The returning players, Scherzer and Werth, power the #Nats to victory!

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Game #130 Max Scherzer is scheduled to pitch! Jayson Werth is back too!

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

When Max Scherzer got his neck pain, it became a real pain-in-the-neck for Dusty Baker and his bullpen who have had to pick up one 8 inning performance and a 9 inning bullpen start. Scherzer is again scheduled tonight as we hold our collective breath that he is completely healed. The Marlins are on a roll as they have are 13-and-3 in their last 16 games and their last losing series was to the Washington Nationals when they lost 3-of-4 games from August 7th to the 10th.

Tonight the Marlins start José Ureña who struggled in his last outing throwing 101 pitches over just 5 innings of work while giving up 2 home runs. Ureña surpassed his career high of 128 innings in a season from last year based on his Minors and Majors combined innings. He enters tonight’s game with 129 2/3 innings.  Continue reading →

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Half St. Irregulars’ Day at the Nationals Youth Academy

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Frank L. HSI

After a four-game split with the Mets, the Nationals remain a comfortable 12 games up in the NL East, as they have for much of the year. Perhaps for you (as for me) it has felt like a game of hurry up and wait; the inevitable march towards October looks much the same from one day to the next, marked only by the players leaving or coming back from injury. It has been September call-ups since June, so what to do now with actual September call-ups just days away? Continue reading →

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Another heart thumping ending to a #Nats game; Doolittle gets the save!

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Game #129 is the second game of this doubleheader

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

As discussed earlier, this is the third doubleheader in the last month for the Nationals and the pattern was that the Nationals lost the first game of the doubleheader and won the second game of the doubleheader.

The Mets started their “A” team in the first game and also pitched their presumptive closer AJ Ramos for 2 innings. The Nationals bullpen is in good shape for tonight’s game. It almost becomes a battle of attrition with these doubleheaders.

Anthony Rendon will have to play both ends of the doubleheader as Adrian Sanchez will be rested after he took the fastball to the chest on Saturday night. Continue reading →

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#Nats come back from a 5-0 deficit to tie the game; Lose it 6-5.

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

If you wanted an exciting game, you got it. If you wanted a Washington Nationals win, you left disappointed. The Nationals clawed back into this game and tied it in the 7th inning 5-to-5  and even after giving up a run in the 8th inning — the Nationals loaded the bases in the 8th inning and did not score and in the 9th inning Edwin Jackson was thrown out at the plate.

The Nationals had 19 baserunners in this game of which 14 came via hits and 4 from walks. The team just didn’t capitalize in key spots with some missed opportunities. The Nationals were 5-for-16 in RISP batting, but also left 13 runners-on-base.

Howie Kendrick was left on the on-deck circle when Edwin Jackson was thrown out at home in the 9th inning. Kendrick had 3 hits in the game and along with Alejandro De Aza, they were the offensive stars of the game. Anthony Rendon was the hard luck 0-for-5 batting in the 3-hole and he struck out twice stranding 5 runners on-base. Continue reading →

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Game #128 In an exact 2-week pattern of July 30th, August 13th, and today makes 3 Sunday doubleheaders in less than a month!

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Nats offense backs Gio today for a nice win!

Posted on August 26, 2017 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Gio Gonzalez cruised through 6 2/3 innings of 2-run baseball helped by a bullet throw by Michael Taylor in the first inning to nail Asdrubal Cabrera at homeplate. The Nationals won 9-4 but it got a little rocky in the 8th inning as Brandon Kintzler gave up 2-runs and the lead was down to 2 runs.

The Nationals scored 3-runs in the bottom of the 8th inning to push the game really out of reach.

The Nationals only had 2 of their “regulars” in the game with Anthony Rendon and Matt Wieters and it didn’t matter as every player contributed to this win. Continue reading →

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Game #127 Another day — another injury; Zim is hurting but don’t count him out!

Posted on August 26, 2017 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

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Observations of Jayson Werth and Trea Turner from their rehab assignment

Posted on August 26, 2017 by Andrew Lang

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