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The Nats take care of business and “CLINCH” Home Field Advantage for the Wild Card

The Nats needed to make a great showing to not leave their fate in the hands of the Brewers or Cardinals to secure Home Field Advantage.  With this win that was a laugher at one point, the Nationals have reached … Continue reading

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Nats have their first six-game winning streak of the season!

The Washington Nationals rested Victor Robles tonight and inserted Gerardo Parra into the lineup, and all he did was go 3-3 with 4 RBIs to lead the Nats along with Austin Voth who pitched 6.0 innings of two-run baseball. This … Continue reading

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90th win ✔ 5-game sweep ✔ Pushing the Phillies below .500 ✔ Rest starters ✔

The Nationals have been able to accomplish all goals in this series which started with winning at least four games to clinch the Wild Card and they did that with their third win of the series on Tuesday because the … Continue reading

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Nats have taken the first four games from the Phillies for win #89

Few Nationals fans can forget how the 2019 season series with the Phillies began on April 2nd as their rivals and their fans won the first game of the 19 games they would face each other, and the Phillies faithful … Continue reading

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The Nats have clinched a Wild Card berth on September 24, 2019!

It took a come-from-behind grand slam by Trea Turner to put his team up 6-4 at the same time the Pittsburgh Pirates went from a no-hitter to a beatdown on the Cubs to turn the Magic number to ZERO. The … Continue reading

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Nats win! Nats win! Phillies eliminated. The Nats Magic # is 2

The Nationals just officially ended the Phillies season while turning a scary bases loaded jam in the first inning into the Phillies only threat of the game. In fact the Nats shutout the Phillies in the final eight inning of … Continue reading

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A Corbin gem with 7-runs of support gets the homestand started with a Curly W!

The Nationals needed a win tonight to get this homestand started the right way, and Patrick Corbin and his teammates delivered with a 7-2 win. Corbin almost got through his outing with no runs surrendered, but a doubleplay that was … Continue reading

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Another bullpen meltdown and this time the offense doesn’t bail them out!

The Washington Nationals led 3-1 going into the bottom of the seventh inning, and manager Dave Martinez sent Hunter Strickland out for another inning. This season, Strickland has only pitched more than one inning once and that was after five … Continue reading

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The 8th inning meltdown happened and so did a 6-run 10th inning! Magic # is 5!

Baseball games sometimes go off-script, and you must improvise to write a new ending. This was one of those games that almost got away. Stephen Strasburg threw a 7.0 inning shutout, and the ball was handed to Fernando Rodney for … Continue reading

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Trea Turner and Asdrubal Cabrera power the Nats to a 6-4 win in Miami!

The Nats needed to win this game, and they did it via two home runs by Trea Turner and a 3-run bomb from Asdrubal Cabrera to outscore the Marlins by a final score of 6-4. The Nats bullpen had to … Continue reading

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