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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The Washington Nationals had a bad night at the plate on Tuesday night as they were shutout by the Arizona Diamondbacks 2-0.  Terrible job by the offense on a night where the pitching staff actually threw the ball well.  If it isn’t the offense, it is the pitching, the Nats just can’t get both things clicking on the same night.

Odalis Perez tossed 2 1/3 innings and gave up one hit and a run but was tossed from the game after he argued a balk call.  Steven Shell then came into the game to throw 2 1/3 innings of scoreless baseball.  The Diamondbacks did get one unearned run off of Saul Rivera in the sixth inning.  Joel Hanrahan then tossed the final two innings of the game and did not allow a hit or a run.

Austin Kearns and Dmitri Young both had two hits but were unable to help the team score any runs.  Just another night where the Nationals offense stunk.

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The Washington Nationals finished up a dissapointing three game series with the Florida Marlins with a 4-2 loss on Wednesday afternoon.  The Nationals had a 2-0 lead heading into the bottom of the sixth innint but the Marlins then scored four runs over the next three innings to pull away for the victory.  With the loss, the Nationals lost two our of three games to the Marlins.

Odalis Perez pitched 6 2/3 innings and gave up five hits and two runs.  Perez didn’t pitch to badly and ended up getting a no decision in the game.  Charlie Manning was charged with one run after he gave up two hits without recording an out and took the loss to fall to 0-2 on the season.  Saul Rivera was also charged with one run in the eighth inning.  Bad job by the bullpen at the end of the game.

Paul Lo Duca had both rbi’s for the Nationals as he singled in two runs in the second inning to get the Nationals on the scoreboard.  The bad news was that those were the only two runs in the game for the Nats.

The Nationals will now start a four game series with the Cincinnati Reds on Friday.

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The Washingon Nationals lost to the St. Louis Cardinals 6-1 on a rainy night in the nations capital.  There was a 49 minute rain delay in the top of the fifth inning as the game took longer to play then what had been planned.

The Natinals had hardly any offense in the game as they were only able to come up with six hits and one run.  The one run came in the bottom of the fifth inning Ryan Langerhans grounded out to second and Jesus Flores scored.  The Nationals just weren’t able to string together two or three hits at a time to get a rally going.

Odalis Perez took the loss as he pitched three innings and gave up five hits and four runs.  The Cardinals scored four runs in the first inning with the big blow coming off the bat of Yadier Molina when he took Perez deep for a three run home run.

Jesus Colome came in after Perez exited and he didn’t have any luck either.  Colome gave up two runs on three hits in only one inning of action.  Brian Sanches, Charlie Manning, Saul Rivera, and Jon Rauch were finally able to hold the Cardinals down for the last five innings of the game.

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The Washington Nationals powered past the San Diego Padres on Wednesday night by the score of 6-4.  The Nationals hit a grand slam, solo home run, and sacrafice fly to score their six runs as they even up the three game series one game each.

Jesus Flores got the scoring started in the fourth inning when he hit a grand slam off of Shawn Estes.  Flores led the Nationals with the four rbi in the game.  Lastings Milledge hit a solo home run in the sixth inning and then Aaron Boone had a sacrafice fly in the seventh inning to finish the Nationals scoring.

Odalis Perez pitched 6 1/3 innings while picking up his second victory of the season.  Perez gave up six hits and three runs to improve his record to 2-4.  Brian Sanches came in after Perez left the game and gave up two hits and a run without even record an out.  Luis Ayala got out of that mess and pitched the next inning as well without giving up a run before turning things over to Jon Rauch who recorded his 11th save of the season.

The Nationals will try to win the series as the two teams face off again on Thursday afternoon.

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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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The Nationals scored a run in the bottom of the eighth inning on a Austin Kearns single and then held off the Pirates in the ninth inning to secure a 3-2 victory over the Pirates.  Kearns single scored Cristian Guzman for the go ahead run.

Wil Nieves had two RBI to lead the Nationals in the game at the plate.

Odalis Perez pitched seven innings and only gave up three hits and two runs.  Perez had a much better outing then his last outing when he was roughed up pretty bad.  Luis Ayala pitched the eighth inning to pick up the win and Jon Rauch picked up the save in the ninth inning.  Ayala’s win was his first win of the season and Rauch’s save was his sixth.

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The Washington Nationals just couldn’t get the hitting going on Sunday as they lost to the Florida Marlins 6-0. They were only able to get five hits and one run in the game against Florida’s pitching staff.  They also struggled to connect with the ball all night as they struckout seven times in the game.

Odalis Perez got the start for the Nationals and pitched six innings as he gave up five hits and one earned run.  Luis Ayala came in and pitched the seventh inning and gave up one run as he took the loss.  The Marlins broke the game loose in the eigth inning when they scored four earned runs off of Saul Rivera.

Austin Kearns got the only run of the night for the Washington Nationals hitting as he hit a solo home run in the 5th inning off of Scott Olsen.  It was his 2nd home run of the year and his 10th RBI.  Aaron Boone hit his 1st double of the season. 

With the loss to the Marlins hanging over their head, they will head to Atlanta to take on the Braves on Monday.  They will need to get back to hitting the ball if they want to beat the Braves.

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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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