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The Washington Nationals lost their tenth straight game on Sunday afternoon at home.  The Colorado Rockies came into town and beat the Nats 7-2 on Sunday to drop the Nationals record to 44-81.
Odalis Perez started for the Nationals and pitched pretty well.  He lasted six innings and gave up three runs, only two of them […]

The Washington Nationals lost an afternoon game today as they finished their series in Milwaukee.  The Nats 7-1 loss drops them to 44-75.
Garrett Mock made the start for the Nationals and was hot and cold.  He lasted only 4.2 innings and gave up four earned runs.  However, he was very impressive in striking out nine […]

For the second consecutive game the Washington Nationals were shutout by a Milwaukee Brewers pitcher.  Yesterday it CC Sabathia, today it was Ben Sheets.  Sheets completely shut down the Nationals line up and led the Brewers to a 6-0 win.  The loss drops the Nationals to 44-73.
Tim Redding was unfortunate enough to get the start […]

CC Sabathia has been terrific since joining the Milwaukee Brewers in July.  The Washington Nationals got in his way on Friday night.  Sabathia and the Brewers shutout the Nationals 5-0.  The Nationals record is now 44-72.
Collin Balester started for the Nationals and got hit with the loss.  Balester threw five innings and gave up four […]

After getting rained out last night in Colorado, the Washington Nationals took both games of today’s double header.  Believe it or not, the Nats actually won both games by the same score, 6-3.  They got some solid pitching and the offense got things going a bit to carry them to the wins.  They are now […]

The Washington Nationals saw their modest four game winning streak come to an end on Tuesday night in Colorado.  The Rockies got to the Washington bullpen and won the game 8-2.  The Nationals record on the season dropped to 42-71.
John Lannan started for Washington, and as usual he was very sharp.  Lannan threw seven innings […]

The Washington Nationals stayed hot on Monday night and won their fourth straight game.  The Nats went to Colorado and beat the Rockies 9-4.  The Nats are now 42-70 on the season.
Tim Redding started for the Nationals and didn’t pitch one of his better games of the season but still got the win.  Redding lasted […]

The Washington Nationals took a couple of games right on the chin in Los Angeles.  They lost both games as they got shut out in both of them.  They obviously really struggled to get much of anything going off of the Dodger pitching staff.  They lost on Saturday 6-0 and on Sunday 2-0.  They are […]

The Washington Nationals had a lead late Friday night against the Los Angeles Dodgers but just couldn’t hold their slim lead.  The Nationals fell to the Dodgers 3-2.  Their record also fell as it is now 38-65.
John Lannan started on the hill for the Nationals and was terrific as usual.  Lannan went seven innings and […]

The Washington Nationals had a lead in San Francisco but lost it in the bottom of the eighth inning along with the game.  They got some decent starting pitching but they ended up losing the game 6-4.  They are now 38-63 this season.
Collin Balester started for Washington but couldn’t last any longer than five innings.  […]

The Washington Nationals lost on Tuesday night in San Francisco.  The Giants put three on the board in the first inning the Nats just couldn’t make up the difference.  The 6-3 loss drops the Nationals to 38-62 on the season.
Jason Bergmann started for the Nationals and saw his record drop to 1-7 on the season.  […]

The Washington Nationals continued to swing hot bats after the All Star break.  The Nationals beat the Atlanta Braves on Sunday by a score of 15-6.  The fifteen runs scored by the Nationals is a season high for the organization.  The win brings the Nationals to 38-61 this season.
Odalis Perez started on the mound for […]

The Washington Nationals got another strong start out of John Lannan.  The offense kicked it up a notch and helped the Nationals get a win against their division rivals, the Atlanta Braves.  The 8-2 win moves the Nationals to 37-61.
John Lannan started and was fantastic once again for Washington.  Lannan got the win to move […]

The Washington Nationals opened up the second half of the season with a loss in Atlanta to the Braves.  The Nats offense was surprising effective, but they couldn’t keep the Braves off the scoreboard.  The Nationals 7-6 loss leaves them at 36-61 this season.
Tim Redding, the subject of many trade rumors, started for the Nationals […]

The Washington Nationals have now won two of their last four games after taking one of two from the Houston Astros this weekend.  They won on Friday in a blowout, 10-0 but lost on Saturday 6-4.  The Nationals are now 36-59.
Tim Redding got the start for the Nationals on Friday and led the pitching staff […]

