by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
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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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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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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Today’s performance was all too predictable, yet all too frustrating in the same sense. Ranger Suarez set a new career high in strikeouts with 11 of them over seven scoreless innings against the Nationals this afternoon, and they just had no answer. All except for Jacob Young, who went 2-2 off the lefty, but was completely left out to dry in this one by the rest of the offense.
While we’re on the topic of being left out to dry, Jake Irvin did not do the Nats’ bullpen any favors today, getting pulled with one out in the third inning, forcing the bullpen to account for 17 outs. Luckily, they completed what was an excellent bullpen week with 5⅔ scoreless innings of work, keeping the offense in the game all afternoon.
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The Washington Nationals had a chance to win another one in the 9th inning with the tying runs on-base, and James Wood and CJ Abrams yet to bat with one out. But there was no repeat button pushed even though rookies Brady House and Robert Hassell III got hits off closer Jhoan Duran, and unfortunately Wood and Abrams could not. The problem was actually 4⅓ innings earlier, truth be told, when the score was just a 2-0 deficit — and starter Mitchell Parker was not pulled from the game. How he was left in to give up four additional runs and that was the issue in this one.
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The Washington Nationals pulled off the improbable last night with a win over the Phillies in a 9th inning stunner with a first blown save tagged on Phillies’ closer Jhoan Duran. The stars of the game were Riley Adams with a 3-run homer in the first inning, and key hits by Dylan Crews and Daylen Lile in the 9th inning to combine for the two runs to get the Nats a 5-4 win, and to extend the Nats to a modest 3-game winning streak.
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The Washington Nationals shocked the New York Mets who blew a 3-run lead as the Nats scored 9-unanswered runs. There is a new positive vibe for Miguel Cairo‘s team. As always, the question is whether the Nationals can continue with this new positivity.
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Was the bigger game in Fredericksburg or Nationals Park yesterday? The Washington Nationals’ bullpen has looked like a completely different group the last two games, and yesterday, they were better than they’ve maybe been all season. MacKenzie Gore gave the Nats a shortened start as the Mets got to him and his pitch count pretty early in the game, knocking him out in the fifth inning. Normally, this would spell disaster for the Nats, having to rely on 14 outs from the bullpen, but all they did yesterday was throw 4⅔ scoreless, 1-hit innings to allow the offense to run away with a series-clinching victory.
Simultaneous to James Wood hitting a 3-run home run in the 8th inning was №1 draft pick and prospect, Eli Willits, hitting his first RBI in his first pro game just 55 miles south in Fredericksburg, Virginia. The 17-year-old finished with a 3-for-4 game, SB, 2 RBIs, and more. An absolutely huge day for the Washington Nationals organization.
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The Washington Nationals evened the series last night. On a getaway afternoon game at Nationals Park, the Nats have a chance to return some disappointment to the visiting team on this day. If MacKenzie Gore can be the ace, this might make for a great chance for the Nats to win this series ahead of their trip up I-95 to Philadelphia.
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