by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
The Washington Nationals first trip to Cincinnati in Daylen Lile‘s career proved to be powerful. He grew up about 90 miles away in Louisville, Kentucky. A trip up I-71 and across the Ohio River, and you’re there. In front of family and friends, Lile smashed two no-doubter homers and finished with three hits as he powered the Nats to a victory.
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Most fans show up at the ballpark to see their team hit home runs, and they just assume the defense will be good. With the Washington Nationals, you just can’t assume error-free defense. They have more errors and passed balls than games played in a 47 to 42 ghastly lead. And since we’ve written it repeatedly, you know the Nats lead all of baseball in errors (41) and unearned runs (34) as well as the most passed balls (6) in the National League.
Once considered an elite defender, Brady House has been struggling in this 2026 season with the glove. After manager Blake Butera got his team onto the field early at 1:15 pm to work on defense in Cincinnati on Tuesday, it was House who booted a ball at third base hours later. That error could have been catastrophic since it was a bases loaded situation. As of now, the official scorer ruled the run that scored as unearned. The Nats had two fielding errors and a costly passed ball that turned a strikeout into a free base.
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The Nationals responded after a weekend where the offense struggled to put together complete games with just what we were looking for. Facing a struggling starter in Brady Singer, the offense got going early with long balls by James Wood, Luis Garcia, and Daylen Lile, and never took their foot off the pedal. Miles Mikolas, Brad Lord, and Paxton Schultz all gave multi-inning efforts on the mound, leading the Nats to a win in game one of three in Cincinnati.
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The Washington Nationals arrived in Cincinnati early on Sunday evening and had a much needed day-off. The bullpen needed a day-off and got it after their rough Saturday and Sunday. That was not a happy flight.
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Last night, Baseball America printed another update to their Top-100 rankings after several more graduations of top prospects. On the list, they added infielder Devin Fitz-Gerald. We called him a snub a week ago, and sent that to Baseball America. In this update, they got it right. Last week, shortstop Ronny Cruz and Double-A shortstop Seaver King both landed on the BA Top-100. With Fitz-Gerald joining them, that is a total of five Nats in the coveted Top-100 list along with shortstop Eli Willits and pitcher Jarlin Susana.
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For a second day in a row, the Nationals have given away an opportunity to win a series in Miami, once again thanks to a meltdown by a bullpen that has been solid lately but faced some serious regression this weekend. Tonight’s meltdown came from Gus Varland, who came in to a 2-2 game in the bottom of the eighth inning, and in the process of recording one out, gave up three runs and the game. Another frustrating, yet predictable, episode of mediocrity from a unit that we knew would be bad, but I think a lot of us latched on to some false hope this week after a group of relievers had seemingly caught fire.
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First of all, Happy Mother’s Day to all who celebrate. We will see plenty of pink bats and pink gear as well as tributes.
The Washington Nationals have a series to win today ahead of tomorrow’s day-off in Cincinnati. Today’s game after the top of the 5th inning is completed marks the exact point when the season is 25 percent completed.
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Mitchell Parker has been a much better piece for this Nationals pitching staff since being moved to the bullpen, and today was one of the days that remind us why that move was made. The Nats gave him the ball in a one-run game, and over the course of a one-inning outing, five runs would cross the plate, giving Miami a huge win to even the series. The offense is just as guilty in this one, for a second straight night, the Nats got off to a hot start at the plate, only to go completely silent until the ninth inning. The Nationals finally woke back up in the top of ninth to make it extremely interesting, but ultimately did themselves in on one of numerous mistakes that were made today. A recipe that isn’t going to win you many games, especially given how Blake Butera and company have to manage games in order to win.
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The Washington Nationals got a huge one-run win last night behind the strength of a 7.0 inning gem by Foster Griffin, and a key two-run homer from Jacob Young in a 3-2 win. Now the team is in a position to win the series today and get back to .500.
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