The Washington Nationals kept rallying and rallying on Thursday night, but could not come away with a win.  The Nats lost 7-5 in 11 innings to the Arizona Diamondbacks.  The Nationals are now 35-58.
Jason Bergmann started for Washington and was actually very sharp.  He went seven innings and gave up only two earned runs.  He […]

The Washington Nationals got back in the win column with win on Wednesday after a loss on Tuesday.  Washington fell on Tuesday 2-0 but won an impressive game on Wednesday, 5-0 over the Diamondbacks.  The Nationals are now 35-57 this season.
On Tuesday the Nationals got a short start out of Odalis Perez who was ejected […]

The Washington Nationals rallied in the ninth inning on Sunday but still fell short and were swept by the Cincinnati Reds.  The loss drops the Nationals to 34-56 on the season.
Collin Balester started for the Nationals and was hit with the loss.  He threw 5.2 innings and gave up five runs.  He also struck out […]

The Washington Nationals continued their weak play with two more losses in Cincinnati against the Reds.  They lost on Friday 3-0 and on Saturday 3-2.  The Nationals are now 34-55.
The starting pitching was sharp on Friday as Jason Bergmann went six innings and gave up three earned runs.  He also walked three and struck out […]

In their four game series opener, the Reds beats the Washington Nationals 5-3.  The Nats lead for the first half of the game but the bullpen just could not hold the lead.  The loss drops the Nationals down to 34-53.
John Lannan, the Nats most consistent starter, went six innings and gave up three earned runs.  […]

The Washington Nationals lost the final game of their three game series to the Florida Marlins.  Their 4-2 loss on Wednesday dropped them to 34-52, last place in the NL East.
Odalis Perez started on the mound for the Nationals and was quite sharp.  However, as is often the case with his starts, he didn’t get […]

The Washington Nationals have struggled to score runs all season.  It was not a problem tonight against the Florida Marlins.  The Nats won 9-6 and improved their record on the season to 34-51.
Collin Balester made his MLB debut as the starting pitcher in tonight’s game.  Ballester went five innings and gave up only one run […]

The Washington Nationals lost a heart breaker on Monday in Miami to the Florida Marlins. The Marlins got a walk off home run in the bottom of the tenth inning to win the game 6-5. The Nats are now 33-51 this season.
Tim Redding started for the Nats and was less than stellar. […]

The Washington Nationals won the opener of their series with the Baltimore Orioles on Friday and followed it with a loss on Saturday and a win on Sunday afternoon.  On Saturday they lost 9-1 in a laughed, but came back strong on Sunday with a 3-2 win in 12 innings.  The Nationals are now 33-50 […]

A record sized crowd at Nationals Park saw the Washington Nationals defeat their cross town rivals from Baltimore 4-2.   The Nationals got some timely hitting and excellent pitching as they upped their record on the season to 32-49.
Odalis Perez started on the mound for the Nationals but lasted only four innings.  However, in his four […]

The Washington Nationals salvaged a win in their series with the Los Angeles Angels.  The Nats won on Wednesday 5-4 as they scored a run in the bottom of the ninth inning.  The win moved the Nationals to 31-49 this season.
Tim Redding took his turn in the rotation and was very solid against the Angels.  […]

The Washington Nationals have the worst record in the Nationals League.  The Los Angeles Angels have one of the best records in all of baseball.  That has all added up to a pair of losses for the Nationals against the favored Angels.  The Nats lost 3-2 on Monday and 8-3 on Tuesday.
Jason Bergmann started on […]

After winning the opener of their series with the Texas Rangers, the Washington Nationals dropped the last two games of the series including a 5-3 on Sunday.  The loss drops the Nationals record on the season to 30-47.
John Lannan started on the mound for the Nationals and as usual, he was very sharp.  Lannan lasted […]

After an emotional 14 inning win last night the Washington Nationals pitching staff ran out of gas on Saturday against the Texas Rangers.  The Nationals fell by a score of 13-3 on Saturday as they got hit around pretty good.  Their record fell to 30-46.
Garrett Mock started on the hill for the Nationals, and while […]

The Washington Nationals had to go an extra five innings, but they still got a win and that’s what’s most important.  The Nationals and the Texas Rangers needed 14 innings to wrap up their game on Friday night that ended in a 4-3 Washington win.  The Nationals are now 30-45 this season.
Tim Redding started for […]