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Washington Nationals vs Miami Marlins: GameThread 53 of 162
Washington and Miami play the third game of their four-game set in D.C. at 1:35 PM EDT this afternoon with Erick Fedde on the mound for the Nationals against Marlins’ left-hander Caleb Smith. FOLLOW: MASN; 106.7 the FAN. Next Game Miami Marlins at Washington Nationals May 26, 2019 1:35 PM EDTNationals Park Erick Fedde vs Caleb Smith WEATHER: Partly Cloudy, 88° • D.C. Starting Lineup: 1. Trea Turner - SS 2. Adam Eaton - RF 3. #RENDONISREADY - 3B 4. #JuanPursuit - LF 5. This is Howie Do It! - 1B 6. Brian Dozier - 2B 7. Victor Robles - CF 8. Yan Gomes - C 9. Erick Fedde - RHP •...
Federal Baseball 3 hours ago
Washington Nationals’ lineup for 3rd of 4 with Miami Marlins in D.C.
Will the Washington Nationals win a third straight game for the first time this season? Seriously, they haven’t won three straight yet in 2019... Washington won a sloppy series opener with Miami 12-10, but they got a clean win in on Saturday afternoon with Nationals’ left-hander Patrick Corbin leading the way over nine scoreless innings on the mound in a 5-0 game. “They played really well,” manager Davey Martinez said after the second straight win in the nation’s capital. “Defense was good. The boys were engaged, the at bats were good again, so let’s continue to play like we...
Federal Baseball 4 hours ago
Wire Taps: Patrick Corbin leads Nationals to win over Marlins; Joe Ross back to Fresno to get stretched out...
Catch up on the past 24 hours in Nationals news before the start of the third of four with the Fish in D.C. Patrick Corbin threw a complete game shutout to spare the bullpen for a day. Now the Nats are trying to win a third straight for the first time this season in the third game of four in the series with the Marlins. We found out what the Nationals are planning on doing with reliever Joe Ross as well, after he was optioned to Triple-A on Saturday. Go read your links... NATS BEAT: Masterful Corbin spins shutout against Marlins - (MLB.com)"[Patrick] Corbin had tremendous command,...
Federal Baseball 6 hours ago
Washington Nationals’ prospect James Bourque gets call; has amazing mustache...
Washington Nationals’ prospect James Bourque got called up to the majors on Saturday after a dominant run in the bullpen in the last year-plus. An invitation to Winterfest from the Washington Nationals is sometimes a good sign that the team wants its fans to get to know a young prospect they think might end up in the nation’s capital at some point in the near future. James Bourque, a 25-year-old, 2014 4th Round pick by the Nationals, was added to the 40-Man roster last winter as well, coming of a breakout 2018 campaign which saw the starter-turned reliever excel in a new role, putting...
Federal Baseball 7 hours ago
Patrick Corbin throws complete game shutout vs Marlins in Nationals’ 5-0 win
Patrick Corbin tossed the fifth complete game and the second complete game shutout of his career in the Nationals’ 5-0 win on Saturday. Patrick Corbin needed just 74 pitches to get through six scoreless against the Miami Marlins in Saturday afternoon’s game in the nation’s capital, working around one-out singles in each of the first two frames with inning-ending double plays both times. “He felt good and he looked great. He wasn’t laboring. He didn’t go through any high-leverage innings.” - Davey Martinez on Patrick Corbin vs MIA Corbin retired 13 of 14 Marlins’ hitters...
Federal Baseball 20 hours ago
Washington Nationals shut Miami Marlins out, 5-0: Patrick Corbin throws a complete game shutout vs Fish...
Washington’s Nationals got all the runs they needed in a five-run fourth, and Patrick Corbin tossed a complete game shutout against the Fish... Patrick Corbin tossed nine scoreless innings against the Miami Marlins, and a five-run fourth was all the Washington Nationals needed for a second straight win over the Fish in Nationals Park, 5-0 final. It was the fifth complete game and the second complete game shutout of Corbin’s career. Corbin vs the Marlins: Patrick Corbin gave up six hits, three walks, and four earned runs in five innings last time out before today, taking a loss in what...
Federal Baseball 22 hours ago
Washington Nationals vs Miami Marlins: GameThread 52 of 162
Washington and Miami play the second game of their four-game set in Nationals Park with Patrick Corbin on the hill against Marlins’ righty Sandy Alcantara. GAME TIME: 4:05 PM EDT; FOLLOW: MASN; 106.7 the FAN in D.C. Next Game Miami Marlins at Washington Nationals May 25, 2019 7:05 PM EDTNationals Park Patrick Corbin vs Sandy Alcantara WEATHER: Partly Cloudy, 78° • D.C. Starting Lineup: 1. Trea Turner - SS 2. Adam Eaton - RF 3. #RENDONISREADY - 3B 4. #JuanPursuit - LF 5. Mt. Adams - 1B 6. Brian Dozier - 2B 7. Victor Robles - CF 8. Yan Gomes - C 9. Patrick Corbin - LHP •...
Federal Baseball May 25, 2019
Washington Nationals call up James Bourque; option Joe Ross to Triple-A Fresno...
