The Washington Nationals pitched a great game on Monday night but the offense was no where to be found as the Philadelphia Phillies defeated the Nationals by the score of 1-0.  The Nationals are now 20-27 on the season after the loss.

Jon Rauch took the loss for the Nationals as he gave up the run in the ninth inning.  Rauch is now 2-1 on the season after losing the game tonight.  Starting pitcher Jason Bergmann pitched seven innings and only allowed five hits as he got a no decision.  Saul Rivera pitched a scoreless eighth inning as well.

The Nationals offense only had five hits in the game but did get a little rally going in the ninth inning.  Elijah Dukes walked and then stole second and third base, but was stranded at third base to end the game when Felipe Lopez grounded out to second base.

The Nationals keep on struggling and I’m not sure when things will turn around to be honest.  Nationals Blog

Four Washington Nationals pitchers combined to shut out the Philadelphia Phillies on Monday night.  The Nationals beat the Phillies by the score of 4-0 as they improved their record to 20-26.

Tim Redding got the start for the Nationals and pitched 6 1/3 innigs.  Redding gave up seven hits while walking and striking out two batters.  Saul Rivera, Luis Ayala, and Joel Hanrahan pitched the final 2 2/3 innings without allowing a hit.

Lastings Milledge led the Nationals at the plate with two rbi.  Milledge had a two run double in the in the third inning.  Dmitri Young had a sacrafice fly in the first inning and then scored another run with a double play groundball in the seventh inning.

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In a fast paced game, the Washington Nationals beat the New York Mets 1-0.  Now that is what I call a pitching duel.  Jason Bergmann and Mike Pelfrey both pitched great, but the Nationals were able to get a run in the eighth inning to get the 1-0 win.

Bergmann pitched seven innings to pick up the win.  Bergmann now has a 1-1 record on the season.  Luis Ayala and Jon Rauch pitched the eighth and ninth innings for the Nationals.  Rauch picked up his ninth save of the season as he stranded a Mets runner on third base to end the game.

The lone run that came in the eighth inning for the Nationals came on a sacrafice fly by Felipe Lopez.  Jesus Flores scored on the sac fly.

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The Washington Nationals scored four runs in the seventh inning as they beat the New York Mets 5-3 on Wednesday night.  Great win for the Nationals as they took two out of three games against the Mets.

The Nationals only had six hits in the game but they made good use of them all.  Cristian Guzman had two rbi in the game while Ryan Zimmerman, Felipe Lopez, Aaron Boone, and Jesus Flores all had one rbi.  Zimmerman’s rbi came on a solo home run in the sixth inning.

Starting pitcher Tim Redding tossed six inning and only allowed one run to pick up the win.  Redding improved his record to 5-3 with the win.  Saul Rivera came in to pitch after Redding left he game and didn’t fare to well as he gave up three hits and two runs.  Jon Rauch pitched 1 1/3 innings to pick up the save which was his eighth of the season.

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The Washington Nationals got doubled up by the New York Mets by the score of 6-3 on Tuesday night as the two teams battled in New York City.  I’m suprised the Nationals were able to score three runs in the game as they were only able to come up with four hits the entire game.

Ryan Zimmerman had a two run home run in the third inning to lead the Nationals with two rbi.  Rob Mackowiak had a rbi ground out to second base in the seventh inning.

John Lannan was the losing pitcher as he pitched six inning and gave up twelve hits and six runs.  Lannan got hit hard and also gave up one home run.  Ryan Church took Lannan deep in the third inning.  Lannan is now 3-4 on the season.

Luis Ayala gave up two more runs as he pitched 1 1/3 innings.  Joel Hanrahan was finally able to get the Nationals out of the inning by getting the last two out in the eighth inning.

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The Washington Nationals beat up on the New York Mets on Monday night by the score of 10-4.  The Nationals scored in every inning except for three as they kept pressure on the Mets pitchers the entire night.

Odalis Perez threw 6 1/3 innings to pick up his first win and improve his record to 1-3 on the season.  Perez did allow eleven hits and four runs including two home runs but this time he got some run support on the mound.

Chris Schroder and Saul Rivera both tossed 1 1/3 innings in the game as they pitched in relief and they did not give up a run.

Lastings Milledge, Jesus Flores, Perez all had two rbi each in the game.  Felipe Perez, Nick Johnson, and Rob Mackowiak had one rbi each in the game.  Now that is what I call production up and down the lineup.  You gotta love seeing that kind of production from that many players.

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The Washington Nationals avoided the three game sweep by the Houston Astros with a 8-3 victory on Thursday night.  The Nationals used three runs in the eighth inning and then another run in the ninth inning to put the game out of reach for the Astros.

The Nationals got home runs from Willie Harris and Rob Mackowiak in the game.  Austin Kearns and Mackowiak both finished with two rbi in the game.  Nick Johnson and Harris both had one rbi in the game.

John Lannan pitched six innings to pick up his third win of the season.  Lannan is now 3-3 on the season. 

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Jesus Colome gave up the game winning single to the Houston Astros as the Astros beat the Washington Nationals 4-3 on Wedneday night.  Colome came into the game after Joel Hanrahan only recorded one out in the inning.  Hanrahan ended up taking the loss for the Nationals as his record dropped to 0-2 on the season.

Odaliz Perez tossed five innings for the Nationals to get a no decision.  Perez allowed five hits and three runs.

Ryan Zimmerman had all three RBI for the Nationals as he hit a two run home run and then a solo home run in the game.  Without Zimmerman, the Nationals more the likely would have been shutout int he game.

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The Washington Nationals battled back to take a one run lead in the eighth inning but could not hold onto it as the Astros scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth to take a one run lead and eventually beat the Nationals 6-5.

Talk about a heart breaking loss for the Nationals who could have really used this win against the Astros.  Luis Ayala gave up a two run double to Carlos Lee in the eighth inning to take the loss for the Nationals.  Ayala is now 1-2 on the season.

Nationals starting pitcher Shawn Hill lasted 5 1/3 innings before being pulled from the game.  Hill gave up eight hits and three runs while walking four batters and stricking out three others.  Saul Rivera gave up a run as well as he pitched an inning of relief.

 The Nationals did hit three home runs in the game and still only scored five runs.  Nick Johnson, Aaron Boone, and Austin Kearns all hit solo home runs in the game.  Cristian Guzman and Ryan Zimmerman also had a RBI in the game.

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The Nationals scored a run in the bottom of the eighth inning on a Austin Kearns single and then held off the Pirates in the ninth inning to secure a 3-2 victory over the Pirates.  Kearns single scored Cristian Guzman for the go ahead run.

Wil Nieves had two RBI to lead the Nationals in the game at the plate.

Odalis Perez pitched seven innings and only gave up three hits and two runs.  Perez had a much better outing then his last outing when he was roughed up pretty bad.  Luis Ayala pitched the eighth inning to pick up the win and Jon Rauch picked up the save in the ninth inning.  Ayala’s win was his first win of the season and Rauch’s save was his sixth.

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