Jordan Zimmermann was perfect for four innings in his third outing as the Nats edged the Yankees, 3-2 to improve to 8-4-1 for the spring. The 27-year-old “northpaw” needed just 54 pitches to do it, striking out four and inducing five ground balls. Drew Storen followed but was charged with a run on a back-to-back …
The Astros scored seven unanswered runs, including five against “closer” Rafael Soriano in the 6th, as they handed the Nats a 7-4 loss to end a modest streak of three wins and a tie. Gio Gonzalez was charged with the loss, giving up a two-run homer and three hits total in two innings of work. …
A four-run 4th snapped a 1-1 tie as the Nats cruised to an 11-1 win over St. Louis on Sunday afternoon. Stephen Strasburg gave up a run on two hits and two walks in his second outing, but also rolled a pair of twin-killings to minimize the damage as the staff ace went three innings …
Ryan Zimmerman and Adam LaRoche homered off former Nationals farmhand Yunesky Maya (SSDO) in an 8-2 win over the Braves at home, while the Cardinals tied the Nats, 4-4 in 10 innings on the road. Destin Hood homered in the top of the 8th of the Cardinals game to give the Nats a brief 4-1 …
Homers by Bryce Harper and Wilson Ramos accounted for five of the six runs scored in the Washington 1st, as the Nats rocketed past the Astros, 8-5 for their fifth win of the spring. Tanner Roark, who was scheduled to relieve, instead got the start as Doug Fister was scratched with a sore elbow. The …
After rallying for two runs to tie the game in the top of the 9th, the Nats gave it away with a leadoff walk, an error, a wild pitch, and a two-out single for a 3-2 loss to the Braves. Danny Rosenbaum suffered the loss as the Washington pitcher in the 9th, charged with the …
It’s not as detailed as anyone would like it to be (e.g. 30 players were reportedly signed, but no complete list), but here are the highlights from the Baseball America review of the Washington Nationals International signings in 2013. As noted previously, the CBA limited the Nationals to the smallest pool for signings for the …
Brian Goodwin started the Nats comeback with two-run shot in the 7th to tie the game at 4-4 while Matt Skole and Sandy Leon blasted two- and three-run blasts respectively as part of the Nats seven-run 8th in an 11-5 Washington win this afternoon. The win snapped a two-game slide and saw the Nationals hit …
Lowlighted by a bases-clearing triple against a five-man infield in the Braves’ four-run 8th, Atlanta doubled up Washington 8-4 to hand the Nats their second straight Grapefruit League loss. Ace Stephen Strasburg breezed through two scoreless innings in his first spring-training start, needing just 15 pitches to get six outs, one by way of the …
Ross Detwiler’s campaign to retain his No. 5 slot in the rotation got off on the wrong foot as the Yankees tagged the 2007 1st Rd. pick for four runs in the second inning in a 4-2 win over the Nationals. Detwiler retired the side in order in the 1st, but couldn’t get out of …