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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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.

The Nationals will try to get back on track tomorrow when they face off against the Braves once again.  Nationals Blog

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 lost to the Atlatna Braves in Atlanta on Monday by the score of 7-3 putting the Nationals at 5-15 for the season.  Quickly falling behind in the season standings, the Nationals have a lot of work to do to get their team back into shape and I just don’t see it happening.

Cristian Guzman, Felipe Lopez, and Willie Harris all recorded doubles yesterday against the Braves.  Harris, Lastings Milledge, and Aaron Boone all picked up a RBI in Monday’s game as well.

Matt Chico was the opening pitcher for the Nationals and pitched for four innings allowing eight hits, six runs, and walked three.  This loss puts him at 0-4 for the year.  Joel Hanrahan, Jesus Colome, and Chad Cordero were brought in to pitch the last three innings giving up a combined five hits and one run between the three of them.  (Hanrahan was the pitcher to give up the run).

The Washington Nationals will stay in Atlanta for one more game against the Braves tonight then will travel back home to face the New York Mets.

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The Washington Nationals and New York Mets played fourteen innings on Thursday night and it was the Nationals who came out on the losing end.  The Mets scored the game winning run on a Joel Hanrahan wild pitch.  Hanrahan took the loss for the Nationals.

John Lannan started for the Nationals and pitched pretty damn good.  He went six innings and only gave up three hits and one earned run.  Lannan also struck out 11 Mets batters.

Nick Johnson had the lone big hit for the Nationals as he hit a two-run home run in the fourth inning.  Othen then Johnson’s home run, the Nationals bats were pretty quite.

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The Washington Nationals got shut out by the New York Mets by the score of 6-0 on Tuesday night.  The Nationals hitters just couldn’t get anything going against Mike Pelfrey and the Mets relievers.  With the loss, the Nationals record drops to 4-10 on the season.

Odalis Perez drops his record to 0-3 on the season as he picked up the loss.  Perez pitched six inning and gave up two earned runs.  He was pretty wild as he gave up four walks as well.  It wasn’t all on Perez however as the Nationals bullpen really pitched badly.  Ray King and Luis Ayala gave up an earned run each and Joel Hanrahan gave up two runs in his inning of action.

Overall, it was just a bad day for the entire Nationals lineup.  We will see if they can turn around and pick up a win in their next game.

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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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