Game #138 Stephen Strasburg is back!

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Magic #10 as AJ Cole gets the win in Miami thanks to Murphy/Rendon

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Game #137 The Nats are back in Miami….again!

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Little Big Leaguer returns back to Williamsport as part of his historic week

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Andrew Lang

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Zim’s 30th HR in the 9th inning breaks up the shutout; Nats lose 7-2

Posted on September 3, 2017 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Game #136 EJax wants to even things up for the Nats!

Posted on September 3, 2017 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Another pitcher’s duel tonight and this one goes the #Nats way!

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Game #135 It’s Max Scherzer Day

Posted on September 2, 2017 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals have a two-gane losing streak to stop, and the Nats have their “King of Stoppers” on the mound tonight in Max Scherzer. The Brewers pitchers in the first two games of this series have out-pitched the Nationals so far. Zach Davies and Jimmy Nelson showed that they are good pitchers themselves.

Buster Olney tweeted this morning that the 2016 NL Cy Young winner is actually ahead of his dominating pace from last year in his first 25 starts of the season.

If you want to know about the Brewers starting pitcher, Brandon Woodruff, we give you analysis from Dusty Baker “Nothin”:

In other news, Matt Wieters will get another day off as he nurses his bruised right knee. Dusty Baker expects Wieters to be available to start tomorrow. Continue reading →

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Nats strikeout 17 times and lose 1-0; Nats had their chances in this pitcher’s duel

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

It was a pitcher’s duel between Tanner Roark and Jimmy Nelson. Yes, both made some mistakes and worked out of bases loaded jams unscathed. Roark hung a curveball that was hit out for a home run and that was the difference in the game.

In the 3rd inning, Trea Turner walked to lead-off the inning — stole second — took 3rd on a passed ball and stood at 3rd base waiting for a batter to get him in. It never happened. In fact, Daniel Murphy, Howie Kendrick, and Jayson Werth all struck out and Nelson only had to throw 5 pitches in the zone to those 3 batters as they got themselves out by swinging at balls out of the zone. Werth was in a 3-2 count with the bases loaded, and Nelson took his chances on a slider way out of the zone that Werth chased. A walk would have tied the game and extended the inning. Continue reading →

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Game #134 Which Tanner Roark will pitch tonight?

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

The Washington Nationals are still waiting for the consistent Tanner Roark to show up this year. Roark is at a 4.63 ERA and still struggling to keep it going late in games. Roark had a shutout against the Mets last weekend when he entered the 6th inning and then he gave up 3 quick runs. Roark entered the 6th inning in that game at 87 pitches, and it took him 23 pitches to complete the 6th inning and consider that he was not facing the Mets normal line-up on that outing. He faced names like Smith, Reynolds, Nimmo, Lagares, Reyes, and Flores in that 6th inning. The sad fact is that none of those players were even in the Mets starting lineup on Opening Day on 4/3/2017 except for Jose Reyes who is bottoming out in his career and took the injured David Wright’s spot at 3rd base on Opening Day. Reyes is batting .232 this season.

Many feel that Roark will still get the 4th spot in the post-season rotation over Edwin Jackson, but you never know what Dusty Baker and Mike Rizzo will decide.

In tonight’s game, Roark will face-off against Jimmy Nelson who is coming off of a 4-hitter against the Los Angeles Dodgers last week. Nelson has a strong 3.75 ERA this season, and in the past has pitched well against the Nationals. Continue reading →

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