Postgamer #29: Nats win the series with second straight win in extras: A recap

The Nationals have now won two extra-innings games in the past 24 hours. How crazy is that to hear after the abysmal experiences we’ve been through as a fanbase in those games over the past few years? The Nats and the Chisox played a lightning-quick ball game this afternoon, covering ten innings in right at 2.5 hours, aided by outstanding outings from Foster Griffin and Sean Burke, each going seven scoreless innings. The difference in the game came from a pinch-hit solo homer from Jose Tena in the top of the tenth, setting up Paxton Schultz to collect his first big league save.

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Game #29 A Chicago finale

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The Washington Nationals needed a win on Saturday and delivered. Their blown saves in back-to-back games were unfortunate — but on Saturday, the bullpen didn’t allow the team to fall behind in the game. The team got an ace start from Jake Irvin along with a new Nats hitting hero: Nasim Nunez. He finally stopped swinging for the fences as we pointed out on Friday, and what a difference that has made. Two singles from Nunez drove in four runs. It goes to show you that sometimes you have to know who you are as a batter.

Nunez is now 5-points from the Mendoza line and just climbed above the .500 OPS mark. Why he was allowed to swing for the fences for so long is a mystery. Having a Nunez hitting singles and wreaking havoc on the bases is what he needs to do.

Yesterday, the Nats entered the game at their low-point of the season at 5-games under .50 after flushing away another win by making too many mistakes in a self-inflicted loss. The Nats should have won Friday’s game running away. On Saturday, it was a pitcher’s duel for most of the game, and the Nats pulled it out in extra innings.

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Postgamer #28: Nats surge in the tenth to even the series in Chicago: A recap

The Nats had this game in hand this afternoon, lost it, held on just tight enough to send it to extras, and then recaptured it for good in the tenth inning. That would be my one-sentence summary of today’s ballgame, but luckily, I have plenty more room to offer a little bit more than that. While the first nine innings were pretty rough offensively for the Nationals, they were kept alive by one of the best starts of Jake Irvin‘s career, as he paced them for 5.2 scoreless innings, striking out 9 as well. This was necessary, as Noah Schultz for Chicago was dealing in his own right, but a two-run fourth inning for Washington was what gave them the runs needed to send this game to extras, to set up for a four-run top of the tenth.

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Game #28 Low Point of the Season

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The Washington Nationals are in third place, and that was made possible because both the Phillies and Mets are in horrific downward spirals this season. But the Nats are at their low-point of the season at 5-games under .500. Another self-inflicted loss last night. The Nats should have won the game running away, and once again bad base running, bad defense, and bad pitching turned a lead into a loss. The team is now a disappointing 2-5 in 1-run games.

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Game #27 Nats face old friend Fedde on Friday

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The Washington Nationals are back in Chicago just like on Opening Day. This time they are on the southside as they call it to face the Chicago White Sox. Both teams tonight will start with an opener. The Nats will presumably go to Miles Mikolas, and the White Sox to Erick Fedde, the former Nats’ player.

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Postgamer #26: Four-run seventh inning propels Braves to series win in DC: A recap

The Nationals today just plain got beat. The Braves scheduling JR Ritchie to make his big league debut wound up being a stroke of genius, as the young rightie shut the Nats down for seven innings, after allowing a homer to James Wood on the first pitch of his career. Cade Cavalli struck out a career-high ten batters this afternoon over his five innings of work, but Cionel Perez just didn’t have his best stuff today, and the Braves jumped on him in the seventh for what would end up being the decisive inning.

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Game #26 Nats wrap-up this series in an afternoon game

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The Washington Nationals were one clutch away from winning last night after Zack Littell turned in an outing to forget. One thing about the Atlanta Braves hitters is that most of them don’t miss meatballs. Littell looked more like Chef Boyardee by the end of his outing. Littell now has more home runs than James Wood in an 11-9 edge.

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Postgamer #25: Littell gets shelled, Nats fall short in Wednesday night loss: A recap

Tonight we saw one of the more frustrating losses so far on this young campaign, as the Nationals did all they could to provide starter Zack Littell with a sizable early lead, only to see it quickly disintegrate. The boys got off to an early 4-1 lead, only to see it quickly erased on a night where Littell just wasn’t fooling anyone. The Braves got on him early and often, but to his credit, he ended far stronger than he started, and ate up enough to get the Nationals through six innings with a reasonable shot to win the game. Let’s get into it.

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Game #25 The Littell Things

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The Washington Nationals shocked the Atlanta Braves last night en route to an 11-4 win by the home team. The Nationals took the MLB lead for the most runs scored in the process.

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