LaRoche, Rendon Power Nats Past Mets
On a night when beanballs and inside pitches seemed to dominate the game (and which saw Miami Marlins superstar Giancarlo Stanton go down in Milwaukee), home runs from Adam LaRoche and Anthony Rendon...
View ArticleMets End Drought Vs. Nats, Win 4-3
The Mets have been nearly hopeless in playing the Nationals in New York, but on Friday night they ended their drought, notching a 4-3 victory over Washington behind the pitching of starter Dillon Gee...
View ArticleNats Poised To Win The East After 3-0 New York Victory
The Washington Nationals continued their dominance of the New York Mets on Sunday, notching a convincing 3-0 victory that extended their lead to ten games over the Atlanta Braves in the National League...
View ArticleIt’s All Strasburg In Atlanta
The Nationals edged closer to playing in October Monday night, downing the Braves at Atlanta’s Turner Field behind the shut-down seven inning pitching of righty ace Stephen Strasburg. Strasburg stymied...
View ArticleThe Nationals Win The N.L. East
The Washington Nationals defeated the Atlanta Braves 3-0 on Tuesday, clinching their second National League East division championship in three years. The Nationals victory doomed the hopes of Atlanta...
View ArticleNats Hook The Fish Behind Gio, Harper
The pitching of southpaw Gio Gonzalez, timely hitting from left fielder Bryce Harper, shortstop Ian Desmond and second sacker Asdrubal Cabrera and a five run fourth inning propelled the Nationals past...
View ArticleNats Keep Rolling, Edge Miami 3-2
Sloppy play and a slow start weren’t enough to deny the Nationals their 90th win of the season, or starter Jordan Zimmermann his 13th, as Washington rallied to edge the Marlins in Miami on Saturday...
View ArticleNats Sweep In Miami, Return For Final Homestand
The Nationals completed an impressive four game sweep of the Marlins on Sunday afternoon in Miami 2-1, behind a strong seven inning outing from righty Stephen Strasburg. The Nats righty struck out five...
View ArticleLet’s Play The . . . Giants
Somewhere here soon, and actually any minute now, Nats skipper Matt Williams will tell the Washington sports press that he doesn’t care whether the Nationals face the Pirates (and, well, perhaps the...
View Article“He’s Got It. He’s Got It. It’s A No-Hitter”
In what has to be one of the most memorable games in the history of the Washington Nationals, Jordan Zimmermann no-hit the Miami Marlins in front of 35,000-plus at Nationals Park on Sunday afternoon....
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Willingham’s Gapper Lands Fish
Josh Willingham’s sixth inning double into the gap in right center field scored three and the Washington Nationals went on to shut out the Florida Marlins, 4-0 on Saturday night in Miami. Starter...
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Hudson Too Tough For Nats
While the rest of baseball talks about the brilliance of Ubado Jimenez, the power of Tim Lincecum, the sheer speed of Josh Johnson and the savvy of Chris Carpenter, Braves fans have consistently...
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Duck Duck Goose
I thought it only appropriate that “the loyal opposition” should return at precisely the moment that my first date in Washington (here she is, and take a good look) arrived for our lovely evening. And...
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Fish Wrap
The Washington Nationals loss to the Florida Marlins on Tuesday was yet another example of the Nats’ good-news-bad-news season. The good news is that Stephen Strasburg is healthy, the bad news is that...
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Back In The Win Column
Nationals’ starter John Lannan and relief specialist Sean Burnett combined to shut down the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night 4-2, to put the team back in the win column. The badly needed victory...
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Doc Outduels Jason
Calling his five inning outing against the Phillies “a step in the right direction,” Jason Marquis appeared nearly all the way back from elbow surgery in his outing in Philadelphia on Friday night....
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Birds Of Prey vs. Crippled Sparrows
If there were ever any doubts that starting pitching makes a huge difference in a team’s success, that doubt was put to rest during Washington’s recent three game visit to Citizens Bank Park in...
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Lannan Masters St. Louis
John Lannan has now made it all the way back from exile: in his fifth start after his return from Harrisburg (where he was sent “to work on his command”), Lannan mastered the heavy hitting St. Louis...
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Melee In Miami
There are lots of Nats’ fans who think that Nyjer Morgan has a screw loose — but his scrum in Miami last night (perhaps, as one reader writes, “he misses hockey”), makes for exciting baseball. And it...
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Maya Steady, Gee Whiz
Yunesky Maya is an acquired taste: after a rocky first inning (in which Mets’ first baseman Ike Davis hit one of the longest home runs in the short history of Nationals’ Park), the highly touted Cuban...
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