by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
Photo by Marlene Koenig for TalkNats
The Washington Nationals now have a winning record with this win and move above .500. They crushed the Phillies behind a 6.0 inning shutout by Jeremy Hellickson. The final score in this game was 15-1. With this win, the Nationals have now won two consecutive series as they head back home with a rested bullpen as they take advantage of a much needed day-off tomorrow. Continue reading
Juan Soto hits the game winning HR; Bryce Harper in the background
Last night was one of those nights in baseball that proves that it is never over until it’s over. At one point the Nationals were behind by five runs and then they chipped away to a point that they were trailing by one run in the 9th inning with two outs. Victor Robles and his team were down to their last strike when the rookie struck gold with his bat emblazoned with the gold “©” produced in Philadelphia (Norristown) by Chandler Bats, and that 32 ounce bat smashed that 5 ¼ ounce Rawlings baseball 394 feet at 102 mph and in turn tied the game at the time to make it possible for the Nats to win it in the 10th inning on a Juan Soto 3-run blast over the rightfield foul pole. Continue reading
Get used to seeing these guys for a while. (Photo by Tom Cicotello for TalkNats)
The youngsters came through to win a game that was all but lost. The Nationals fell behind 6-to-1 and chipped away to get the score to 6-to-5 in the 9th inning. It was up to the rookie, Victor Robles, in a 2 strike count with 2 outs, and Robles smashed a home run to tie the game. Manager Dave Martinez brought in his closer in this tie game to hold the game and give the Nats a chance in the top of the 10th inning and that is what happened. Juan Soto crushed a 3-run home run over rightfield foul pole for the game winner. Continue reading
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Last night’s game between the Nationals and Phillies showed how evenly matched these teams are, but the Nationals are playing without one of their stars, Trea Turner, and a bullpen that is trying to find their way. The Phillies have everyone healthy and it showed. The game did not have a playoff feel as the Phillies did not have a big crowd on-hand on a perfect night for baseball as it was unseasonably warm and no precipitation. Maybe the fans are waiting for tonight’s heavyweight bout between Stephen Strasburg and Aaron Nola. Continue reading
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There were so many highlights in this game, but too many lowlights including some bad fielding plays, a questionable “send”, a non-hustle play on a groundout by Juan Soto, and some bad situational hitting. The star of the game was Kurt Suzuki who crushed a two-run home run, and Brian Dozier hit a 9th inning blast to centerfield to get off the schneid. Anibal Sanchez pitched well enough to win this one giving up 3-runs in 5 2/3 innings. The bullpen was good in spots until Justin Miller gave up a home run in the 8th inning which is the team’s 18th run they have given up in the 8th inning. Continue reading
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The Nationals make their first trip to Philadelphia this season for a three-game series with their NL East rival. These teams met last week for a two-game series in Washington D.C. that was split. Anibal Sanchez makes his second start of the season after he was pulled early last week after taking a liner off of his upper leg/hip area on his left-side. Continue reading
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The Nationals won a game they needed to win and won the series, but it was not pretty. You could describe it as pretty ugly the way it ended. Entering the bottom of the 7th inning, the Nats were up by a score of 12-to-1. However in this blowout game, manager Dave Martinez left Max Scherzer in the game, and he hit the wall quickly and unfortunately gave up 3 hits to begin the 7th inning and then before you knew it Matt Grace was in the game and the score was 12-6. Scherzer’s final line was 6 1/3 innings with 4 earned runs and 100 pitches thrown.
Trevor Rosenthal got to start the 8th inning, but he hit the first batter he faced then threw two wild pitches and a walk and was pulled. Rosenthal gave any baseball fans who are old enough a flashback to when Rick Ankiel’s career as a pitcher ended when he could no longer find the plate. Sometimes the game becomes all about the mental side. Luckily Wander Suero got 3 outs with no runs scoring. Joe ROss got the 9th inning but he gave up a 3-run home run to Michael Conforto and was replaced by Sean Doolittle who had to close out a 12-9 win. Continue reading
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If you think that Max Scherzer‘s name as the starting pitcher is a misprint, you are wrong. This is Scherzer’s third start of the season, and with this game he will have started every 2.67 games this season. Scherzer is a starter and not an “opener” so these are legitimate starts. The veteran pitcher has already thrown 205 pitches this season, and has not received a run of support from his offense. Maybe Max needs to take matters into his own hands and knock in some runs, and we all know he is capable of doing that. But then again the Nats scored 4-runs off of Mets starter Zack Wheeler a week ago in just 5 innings. Continue reading
The Nationals had a 5-3 lead in the 8th inning after Anthony Rendon homered and Wilmer Difo crushed a 2-run home run into the upper deck in Citifield, but then the Nats bullpen in the bottom of the 8th inning self-destructed. Justin Miller got no help from the umpire and gave up 2 solo home runs and Tony Sipp never retired a batter leading to the winning run and a disappointing 6-5 loss. Continue reading
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The Nationals will play their second road game of the season this afternoon in CitiField in this three game series with the Mets. This is the fifth game already this season with the Mets and tomorrow will be the sixth in a strange schedule that MLB has put together. Patrick Corbin starts today for the Nats and Max Scherzer starts tomorrow according to Nats PR, and the rotation is all over the place. Jeremy Hellickson has no starts, Anibal Sanchez has had one start, Patrick Corbin and Stephen Strasburg have each had two starts, and as of tomorrow Max Scherzer will have three starts. Continue reading
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