by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
Photo by Tom Sileo for TalkNats
The Washington Nationals took care of business as Joe Ross threw 7.0 innings of shutout baseball in a game they won 7-3 and were powered by two home runs and 4 RBIs from Kyle Schwarber. In the NL East, the Nats moved to within 3 ½ games of 1st place and widened their lead over the teams behind them. Continue reading
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
The Washington Nationals just finished up some emotional games with key wins over the Phillies and Mets and must keep the pressure on with this four game series in Miami. The Nats have won four in a row, and now the Nats pitchers will get to pitch in a pitcher’s park in Miami for the first time this season. Continue reading
What a win. I can’t rank it, but at least I can say I was there. No way did I expect the Nationals to win. Is that Gerardo Parra? Is that the influence of other players who have been through it and have the hunger, like Schwarber and Castro, or newer players like Harrison who haven’t, or team leaders like Trea? I can’t say. This is what by boy Nick and I saw…
What stays with me from watching the game at field level was the comparative defense, patient hitting, and how it made a difference, and the effort to come back from not only a deficit, but such a deflating one. So this is what I saw: Continue reading
Photo by LGF for TalkNats
The Washington Nationals won this game by a final score of 13-12 but how they got there sounds like a whole lot of fiction, but it is all true. The team mounted two come-from-behind charges in this game.
When the Nats dug themselves into a 5-run hole and clawed back to tie it just to fall back to a 4-run hole, it felt like deja vu all over again. This time was different. The team would never give up in this one. There were four hits in this game that drove in big runs.
The game was tied with a 5-run fifth inning courtesy of Kyle Schwarber who smashed an oppo 3-run home run. Then the Nats fell behind again to a 9-5 deficit and then took the lead for the first time with a 6-run sixth inning on a 2-run single by Trea Turner followed shortly afterwards on an oppo grand slam by Josh Bell to go up for the first time in the game by a score of 11-9.
But then the Nats had a blown save in the eighth inning to fall behind 12-11. It was an Alex Avila sacrifice bunt to move two runners up so Starlin Castro could hit the game winning single in the 9th inning for the final scoring at 13-12 that was officially made a win after Paolo Espino recorded his first save. Continue reading
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
After the completion of this game, the Washington Nationals will be just 10 games until the halfway point in the season. This game will create some separation in the NL East. It is a depleted NL East as each team is dealing with injuries. Yesterday, the Nats asserted themselves as a contender in an NL East that is struggling to stay above the level of mediocrity, and mostly because of the injuries. Continue reading
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
Few games will have as much drama as we saw tonight as Max Scherzer bested the Phillies top pitcher Zack Wheeler to get the Washington Nationals a big win. There is now a 3-way tie in the NL East for second place between the Nats, Phillies and Braves, and each team is 4.0 games behind the NL East leading Mets. The beauty is the Mets and Braves are playing each other again tomorrow then the Mets and Phillies play four games this weekend. If the Nats continue to win, they will make some big moves up the NL East ladder. Continue reading
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
With his 10-days on the injured list served, Max Scherzer returns to the mound tonight for the Washington Nationals. After he hurt his groin, the 3-time Cy Young star pitcher for the Nats, had to go on the IL and get better. He is having one of the best seasons of his career, and will pitch in Philadelphia which happens to be one of his favorite stadiums to pitch in, as he has a 6-1 record there with a 2.45 career ERA and a 0.898 WHIP. Continue reading
Photo by Laura Peebles for TalkNats
The difference a week makes. We wrote in the State of the Nationals address a week ago that the team would need to take care of business with the Pirates and the Mets in the past week and go 18-9 leading up to the All-Star break to really cement themselves back into the race in the NL East, and they really took care of business going 6-1 this past week. The team was 7 ½ games from 1st place and are now 5.0 back.
By the strong showing this past week, the Nats are another good week away from making the teams in front of them, look over the shoulders. Now if the team from D.C. can go at least 12-8 until the All-Star break, they will really be in the pennant race and buyers at the trade deadline. Continue reading
"Opening Day should be a National holiday"
We recently upgraded our comment system to improve reliability, performance, and long-term control, and we’re currently running both systems during the transition. This shift moves us away from an external service to a system we run and control directly—meaning we own the content and can continue improving it over time. We’ve also reduced the comment refresh delay from about 30 seconds to 10 seconds, making it much closer to real-time.
We understand there have been frustrations and increased feedback, and we’re actively working to improve things. What we ask is simple: use the system and give it a fair shot. If you run into issues, please submit them through the support form so we can track and fix them properly. Repeated complaints without details don’t help us solve problems—we appreciate your patience as we continue refining the experience.
If you’d like a full side-by-side comparison of the platforms and the reasons behind this decision, please refer to the chart below. This change is being made with the long-term benefit of the entire community in mind.