Category Archives: Games

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Trea Turner with the walk-off double with a Patrick Corbin gem!

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

It was an emotional night for Patrick Corbin who lost his good friend Tyler Skaggs and wore his former teammates’ jersey number 45 tonight. Through a rain delay that went over an hour and a quarter, Corbin came back out … Continue reading →

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Game #84 Nats start the 6-game homestand tonight!

Posted on July 2, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

There are six games remaining for the Nationals before the All-Star break, and tonight is the first game in this six game homestand. Patrick Corbin is on the mound to face the Marlins who he just faced last week in … Continue reading →

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Max goes 14K in an 8.0 inning gem; Rendon smacks the game winner!

Posted on June 30, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

This game lived up to the hype in this pitcher’s duel between former teammates Max Scherzer and Jordan Zimmermann with the Washington Nationals’ ace coming out on top with a 2-1 win in Detroit. With this triumph, Scherzer has now … Continue reading →

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Game #83 Max Scherzer returns to the scene of his first Cy Young

Posted on June 30, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

This afternoon marks the first time Max Scherzer has been on the Comerica Park mound since September 25th of 2014 in the 6th inning against the former Washington Senators (Minnesota Twins). Scherzer of course was a pending free agent that … Continue reading →

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The bullpen bent and broke giving up a two run lead to lose by two.

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Lead-off walks will usually kill you, and giving up two walks to start an inning followed by a hit is usually a recipe for a disaster. Tanner Rainey was the guilty party here in the seventh inning of this game. … Continue reading →

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Game #82 Austin Voth wants to show he belongs

Posted on June 29, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

When the Nationals depth chart for starting pitchers was projected for the season, Austin Voth was not even in the top eight players. He was behind Joe Ross, Erick Fedde, and Kyle McGowin. Because of rainouts and the decision to … Continue reading →

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An Anibal Sanchez gem with a Fernando Rodney save to move over .500!

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nationals closed-out the mathematical first half of the season on a winning note with a 3-1 win on the arm of Anibal Sanchez and a well-executed save by Fernando Rodney. With this win, the Nationals extended their winning streak … Continue reading →

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Game #81 Anibal Sanchez takes us to the halfway mark!

Posted on June 28, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Here we are at the halfway point in the 162 game marathon that they call a baseball season. Anibal Sanchez gets the rock tonight in his old stomping grounds in Detroit. As expected, Ryan Zimmerman joins the team in Motown … Continue reading →

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Nats sweep and get back to .500 on another Matt Adams 3-run HR and Robles 2-run blast!

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

It has been a long way to claw back to the .500 mark for these Washington Nationals pulling off the rare feat of going from 12-games under .500 back to the even mark before the All-Star break. The last time … Continue reading →

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Game #80 Stephen Strasburg’s turn in Miami

Posted on June 27, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

This three game series in Miami finishes up tonight in the Nationals first half of this road trip before the Nats travel home for the July 4th series which is held each year in D.C. Stephen Strasburg takes the mound … Continue reading →

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