The Nats shut the Astros out for six innings yesterday. In the other three innings, Houston scored three in the 1st, four in the 5th, and five in the 9th as they blasted Washington, 12-3. Former prospect/site favorite Tommy Milone took the loss as he was lit up for the first three runs on five …
Late Tuesday night, the Nats sent six players to minor-league camp: OPTIONED REASSIGNED OF Rafael Bautista LHP Bryan Harper 1B-LF Jose Marmolejos RHP Jaron Long RHP Wander Suero C Jhonatan Solano Ordinarily, that might have been enough to pull the plug—it’s usually somewhere between Julius Caesar saying “Ow, my back!” and the monks at St. …
The Nats burst from the gate to score three in the 1st and two in the 3rd then held off a late charge from the Mets to win 7-4. Max Scherzer dominated New York’s regulars with nine K’s and just one hit allowed over five shutout innings for the win. Veterans Ryan Madson and Joaquin …
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 …