Juan Soto only made two plate appearances yesterday, but he made them count – an RBI double in the 8th to pull the Nats within one at 3-2, a bases-loaded walk in the 9th to put the Nats up, 5-3. The latter proved to be critical when Bryan Harper coughed up a two-out homer in …
The Nats rallied from a 3-0 deficit with a picket fence in the middle innings, but lost to the Cards on a HR in the 8th, 4-3. Tanner Roark got the start but was not sharp, allowing the aforementioned three runs on five hits and two walks over four innings. Shawn Kelly wore the loss, …
The Nats trailed 2-0 after eight innings, but took advantage of a walk, an error, and a wild pitch to score the first run and got a two-out single from Jose “Orange” Marmolejos to score the second run and tie the game at 2-2 after eight and a half innings. In the bottom of the …
The Mets posted a picket fence in the middle innings but the Nats knocked it down with a four-run 5th en route to an 8-5 victory that stopped a three-game losing streak. Stephen Strasburg made his second outing but was strafed for two runs on three hits and two walks over three and 1/3rd innings. …
The Nats put 15 baserunners on but cashed in just three as they were edged by the Cards, 4-3. Two double plays and just one hit in ten RISP opportunities led to ten runners left on while St. Louis scored four from its nine baserunners, overcoming a 2-1 deficit in the middle innings and breaking …
Houston scored in three of the first four innings to build a 5-0 lead, then piled on four more in the 8th to put the game away, 10-5. Two No. 5 starters appeared for Washington, but only one was anywhere near effective. A.J. Cole started and retired back-to-back hitters twice in three innings, giving up …
Tanner Roark decked the Cards for four scoreless innings, but St. Louis tagged Joaquin Benoit for both runs for a 2-1 win over Washington. The loss stopped the Nats’ win streak at five. Roark allowed just one hit and struck out three. Benoit gave up both Cards runs on three hits in just a single …
Defeat Tigers, 6-2; Mets, 7-3
The defending champs looked more like chumps in the 5th as they issued five walks, hit a batter, and committed an error to turn a 1-0 lead into a 7-1 deficit as the Nats took their third straight, 8-1. Stephen Strasburg gave up the lone Houston run on three hits over two innings and struck …
The Nats won their second straight yesterday against the Mets, 2-1, powered by three perfect innings by Max Scherzer and highlighted by a Victor Robles solo HR. Scherzer dominated a split-squad New York contingent, including a three-pitch strikeout of a 30-y.o. minor-leaguer that took 40 seconds of game time, and infinitely more for the dilettantes …