Category Archives: Games

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Nats have now won 11 of their previous 12 road games!

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

A nice start to the second leg of this road trip as the Washington Nationals ratchets the winning streak to 4-games on the arm of Gio Gonzalez who threw a 7 2/3 inning shutout and received all of the offense … Continue reading →

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Game #53 Nats have their first of three games in Baltimore

Posted on May 28, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nationals flight back to the DC area was delayed last night by a few hours due to poor weather. The turnaround time will be quick as today’s game is an early afternoon start time at 1:05 pm EDT on … Continue reading →

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Nats reach 7 games over .500 for the first time in 2018!

Posted on May 27, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nationals swept this 3-game series from the Marlins and reached the 7-games over .500 mark for the first time this season. Stephen Strasburg had a good start but labored with his pitch count in each inning and was pulled … Continue reading →

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Game #52 Nats want to start a winning streak!

Posted on May 27, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nationals for years have seemed to not be good on “get away” games. In the final games of series this season, the Nationals are a poor 6 wins against 9 losses, and 4 wins and 6 losses on “get … Continue reading →

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Roark gem; Difo and Reynolds go long and Reynolds also does it on defense!

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Marlins held a 1-0 lead into the 8th inning as Wei-Yin Chen was cruising with a shutout but his record says as his pitch count grows he can get in trouble. Sure enough Wilmer Difo pulled a pitch just … Continue reading →

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Game #51 Nats face another lefty starter

Posted on May 26, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

With the Nationals facing another left-handed starting pitcher, the Nationals are able to continue alternating in their 1st place platoon to keep getting Mark Reynolds enough at-bats to keep his timing. Between Reynolds and Matt Adams, they have combined for … Continue reading →

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Nats claw their way to a win in Miami!

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nationals blew two leads of two runs each then the Nats held on for a 9-to-5 win that just never seemed firm until “The Firm” entered the game.It’s been quite the week for Michael Taylor who had a walk-off double two … Continue reading →

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Game #50 Nats first series this season with the Marlins

Posted on May 25, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nationals have not been in Florida since the end of March when the Grapefruit League schedule concluded. We are almost 1/3 of the way through the season, and the Nationals finally have their first of 19-games against the NL … Continue reading →

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Nats drop a game with a chance to walk-off

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

There was no 9th inning walk-off magic this time for Michael Taylor who stepped up to the plate runners on the corners and no outs against Padres closer Brad Hand and he struck out Taylor on 3 pitches and the … Continue reading →

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Game #49 Season finale with the Padres, Fedde gets the spot start!

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

Even with manager Dave Martinez‘s denial last night that he did not know Erick Fedde was pitching today in a spot start, we had heard from a source that Fedde was the guy for today. With the day-off tomorrow, it … Continue reading →

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