The Washington Nationals had no problems beating the New York Mets on Monday night as they beat em up by the score of 7-2. It was a very good win for the Nationals as they opened up the four game series against the Mets in great fashion.

The Nationals offense tagged Mets starter Pedro Martinez for eight hits and four runs. Elijah Dukes led the team with three rbi as he hit a three-run home run in the seventh inning. Anderson Hernandez helped out with two rbi of his own while Aaron Boone chipped in with one rbi of his own.

On the mound it was John Lannan tossing seven innings and picking up the victory. Lannan gave up one hit and one run as he had a very good start. Lannan is now 9-13 on the year after picking up the victory.

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The Washington Nationals got back at the Arizona Diamondbacks on Wednesday night with a 5-0 victory.  It was a great game all around for the Nationals as they limited the Diamondbacks to only three hits and held them scoreless the entire game.  That is the way you want to play every game!

John Lannan improved to 5-9 on the season with the victory as he tossed six innings and only allowed two hits.  It was a good quality start for Lannan as his only mistakes were three walks but they never came back to haunt him.

Joel Hanrahan, Luis Ayala, and Jon Rauch all pitched one inning of relief and all did a great job out of the bullpen as they all pitched scoreless innings.

Jesus Flores led the Nationals at the plate as he hit a three run home run in the sixth inning and finished the game with three rbi.  Kory Casto finished the game with two rbi as he walked in the second inning and then had a rbi double in the sixth.

The Nationals will try to win the series on Thursday as they face off against the D-backs once again.

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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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It was a low scoring game between the Washington Nationals and the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.  The Nationals were on the losing end of a 3-1 ball game.  These are the games that the Nationals should really win if you ask me.  I think Nationals fans would also agree with that statement.

John Lannan threw six innings and gave up seven hits and two runs to take the loss for the Nationals.  Lannan is now 4-7 on the season but he threw the ball very good on Wednesday night and really could have had a better outcome had the Nationals scored more then one run.  Joel Hanrahan gave up one run in relief of Lannan and then Jesus Colome threw a scoreless inning in the eighth inning.

Elijah Dukes had the only rbi for the Nationals and that came in the seventh inning when he singled to center field to score Felipe Lopez.  The Nationals offense left 21 batters on base and you just can’t do that.  Especially against a team like the Pirates where you should take advantage of all those runners on base.

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The Washington Nationals didn’t get off on the right foot Thursday as they lost game one of a double header against the St. Louis Cardinals by the score of 4-1.  Hopefully the Nationals can bounce back in game two and get a split in the double header.

John Lannan took the loss and dropped to 4-6 on the record.  Lannan tossed six innings and gave up four hits and two runs.  Joel Hanrahan then came in and gave up two more home runs.  Lannan gave up a two run home run to Troy Glaus while Hanrahan gave up a long ball to Albert Pujols.  Luis Ayala was able to come in and pitch a scoreless inning in the ninth.

The one Nationals run came in the eighth inning when Felipe Lopez singled in Kory Casto.  Not much was happening for the Nats at the plate.

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The San Diego Padres scored three runs off the Washington Nationals bullpen in the eighth inning on Thursday as they beat the Nationals by the score of 5-2.  The Nationals were going for the series win but instead dropped two of three games to the Padres.

Saul Rivera gave up two runs as he pitched in relief of starting pitcher John Lannan.  Rivera took the loss and is now 3-3 on the season while Lannan got the no decision.  Charlie Manning recorded the final two outs but still was charged with one earned run in the game.

Elijah Dukes had a sacrafice fly in the fourth inning that scored the Nationals first run of the game and then pitch hitter Ryan Langerhans singled in Dukes in the seventh inning for the Nationals second and final run of the game.

The Nationals will now travel to Arizona to take the Diamondbacks on in a three game weekend series.  This series spells trouble for the Nationals if you ask me.

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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

The Washington Nationals shutout the Atlanta Braves by the score of 6-0 on Tuesday night.  The Nationals were only ahead 1-0 heading into the ninth inning but they exploded for five runs in the top of the ninth inning as they beat the Braves 6-0.

John Lannan pitche seven innings to pick up the win for the Nationals.  Lannan only allowed five hits and zero runs in his seven innings of action.  Behind Lannan, Ray King, Luis Ayala, and Jon Rauch pitched the final two innings without giving up a run.

Ryan Zimmerman led the Nationals with two RBI while Felipe Lopez, Cristian Guzman, and Willie Harris all had one RBI.

The Nationals improved their record to 6-15 with the victory over the Braves.  It was a big win for the Nationals who had been on a long losing steak.

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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 have made another round of cuts as they trim down their spring training roster as it gets closer to opening day.

Chris Schroder and John Lannan were optioned to Triple-A Columbus.

Ryan Langerhans and Pete Orr were sent to the teams minor league camp.

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