With a two-spot in the 1st and three in the 6th, the Nats cruised past Team Venezuela on Wednesday night, 5-1. Foster Griffin made his Washington debut with two hits and a walk allowed over two scoreless innings, which “earned” him the win. He threw 29 pitches, 15 for strikes. Three watchlist players came off …
Prior to yesterday’s game, the Nats announced five players—all NRIs—had been reassigned to minor-league camp:
● RHP Andry Lara
● RHP Jarlin Susana
● RHP Travis Sykora
● RHP Eddy Yean
● C Max Romero Jr.
That reduces the camp roster ro roughly 60, according to longtime Nats beat writer Mark Zuckerman.
As we saw yesterday, fewer and fewer of “our guys” will be starting this week as the Nats do not leave West Palm Beach until next Tuesday (no word on whether there will pay be for yesterday’s hamburger).
Tomorrow night, the Nats will play an exhibition against the Venezuelan entry into the WBC. Foster Griffin, who has spent the past three seasons in Japan, is expected to start for Washington.
The Nats ‘pen was in midseason form, turning a 3-1 lead into a 3-3 tie against the Astros. Josiah Gray threw 39 pitches and got five outs, allowing the first Houston run in the 2nd on a double, a wild pitch on an uncaught third strike, and two hit batsmen. He also gave up a …
The Nats mustered just four singles in a 3-0 shutout loss to the Marlins. It was Washington’s third loss in its last five games (one win, one tie). Brad Lord made his first start of the spring but was strafed for two runs on on five hits over two and a 1/3rd innings to take …
The Nats scratched out three runs in the middle innings and held off the Mets for a 3-2 win. Jake Irvin turned in three scoreless innings and put on two baserunners (hit, walk) in his second spring start. He struck out four and threw 44 pitches, 28 for strikes. He was credited with the win. …
The regulars built a 4-0 lead after three, highlighted by three-run HR by Luis García Jr. in his spring debut. Alas, the bullpen was in midseason form, coughing up two in the 4th and two in the 5th, and the bench was unable to break through down the stretch for a 4-4 tie. Miles Mikolas …
A four-run 3rd broke open a 1-1 game as the Phillies handed the Nats their second loss in as many games, 7-3. Jake Eder gave up a first-inning HR and issued a walk while striking out two over two innings. The loss went to dumpst…er, waiver-claim Gus Varland, whio retired two of six batters faced …
The Yankees scored single runs in each of the first two innings and then posted crooked numbers in the 4th and 5th. It was six runs more than required as the Nats were nearly no-hit, 7-0 for their first loss of the spring. Andrew Alvarez got the start and gave up a leadoff HR in …
Wahington sent 11 men to the plate in the bottom of the 8th and five of them came around to score in a 6-1 win over St. Louis. The Nats remain unbeaten with four wins and one tie. Cade Cavalli walked one and struck out one as he turned in two scoreless innings in his …
It took a pair of RBI groundouts in the 7th and a two-run double in the 8th for the Nats to rally from a 5-1 deficit and salvage a 5-5 tie against the Phillies. D.C. native Matt Mervis connected for the aforementioned double The 39th Rd. pick in 2016 for Washington (did not sign) also …