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A lot of fight in these #Nats in extra innings loss; Balls didn’t bounce their way.

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nationals lost in twelve innings 5-to-3 but came back twice in this game. It was Matt Adams home run with one out in the 9th inning that tied the game and sent it to extra innings, and Howie Kendrick … Continue reading →

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Game #12 A.J. Cole gets the finale against his nemisis

Posted on April 11, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Last week, Nationals manager Dave Martinez promised that A.J. Cole would get another start this week and true to his word, Cole is the starter in this early afternoon finale against the Braves.  In Cole’s career he has a 2.65 … Continue reading →

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Strasburg has 8 shutout innings; Zim the big hit; Nats win another to go above .500

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Another pitching gem in this one, and tonight’s star was Stephen Strasburg who went 8.0 full innings of shutout baseball. The bullpen bent and gave up a run in this Nationals 4-to-1 win. The Nationals also move above .500 with … Continue reading →

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Game #11 Stephen Strasburg wants to continue yesterday’s momentum

Posted on April 10, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Today’s roster will get a changeup as Miguel Montero is set to return from his paternity leave. With Pedro Severino playing so well and Matt Wieters set to return from the 10-day DL on Thursday, there are going to be … Continue reading →

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The losing streak is over in 2 hours and 22 minutes of pitching mastery by Max Scherzer

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

When you needed Max Scherzer to go deep in this game to save the bullpen, Nationals manager Dave Martinez got more then he bargained for as he got a 2-hit complete game shutout from the reigning Cy Young for a … Continue reading →

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Game #10 Braves come to Nationals Park; Scherzer on the mound against Teheran

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Who would you want on the mound after a 5-game skid? Probably Clayton Kershaw, Max Scherzer or Chris Sale. Guess what, the Nationals have Max Scherzer pitching tonight, and he has a 4-and-1 record stopping losing streaks of 4-or-more games. … Continue reading →

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Nats fall to 4-5 on the season after being swept in extra innings.

Posted on April 9, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nationals blew so many opportunities to win on this day and break the losing streak which has now grown to five games. There were many positives in this game, and a few negatives like you would expect in a … Continue reading →

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Game #9 Nats look to Tanner Roark to get back in the W column

Posted on April 8, 2018 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nats turn to Tanner Roark for his best tonight on the ESPN Sunday Night game of the week against the Mets of New York. For the Mets, they have Matt Harvey on the mound. The Nationals will go with … Continue reading →

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#Nats go from a 4-0 start to a 0-4 slide; Ejections and Rejections

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

The Nationals were 2-for-8 with runners-in-scoring-position and those 2-hits belonged to Pedro Severino. That means the Nationals had 6 additional opportunities to score, and they did not take advantage of the situations in a game in which the Nationals stole … Continue reading →

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Game #8 Gio in the stopper role in a game of lefties with Mets

Posted on April 7, 2018 by Andrew Lang

Clearly, the Washington Nationals miss Daniel Murphy who has just seemed to dominate the Mets in his career with the Washington Nationals.  Murphy has ownage on his original team where he sports his best NL stats slashing .386 /.435/ .700/ … Continue reading →

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