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The Washington Nationals just clinched another series win last night with an improbable walk-off home run from Keibert Ruiz. With a win today, the Nats would also secure their third sweep of the season. That sounds kind of normal, as sweeps happen, but remember it took the Nats over two full years to get a 3-game sweep as they did not have one sweep at all in the 2022 season. As the team surges up the standings, it will not even affect the Nats’ draft status unless they achieve the 20th best record in the Majors due to the rules installed this year in the newest CBA that will limit the Nats to — at best, a 10th overall pick, in the 2024 draft.

The Washington Nationals won last night in a blow-out, but had a couple of medical issues to deal with. The most serious was a hit-by-pitch on Lane Thomas’ wrist that scratched him from today’s lineup. The other issue was leg cramps for pitcher Joan Adon that will have to be resolved because this is a recurring issue. The good news is that Keibert Ruiz stayed in the game last night, and said he felt fine after a foul tip off of his knee.

The Washington Nationals got to rest most of the back of their bullpen, and that was not by design, unfortunately. The Nats had a narrow 1-0 lead until Andres Machado gave up the lead in an instant with a two-run homer. Machado had been nails since his recent callup — so we will have to see how he pitches in his next appearance. An inning later, the 1-0 lead was a 6-1 deficit, and we quickly learned that using Joe La Sorsa for two innings might not be the way to utilize him in the future. Lessons learned, as the surging Nats were on a 4-1 road trip until they took losses on Wednesday and Thursday to return to D.C. with a 50-66 record.

The Washington Nationals have a rested back of the bullpen as they have only pitched one game in the past three days, and the hope is that manager Dave Martinez will need his high leverage bullpen to seal a win in the final game of this 4-game series in Philadelphia.

The Washington Nationals had one of those special games where Joey Meneses carried the offense with two home runs, and the bullpen went into shutdown mode.