The Washington Nationals lost a slug fest against the New York Mets on Wedneday night by the score of 13-10. The Nationals just didn’t have enough offense to keep up with the high powered Mets offense.

Cristian Guzman led the Nationals with five rbi’s as he had a three-run home run as well as a two-run shot in the game. Besides Guzman’s five rbi’s, the nationals also got rbi’s from Kory Casto (two rbi), Ryan Zimmerman (one rbi), Elijah Dukes (one rbi), and Wil Nieves (one rbi).  It was a good offensive showing for the Nationals.

The bad side of the game was the Nationals pitchers who allowed 13 runs to score. Odalis Perez only lasted three innings as he gave up eight hits and seven runs. Just a terrible outing for Perez who should have pitched better. Saul Rivera allowed four hits and four more runs while Joel Hanrahan gave up two more runs.

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What an up and down game for the Washington Nationals as they tied the game in the eighth inning and then went onto lose by two runs to the Philadelphia Phillies. Just another way to lose the game for the Nationals who seem to come up with a new way everyday.

Joel Hanrahan gave up both runs in the ninth inning that allowed the Phillies to win the game. Matt Stairs had a rbi double for the first run and then Chase Utley hit a rbi sac fly to add an insurance run. Odalis Perez was the starting pitcher but he only lated five innings as he gave up four hits and three runs. Perez did give up one home run as well. Marco Estrada was terrible out of the bullpen as he didn’t record an out and gave up three his and two runs.

Cristian Guzman tied the game in the eighth inning when he his a bases loaded clearing double. He led the team with three rbi on the night. Ryan Zimmerman had a solo home run and a rbi double in the game to finish right behind Guzman with two rbi. Lastings Milledge, Elijah Dukes, and Kory Casto finished up the scoreing with one rbi each.

Just another loss for the Nationals, I’m sure there will be plenty left over the next three to four weeks.

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One mistake by Collin Balester and the Washington Nationals lost to the Philadelphia Phillies 2-1 on Tuesday night.  Chase Utley hit a Balester pitch for a home run in the third inning and that was all the Phillies needed as the Nationals offense couldn’t quite come back to tie or take the lead in the game.

Balester gave up six hits and two runs over six innings to take the loss. He is now 1-3 on the season.  Balester didn’t throw the ball that bad at all, just made the one mistake to Utley.

In the eighth inning, Willie Harris grounded out to thrid base to score Cristian Guzman for the Nationals lone run.  The Nats need to start swinging the bats better and scoring some runs.  If your pitcher holds the opposing team to two runs, you should be able to get the victory.  That just isn’t the case for this team however.

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Jon Rauch gave up a solo home run in the ninth inning to Hanley Ramirez and then served up the game winning home run in the 10th inning to Josh Willingham as the Washington Nationals lost to the Florida Marlins 6-5 in ten innings of action. Rauch blew the save and then took the loss to fall to 4-2 on the year.  Rauch will just need to clear his head and get right back on the mound tomorrow.

Starting pitcher Tim Redding pitched the first five innings of the game and gave up eight hits and four runs.  The middle relief of the Nationals did really good as Jesus Colome and Saul Rivera pitched a combined three scoreless innings before Rauch blew the game.

The Nationals got four seperate rbi’s from four different players in the game.  Cristian Guzman, Elijah Dukes, Dmitri Young, and Willie Harris all had a rbi in the game.  Dukes rbi came via the long ball as he hit a solo home run in the fifth inning.

The Nationals will just have to forget about this game and get out there and pick up a victory on Tuesday.  Hopefully they can do that.  Nationals Blog

Exactly what I thought would happened did happen to the Washington Nationals on Thursday.  They were beaten by the Minnesota Twins 9-3 and were swept in their three game series.  We had blogged last night that the Nationals were going to have their hands full with the Twins today and that is exactly what happened.

Shawn Hill got the start on the mound for the Nationals but he sure didn’t stay out there very long.  Hill only lasted 3 2/3 innings as he gave up ten hits and seven runs.  Hill’s season record is now 1-4 and he really needs to turn things around in a hurry.

