by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
Not even 24-hours after the Nationals snapped a six game losing streak, they got another such streak started with a series-losing loss to the Athletics this afternoon. Similar to last night, there just wasn’t much to report on from the Nats throughout this game. I feel like I use the word ‘dud’ a lot but that’s exactly what this game was in terms of the offense and starting pitcher.
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The Washington Nationals got an excellent scoreless start last night by Cade Cavalli followed by 3.0 final innings of shutout bullpen work to setup the walk-off heroics by Robert Hassell III and CJ Abrams to get the Nats a much-needed victory and end that nasty losing streak. What the Nats have to do now is piece together wins.
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After nearly three years off the mound in Nationals Park, Cade Cavalli made a significant return to a big league mound tonight for the second time in his career and the first time since 2022. For those who missed it, he was everything we could have hoped for.
My expectations were very low for Cavalli as I’ve followed his minor league season this year, and he’s not been fooling many in Triple-A with a 6.09 ERA and 1.554 WHIP, but tonight, none of that mattered. He only made it through 4⅓ innings, but did so without allowing a run, generating 19 whiffs, and would have gone deeper had it not been for some shaky defense behind him that included two throwing errors.
This triumphant night for Cavalli was capped off by a walk-off single from CJ Abrams to score Robert Hassell III who led-off the 9th inning with a double. This ended the six-game losing streak and gave the Nationals a little joy amidst this dreadful homestand.
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The Washington Nationals have dropped six games in a row, and now have to rely on Cade Cavalli who hasn’t pitched in an MLB game in nearly three years. Actually, this is his second career MLB game after TJ surgery back in 2022. Did Cavalli earn this promotion or is this just another case of ‘this is what we have?’ No disrespect to Cavalli, but that 6.09 ERA and 1.554 WHIP this season in Triple-A makes it seem like he didn’t earn this promotion the old-fashioned way. But then again, Cavalli’s ERA is kind of in-line with the 2025 team ERA for the bullpen of 5.98. Pitching to a 6.00 ERA might actually earn the Nats a win!
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My goal is to put into words what the Washington Nationals did in any given game. That’s what you do in a postgame report. This team has now rendered me unable to even do that. This four game stretch has put me in a spot I’ve never been in before, I’m speechless. I’ve been watching this team find ways to amaze us with how incompetent they can be for years but this is an all new low.
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The Washington Nationals are mired in another losing streak. This one is 5-games, and the Nats need their ace, MacKenzie Gore, to pitch like one tonight and lead Washington to victory. The Oakland A’s are in town for this 3-game series before the Nats head back west another road trip. The season is getting close to finished with just 50-games remaining.
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The Rizzo Family Foundation held their second RizKids charity event at the MGM National Harbor, and it was another smashing success! The event was well attended by Washington Nationals players, past and present, as well as hundreds of people that were able to sign-up before it was sold-out.
Everyone knows the Rizzo name with Mike Rizzo’s World Series win as the former GM of the team, but it is Jodi Rizzo who is the chief architect of the event. Once again, she nailed every aspect of the event that began with a blackjack tournament then went to a barbecue dinner with an open bar.
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Today’s game at Nationals Park was supposed to feature the Brewers young ace RHP Jacob Misiorowski — but that won’t happen. He was just placed on the 15-day injured list due to a left tibia contusion. The Washington Nationals will send arguably their best pitcher on the mound today in Brad Lord. This is a salvage game for the Nationals in this 3-game weekend series.
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