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Nats winning streak comes to an end.

Tonight was that tale of missed opportunities and misplays which added up to a loss. The Nationals were 1-for-9 batting with runners-in-scoring-position. Tanner Roark was not sharp tonight as he gave up 7-hits and 5-walks on his outing while being … Continue reading

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Nats sweep in Baltimore; Scherzer shutout gem; Harper HR! Nats take over 1st place!

For the Nationals, they had Cy Max on the mound tonight in a game where the Nationals did not put together a lot of offense. Max Scherzer went 8.0 full innings of shutout baseball to win this game and take … Continue reading

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Nats win their 9th straight road game & for now share 1st place!

The Nationals bullpen threw a 4-inning shutout to hold a 1-run lead and secure the 3-to-2 win in this Jeremy Hellickson start. This extends the Nationals winning streak to 5-games and their road winning streak to 9 in a row. … Continue reading

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Nats have now won 11 of their previous 12 road games!

A nice start to the second leg of this road trip as the Washington Nationals ratchets the winning streak to 4-games on the arm of Gio Gonzalez who threw a 7 2/3 inning shutout and received all of the offense … Continue reading

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Nats reach 7 games over .500 for the first time in 2018!

The Nationals swept this 3-game series from the Marlins and reached the 7-games over .500 mark for the first time this season. Stephen Strasburg had a good start but labored with his pitch count in each inning and was pulled … Continue reading

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Roark gem; Difo and Reynolds go long and Reynolds also does it on defense!

The Marlins held a 1-0 lead into the 8th inning as Wei-Yin Chen was cruising with a shutout but his record says as his pitch count grows he can get in trouble. Sure enough Wilmer Difo pulled a pitch just … Continue reading

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Nats claw their way to a win in Miami!

The Nationals blew two leads of two runs each then the Nats held on for a 9-to-5 win that just never seemed firm until “The Firm” entered the game.It’s been quite the week for Michael Taylor who had a walk-off double two … Continue reading

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Nats drop a game with a chance to walk-off

There was no 9th inning walk-off magic this time for Michael Taylor who stepped up to the plate runners on the corners and no outs against Padres closer Brad Hand and he struck out Taylor on 3 pitches and the … Continue reading

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Walk-off MAT wins the game on offense and defense with great pitching!

The Washington Nationals racked up another one-run win in a game where Michael Taylor threw-out a runner at home to keep the game tied at 1-to-1 then in the bottom of the 9th inning cranked a long double off the … Continue reading

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Soto — So Good! 19-year-old’s first MLB hit was a 3-run HR!!!!

In most games where you have a 3-for-5 night from a player with 2 home runs like Mark Reynolds, we would be writing the accolades about that player, and instead, we have to talk about Juan Soto who got his … Continue reading

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