Going Deep with The Nats

The Washington Nationals received a gem last night from starter MacKenzie Gore to deliver a victory to the Nats with the big offense coming from Lane Thomas who put the Nats in front to stay with a 3-run homer off of the Braves’ starter. With some add-on runs, closer, Kyle Finnegan, did not have to pitch the 9th inning. Gore had 10 Ks and no walks and just one earnie in last night’s game. On the season, the Nats are now a road win from being .500 as the visiting team.

The Washington Nationals were tied at 0-0 to enter the bottom of the 7th inning last night. Manager Dave Martinez went to Jacob Barnes who got lit up quickly, but maybe the game was lost by the fact the Nats had baserunners they could not score — and baserunners erased on mistakes. The Nats had their chances and squandered them.

The Washington Nationals were KRuiz’ing with an 8-0 lead on Monday until the Braves were let back into the game with a 4-run surge in the 7th inning and one out with 2 runners on-base. Derek Law dialed up one of the most timely double play balls of the season to end the threat. Starter, Mitchell Parker, had a gem going until the 100th pitch of his game — but certainly I questioned the wisdom of pushing the rookie to exhaustion before the inning even started. Consider this rookie has to pitch in five days with no extra rest. His scoreless gem was forever tainted by three earned runs when his gas tank was on fumes.

The Washington Nationals had one of those scrappy comebacks with a 4-run 7th inning on Sunday that looked like the Nats 5-4 lead would hold up going in the 8th inning. While Hunter Harvey was unavailable due to his workload, Derek Law had been warming up. But instead, manager Dave Martinez went with Dylan Floro who was collared with the blown-save-loss after giving up two runs.

The Washington Nationals already clinched this series win against the first place Seattle Mariners with wins on Friday and Saturday. Now, the Nats go for a sweep with Patrick Corbin on the mound. Yes, Corbin gets the start after the Nationals announced on Friday that they were moving Mitchell Parker to Monday and Corbin to today.

The Washington Nationals were losing 1-0 last night, and their offense didn’t have a baserunner in three innings. The Mariners’ pitcher had a perfect game going and averaging 8-pitches per inning. Then Luis Garcia Jr. happened. He crushed a Weaver into the visitor’s bullpen on an oppo shot that put the Nats up 3-1. Starter, MacKenzie Gore, looked like the ace that we were all hoping for. He went 7.0 innings and never allowed another run past the second pitch of the game.

The Washington Nationals have a Memorial Day weekend of baseball in Washington, D.C. as they face the team from Seattle, Washington. The Nationals really need to get back to their winning ways more consistently, and the Mariners are trying to stay above .500 and keep their top spot in the NL West with a 27-24 record. Every other team is below .500 in the NL West.