Game 97 Review- Padres 5 Nationals 3

San Diego’s Matt Kemp homered twice and drove in four runs to lead the Padres to a 5-3 victory over the Nationals last night at Nationals Park. GAME 97 Padres 5  Nationals 3 Nationals’ Record- 57-40 WP- Perdomo (4-4)    LP- Roark (9-6)    SV- Maurer (4) HR-  Kemp, SD 2(22),  Werth, Was (12), Murphy,

Game 83 Review- Nats 12 Reds 1

Red-hot Danny Espinosa celebrates his fourth inning grand slam home run with his teammates in yesterday’s 12-1 Nats’ win over the Cincinnati Reds. The fireworks show on the National Mall today will have to be a great one to match the show that the home team’s bats put on yesterday afternoon at Nationals Park against

Game 74 Review- Brewers 5 Nationals 3

NOTES Milwaukee’s rookie pinch-hitter Keon Broxton watches his first career home run leave the park in the fifth inning of last night’s Brewers’ 5-3 victory over the Nationals at Miller Park. There are many ups and downs in a 162 game Major League baseball season, and the Nationals are certainly in a down period at

62 Down, 100 to Go and the Nats Seem Primed for Something Big in 2016

Stephen Strasburg retired the last 14 Phillies’ batters he faced on Friday night as the righty moved to 10-0 on the year in Washington’s 9-6 victory over their division rivals. With two wins in three games against the White Sox in Chicago and two wins so far in their weekend series against the Phillies, this

Game 57 Review- Nationals 10 @ Reds 9

Wilson Ramos circles the bases on Sunday following his home run during the Nats’ five run fourth inning in Washington’s 10-9 victory over the Reds at the Great American Ballpark. Nationals 10  Reds 9 WP-  Solis (1-1)    LP- Wright (0-1)   SV- Papelbon (15) HR-  Murphy, Was (10),  Ramos, Was (8),  Bruce, Cin (13)

Game 55 Review- Reds 7 Nats 2

Cincinnati’s Eugenio Suarez connects for a home run in the bottom of the third inning in last night’s Reds’ 7-2 victory over the Nationals at the Great American Ballpark. Nats’ Record-  33-22 WP- Finnegan  (2-4)    LP-  Gonzalez (3-4) HR-  Werth, Was (9),  Suarez, Cin (13), Cozart, Cin (8),  Duvall, Cin (15) Coming off of

Nationals’ Week in Review- Hanging Tough Against Fellow Contenders

Jayson Werth acknowledges the crowd at Nationals Park after his pinch-hit grand slam home run on Sunday broke open a game the Nats would win over St. Louis by a 10-2 score. Winning only three of seven games in a week is not ideal by any means, but the Nats were able to hold their

Game 44 Review- Nationals 8 @ Marlins 2

Ben Revere’s first inning stolen base led to Washington’s first run on Sunday at Miami in a game that Nats would win 8-2.  Revere had two steals on the day to register his first stolen bases of the season. The Nationals ended their three game series in Miami with an 8-2 victory that allowed them

Game 43 Review- Marlins 3 Nationals 2

DC area native Justin Bour admires his two run home run in the bottom of the sixth inning last night that broke a 1-1 tie and led the Miami Marlins to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals. MARLINS 3  NATIONALS 2 (at Marlins Park)     Nationals’ Record (26-17) WP- Fernandez (6-2)   LP-

Game 36 Review- Nationals 6 Marlins 4

Anthony Rendon scores ahead of the tag from Miami’s Jeff Mathis on Ryan Zimmerman’s first inning sacrifice fly to give Washington a lead they’d never relinquish in the Nats’ 6-4 victory over Miami this afternoon (PHOTO- Miami Herald.com). Nationals’ Record-  23-13 WP- Strasburg (6-0)    LP- Nicolino (2-1)    SV- Papelbon (11) HR- Ramos Was