Stephen Strasburg and his team beats Matt Harvey again: Postgame

Tonight, Stephen Strasburg was the star of the game, and Felipe Rivero got the big Hold in the 7th inning to propel the Nats as the bats came alive. Home runs by Ryan Zimmerman, Anthony Rendon, Daniel Murphy, Ben Revere, and Wilson Ramos.

Every Nats batter got a hit except Bryce Harper; however, Bryce had some nice contact including a long Sac Fly.

While Matt Harvey pitched better tonight, he became predictable and the Nats pounced and knocked him out early as he struggled to get through the 5th inning. Continue reading

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Game #46 Harvey and Strasburg Part Deux!: Game Thread

These head-to-head matchups between NL East teams are big, and when you are playing the team that many had as the favorite to win the NL East the game becomes a little more important because you have an opportunity to swing the standings by 1 full game each time so these are not like playing a NL Central opponent. Continue reading

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This is why they play the games. Nats get blown out 7-1: Postgame

The good news is a 7-1 loss doesn’t count any differently as a loss in the standings and the Nats remain in 1st place by a 1/2 game over the Mets. Continue reading

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Game #45 Nats and Mets in DC for 3 game: Game Thread


The Nats and Mets square off for a 3 game series in Nationals Park tonight with Gio Gonzalez and Bartolo Colon as their teams’ respective pitchers.

What a difference a few days have made for Ben Revere and Anthony Rendon. Both players were getting the grumbles from fans who were concerned about their production. Ben Revere needs a few more 2 hit and 3 hit games to get his stats to a level of respectability, but how great is it to see him raise his batting average nearly 100 points in a few games. Equally as wonderful is watching Anthony Rendon who was slashing .120/.241/.120/.361 on May 7th in RISP situations, and 2 weeks later is now slashing .256/.370/.359/.729 in RISP spots. How quick things change as Rendon has more than doubled his OPS. Continue reading

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#Nats come home with 3 against the Mets. Managerial strategies need execution.

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On Base Analysis by Batting Order

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#Nats win another series & head home atop the NL East: Postgame

Today it was Max Scherzer as the star of the game, and Ben Revere has to be the second star as he manufactured the first 2 runs of the game and collected 3 hits and 2 RBIs. The third star goes to Anthony Rendon who was the big RBI man today with 3 RBIs while hitting a double and a triple and was robbed on the CF wall by Marcel Ozuna. Wilson Ramos was 2-3 with 2 walks today, and the team wins it in a game that was never close at a final score of 8-2.

“Ben Revere our ‘Igniter’ had a big day”, Dusty Baker said with a smile. “[Revere] made those first 2 runs. Ben came out right away and got us on the board. He had to get his timing and confidence back. Hopefully he will be hot in the New York series.”

The Nationals improved to 27-17 on the season, and improved to 7-6 this season against the Marlins. The next time the Nationals see the Marlins will be in late September for 1 road series and 1 home series to finish the regular season on September 30th to October 2nd. Max Scherzer saved the bullpen today as they only had to throw the 9th inning.

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Game #44 Max Scherzer gets the day game start in Miami: Game Thread


The Nats showed they had plenty of energy and fight in them last night as the 9th inning was as exciting as you would hope when you’re behind by 2 runs. Bryce Harper got a spinning single followed by a single by Daniel “Hits” Murphy and Harper sprinted to 3rd base to set up a clutch RISP hit by Wilson Ramos. The next batter was Anthony Rendon who loaded the bases with a walk, and the Nats were in business (or so they thought) with no outs. Continue reading

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Nats fall to the Marlins as a 9th inning rally falls short: Postgame

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Tonight was simply not the Nats night. Between the expletive deleted interference call on Heisey in the first inning; and those watching on TV being subjected to the Fox announcers there is not much positive to say about this game.
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Game #43 Didn’t we just see Jose Fernandez a few days ago? Can Joe Ross throw a gem? : Game Thread

Today presents the perfect day for a rest day for players who just don’t match-up well with Jose Fernandez. Joe Ross needs to get back to dominating the Miami Marlins on his 23rd birthday. Dusty Baker can rest some players while strengthening the bench in case he needs some key players for later in the game.

This game is being broadcast by FOX and not by MASN and first pitch is scheduled for 7:15pm.

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