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez said that he wanted his team to score early, and the Nats did just that against the rival Mets to score early and often with a season-high 7-runs in this one en route … Continue reading →

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Game #18 Nats add all the lefties they can to the lineup!

Posted on April 24, 2021 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

For Washington Nationals manager Dave Martinez, his lineup is certainly challenged with Juan Soto on the 10-day IL. Add in the issues with Josh Bell and Kyle Schwarber, and you have .147 and .186 for batting averages in the key … Continue reading →

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Game #17 opens the first game between the Nats and Mets in 2021!

Posted on April 23, 2021 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

When COVID postponed Opening Day for the Washington Nationals, it scrapped the entire first series of the season against the NY Mets. Twenty-two days later, the Nats and Mets are set to face each other for the first time since … Continue reading →

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Nats win another series and get Max Scherzer win #176 of his career!

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Of the Washington Nationals seven wins this season, four of them (57.1%) have been by one run margins. Today’s win was a 1-0 final score and the 176th win of Max Scherzer‘s career. He improved his ERA to 1.80 for … Continue reading →

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Game #16 has Scherzer in the season’s finale with the Cardinals

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The schedule makers put together some odd pairings early in the season and by mid-April, the Washington Nationals and Cardinals will not see each other again until Spring Training of 2022 unless both of these teams were to meet in … Continue reading →

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