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Ben Revere is 14 karat….14 karat gold! Nats walk-off for 6th win in a row and provides the fireworks: Postgame

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Great pitching, great defense, some Web Gems, and a few timely hits. The Nats win a dramatic walk-off by Ben Revere in the bottom of the 14th inning, and that also was Revere’s first walk-off hit of his career. Perfect … Continue reading →

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Game #81 Roark takes the Nats to the halfway point in the season: Game Thread

Posted on July 1, 2016 by Andrew Lang

Can you believe the Washington Nationals are now at the halfway point of the season? Tanner Roark will get the honor of pitching for the Nats in an early evening 6:05pm game on ‘Fireworks’ night. Bombs were bursting in air … Continue reading →

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It didn’t start pretty but ended pretty nice with a 13-4 Nats win. Espinosa 2 blasts and 7 RBIs: Postgame

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The game started off with Gio Gonzalez walking the lead-off man in a 3-2 count then gave up a double to Votto and hit Phillips to load the bases. The next batter batter hit into a doubleplay scoring 1 run. … Continue reading →

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Game #80 as Gio will try again to find success: Game Thread

Posted on June 30, 2016 by Andrew Lang

Gio Gonzalez (4.73 ERA) stays in the starting rotation, and tonight Gio will have to prove that he deserves to stay. Gio’s seven duds in a row is bad, and Eight Is Enough to probably push him into the bullpen or … Continue reading →

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Nats sweep the Mets and Murphy and Scherzer were a 2-man show tonight!: Postgame

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Nats now have a 4 game winning streak and lead the Mets by 6 games in the NL East standings. Daniel Murphy had 3 RBIs from 2 HRs tonight and has now tied his career high in home runs. … Continue reading →

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Game #79 Max Scherzer faces Mets in a pivotal game: Game Thread

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Andrew Lang

The true halfway point of the season is when Friday’s game ends which makes this statistically the last game against the Mets in the mathematical first half of the season. The Nationals and Mets play again in 2 weeks in … Continue reading →

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Lucas Giolito pitches a 4 inning 1-hit shutout as the rains did not cooperate…but everything else did: Postgame

Posted on June 29, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Put another win in the books for the Nats! A 5-0 shutout over the Mets! You never know what you will get in a hyped debut with a big prospect pitcher, and in this debut tonight, Lucas Giolito out-pitched Matt … Continue reading →

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Game #78 It is Lucas Giolito debut day: Game Thread

Posted on June 28, 2016 by Andrew Lang

We have all been trying to guess the MLB debut date for Lucas Giolito, and if you had June 28, 2016 as your date, it looks like you are the winner. Since the day Luc was drafted in the 1st … Continue reading →

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The Nats scored 11 unanswered runs as Joe Ross beat Noah Syndergaard

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The crowd tonight totaled 33,109 fans who got to see the Nationals come from behind a 4-0 deficit to score 11 unanswered runs to beat the Mets 11-4. The Nationals got into a groove with some clutch hits and great … Continue reading →

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Game #77 Giolito call-up confirmed/Trea Turner to CF/Joe Ross in DC: Game Thread

Posted on June 27, 2016 by Andrew Lang

The news everyone was waiting for was the Lucas Giolito call-up news which we broke yesterday and was confirmed this afternoon. Giolito will start tomorrow in place of Stephen Strasburg who was officially placed on the DL today and  back-dated … Continue reading →

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