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Game #65 A battle of call-ups this week

The Washington Nationals will have DJ Herz on the mound for his second career start after his debut five days ago. The Braves will have an MLB debut for their top pitching prospect, 22-year-old right-hander, Hurston Waldrep. He was drafted … Continue reading

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Game #64 Nats have 99 games remaining

The Washington Nationals stopped their losing streak and got their fifth one-run win of the season last night. This team continues to get some great starting pitching, and last night it was Jake Irvin leading the way.

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Game #63 The Nats need a stopper and more offense

The Washington Nationals are now tailspinning from a 4-game losing streak. When they had a no-hitter through five innings from Mitchell Parker, and a 2-0 lead going into the 7th inning — they gave the game away last night. We … Continue reading

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Game #62 The rookie needs to be the stopper

The Washington Nationals need a stopper, and tonight’s game will put Mitchell Parker on the mound against former Nat, Reynaldo Lopez, in a game the Nationals desperately need to win. The Braves have their best four starters going in this … Continue reading

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Game #61 Corbin on the mound in hopes to avoid the sweep

The Washington Nationals have lost the first two games against the Mets in this three game series — and while execution is certainly at fault, just look at the managerial decisions in sending a fatigued DJ Herz out on the … Continue reading

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Game #60 Trevor Williams scratched and place on the IL; DJ Herz up for his debut

The Washington Nationals got some good news and bad news today. The bad news is that the Nats best pitcher, Trevor Williams, was placed on the 15-day IL with a strained flexor tendon in his right forearm. He will be … Continue reading

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Game #59 First series against the Mets

The Washington Nationals won yesterday in Cleveland and arrived at Dulles Airport just before 7:30 pm last night. What a difference in an early arrival after that debacle traveling out of Atlanta last week. The Nationals have the Mets in … Continue reading

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Game #58 Key players are dealing with injury concerns

The Washington Nationals couldn’t catch a popup with two outs in the first inning. The Cleveland broadcasters thought that Eddie Rosario gave up on the ball while Kevin Frandsen of the Nats booth thought that shortstop Ildemaro Vargas should have … Continue reading

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Game #57 Mitchell Parker has another top offense to face

The Washington Nationals have Mitchell Parker back on the mound after normal rest, and having just thrown a career-high 100 pitches against the Braves. Parker faced the Dodgers for his MLB debut in mid-April when the Dodgers were the top … Continue reading

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Game #56 The happy flight arrived at 3:45AM in Cleveland

The Washington Nationals won a key series against the Braves, and now have this weekend series against the very hot Cleveland Guardians, a team in first place in the AL Central that was just voted the 5th best team in … Continue reading

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