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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.

The Washington Nationals had an early three lead, and gave up five runs to Kyle Schwarber in a tough loss. On to the second game of this doubleheader with Josiah Gray on the mound against the lefty, Ranger Suarez.

The Washington Nationals are facing a few of the ex-Washington Nationals in Philadelphia in a key doubleheader for the Phillies. There is actually one fewer ex-Nats’ player as Josh Harrison was released. The Nats’ starter in the first game today is Trevor Williams, as he returned from an extended leave on the bereavement list, and the Nats had to skip his start on Saturday. He will have to face a trio of ex-Nats in Kyle Schwarber, Trea Turner, and Bryce Harper. By the way, Harper said after Sunday’s game that he wished that he started his career in Philadelphia. Is he still upset that the Nats won a World Series just 8-months after he signed with the Phillies?

The Washington Nationals are going for their second sweep of 2023. If it were to happen, the Nats would go into the final 50-games of the season on quite the roll as the team heads to Philly for a 4-game series to finish this road trip.

The Washington Nationals showed some more late night magic, and Andres Machado and Jake Alu were two of the unexpected heroes. Of course Lane Thomas cranked two home runs, and Joey Meneses‘ crushed the game tying 2-run homer for the big power display — but the full team contributed along with manager Dave Martinez pulling the right strings.

The Washington Nationals had the day-off yesterday in Cincinnati before the teams open a weekend series. The Nats have a score to settle with the Reds after they swept the Nats in a 4-game series in D.C. during that July 4th holiday series. If you removed those 4-games against the Reds, the Nats were 18-12 in that span — but since those games count — the Nats were 18-16 in the team’s 34-game span, and that started in San Diego at the end of June. Just think if this team could go 18-16 in the next 34 games.