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In a 3-1 game in the 5th inning, Seth Romero, an A-ball pitcher, gets his MLB debut!

The game was close when Austin Voth was pulled after the fourth inning. Manager Dave Martinez went straight to lefty Seth Romero in a 3-1 game. If this was the 16th game of a normal season in April, you would … Continue reading

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A great team win to get Max Scherzer a well-deserved Curly W!

Every player on this Nats team contributed tonight to a 2-1 win against the Mets to support a nice 6 inning one run game from Max Scherzer who tweaked his hamstring six days ago. Nobody knew except Max that he … Continue reading

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The Nats crush the Mets to keep their road record perfect for the season!

The Nats desperately needed a laugher this season, and they got it on the arm of Patrick Corbin and the bats of Asdrubal Cabrera, Juan Soto, and Trea Turner in a 16-4 blowout in CitiField. The Nats are technically 3-0 … Continue reading

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Nats went blown-save-loss in a familiar picture to lose this one

The Nats had a 3-0 lead going into the 8th inning. Austin Voth, Javy Guerra, and Tanner Rainey combined for a shutout of the Orioles. Manager Dave Martinez went right to Sean Doolittle in the 8th inning, and the first … Continue reading

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Bittersweet as Juan Soto returns and Max Scherzer exits after 1 inning with a hammy tweak

Yes, the Nats 3-game winning streak came to an end, but the big story is what happened to Max Scherzer to cause him to exit after one inning? Scherzer says it was a tweaked hammy that took him out of … Continue reading

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Nats run their winning streak to 3 and get to .500!

The game started in the sunshine as the tropical storm blew off to the northeast earlier than expected if you trusted the forecast that was predicted on Sunday. The Yankees postponed their game for today a day ago and did … Continue reading

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Nats are perfect on the road going back to Game 2 of the NLDS 10-0

If Starlin Castro was the star today for the Nationals offense, then Carter Kieboom has to be the second star, and Michael A. Taylor gets the third star. All of the pitchers had their moments today from Erick Fedde to … Continue reading

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The road blues and gray combo continues to win! Nats take the 0-0 into the 10th and win 4-0!

In the Nats first-time using the new extra inning rules, they scored big to take this game as the “road” team in Nats Park with a 4-0 thriller! Max Scherzer was brilliant in a 7 1/3 inning gem to keep … Continue reading

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Nats fall to 1-4; Offense struggles again; 3 unearned runs in this 5-1 loss!

The Nats fell to 1-4 in this early season, and the “little things” came up big in this loss. This is the third game of the Nats five games where the offense scored only one run. Add two errors by … Continue reading

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You can lose by giving up solo home runs; Nats run themselves out of this one!

On paper, the Nats looked like the better team, but it did not matter as the Nats only scored one-run and Anibal Sanchez gave up four solo home runs to take the loss. The Nats hit into four doubleplays including … Continue reading

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