by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
The Washington Nationals will have to deal with another iffy forecast on storms threatening to pass through the region near game time. The Nats have Zack Littell going, and he pitched a scoreless game his last time out. Can he repeat on that success? The Mets have a callup for his MLB debut, Zach Thornton. He is a left-handed pitcher.
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The Nationals put themselves behind the eight ball right out of the gates in last night’s game, as the Mets got out to an early 5-0 lead in the second inning. With the all-world pitcher on the mound against them in Nolan McLean, things seemed bleak until James Wood came up to bat in the bottom of the second inning with the bases loaded. All he did was hit a ball off the wall in left field and run all the way around the bases for an inside-the-park grand slam, just your everyday occurrence, right? The Nats got a homer from Jose Tena, some big contributions from other hitters, and a lights-out job by the pitching staff over the final seven innings en route to a win on Tuesday night to even this four-game series up at a game apiece.
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The Washington Nationals problems this season were all on display yesterday. Bad defense, bad decisions, and struggles with a runner at third base. Even with four defensive errors, the Nats were in a position to walk-off as winners — and couldn’t even make contact for a productive out.
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There are some games that we get to leave thinking, “Man, that was just a well-played baseball game.” Last night’s game between the Mets and Nationals was not one of them. The Nats committed four errors, a few mental mistakes, and allowed five unearned runs en route to dropping this one 16-7 after running out of pitching and surrendering 10 runs in the top of the 12th inning.
This one stings a little extra when you think about the Nats having golden opportunities in the ninth, tenth, and eleventh innings to win this game, but could not execute any of them beyond keeping the game tied. Just not a game that frankly the Nationals deserved to win, but the opportunities were certainly there.
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The Washington Nationals haven’t had any very long winning streaks this season. However, winning series is a good goal. Winning a 4-game series against a division rival, New York Mets, would be incredible if the Nats could accomplish that.
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The Washington Nationals started the season with a winning record. But the last time the team was 1-game over .500 in the mid-season was on July 1, 2021. That was 1,781 days ago on a roster that had some future Hall-of-Famers on it like Max Scherzer and Juan Soto. That team got very old in front of our eyes, and it was downhill from there. Nowadays, the Nats are trying to come out of the failed rebuild with optimism. Yesterday, the team reached the .500 mark, and the next step is a winning record.
While few had hopes for a winning season in 2026, enjoy what you have as they say. The Nats have the No. 1 scoring offense in baseball by a wide margin. They have an improving bullpen. And they generally go as their starting pitching goes. Yesterday, Cade Cavalli deserved a better fate than being collared with 3-earnies. His manager, Blake Butera, shoved him into the 7th inning, and Cavalli’s 6.0 scoreless innings turned into a sweat as the team got lucky by inches as a possible two-run home run was foul on review. They also got a great Web Gem catch by Jacob Young on the wall in center field. But if Cavalli was pulled at first sign of trouble — maybe none of that happens.
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Nats win! Nats win! Nats clinch the series and return to .500 in front of a sell-out crowd of 40,559.
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The Washington Nationals started the season at 1.000 and went down to .500 and up to .667 and further up to .750. The last time the team saw .500 was on April 1. Fitting, right? The team is 0-6 trying to get back to .500 since that point — but there’s a reason for that. Almost every time they are in position to win to get back to .500, they are facing some really good starting pitchers like Tyler Glasnow, Paul Skenes, Logan Webb, Janson Junk, and Chase Burns.
Today’s starting pitcher the Nats will face is Chris Bassitt. The Nats have their Opening Day starter, Cade Cavalli, on the mound today. Can Cavalli replicate what Zack Littell did last night? Littell threw 5.0 innings of scoreless baseball on Friday night for the win. In his past three games, Littell has only given up 3-earnies with a 0.950 WHIP, and a .186 opposing batting average (8-for-43).
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