With the “help” of two wild pitches and an error, the Nats got two in the bottom of the 9th to turn a 3-2 loss into a 4-3 win and extend their unbeaten streak to seven games. Joe Ross pitched into the 4th and gave up two unearned runs on two hits and a walk. …
For some reason, this keeps creeping later into the offseason (first week of March last year, the third week of February in 2019) but yesterday MLB Pipeline released its Top 30 for 2021. As expected, Cade Cavalli overtook Jackson Rutledge to become the new No. 1 while Cole Henry is No. 3. In its writeup, …
Miami got one in the bottom of the 4th, Washington got one in the top of the 5th… and that’s how it ended, 1-1. It was the third tie for the Nats, fifth for the Marlins in 2021 Spring Training. Patrick Corbin worked around four baserunners—two hits, two walks—to notch three scoreless innings. He notched …
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The Astros banged out three in the bottom of the 8th for a 4-4 tie that ended the Nats’ winning streak at three. Stephen Strasburg made his 2021 ST debut and turned in 1⅔ scoreless innings, though he needed 38 pitches to get those five outs – four by way of the K. He walked …
The Nats struck early again and piled on late to take their third straight ST game, 9-5 over the Mets. Joe Ross made his first appearance since last spring, going 1⅔ innings with one run let in on one hit and one walk while striking out three. Once again the watchlist players and notable minor-leaguers …
A pair of two-run rallies combined with some rain helped the Nats take their second straight, 5-3 over the Marlins in six innings. Patrick Corbin got the start and, perhaps not coincidentally, pitched in multiple innings like Max Scherzer did last night. He let in one run on two hits over two innings, with nary …
The Nats coughed up a one-run lead in the top of the 9th but got it back in the bottom half for a 7-6 win over the Cards – their first of the 2021 Spring Training. Washington committed an error to start the inning while St. Louis returned the favor to end it. Max Scherzer …
You take the good, you take the bad. You take them both when you have Spring Training Games… OK, fine. I’m no Alan Thicke. But the strokes remained the same in Spring Training 2021 as the Nats couldn’t hold a 4-1 lead in the middle innings and fell to the Mets, 8-4 to remain winless …
Miami struck for three in the 1st and never looked back as they kept Washington winless in 2021 spring training with an 8-5 decision. Erick Fedde made his second appearance and retired just three of seven batters in his lone inning of work, giving up the aforementioned three runs on a double, walk, and a …