by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
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The Nationals have done a good job at shaking off a loss like they did on May 23rd when they lost by 2-runs then went on a 6-game winning streak. Yesterday was just one of those 2-run losses that teams endure in a long season. Tonight, the Nationals have Stephen Strasburg on the mound, and he has pitched well at SunTrust Park to a 2-and-0 record with a 2.45 ERA and a .204 batting average. Continue reading
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Tonight was that tale of missed opportunities and misplays which added up to a loss. The Nationals were 1-for-9 batting with runners-in-scoring-position. Tanner Roark was not sharp tonight as he gave up 7-hits and 5-walks on his outing while being tagged for 4-runs in this 4-to-2 loss. Continue reading
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This series in Atlanta has the top two teams in the NL East standings going head-to-head. Yes, if you are just waking up, the Washington Nationals are in 1st place in the NL East by a ½ game over the Atlanta Braves. While this series could change things in the short-term, the season still has about two-thirds of the season remaining which is over 100-games. Continue reading
You never take winning for granted. Sometimes it looks too easy, but it never is. The Nationals started the season 4-and-0 then the 5th spot in the rotation came up, and the Nationals fell into a funk. By that next day in early April, the Nationals were out of 1st place and could not find their winning ways as the Mets were reeling off an 11-and-1 start to their season. Until last night, the Nationals were only in first place from March 29th to April 3rd and through manager Dave Martinez‘s positivity — the Washington Nationals departed Baltimore last night in 1st place again in the NL East. Continue reading
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For the Nationals, they had Cy Max on the mound tonight in a game where the Nationals did not put together a lot of offense. Max Scherzer went 8.0 full innings of shutout baseball to win this game and take back the team lead in ERA at 1.92. The Nationals swept this series and have now won 6-games in a row and increased their road win streak to 10-games in a row. The Nationals also moved 10-games over .500 at 32-and-22. Continue reading
Mark Reynolds #14 and Juan Soto #22 lead the Nationals offense
Are there two hotter hitters on one team than Mark Reynolds and Juan Soto? That is open for debate as Mark Reynolds leads the Majors in At-Bats per Home Run at 6.0. Juan Soto is close to the top of the rookie class with his hot start to his MLB career, and he will bat lead-off against the righty rookie David Hess tonight for the series finale in Baltimore. Continue reading
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The Nationals bullpen threw a 4-inning shutout to hold a 1-run lead and secure the 3-to-2 win in this Jeremy Hellickson start. This extends the Nationals winning streak to 5-games and their road winning streak to 9 in a row. With this win, the Nationals are in a tie for the moment for 1st place in the NL East and will either take sole possession of 1st place or move back to a 1/2 game behind the Braves depending what the outcome is in the Braves game tonight. With the officially announced sparse attendance of only 13,935 in Baltimore, the Nats fans were heard like a home game in Nationals Park in support of their team. Continue reading
With the Atlanta Braves losing last night in a rain delayed game that went past midnight in the east, the Nationals woke up today to find themselves just a ½ game from 1st place. Today also marks the 1/3 point in the season for the Washington Nationals at the completion of tonight’s game. The actual record will show 53 games completed until the tie game with the Yankees is resolved in mid-June.
Some would say the Nationals are sitting pretty because the team is getting healthy, and they are rocking and rolling having won 19 of their last 25 games and have reached the 30 win mark already which projects them above the coveted 90 win line of demarcation. If that tie game with the Yankees goes the Nationals way along with a win tonight over the Orioles they will be they will do their part for what they can control for these first 54 games. Based on the current .577 winning percentage the Nationals are on a 93.46 win pace. Continue reading
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It’s May 28th and life is good again for Washington Nationals fans. Just 9 days after the disaster of a doubleheader loss to the Dodgers which also claimed Howie Kendrick for the season, the Nats are right on the heels of the front-running Braves separated by only a ½ game in the standings. What’s more is the sweet fact that hitting machine Daniel Murphy and super sub Brian Goodwin are a mere days away from joining the race and Ryan Madson and Matt Grace are right there behind them. Continue reading
A nice start to the second leg of this road trip as the Washington Nationals ratchets the winning streak to 4-games on the arm of Gio Gonzalez who threw a 7 2/3 inning shutout and received all of the offense needed on an Anthony Rendon 3-run home run. With this win, the Nationals reached the 30-win plateau before the 1/3 season mark which is a key in a marathon season. Continue reading
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