by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
Photo by Steve Mears for TalkNats
There could be a lot of zeroes up on the board at Petco Park if a pitcher’s duel is in the offing. It is a marquee matchup with starters Max Scherzer and Yu Darvish. The Washington Nationals and the Padres wrap-up this four game series tonight. The Nats lead this series 2-1, and the team from D.C. is eager to win this series. Continue reading
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The game was 3-0 in an instant when Juan Soto lasered an oppo 3-run homer into Petco’s leftfield seats. It wasn’t a laugher when Patrick Corbin allowed bases loaded in the first inning, and he was saved by some nifty defense to keep the Padres far from being in this game. The offense rolled to a 10-0 lead and Corbin exited with a 10-2 score in the 6th inning, and a final score of 15-5. Continue reading
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The Washington Nationals have lost five of six games in the past week, and the starting pitching has been the key issue for this team in this span. Maybe it was not a good idea to pitch Erick Fedde with no tune-up game after he came off of the IL, because the team had Patrick Corbin available to pitch last night on regular rest. Continue reading
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The Washington Nationals needed a win yesterday and used the 5+ run scored formula to overcome some shaky starting pitching to get back into the W column. The Nats got some really good work from their relievers who did not allow the Padres to score more than the 5-runs that were on starter Jon Lesters ledger, and the team from D.C. put up a touchdown to win it. Since June 13, the Nats are averaging 6.2 runs per game in wins. So it really has been more about the offense. Continue reading
Turner started the scoring with a HR above the AMR sign; Photo by Steve Mears for TalkNats
Contact hitting is a lost art, and Alcides Escobar showed that he has learned a few tricks in his time away from the MLB game. He went 3-4 with a key safety squeeze and 2 RBIs in this one to raise his batting average to .583 on his 7 hits this week in 12 at-bats. The game started off with a 410 foot upper deck home run from Trea Turner who returned to the lineup for the first time since Wednesday. It was Josh Bell with the game winning run via a 412 foot home run, and some of the other big contributors were Victor Robles and everyone in the bullpen. Continue reading
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Yesterday’s finale against the Dodgers showed that the Washington Nationals needed more than good starting pitching to win that game. Now it is up to Jon Lester to be the stopper, and you have to wonder when Nats fans can expect the version of “good” Jon Lester. In his last two starts, he has given up 12 earned runs in 7 1/3 innings. Is this a result of no “spider tack”? Who knows, but Lester has put his team in some tough spots, and he hasn’t lasted more than 6.0 innings in any starts this season. Continue reading
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Count them: Three
Should be: Five
There were three Washington Nationals stars who will don that modified Curly W gear in Colorado for this year’s installment of the All-Star game. Writer, Ken Rosenthal, made a case for three Nats also in the mid-summer classic, and he had Trea Turner, Kyle Schwarber, and Max Scherzer as his three, but the final reveal did not call Scherzer’s name. Snubbery? Juan Soto did make it, and joins the Nats trio of first-time picks with Turner and Schwarber. Continue reading
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Mathematically we are now in the second half of the season, and the Washington Nationals need players to step up. Yesterday, it was Yan Gomes who raised his hand and accounted for all of the Nats runs. Mistakes were aplenty yesterday and a winnable game was kicked to the curb by too many miscues and non-plays — not all of them showed up on the boxscore. But once again, managerial and front office decisions are coming into play when the margin for error is razor thin. These “split-squad” depleted lineups are painful to watch. Continue reading
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The Washington Nationals come into this mid-point game in the season with a 40-40 record. Considering where this team began, you would have taken this a month ago when the Nats were 9-games under .500. Now they have to hover near or above the .500 mark to stay in contention and get healthy. Continue reading
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