Jason Bergmann fell to 1-7 as he lost on Tuesday night to the San Francisco Giants.  It was the second straight game that the Nationals have lost to the Giants out in San Francisco.  They will have to win on Wednesday if they want to avoid the dreadful three game sweep.

Bergmann just didn’t have it going on the mound.  That is something that we have been saying all season long about him though.  He allowed five hits and five runs (four earned) in the game while taking the loss.  Bergmann had a problem with the home run ball as Bengie Molina took him deep twice and Fred Lewis did as well in the first inning.

Saul Rivera gave up two hits and one run in the eight inning.  The bullpen didn’t do a bad job besides for Rivera.  Jesus Colome and Charlie Manning combined to throw two scoreless innings.

Paul LoDuca hit a rbi ground rule double and added on a rbi ground out to lead the team at the plate with two rbi.  Willie Harris also hit his 7th home run of the season which was a solo shot in the 5th inning.

I would probably expect the Nationals to lose on Wednesday as well they way they are playing right now.  Hell they can’t even beat Barry Zito!

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It was a wild night between the Washington Nationals and the Arizona Diamondbacks on Thursday night.  The Nationals tied the game with two runs in the ninth inning, and then the two teams traded shots in extra innings before the Nats ended up losing 7-5.  The Nationals were beaten in two out of three games as they dropped their season record to 35-58.

The offense couldn’t get anything going against Dan Haren who struck out nine Nationals through eight innings.  However in the ninth inning, Haren let the first two runners on base and then the Nationals scored two runs off closer Brandon Lyon.  In the tenth inning, both teams scored three runs but in the 11th inning it was all Diamondbacks as they Nationals didn’t have another comeback left in them.

Nationals starting pitcher Jason Bergmann gave up six hits and two runs over seven innings.  Charlie Manning did throw a scoreless eighth inning before Jesus Colome tossed a scoreless ninth inning.  Jon Rauch gave up all three runs in the 10th inning and then Luis Ayala gave up two runs in the 11th to take the loss.

The Nationals will now play the Houston Astros for their final series before the All Star break.

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The Washington Nationals had a one run lead in th eighth inning but two runs in the eighth inning by the Los Angeles Angels put them in the lead and they held on for the 3-2 victory.  It was a dissapointing loss for the Nationals who had one of major league baseball’s teams on the the ropes.  Could have been a big win for the Nats, but that is all we can say is “could have”.

Jason Bergmann got a no decision in the game after pitching the first seven innings of the game.  Bergmann gave up six hits and one run while striking out six batters.  It was a good quality starts for Bergmann, the bullpen just didn’t hold onto the lead.

Saul Rivera pitched the eighth inning and gave up both runs to the Angels.  Rivera ended up taking the loss and is now 3-4.  The Angels first run in the eighth inning came on a error by Felipe Lopez, and then they scored their second run on a single to right center field.

Willie Harris hit his fourth home run of the season in the second inning to score the Nationals first run in the game.  The second run of the game didn’t come until the seventh inning when Paul Lo Duca lined a pitch back to John Lackey who caught it but then made a bad throw that allowed Harris to score.

The Nationals will now hope to even up the series at 1-1 on Tuesday night.  I really don’t like their chances but we will see what happens.

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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 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 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

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 gave up seven runs in the 5th inning to the Florida Marlins and then went on to lose the game by the score of 10-4.  Nationals pitchers couldn’t control Mike Jacobs who hit two homeruns and accounted for five of the Nationals ten runs.

Jason Bergmann picked up the loss which was his first of the season.  Bergmann allowed nine hits, seven earned runs, and two homeruns.  A very terrible outing by Bergmann who was hoping to pitch a lot better.  Joel Hanrahan followed Bergmann and didn’t fare to well either.  Hanrahan gave up three earned runs in only two innings of action.

Paul LoDuca led the Nationals with two RBI’s while Christian Guzman accounted for one RBI.

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