Dave Carter

The Washington Nationals finished a disastrous road trip through Atlanta and Philadelphia winning only yesterday’s game and losing the other seven. The journey started with an outside chance of making the playoffs, and ended with two starting infielders and their ace pitcher playing for different teams, and one of their All-Star outfielders on the injured list. Miles Mikolas took the mound tonight for the Nationals. He’s 3 and 9 for the year with a 5.89 ERA. Christopher Sanchez started for...

Game three tonight of a four-game series with the Phillies. Start time delayed about 20 minutes due to weather concerns. Starting tonight for the Nationals was Jake Irwin who has a 2 win 5 loss record for the season with a 5.56 ERA. Pitching for the Phillies tonight was Andrew Painter who is 1 and 8 for the year with a 6.72 ERA. The Nationals started the scoring. CJ Abrams led off the top of the 1st by getting hit by a pitch. Abimelec Ortiz then singled to right, sending Abrams to 3rd base....

It just keeps getting worse for the Nationals. James Wood was placed on the 10-day injured list before tonight’s game after straining his left oblique while at-bat in last night’s game vs. the Phillies. An MRI showed a mild strain, and manager Blake Butera was hoping Wood would return soon. And the losing streak continued with the Nationals going down with barely a whimper in tonight’s game against the Phillies. Carson Palmquist started tonight for the Nats. He has and 0-5 record this year...