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Game #88 Nats put Gomes on IL as they are fading fast!

The hits just keep coming as Yan Gomes was place on the 10-day IL just a few minutes ago. One of the top performers on the team, Gomes joins a long list of players on the IL including their other … Continue reading

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Game #87 three more games before the All-Star break!

This is the game to see how the Washington Nationals bounceback from one of those defeats that defies all logic. The Nats find themselves in San Francisco to take on another hot team in the west, the upstart San Francisco … Continue reading

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Game #86 has a marquee matchup of Scherzer and Darvish!

There could be a lot of zeroes up on the board at Petco Park if a pitcher’s duel is in the offing. It is a marquee matchup with starters Max Scherzer and Yu Darvish. The Washington Nationals and the Padres … Continue reading

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The Nats crush it in a laugher in San Diego!

The game was 3-0 in an instant when Juan Soto lasered an oppo 3-run homer into Petco’s leftfield seats. It wasn’t a laugher when Patrick Corbin allowed bases loaded in the first inning, and he was saved by some nifty … Continue reading

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Game #85 Corbin must get on-track!

The Washington Nationals have lost five of six games in the past week, and the starting pitching has been the key issue for this team in this span. Maybe it was not a good idea to pitch Erick Fedde with … Continue reading

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Game #84 Nats get Erick Fedde back to start this one!

The Washington Nationals needed a win yesterday and used the 5+ run scored formula to overcome some shaky starting pitching to get back into the W column. The Nats got some really good work from their relievers who did not … Continue reading

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Nats win a key game to start this road trip with 7 runs!

Contact hitting is a lost art, and Alcides Escobar showed that he has learned a few tricks in his time away from the MLB game. He went 3-4 with a key safety squeeze and 2 RBIs in this one to … Continue reading

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Game #83 Nats have to turn the L’s into W’s!

Yesterday’s finale against the Dodgers showed that the Washington Nationals needed more than good starting pitching to win that game. Now it is up to Jon Lester to be the stopper, and you have to wonder when Nats fans can … Continue reading

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Game #82 Joe Ross takes on the role of the stopper!

Mathematically we are now in the second half of the season, and the Washington Nationals need players to step up. Yesterday, it was Yan Gomes who raised his hand and accounted for all of the Nats runs. Mistakes were aplenty … Continue reading

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Game #81 the halfway point in the season for the Nats!

The Washington Nationals come into this mid-point game in the season with a 40-40 record. Considering where this team began, you would have taken this a month ago when the Nats were 9-games under .500. Now they have to hover … Continue reading

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