Game #136 The Lord’s Day to get a Curly W

Posted on August 31, 2025 by Andrew Lang
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The Washington Nationals wrap-up their August schedule while currently mired in a 7-game losing streak — and Brad Lord is the pitcher the Nationals pin their hopes on to be the stopper. On the 8th day, they need Lord to be the ace.

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Game #135 Saturday in the Park

Posted on August 30, 2025 by Andrew Lang
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The Washington Nationals are finishing up their August schedule in this final weekend of the month, while currently mired in a 6-game losing streak. The Nats went 0-12 with RISP and left 13 runners on-base in last night’s game that resulted in a 4-1 loss. That is a new level of ineptitude.

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Game #134 Nats have Parker for another chance!

Posted on August 29, 2025 by Andrew Lang
Photo by Marlene Koenig for TalkNats

The Washington Nationals are mired in a 5-game losing streak. If you picked a stopper from the Nats’ staff, Mitchell Parker might not make your first, second, or third choice. And guess what, Parker starts tonight and needs to be the stopper.

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When hopes were crushed in the Bronx, where do you go from there?

Posted on August 28, 2025 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Postgamer #133: Nats Smacked After Historically Bad Third Inning: A Recap

Posted on August 27, 2025 by Ryan MacReynolds
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I sat on my couch, head in my hands, in utter shock at what I was witnessing during this afternoon’s circus-show of a performance. We’ve seen Nats pitching have blowup innings; that’s nothing new. But in the bottom of the third inning this afternoon, the Nationals gave us the mother of all blowup innings. Cade Cavalli and Shinnosuke Ogasawara, in one single inning (that took 41 minutes by the way), allowed nine runs on five homers, faced 16 batters, and needed 77 pitches to get three outs.

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Game #133 Nats have a salvage game in the Bronx

Posted on August 27, 2025 by Andrew Lang
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The Washington Nationals couldn’t get key hits last night and lost 5-1 in Yankee Stadium to make today’s game a salvage game before the team heads back to Washington, D.C.

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Postgamer #132: Nats Strand Nine On-Base In Another Loss: A Recap

Posted on August 27, 2025 by Ryan MacReynolds
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Let, me preface this article by quickly giving an apology/an explanation. I’ve been pretty awful the last couple weeks about getting one of these out for every game, and I’ve discussed this with Steve already, I know it’s a non-issue for 99% of you, but I do still feel responsible. I am a full-time college student as a lot of you know, and the first couple of weeks back on campus have been a swarm of things I need to do for the various organizations I serve in, and there’s just some nights where it isn’t possible for me to get to my article. I know you all are tremendous supporters, I’m thankful for every one of you, which is why I felt you all deserved an explanation.

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Game #132 Nats need Gore to step up!

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Andrew Lang
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The Washington Nationals got blown-out last night by the Yankees, even though the 10-5 final score made it look a little closer than it felt for eight innings. It felt like the Yankees were always a step ahead of the Nationals in their advanced scouting. Starter Brad Lord had his worst game of the season, and that changed the tone back in NatsTown.

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MLB releases the 2026 baseball schedules

Posted on August 26, 2025 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Major League Baseball announced their 2026 schedules for all teams today, and the Washington Nationals will face four presumed 2025 playoff teams in their first 5-series as part of the 2026 schedule that will begin in Chicago weather on the road against the Cubs on Thursday, March 26 for Opening Day. That is the earliest start to a season in Nationals history.

The Nats’ home opener will be against the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 3 over Easter Weekend. Note that there is no rain day-off scheduled like normal after Opening Day and the second game, as we normally see. With the completion of the Dodgers series, the St. Louis Cardinals come to the nation’s capital for three games (April 6–8) to complete the first homestand of the season.

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Game #131 Nats are in the Bronx, NY

Posted on August 25, 2025 by Andrew Lang
Photo by Sol Tucker for TalkNats

The Washington Nationals were in situations to win with James Wood batting on both Saturday and Sunday, and Wood did not come through. This team seems to go as starting pitching goes and Wood’s bat. Put those together and the Nats win most of those games. The reason the Nats were in every game in the Phillies series was because of the bullpen and the back of the Nats lineup. The Nats’ bullpen in the Philly series gave up only 1 run over 11⅔ innings.

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