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JRod gets it done with his arm and bat and some help from his friends!

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

In this doubleheader, manager Dave Martinez needed a starter for today’s first game. They called up Jefry Rodriguez for the critical Game 1 start. JRod didn’t disappoint. He went 5-innings of one-run baseball and probably could have gone deeper in … Continue reading →

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Game #112 First game of a crucial doubleheader!

Posted on August 7, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

This afternoon game with the Braves is the first half of this day-night doubleheader. This game is also the first of this four game series. At the conclusion of this game, there will only be 50-ganes remaining in the regular … Continue reading →

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Nats win a one-run game to take the series; Move 3 games over .500

Posted on August 5, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

When the Nationals needed a win from Tanner Roark, he delivered with a 1-run performance in 7.0 innings as Ryan Madson and Kelvin Herrera closed out this game with no drama. The Nationals RBIs came from Matt Wieters with a … Continue reading →

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Game #111 Winning is better than losing!

Posted on August 5, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

When the Nationals lost the first game of the doubleheader yesterday, it pushed the Nationals back to a 6.0 game deficit in the NL East behind the Phillies. Fortunately, the offense that could not score runs Saturday afternoon — exploded for … Continue reading →

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#Nats salvage the day behind Jeremy Hellickson and the offense!

Posted on August 4, 2018 by SaoMagnifico

After dropping the matinée to the Cincinnati Reds in a game in which they could push across only one score, the Washington Nationals badly needed a win in the evening game, and that’s what they got. An offensive unit that … Continue reading →

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Game #110 Nats go for the doubleheader split!

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The second game of doubleheaders have added pressure for the team that lost the first game of the doubleheader, and it is the Nationals in just that spot as the team that lost the front end of the doubleheader. The … Continue reading →

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A miserable loss; Nats have now lost 7 of Gio’s last 8 starts

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Past performance usually is a good indicator of what you will see in the future, and sure enough it did again today with Gio Gonzalez. In this game, it looked bad from the start as Gonzalez was missing his spots … Continue reading →

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Game #109 is now Game 1 of a doubleheader!

Posted on August 4, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

With yesterday’s rain-out, today is a day/night doubleheader with separate admission. Manager Dave Martinez will stay with the same line-up as yesterday for Game #1. The Nationals had a choice to use a spot starter as their 26th man to … Continue reading →

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Game #109 Gio Gonzalez needs to lead the #Nats tonight!

Posted on August 3, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

We’ve all seen that look on Gio Gonzalez‘s face and so have his teammates. Frustration has been too commonplace with Gonzalez lately. Trends since mid-June for Gio have translated to little run support while he is on the mound. The Nats … Continue reading →

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Max Scherzer does it all!

Posted on August 2, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

With a 6-run second inning, the Nationals cruised to a 10-4 victory behind the arm and bat of Max Scherzer and powered by Trea Turner and friends. Scherzer earned his MLB best 15th win.

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