Category Archives: Games

This is the parent category for InGame, Recap and 18GameRecap. It should not be used as a tag itself.

Game #128 Cy Young award hopefuls for 2018 face-off! It’s Scherzday!

Posted on August 23, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The three top pitchers in the National League at this moment are Max Scherzer, Jacob deGrom and Aaron Nola. Today’s Washington Nationals  game features two of those three facing-off as Scherzer and Nola will be on the mound today. Their faces … Continue reading →

Posted in InGame | Leave a comment

Mr. Walk-Off does it again! #Nats shock the Phillies!

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

This Washington Nationals team for two days in a row has been playing with youthful enthusiasm and have comeback wins in two straight games in dramatic fashion, and on this night, it was Ryan Zimmerman with a 2-out 2-run walk-off home run after … Continue reading →

Posted in Recap | Leave a comment

Game #127 Stephen Strasburg is back with the #Nats

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Tell us if you have heard this story before about Stephen Strasburg returning from the DL. It’s an annual story and this year will be Strasburg’s second return from the DL. This time Strasburg believes he has his neck issue … Continue reading →

Posted in InGame | Leave a comment

Andrew Stevenson and Wander Suero power the #Nats

Posted on August 22, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

On another rainy night, the Nationals went into the rain delay with a 1-0 lead and when they came back to play they quickly fell behind 4-1 to the Phillies. In the bottom of the 6th inning the Nats answered … Continue reading →

Posted in Recap | Leave a comment

Game #126 Trade winds blew a little — not much; Oh yah, Phillies in town!

Posted on August 21, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals look very different now compared to 2-hours ago due to a couple of trades. With Daniel Murphy and Matt Adams on their way to NL Central teams, the Nationals called-up Andrew Stevenson and Adrian Sanchez to take their spots on the … Continue reading →

Posted in InGame | Leave a comment

The embarrassment of riches turned into an embarrassment in real time!

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

How did this Gio Gonzalez debacle get to this point? This team has now lost 10 of his last 12 starts. What team with postseason aspirations allows this type of player on their roster? The Mariners were getting better production … Continue reading →

Posted in Recap | Leave a comment

Game #125 Which Gio Gonzalez will the #Nats get today?

Posted on August 19, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The question these days is which Gio Gonzalez will be pitching for the Washington Nationals today? Since June 10th when the Nationals season changed course from 1st place to where they are now, Gio Gonzalez as a starting pitcher has been in … Continue reading →

Posted in InGame | Leave a comment

Dave Martinez really started managing in the 7th inning and on…but what about the 6th and 5th innings?

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The  Nationals had the golden opportunity with the Braves and Phillies losing today, but the Nationals blew several chances to win this game today and instead lost this heartbreaker in extra innings 7-5. Maybe as we wrote earlier, it started with … Continue reading →

Posted in Recap | Leave a comment

Game #124 Jefry Rodriguez returns to start for the #Nats

Posted on August 18, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The  Nationals have made several roster moves today; most notably moving Tommy Milone to the bullpen, and Jefry Rodriguez to take Milone’s start tonight against the Marlins. In the second game of this three game series, the Nationals  are hopeful to … Continue reading →

Posted in InGame | Leave a comment

A happy #Scherzday on this Friday! Nats win in a blowout!

Posted on August 17, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Happy handshakes tonight for the  Nationals in this 8-2 win behind Max Scherzer who did it all tonight throwing 6.0 innings of shutout baseball while he scored two runs with some impressive hustle, and he smashed a double off the outfield wall … Continue reading →

Posted in Recap | Leave a comment