Category Archives: Games

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Game #15 Anibal Sanchez has to click into place! His analytics tell a story. Rosters moves coming tomorrow!

Posted on August 12, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

It is time for Anibal Sanchez to click into place for the Washington Nationals. He has been the weak link in the starting rotation so far with an 0-2 record and a 7.84 ERA. Small sample sizes tend to distort, … Continue reading →

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A great team win to get Max Scherzer a well-deserved Curly W!

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Every player on this Nats team contributed tonight to a 2-1 win against the Mets to support a nice 6 inning one run game from Max Scherzer who tweaked his hamstring six days ago. Nobody knew except Max that he … Continue reading →

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Game #14 Nats have to hope Max Scherzer is good to go!

Posted on August 11, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

When you score 16 runs in a game, you want to show that your offense can score a lot of runs again. Before last night, the Nats had been on a 2.9 runs per game pace. Obviously that 16-run outburst … Continue reading →

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The Nats crush the Mets to keep their road record perfect for the season!

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nats desperately needed a laugher this season, and they got it on the arm of Patrick Corbin and the bats of Asdrubal Cabrera, Juan Soto, and Trea Turner in a 16-4 blowout in CitiField. The Nats are technically 3-0 … Continue reading →

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Game #13 exposes what has gone wrong and right so far; Nats have first game away from Nats Park!

Posted on August 10, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Does it feel like the Nats are still in Spring Training mode? It feels like a lack of urgency. Using the struggling Sean Doolittle in a key spot on Saturday was a flashback to Doolittle on August 9th to August … Continue reading →

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Nats went blown-save-loss in a familiar picture to lose this one

Posted on August 8, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nats had a 3-0 lead going into the 8th inning. Austin Voth, Javy Guerra, and Tanner Rainey combined for a shutout of the Orioles. Manager Dave Martinez went right to Sean Doolittle in the 8th inning, and the first … Continue reading →

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Game #11 last night didn’t go well and Voth has to be the stopper!

Posted on August 8, 2020 by Andrew Lang

If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Last night was an awful night for baseball in Washington, D.C. It was not a competitive game, and manager Dave Martinez waved the white flag when the score ballooned over 8-0. … Continue reading →

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Game #10 Nats have the Orioles in D.C.

Posted on August 7, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nats have a 3-game weekend series against the Orioles in Nationals Park (weather permitting). The difference a few days make. O’s fans were talking about PLAYOFFS after a 5-2 start to the season, but then the Marlins ripped through … Continue reading →

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Bittersweet as Juan Soto returns and Max Scherzer exits after 1 inning with a hammy tweak

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Yes, the Nats 3-game winning streak came to an end, but the big story is what happened to Max Scherzer to cause him to exit after one inning? Scherzer says it was a tweaked hammy that took him out of … Continue reading →

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Game #9 Max Scherzer gets a key start against the rival Mets!

Posted on August 5, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

This is a quick two-game series against the Mets with eight more games to go to finish their 2020 season matchups. Neither team yesterday looked like their projected 2020 rosters due to injuries and opt-outs. Juan Soto still has not … Continue reading →

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