Category Archives: Games

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Nats run their winning streak to 3 and get to .500!

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The game started in the sunshine as the tropical storm blew off to the northeast earlier than expected if you trusted the forecast that was predicted on Sunday. The Yankees postponed their game for today a day ago and did … Continue reading →

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Game #8 Patrick Corbin is on the mound to get baseball going again in Washington D.C.!

Posted on August 4, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

It has been a while since the Washington Nationals have had a game. They have won two games in a row and had some momentum going as the bats, the starters, and the bullpen all put it together at the … Continue reading →

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Nats are perfect on the road going back to Game 2 of the NLDS 10-0

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

If Starlin Castro was the star today for the Nationals offense, then Carter Kieboom has to be the second star, and Michael A. Taylor gets the third star. All of the pitchers had their moments today from Erick Fedde to … Continue reading →

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Game #7 finale of Blue Jays and Nats as Ryu and Fedde square off!

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nats will be the road team again in this series of four games became played as a home/road series in Nationals Park. The Nats know today’s Blue Jays starter well in Hyun Jin Ryu as they faced him many … Continue reading →

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The road blues and gray combo continues to win! Nats take the 0-0 into the 10th and win 4-0!

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

In the Nats first-time using the new extra inning rules, they scored big to take this game as the “road” team in Nats Park with a 4-0 thriller! Max Scherzer was brilliant in a 7 1/3 inning gem to keep … Continue reading →

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Game #6 Blue Jays are the home team in Nats Park; Scherzer against Blue Jays #1 prospect! Soto status waits for clearance!

Posted on July 29, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

There is great anticipation that Juan Soto will be cleared to play tonight after manager Dave Martinez during his pre-game presser yesterday said that Soto has now had two back-to-back negatives through the MLB lab for his COVID tests. The … Continue reading →

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Nats fall to 1-4; Offense struggles again; 3 unearned runs in this 5-1 loss!

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nats fell to 1-4 in this early season, and the “little things” came up big in this loss. This is the third game of the Nats five games where the offense scored only one run. Add two errors by … Continue reading →

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Game #5 Roark is back to D.C. as a visitor; Voth needs to be the stopper!

Posted on July 28, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nationals and their braintrust decided not to skip their number five starter, Austin Voth, and utilize the off-day last Friday to pitch Max Scherzer today on regular rest to face an old friend, Tanner Roark, at Nationals Park in … Continue reading →

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You can lose by giving up solo home runs; Nats run themselves out of this one!

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

On paper, the Nats looked like the better team, but it did not matter as the Nats only scored one-run and Anibal Sanchez gave up four solo home runs to take the loss. The Nats hit into four doubleplays including … Continue reading →

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Game #4 Toronto comes to D.C. for a 4-game home-and-home (road) series in Nationals Park!

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The baseball world’s sum of all fears came to a reality today when upwards of a dozen players and staff from the Miami Marlins tested positive for COVID-19 over the last few days. The team stayed in Philadelphia overnight while … Continue reading →

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