James Bourque is the latest reliever called up to the Nats’ bullpen as the Nationals try to sort things out with what’s been the worst relief corps in the National League... Washington Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo told 106.7 the FAN in D.C.’s Sports Junkies this week that he and the rest of the front office were doing what they could to try to straighten out the bullpen in the nation’s capital. After Joe Ross (3 ER), Tony Sipp (1 ER), and Sean Doolittle (1 ER) each gave up runs in the 12-10 win on Friday night, the Nationals’ bullpen, as a group, had a National League worst 7.06...
Federal Baseball May 25, 2019
Washington Nationals’ lineup for 2nd of 4 with the Miami Marlins in D.C.
Davey Martinez’s squad goes for a second consecutive win over the Marlins in this afternoon’s 4:05 PM matchup in the nation’s capital. Juan Soto started the series opener with the Miami Marlins with a seven-game hit streak going, over which the Washington Nationals’ 20-year-old slugger was 12 for 26 (.462 AVG) with five doubles, a triple, one home run, three walks, and four runs scored, and he had multi-hit games in four of the seven on the streak which took him from .228/.345/.415 to a .268/.374/.490 line after 40 games and 174 PAs in his sophomore season in the majors. Soto...
Federal Baseball May 25, 2019
Despite the Nationals’ many problems, manager Dave Martinez still the most glaring
Even though the Washington Nationals have several issues contributing to their disastrous start, it’s pretty clear that Dave Martinez is still out of his depth as manager... There isn’t much debate at this point. The Washington Nationals are the most disappointing team in baseball so far in 2019, possessing a lowly 20-31 record as May comes to a close. Their record is better than just three teams, all of them seemingly in deep rebuilds while the Nationals are supposed to be competing. When you’re in the company of the Miami Marlins, Kansas City Royals and Baltimore Orioles, something...
Federal Baseball May 25, 2019
Washington Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo on not pulling the plug on 2019 just yet...
Before last night’s game, Nationals’ GM Mike Rizzo addressed the chatter around Davey Martinez’s future... Five straight losses heading into the series opener with Miami after getting swept in four-straight in New York. Losses in seven of the last ten and 15 of 22 in the month of May. A 19-31 record overall after 50 games in 2019. “There are lot of people in this group right here that predicted us to win 90-92 games and win the division and World Series...” - Mike Rizzo to reporters on Friday To get up to the 90-win threshold, they’d have to go 71-41 (a .634 winning percentage)...
Federal Baseball May 25, 2019
Wire Taps: Nationals win ugly, Davey Martinez wants it cleaned up; Mike Rizzo not pulling the plug...
Catch up on the last 24 hours in Nationals news before the start of the second of four with the Fish... Juan Soto and Matt Adams went back-to-back on 100 MPH+ pitches, making some Statcast history. Mike Rizzo talked about turning things around, Davey Martinez’s future, and leaving the plug in for now. It was an ugly win last night, but it was a win. Will the Nationals make it two in a row this afternoon? It’s a 4:05 PM EDT start today. Go read your links... NATS BEAT: Rizzo on Davey: GM Mike Rizzo: 'We've got to play better baseball' - (MLB.com)"While Rizzo stressed it was still early...
Federal Baseball May 25, 2019
Washington Nationals win one, but it was sloppy, and Davey Martinez wants them to clean it up...
“Just play the game, simplify everything and just play hard. They play hard, but we’ve got to clean it up.” - Nationals’ skipper Davey Martinez after 12-10 win over the Marlins. Washington’s Nationals won. They did. Enjoy that for a second. Okay, they won, yes, with 12 runs on 14 hits, but they also, and here’s where reality sets in, they also gave up a total of 10 runs, on 15 hits, and they committed four errors, they went 5 for 15 with runners in scoring position and left seven runners on base. It took a couple comebacks, and some late-game heroics from Juan Soto. But they...
Federal Baseball May 24, 2019
Washington Nationals snap five-game losing streak with ridiculous 12-10 win over Miami Marlins...
Juan Soto hit a 3-run home run in the bottom of the 8th to cap off the third, or fourth, or fifth, we lost count, comeback of the game for the Nationals, who beat the Marlins, 12-10. The boys did. not. quit. Davey Martinez’s squad battled back over and over in the first of four with the Miami Marlins in Nationals Park, and Washington won it in the end with a three-run home run by Juan Soto in the bottom of the eighth the difference in a 12-10 win. McGowin vs the Marlins: One of two pitchers (along with Austin Adams) who was acquired in the December 2016 trade that sent infielder Danny...
Federal Baseball May 24, 2019
Washington Nationals vs Miami Marlins: GameThread 51 of 162
Washington and Miami start a four-game set in D.C. with Kyle McGowin on the mound for the Nationals against Marlins’ right-hander Pablo López. GAME TIME: 7:05 PM EDT; FOLLOW: MASN; 106.7 the FAN in D.C. Next Game Miami Marlins at Miami Marlins May 24, 2019 7:05 PM EDTNationals Park Kyle McGowin vs Pablo López WEATHER: Partly Cloudy, 80° • D.C. Starting Lineup: 1. Trea Turner - SS 2. Adam Eaton - RF 3. #RENDONISREADY - 3B 4. #JuanPursuit - LF 5. Mt. Adams - 1B 6. Brian Dozier - 2B 7. Victor Robles - CF 8. Yan Gomes - C 9. Kyle McGowin - RHP • LINKS: Juan Soto and...