Brian Sanches pitched the next 2 1/3 innings and didn’t have any problems.  However when Joel Hanrahan came in he gave up two runs in the seventh inning that really put the game out of reach for the Nats.  Jon Rauch did a good job in the eighth inning when he pitched a scoreless inning to hold the Twins to nine runs.

We can’t expect the Nationals offense to score enough runs to win games like this.  Sure they only scored three runs, but I put all the blame right back on the pitching staff.  Cristian Guzman was the guy that did get the Nationals scoring started with a rbi single in the third inning.  Also in the third inning, Elijah Dukes had a rbi single.  It wasn’t until the eighth inning when teh Nats finally scored again when Dmitri Young hit a solo home run.

So now the Natinals are 29-45 on the season and continue to struggle.  It’s going to be a long season in the Nationas capital if you ask me.

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It sure wasn’t a good night to be in a Washington Nationals uniform on Tuesday night.  The Nationals were clobbered by the Minnesota Twins by the score of 11-2.  Now the Nationals will be trying to avoid the three game sweep by the Twins on Thursday in what I call a must win for the team.

Jason Bergmann took the loss for the Nationals after giving up five hits and three runs in six innings of action.  Bergmann only gave up three runs so that means that the Nationals bullpen once again threw the ball terribly.  Saul Rivera gave up two runs, Jesus Colome gave up five runs, and Brian Sanches gave up one run.  Just a bad bad game for the Nationals pitching staff.

The first for the Nationals came off the bat off Felipe Lopez that hit a solo home run in the fifth inning.  In the ninth inning Cristian Guzman scored on an error by Brendan Harris.  Bad game at the plate for the Nationals as well.

All around it sucked if you were a Nationals player, coach, or fan.  Hell even the Nationals Bloggers are upset with how the team played Wednesday night.

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The Washington Nationals played a really good game on Monday night but they came up just short as they lost 2-1 to the Minnesota Twins.  One mistake in the sixth inning cost the Nationals the game as Justin Morneau took starting pitcher John Lannan deep for a two run home run.

Lannan took the loss and is now 4-8.  He didn’t throw that ball that badly at all as he piched seven innings and allowed five hits and two runs.  Charlie Manning pitched a scoreless eighth inning for the Nationals.  The pitchers did great, there was just no offense for the Nationals.

Cristian Guzman had a infield single that scored Paul Lo Duca for the only Nationals run in the game.  The Nationals only had five hits in the entire game and just couldn’t push across one or two runs late in the game to get a victory.

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The Washington Nationals just couldn’t get over the hump on Thursday afternoon as they lost to the Pittsburgh Pirates 7-5.  With the loss, the Nationals lost two of three games against the Pirates.  Natioanls could have really used atleast one more win the series but it just didn’t work out that way.

Jason Bergmann only pitched 4 2/3 innings for the Nationals as he gave up eight hits and six runs.  Only four of the six runs were earned but he still did a poor job of pitching.  The Pirates jumped all over Bergmann, and the Nationals could never really recover.

Cristian Guzman had three rbi to lead the Nationals at the plate while Elijah Dukes wasn’t too far behind with two rbi.  The rest of the lineup (3-8) didn’t do a whole lot in the game as all the production came from Guzman and Dukes in the first and second spots in the order.

The Nationals will now board a plane and head out to Seattle to take on a the Mariners in a interleague series.

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The Washington Nationals blew the lead in the ninth inning but Elijah Dukes made sure that they didn’t lose the game as he hit a game winning walk off two run home run in the bottom of the tenth inning.  The 10-9 win salvaged a split in the double header against the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.

After Jon Rauch gave up two runs in the ninth inning to blow the save, Brian Sanches gave up a home run to Joe Mather and it looked like the Nationals were going to lose for sure.  That is when Dukes bailed out his pitching teammates.  You always try to pick up your teammates if they have a bad day and that is exactly what Dukes did.  Sanches actually ended up getting the win in the game because of that.

I should mention that Nationals starting pitcher Tim Redding was rocked in his 5 2/3 innings of action.  He allowed nine hits and six runs.

Dukes led the Nationals with four rbi in the game.  Aaron Boone and Kory Casto both had two rbi while Cristian Guzman and Ryan Langerhans had one rbi.

The Nationals should be glad they were atleast able to come away with a split in the double header.  They will begin a weekend series with the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.

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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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