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The Washington Nationals have won the first two games of this three game series and have already sealed a series win. Now we are in Game 2 of this doubleheader with Brad Lord poetically pitching on Easter Sunday.

Tonight’s split admission doubleheader finished with a thrilling 3-2 win in the first game of the twin bill. The Nationals enter this game at 9-12, and the Rockies are 3-17. After the game, the Nats will fly back to Dulles Airport ahead of their Monday day-off.

The Washington Nationals found their missing offense in Colorado yesterday. Dylan Crews turned in a career game with two homers, a double, and a spectacular catch on defense. You could say the Nats were ‘Crewsing’ with a 12-2 lead behind a MacKenzie Gore gem until the ball was handed to the Nats’ bullpen and between some horrible pitching, bizarre defense (all ruled hits), and bad luck — the bullpen gave up 9-unanswered runs to squeak out a 12-11 win.

Today is a split admission doubleheader that will be seen in DC as a day/night twin billing. The Nationals enter this game at 8-12, and the Rockies are 3-16.

The Washington Nationals got snowed out yesterday in Colorado. The hope is that they will not have any weather issues this afternoon for today’s game or tomorrow’s doubleheader. The Nationals enter this game at 7-12, and the Rockies are 3-15.

The Washington Nationals had the perfect setup for last night’s game with Mitchell Parker on the mound, but once again a great start was squandered by a lack of offense and a bullpen meltdown. The bullpen issues turned into a benches clearing incident that has manager Dave Martinez suspended for today while reliever Jorge Lopez appeals his 3-game suspension.

This is the fourth game of this series, and the Nats need a win to even the series at 2-2. After this game, the Nationals will fly to Denver to begin a weekend series with the Colorado Rockies.

The Washington Nationals won last night in a 3-0 shutout that saw starter Jake Irvin efficiently go 7.0 full innings for the win on just 87 pitches, of which 58 were strikes. And the leadoff homer by James Wood along with the 2-RBI single from Nasim Nunez was plenty in this Nats victory.

While PNC Park is beautiful, the stands were empty last night by an actual head count that had to be fewer than 1,500 fans in seats. The paid attendance was 8,340 which is horrific, and a few in attendance wore paper grocery bags over their heads — and not to stay warm in the 46 degree weather at first pitch.

The Washington Nationals and the Pittsburgh Pirates as well as all of baseball will be wearing jersey No. 42 tonight for Jackie Robinson Day. Today commemorates the 78th anniversary of Robinson’s debut with the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1947. This day celebrates his historic achievement of breaking the color barrier in Major League Baseball, his achievements to the game and as a leader in civil rights. 

The Nats were in a 3-3 tie yesterday in the middle innings, and had a chance to win a game started by Pirates’ ace Paul Skenes. In an instant, the wheels came off and the Pirates added seven runs to stretch their lead to 10-3. In the postgame, manager Dave Martinez did not hold back on the criticism of his bullpen, and one play that was not made on what appeared to be an easy popup just beyond the infield dirt. When that play happened, the game was tied, and that would have been the second out in the inning.

The Washington Nationals blew golden opportunities to sweep the Marlins in Miami, and instead limped away with only winning one of the three games in the series, and losing their starting shortstop, CJ Abrams, in the process. On top of that, Orlando Ribalta went on the 15-day IL retroactive to April 10, 2025 with a biceps strain. Up are Nasim Nunez and Cole Henry to take their places.

For Henry, he has a legitimate opportunity of staying if he can keep replicating that 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K performance. He threw strikes at a 78.6 percent efficient clip that got him his 3-outs on just 14 pitches.