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The Washington Nationals lost their 100th game of the season on Friday night.  The Philadelphia Phillies, fighting to make the playoffs, beat the Nationals 8-4.
Collin Balester made his final start of the season for the Nationals and it was not a good one.  Balester managed to get through only 1.2 innings and gave up seven [...]

The Washington Nationals lost on Sunday to fellow cellar-dwellers, the San Diego Padres.  The Padres won 6-2 which dropped the Nationals record to 58-98 on the season.
Odalis Perez started on the mound for Washington and took his 11th loss of the 2008 campaign.  Perez was impressive in striking out 11 batters in only 6 innings [...]

The Washington Nationals lost a match between the two worst teams in the National League.  The Nats picked up their 97th loss in today’s 6-1 loss to the San Diego Padres.
John Lannan started for the Nationals at pitcher and was hit with his 14th loss of the season.  Lannan threw seven innings and gave up [...]

The Washington Nationals have been a thorn in the side of the Mets all season, but the Mets ace got the the best of the Nationals on Thursday night.  Johan Santana led the Mets to a 7-2 win.
Tim Redding started the game for the Nationals and saw his record drop to 10-10 on the season.  [...]

The Washington Nationals continued to damage the New York Mets playoffs chances as they won 1-0 on Tuesday night.  Odalis Perez was sharp on the hill for Washington.
Perez threw  7.1 shut out innings to pick up his seventh win of the season.  Perez gave up only four hits, walked no one, and struck out six.  [...]

The Washington Nationals got another quality start out of John Lannan and helped hurt the New York Mets playoff chances with a 7-2 win on Monday night.  The Nationals are now 57-93 this season.
Lannan was very sharp against a Mets team facing must win games every night out.  He went seven innings and gave up [...]

The Washington Nationals had no trouble scoring runs on Tuesday night in New York but they had an even tougher time keeping the Mets off of the scoreboard.  The Mets were down 8-7 in the sixth and they scored three in the inning to take the lead for good.  The Mets won 10-8 and dropped [...]

The Washington Nationals capped off a come from behind win when they scored three runs in the top of the 14th against the struggling Atlanta Braves.  The Nationals won 7-4 and improved their record to 56-88 as they look to avoid the 100 loss mark.
Collin Balester started for the Nationals and got hit around quite [...]

The Atlanta Braves rode a seven run third inning past the Washington Nationals on Friday in Atlanta.  The Braves had no trouble with Washington pitching as they won 10-5.  The Nationals are now 54-88.
Jason Bergmann got the start on the mound for the Nationals and just did not have it.  Bergmann lasted only 2.1 innings [...]

The Washington Nationals bounced back against the Phillies on Wednesday night with a win.  The Nationals offense took care of business and they got enough pitching to hold off the Phillies 9-7.  The Nationals improved their record to 54-86.
Odalis Perez started on the mound for the Nationals but did not factor in the decision.  Perez [...]

The Washington Nationals saw their recent hot streak stop at the hands of Cole Hamels and the Philadelphia Phillies.  Hamels threw 7.1 innings as the Phillies beat the Nationals 4-0 on Tuesday night in Washington DC.  The Nationals record is now 53-86.
John Lannan started on the mound for the Nationals and was hit with his [...]

The Washington Nationals won their fifth straight game on Saturday against the Atlanta Braves.  The Nationals pitching wasn’t great but the offense came alive and led them to a 9-8 win.  The Nationals are now 51-85 on the season.
Jason Bergmann started for the Nationals and was not at his best.  Bergmann couldn’t get through the [...]

The Washington Nationals won their fourth consecutive game on Friday night against the Atlanta Braves.  The Nationals won 7-3 behind a solid pitching performance from Odalis Perez and some timely hitting.  The Nationals record is now 50-85.
Odalis Perez started on the mound and picked up his sixth win of the season.  Perez lasted 6.1 innings [...]

The Washington Nationals played the role of spoiler on Wednesday night as they beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in Washington DC.  The 5-4 win moves the Nationals record to 48-85 on the season.
Tim Redding started on the mound for Washinton and pitched well enough to pick up his ninth win of the season against eight [...]

The Washington Nationals took out the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday night in Washington DC.  The Dodgers are playing for a playoff spot and the Nationals are playing the role of spoiler.  The Nats won 2-1 and are now 47-85 on the season.
Rookie Collin Balester made possibly his best start of the season as he [...]

Rich Harden was sharp again as he led the Chicago Cubs to a 6-1 victory over the Washington Nationals on Sunday.  Harden struck out 11 batters over seven innings and allowed only two hits.  The loss drops Washington to 46-85.
Jason Bergmann started against Harden and just wasn’t as sharp as his counterpart.  Bergmann lasted 6.1 [...]

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 [...]