The Washington Nationals lost 3-2 to the San Francisco Giants on Monday night and with the loss they were swept in the four game series at home.  Now that is what I call a very dissapointing series as the Nats lost all four games against a medicore team.  It was the Nationals seventh straight loss as well.

Tyler Clippard took the loss after throwing 4 1/3 innings and giving up five hits and three runs.  He was a bit wild as he had three walks in the game.  Clippard gave up two rbi singles to Randy Winn and a rbi double to Bengie Molina in the game.

Brian Sanches, Jesus Colome, Charlie Manning, and Luis Ayala all seen action out of the bullpen and all did a pretty good job.  They did not allow the Giants to score another run, and that is about all you can ask for out of your bullpen.

Jesus Flores had sac fly in the fourth inning that scored Lastings Milledge. That was the only recorded rbi in the game for the Nationals.  Milledge did score an unearned run in the eighth inning on error by Giants catcher Molina.

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The Washington Nationals blew the lead in the ninth inning but Elijah Dukes made sure that they didn’t lose the game as he hit a game winning walk off two run home run in the bottom of the tenth inning.  The 10-9 win salvaged a split in the double header against the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.

After Jon Rauch gave up two runs in the ninth inning to blow the save, Brian Sanches gave up a home run to Joe Mather and it looked like the Nationals were going to lose for sure.  That is when Dukes bailed out his pitching teammates.  You always try to pick up your teammates if they have a bad day and that is exactly what Dukes did.  Sanches actually ended up getting the win in the game because of that.

I should mention that Nationals starting pitcher Tim Redding was rocked in his 5 2/3 innings of action.  He allowed nine hits and six runs.

Dukes led the Nationals with four rbi in the game.  Aaron Boone and Kory Casto both had two rbi while Cristian Guzman and Ryan Langerhans had one rbi.

The Nationals should be glad they were atleast able to come away with a split in the double header.  They will begin a weekend series with the San Francisco Giants on Friday night.

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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 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 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 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 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

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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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 scored four runs in the seventh inning as they beat the New York Mets 5-3 on Wednesday night.  Great win for the Nationals as they took two out of three games against the Mets.

The Nationals only had six hits in the game but they made good use of them all.  Cristian Guzman had two rbi in the game while Ryan Zimmerman, Felipe Lopez, Aaron Boone, and Jesus Flores all had one rbi.  Zimmerman’s rbi came on a solo home run in the sixth inning.

Starting pitcher Tim Redding tossed six inning and only allowed one run to pick up the win.  Redding improved his record to 5-3 with the win.  Saul Rivera came in to pitch after Redding left he game and didn’t fare to well as he gave up three hits and two runs.  Jon Rauch pitched 1 1/3 innings to pick up the save which was his eighth of the season.

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