by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
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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The Nationals held a 3-2 lead over the Marlins tonight after just one inning of play, and sure enough, that was the same score we sat on after nine innings were through. A blistering start by both offenses in the first inning turned into a pitcher’s duel as both lefty starters, Foster Griffin and Robby Snelling settled in after that. The Nats got a big fly from Jacob Young, seven strong innings from Foster Griffin, five clean outs from Brad Lord (should have been six if not for an error behind him), and a one-out save from PJ Poulin to claim the first of this three-game series in Miami.
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The Washington Nationals headed to Miami on a happy flight in the early evening yesterday. With the exception of a couple of players, every Nats player boosted their stats on Wednesday and Thursday. With back-to-back wins to take that series against the Twins, the Nats hopefully have some positive momentum going into this weekend series in Miami.
Mid-game on Sunday, we officially will have reached the quarter-pole in the season. Time flies. That’s the point where we can make more assessments. Of course some would say that even July 1 stats have almost been meaningless the past two seasons given the second-half demise of the team’s All-Stars. Yes, Nats fans are nervous. They want to believe in this team, but they also don’t want to be disappointed. That’s part of the problem with trying to project numbers as nothing is better than full-year stats.
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Every player dreams of getting a Gatorade shower in a postgame celebration. The tradition is credited to the 1984 New York Giants and nose tackle Jim Burt who drenched his head coach after a key victory. Those moments rarely happen in sports. The unwritten rule is that you must single-handedly carry your team to a victory to earn the dousing. Yesterday, Keibert Ruiz did just that in a 7-5 win by the Washington Nationals.
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The Nationals, after six tries, have finally won a home series in the Blake Butera era!! The Nats had to get a little bit scrappy in this one. With an electric offensive performance by Keibert Ruiz and a stout effort from back of the bullpen, that was enough to carry the squad to a 7-5 victory this afternoon, capturing the three-game series against the Twins.
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The Washington Nationals had a lot to smile about yesterday. To go three innings with no baserunners to score 15-runs over the next five innings was the high octane offense the Nats had been waiting for in the past week. While the final score showed they only needed three runs to win, it was nice to see a laugher by the end in a 15-2 obliteration of the Twins pitching staff.
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The Nationals scored zero runs over the first three innings of tonight’s game against Minnesota, and in their remaining five offensive frames, scored 15. For those who don’t want to do that math, the Nats’ offense averaged three runs an inning over innings 4-8. Such an offensive outburst was accompanied by a stellar pitching performance, with Miles Mikolas picking up his first win as a Nat, Mitchell Parker retiring all eight batters he faced, and Zak Kent tossing an (almost) perfect ninth inning in his team debut. All of this came together to give the good guys a 15-2 victory to even the series with Minnesota at one apiece.
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The Washington Nationals had Cade Cavalli on the mound last night for the first game in the series. Cavalli just didn’t have his swing-and-miss pitch, and the game as well as his defense just got away. Cavalli’s own fielding error led to three unearned runs. Those unearned runs made it 30 through the Nats’ 36th game. That is 0.83 free runs per game on average. The Nats lead baseball in the most unearned runs and lead MLB with 33 errors. The next closest team has 25 errors.
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The Washington Nationals open up a 3-game series in inter-league play against the Minnesota Twins at Nationals Park. Cade Cavalli starts this series on an extra day of rest, courtesy of a scheduled day-off on the calendar yesterday.
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Since we don’t have any baseball to enjoy today (at least from our organization), I wanted to take this opportunity to do a deep dive at every position and just take a look at what the Nationals have at every spot and every level, from the Washington Nationals on down to the Fredericksburg Nationals. I’ll warn everyone right off the bat, if you’re not a numbers person, this may not be the article for you. Stats junkies, on the other hand, welcome to paradise, my friends! I am going to do as much as I can to keep my opinions out and let the numbers speak for themselves, but as closely as I’m attempting to cover the minor leagues in tandem with the big league squad this season, I think it’s important to do this a couple of times throughout the year to give you all a better idea of who these guys might be. Last note, the positions I assign each player to are my best estimate or projection. Most guys are versatile and could be at a completely new spot any given week, so don’t worry too much over that. I hope you guys enjoy!
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