The Washington Nationals began a 4-game series tonight in Philadelphia against the Phillies. They took an early lead but couldn’t hold it. Kind of a recurring theme for the Nats. Final score: Philadelphia 6 Washington 3. Andrew Alvarez started tonight for the Nationals. He has a 2-win 3-loss record with a 4.06 ERA. Starting for the Phillies was Aaron Nola. He’s 3 and 9 for the season with an ERA of 5.61. The Nationals struck early in the top of the 1st as Abimelec Ortiz hit h

Game two tonight in the important four-game series in Atlanta didn’t go as planned. The Washington Nationals fell again to the Atlanta Braves 6 to 2. Between an off night from ace pitcher Foster Griffin and a lack of hits with men on base, the Nationals lost their 2nd in a row to the Braves with 2 more games to go in the series. The Nationals’ leading pitcher Foster Griffin started on the mound. He had an impressive 12-win 2- loss record with a 2.76 ERA. Bryce Elder started f

The Washington Nationals blew an early three-run lead and fell to the Atlanta Braves 5 to 4 in the first game of an important eight-game road trip. Starting pitcher for the Braves was Grant Holmes. He has 6 wins and 4 losses for the year with a 3.79 ERA. Starting for the Nationals was Jake Irvin. He was activated off the 60-day injured list just before game time. He has 2 wins and 4 losses for the year with a 5.23 ERA. FYI, what’s kind of hard to figure out is this statistic:

The Washington Nationals held on for a very important victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on a rain delayed Tuesday evening. This tied the series 1-1 with the 3rd game scheduled for tomorrow at 1:05. The Nationals started off strong in the bottom of the 1 st. Maybe that rain delay did them some good. James Wood walked and got to 2nd as Luis Garcia grounded out to 1st base. Dylan Crews also walked. CJ Abrams followed with an infield hit loading the bases. Keibert Ruiz walked sc

Friday, July 25th. The Washington Nationals fell short in the opener of an important three-game series against the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks, losing 3 to 2. Arizona started the scoring in the top of the 2nd. Max Kepler led off the inning with a double to center field. Tyler Locklear followed with a walk. The two were bunted to 2nd and 3rd by Adrian Del Castillo. Tim Tawa managed a bunt single that plated Kepler. Locklear then scored on a force out off the bat of Kete