Washington Nationals Baseball Blog » Nick Johnson http://www.nationalshomeplate.com A blog about Washington Nationals Baseball Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:51:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Nationals beat up the Mets 10-4 http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/nationals-beat-up-the-mets-10-4/ http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/nationals-beat-up-the-mets-10-4/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 02:51:47 +0000 NationsNational http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/nationals-beat-up-the-mets-10-4/ 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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]]> http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/nationals-beat-up-the-mets-10-4/feed/ 0 Nationals avoid sweep with 8-3 win over the Astros http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/nationals-avoid-sweep-with-8-3-win-over-the-astros/ http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/nationals-avoid-sweep-with-8-3-win-over-the-astros/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 03:21:16 +0000 NationsNational http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/nationals-avoid-sweep-with-8-3-win-over-the-astros/ 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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]]> http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/nationals-avoid-sweep-with-8-3-win-over-the-astros/feed/ 0 Nationals lose a close one to the Astros 6-5 http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/nationals-lose-a-close-one-to-the-astros-6-5/ http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/nationals-lose-a-close-one-to-the-astros-6-5/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 14:43:21 +0000 NationsNational http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/nationals-lose-a-close-one-to-the-astros-6-5/ 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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]]> http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/nationals-lose-a-close-one-to-the-astros-6-5/feed/ 0 The Nationals pick up a big win over the Braves on Tuesday night http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/the-nationals-pick-up-a-big-win-over-the-braves-on-tuesday-night/ http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/the-nationals-pick-up-a-big-win-over-the-braves-on-tuesday-night/#comments Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:30:24 +0000 NationsNational http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/the-nationals-pick-up-a-big-win-over-the-braves-on-tuesday-night/ The Washington Nationals picked up a very big win over the Atlanta Braves on Tuesday night.  The Nationals defeated the Braves 6-3 to pick up a game in the standings against the Braves.

Ryan Zimmerman and Nick Johnson both hit home runs for the Nationals.  Both home runs were solo shots.  Zimmerman finished the game with three RBI, Lastings Milledge had two RBI, while Johnson had one RBI.

Starting pitcher Tim Redding got the no decision in the game after throwing six innings and giving up four hits and two runs.  Saul Rivera pitched one inning in relief to pick up the win.  It was Rivera’s second win of the season.

The Nationals are now 10-17 on the season.

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]]> http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/the-nationals-pick-up-a-big-win-over-the-braves-on-tuesday-night/feed/ 0 Nationals fall to the Mets 3-2 in 14 innings http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/nationals-fall-to-the-mets-3-2-in-14-innings/ http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/nationals-fall-to-the-mets-3-2-in-14-innings/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2008 13:34:00 +0000 NationsNational http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/nationals-fall-to-the-mets-3-2-in-14-innings/ 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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]]> http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/nationals-fall-to-the-mets-3-2-in-14-innings/feed/ 0 Nationals come up short as the Marlins win 4-3 http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/nationals-come-up-short-as-the-marlins-win-4-3/ http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/nationals-come-up-short-as-the-marlins-win-4-3/#comments Fri, 11 Apr 2008 02:22:05 +0000 NationsNational http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/nationals-come-up-short-as-the-marlins-win-4-3/ The Washington Nationals tried coming back in the bottom of the 9th inning against the Florida Marlins but they came up just short as they lost the game by the score of 4-3.  Another close game for the Nationals where they were on the wrong side of the outcome.

Starting pitcher Odalis Perez picked up the loss as he is now 0-2 on the season.  Perez lasted 5.2 innings as he gave up six hits and two earned runs.  Luis Ayala and Jon Rauch both gave up a earned run each in relief.

Nick Johnson, Ronny Belliard, and Johnny Estrada all had one RBI each for the Nationals.

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]]> http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/nationals-come-up-short-as-the-marlins-win-4-3/feed/ 0 The Nationals fall to the Cardinals 5-4 http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/the-nationals-fall-to-the-cardinals-5-4/ http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/the-nationals-fall-to-the-cardinals-5-4/#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2008 20:22:41 +0000 NationsNational http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/the-nationals-fall-to-the-cardinals-5-4/ It was another close ball game for the Washington Nationals, but this time they were on the losing end as they lost to the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 on Saturday.  Matt Chico picked up the loss for the Nationals as the Cardinals got out to a 4-0 lead after the third inning and they never looked back.

Nick Johnson was 3-for-4 with his first home run and two RBIs, and Jesus Flores‘ two-run shot off Anthony Reyes cut the deficit to a run in the ninth but that was as close as the Nationals got.

The Nationals have now lost three games in a row after sweeping the Philadelphia Phillies.

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]]> http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/the-nationals-fall-to-the-cardinals-5-4/feed/ 0 Ryan Zimmerman hits walkoff homerun to beat the Braves 3-2 http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/ryan-zimmerman-hits-walkoff-homerun-to-beat-the-braves-3-2/ http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/ryan-zimmerman-hits-walkoff-homerun-to-beat-the-braves-3-2/#comments Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:15:57 +0000 NationsNational http://www.nationalshomeplate.com/ryan-zimmerman-hits-walkoff-homerun-to-beat-the-braves-3-2/ The Washington Nationals broke in the new ballpark with an exciting win as Ryan Zimmerman hit a walkoff homerun to give the Nationals the 3-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves.

Nick Johnson got the team off to a good start in the first inning as he doubled in Christian Guzman.  Austin Kearns then singled to right field that scored Johnson.  Those were the only two runs the Nationals got until Zimmerman ended the game with two outs in the ninth inning.

Jon Rauch picked up the win for the Nationals.  Odalis Perez was the starting pitcher and lasted five innings, giving up four hits and one earned run.  He did serve up a gopher ball to Chipper Jones, that was pretty much his only mistake of the ballgame.

The Nationals will now take on the Philadelphia Phillies as they try to move to 2-0 on the 2008 season.

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