Category Archives: Games

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The road trip is over. That’s the good news: Postgame

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

There are 37 games remaining in the season, and the Nationals head home. Many Nats look tired. Reynaldo Lopez was not particularly sharp tonight as he gave up four earned runs in a game that ended in an 8-1 loss. … Continue reading →

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Game #125 Reynaldo Lopez continues the youth movement: Game Thread

Posted on August 23, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nationals continue their youth movement with the flamethrower Reynaldo Lopez as tonight’s starter to face Kevin Gausman in this 2nd game of the four game road/home series with the Baltimore Orioles. The Nationals hope to get back to their … Continue reading →

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No prizes for a nice try but A.J. Cole was impressive: Postgame

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The youngsters on this team continue to impress. Tonight it was A. J. Cole who really seemed to pitch better than the boxscore. He gave up 4 runs over 7.0 full innings, and was pitching in a stadium that plays … Continue reading →

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Game #124 Strasburg scratched with a DL stint. A. J. Cole starts: Game Thread

Posted on August 22, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

This road/home series against the Orioles will now feature two rookies in A. J. Cole and Reynaldo Lopez along with Tanner Roark and Max Scherzer as the Nats are now without All-Star Stephen Strasburg who was placed on the DL … Continue reading →

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Nats’ errors finally catch up with them and drop one: Postgame

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nats won 3-out-of-the-4 game series, and drop this finale in extra innings 7-6. The Nationals committed five errors, and the last one cost the Nationals the lead as it turned out. Gio Gonzalez had a few rough patches in … Continue reading →

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Game #123 Nats look for the sweep & #100 for Gio: Game Thread

Posted on August 21, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Gio Gonzalez looks for his 100th victory of his career today as the Nationals try for the rare four-game sweep of the Braves on the road. The Washington Nationals enter this game at a season-high 24 games over .500 at … Continue reading →

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The game should have been a laugher when Scherzer departed with a 9-3 lead: Postgame

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

If you knew that the Nats scored 11 runs tonight with Max Scherzer on the mound, you are thinking ‘laugher’. Scherzer went 6 1/3 innings and left with a runner on base with a 9-3 lead. Blake Treinen relieved Scherzer … Continue reading →

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Game #122 After tonight’s game, there are 40 games remaining in the regular season: Game Thread

Posted on August 20, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nationals enter today with a W/L record of 72-49, and the Nats are up on the Braves 2-0 in this four-game series as Dusty Baker’s team will try to secure the series win with a curly W tonight. The … Continue reading →

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Defense wins games and also loses them! Nats come out on top! Postgame

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

We got to witness two of the most incredible defensive plays of the season tonight to debate in Nationals history with the greatest plays ever with Roger Bernadina’s 9th inning catch in Houston and Steven Souza’s catch to save Jordan … Continue reading →

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Game #121 The battle of 2.81 ERA pitchers: Game Thread

Posted on August 19, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

In tonight’s game, Julio Teheran comes off of the DL to start for the Braves. Tanner Roark gets the start for the Nats. Both starting pitchers have identical 2.81 ERAs. Teheran was rumored to be available prior to the trade deadline, … Continue reading →

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