by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
The Washington Nationals won’t go 19-31 this season as they just earned their 20th win of the season in a 3-game sweep of the team from Baltimore. Starting pitcher Patrick Corbin struggled in the first inning and his offense backed him up to get enough runs to get him the win. While the back of the bullpen had worked two games in a row, Daniel Hudson and Brad Hand combined to keep the 6-5 lead and turned it into a Curly W! Continue reading
“The Big Three”; Washington Nationals photo
This time around the starting rotation, both Max Scherzer and Stephen Strasburg, did their parts for the Washington Nationals, and now it is time for Patrick Corbin to step up. He will take the mound for the finale of this series against the Orioles.
The team will be without both RHP Will Harris and centerfielder Victor Robles as both were placed on the 10-day IL. The only good news potentially for Robles is that if he gets healthy quickly, he may only miss 6 games because his IL move went back retroactively three days, and there is a day-off tomorrow. The move with Harris is more troubling as he is still dealing with hand issues that have lingered since Spring Training. Continue reading
Washington, D.C., Josh Harrison hits his first career grand slam; Photo by Marlene Koenig for TalkNats
While starter Jon Lester didn’t figure into the decision after giving up six runs in four innings, the game was saved in the 8th inning by Daniel Hudson who had to come in as Will Harris gave up two runs and had a runner on second base. Hudson shut the Birds down and handed the ball off to Brad Hand who pitched a perfect 9th inning for the save. Continue reading
Photo by the Washington Nationals
If Jon Lester follows his pattern, he will have a good game today for the Washington Nationals. The veteran lefty has a history of bouncing back after poor performances. His team needs him to be good today and follow the lead of Stephen Strasburg after he threw 5 1/3 shutout innings yesterday to lead the Nats to a much-needed win. Continue reading
Photo by Lynn G. for TalkNats
The Washington Nationals got a 5 1/3 inning, zero run outing, from Stephen Strasburg who returned from the IL to put the Nats in the winner’s circle. Of course the 9th inning with a 4-run lead wasn’t enough to have the game out of reach from drama as closer Brad Hand gave up two runs to close out the win by a final score of 4-2 over the Orioles. It was the bats of Josh Bell and Kyle Schwarber who paced this win. Bell arguably had his best game of the season with 3-hits and an RBI. Continue reading
Photo by Lynn G. for TalkNats
The Washington Nationals are back home and further behind than before they headed on their road trip through Arizona and Chicago. The team is at 17-23 and their competitor they are facing this weekend stands at 17-26. Baseball has not been kind on the east coast south of New York City except for those two teams playing in the Tampa area.
Manager Dave Martinez announced last night that Stephen Strasburg will be activated today and will start today’s game. The team will have to make a corresponding move to add Strasburg to the active roster. With both Paolo Espino and Kyle McGowin temporarily on the roster due to the COVID-IL moves for Erick Fedde and Tanner Rainey, the Nats could just send either Espino or McGowin back to Triple-A. Continue reading
Photo by Craig Nedrow for TalkNats
Three years ago, Juan Soto stepped onto the big stage for his MLB debut in his Washington Nationals uniform at 19 years of age . It was more than most of us expected, and now he is a bona fide superstar. The only thing standing in the way of Soto and sustained greatness is his health. Last night he smashed his first home run in a dozen days, but he has only hit two home runs in the past 40 days, mostly because of his health and getting his timing back. Continue reading
Photo by Lynn G. for TalkNats
There are few easy wins. When you watch sports long enough, you know that. This game between the Washington Nationals and Chicago Cubs tested your blood pressure on both sides. In the end, it was the Nats who came across in this one victorious by a single run with a final score of 4-3, and the game was filled with its share of drama. This was another competitive start by Max Scherzer who only lasted five innings as he departed with a 4-2 lead, and he escaped a bases loaded mess of his own. Scherzer entrusted his bullpen with the final outcome. Continue reading
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats
Starting lineups were released about thirty minutes before first pitch due to a positive COVID test in the pitching ranks. Both Erick Fedde and Tanner Rainey were placed on the COVID IL list. One of them tested positive, and one was identified as being in close contact. The player who tested positive feels fine according to Nats’ manager Dave Martinez who said the player was vaccinated; however the other player was not vaccinated. The team called up both Kyle McGowin and Paolo Espino from the taxi squad. Continue reading
Ryan Zimmerman was ready; Kyle Schwarber took care of business! Photo by Marlene Koenig for TalkNats
There was optimism at the end of April into the start of May when the Washington Nationals were in first place from May 1st to May 3rd. The starting pitching had been on point from April 28th until this current turn in the rotation that included failures by Joe Ross and Jon Lester. Finally, manager Dave Martinez showed a quick hook yesterday with Corbin at 5.0 innings in a tie game at 3-3, then the relievers gave up 3-runs in three innings and the offense shut off. It is a pattern of the lack of team balance, and seemingly waving the white flag too early that has pushed the Nats to a season’s worst at 6.0 games under .500 at 16-22. Continue reading
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