Category Archives: Games

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Game #96 Strasburg does the nooner at Nats Park!: Game Thread

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

The schedulers made this one a Noon start for the Dodgers ‘getaway day’ who only have to fly to St. Louis. For today, Julio Urias is called back up from the Minors to face Stephen Strasburg. The Dodgers already clinched … Continue reading →

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Gio was the stopper, HRs in support & a steal of home by TVT: Postgame

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

The Nationals finally beat the Dodgers this season, and made it look easy with an 8-1 win behind a nice pitching performance by Gio Gonzalez and the bullpen. Koda Glover had a 1-2-3 inning in the 9th to finish the … Continue reading →

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Game #95 Gio Gonzalez is rested and ready: Game Thread

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

The Nationals call on Gio Gonzalez to step up and be the stopper tonight as the Nats have lost two straight games and some ground in the NL East. The Dodgers scratched Hyun-Jin Ryu who will  miss this start due … Continue reading →

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Tonight was the good, the bad, and the real ugly: Postgame

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

Tonight was the long awaited debut of Reynaldo Lopez who gave up a home run to the first batter he faced in his MLB career. After a 3-run 1st inning, we started to see some of the ‘stuff’ from Lopez … Continue reading →

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Game #94 Reynaldo Lopez debut game: Game Thread

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

The Los Angeles Dodgers come into Washington, D.C. for their final series of the regular season with the Washington Nationals, and the Nats certainly want to get even in their season series.  In that June series in Los Angeles, the … Continue reading →

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One team had to win this, and the Pirates took it in 18 innings: Postgame

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Both starting pitchers had pitched very well if you remember back to Max Scherzer and Chad Kuhl. In the 9th inning with the Nationals behind 1-0—2 outs, Daniel Murphy hit a game tying HR off of Mark Melancon to keep … Continue reading →

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Game #93 Scherzer wants to keep it going: Game Thread

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nationals pitching staff has been ‘nails’ in their 5-game winning streak with just 5 earned runs in those 5 games by the starters and only 17 hits. This will be Max Scherzer’s first appearance since his perfect inning in … Continue reading →

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5 in a row, 20 games over .500, 7 game lead in the NL East, Roark gem/shutout: Postgame

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The #1 overall pick in the 2011 draft took the loss in this game, and the player who once was playing independent ball got the win and the shutout. Tanner Roark finished the game with 8 innings of shutout ball … Continue reading →

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Game #92 Murphy rests, Roark’s turn tonight: Game Thread

Posted on July 16, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

For the 2nd night in a row, Daniel Murphy is not in the starting line-up for the Washington Nationals, but Dusty Baker did indicate that Murphy could be available off the bench. Dusty wants to give Murphy’s sore hamstring one … Continue reading →

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Nats win the first game out of the break on Strasburg gem: Postgame

Posted on July 15, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Stephen Strasburg led the Nats to their 4th straight win, and in the process improved to 13-0 with a 2.51 ERA. Strasburg looked like he had no-hitter stuff again and was aided by exceptional defense until a little problem in … Continue reading →

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