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The Washington Nationals finish up this series with the Seattle Mariners tonight then will red-eye their American Airlines charter jet to Arizona after the game. This is a rubber game in the series.

The Washington Nationals went into the first game of their series against Seattle and fell flat in all aspects of the game. If not for a 450+ foot homer by James Wood, the game would have ended in a shutout. Tonight, it is Trevor Williams who gets another start. You might have thought that the team would have gone back to Brad Lord for the start and pushed Williams into the bullpen. This afternoon, Cade Cavalli pitched his best game at Triple-A. Williams could be pitching for his starter’s spot tonight as next Tuesday’s opener against the Cubs would be the spot if general manager Mike Rizzo and manager Dave Martinez shake up the rotation.

The Washington Nationals got a rare road day-off before this road trip as they flew on Sunday to Seattle, Washington. That gave the team a full day on Monday to get used to the west coast time change. With this game, the Nats will have reached the 33 percent completion mark in the season.

The Washington Nationals are going for a series win against the Giants and former Nats’ draftee, LHP Robbie Ray. The lefty was drafted by the Nationals in the 12th round in 2010 out of high school. After the 2013 season, general manager Mike Rizzo traded Ray along with Ian Krol and Steve Lombardozzi to the Detroit Tigers for Doug Fister. In 2021, Ray won the Cy Young award after several years of ace seasons.

The Washington Nationals had a great chance last night to take an early lead with their ace, MacKenzie Gore, on the mound. Gore had thrown 6.0 innings of zeros until he came out for the 7th inning. Suffering from a deep bruise on his thigh after he was nailed by a line drive earlier in the game, Gore’s lead-off walk that he left as an inherited runner scored, and that is all the Giants needed in a 4-0 game that ended the Nats 5-game winning streak.

The Washington Nationals pulled off a walk-off extra innings win that moved their winning streak to 5-games. The last time the Nationals won more than 5-games in a row was during their 8-game winning streak that spanned from September 23 to September 29 in 2019.

The Washington Nationals continue to have inclement weather in the area, and this game set for last night was postponed until September 16th in a day/night doubleheader against the Braves. The Nats beat the Braves on Tuesday night, and Washington extended their winning streak to 4-games and a 5-1 record since the team had a team meeting a week ago. One of the players who was just heating up for the Nats, Dylan Crews, is now on the IL with an oblique strain. Crews hit the go-ahead home run yesterday, and had a 3-run smash in the game before that. Taking Crews spot on the roster will be Robert Hassell III for his MLB debut.