Nationals Come Up Short Against Padres
Jim Riggleman Post-Game Press Conference Locker Room Interviews (Jordan Zimmermann, Ian Desmond)
View ArticleDavid Elfin On Sports: Dreams Are What Drafts Are All About, So Dream On Nats...
If the NFL, which drafts college juniors and seniors, has yet to turn the art of drafting into a science despite the protestations of Mel Kiper, then Major League Baseball, which drafts players as raw...
View ArticleNationals Beat Giants 2-1
The Nationals come off a 13 inning shootout heartbreaker the night before against the Giants, this time it only took two runs for the Nationals to get their 27th win of the season and get one on the...
View ArticleNats Take 3 of 4 Against Padres
The Nationals beat the Padres 2-0 and take three of four against the Padres in San Diego. The Nationals also ended up going six and five in their eleven game road trip and head home now nine in a row...
View ArticleNationals’ Zimmerman & Zimmermann Take It To The Orioles To Extend Streak
The Nationals continued to ride the wave of a healthy Ryan Zimmerman, who smacked a double and homer with two runs scored, to beat the Baltimore Orioles 4-2 before 36,614 at Nationals Park. Zimmerman...
View ArticleNationals Drop Orioles for Eighth Straight Win
Jim Riggleman Post-Game Press Conference Locker Room Videos (Ryan Zimmerman, Jordan Zimmermann) The Washington Nationals continued their hot streak Saturday afternoon, defeating the Baltimore Orioles...
View ArticleNationals Get Swept
The Nationals waste another superb outing by Jordan Zimmermann and fall 1-0 to the Angels in Anaheim. The Angels lone run was set up off of a Ryan Zimmerman throwing error, his fourth since returning...
View ArticleNationals Avoid Sweep, Shut Out Rockies 2-0
The Washington Nationals will head in to the All-Star break with a 46-46 record after a 2-0 win in the series finale against the Colorado Rockies. The Nationals pitching staff combined for a six-hit...
View ArticleMarlins Blow Out Nationals 11-2
The Washington Nationals fell into last place in the National League East with their fourth straight loss on Tuesday night, losing to the Marlins 11-2. The game was the start of a nine game homestand...
View ArticleInjury Overshadows Nationals 5-3 Win Over Rockies
Colorado starter Juan Nicasio had a scary moment in the second inning when Ian Desmond hit a line drive right back at him. Nicasio was down for some time as the training staff looked at him and carted...
View ArticleCubs Power Past Nationals, 4-2
The Washington Nationals again faced a pitcher having a rough year, and somehow found a way to make him look nearly unhittable. Rodrigo Lopez took the mound for the Cubs tonight – the same Rodrigo...
View ArticleRevenge Is A Dish Best Served At Nats Park
A small measure of pay back for former Reds’ outfielder Jonny Gomes, who delivered a key two-run single and made a big defensive play as Washington dropped Cincinnati 3-1 before 19,508 at Nationals...
View ArticleDetwiler Cruises, Nationals Win 4-1 Over Diamondbacks
The Nationals defeated the Diamondbacks, 4-1, in large part to the stellar 6 and 2/3 innings from Ross Detwiler tonight. Detwiler has transitioned from starter to long reliever, and back to starter...
View ArticleDiamondbacks Shut Out Nationals, 2-0
The Arizona Diamondbacks used a home run from an unlikely source and the strong pitching from Ian Kennedy to shutout the Nationals, 2-0, before 17,029 at Nationals Park. Jordan Zimmermann was the hard...
View ArticleMcCutchen, McDonald Lead Pirates Over Nats 5-3
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — Andrew McCutchen homered twice, James McDonald took a no-hitter into the sixth inning and struck out a career-high 11, and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals...
View ArticleElfin: The Nationals Have Set A Grueling Pace For The Second Half
As the Nats closed out their pre-All Star break schedule yesterday, it was stunning to realize that four of the six players on the left side or the middle of the diamond were current or former...
View ArticleZimmermann Gets Shelled In Crazy Loss
Washington, DC (AP/CBSDC)-David Freese homered, drove in three runs and had a go-ahead single in the ninth inning Saturday as the St. Louis Cardinals ended a four-game skid with a wild, 10-9 win over...
View ArticleElfin: Strasburg Shutdown Doesn’t Mean End Of Days For Washington’s World...
A week ago, more than a few area sports fans were doing the Chicken Little thing. That’s the ancient tale you probably remember from your toddler days in which the protagonist thought the sky was...
View ArticleBrawls, Runs & Fireworks: Nats Sweep Cubs 9-2
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP)-Adam LaRoche added to his home run tear with a two-run shot and the Washington Nationals beat the Chicago Cubs 9-2 in a fight-filled game Thursday night to finish a lopsided...
View ArticleElfin: The Eight Year Wait May Be Over Sooner Than You Think
Your fingernails have been chewed. You have cursed your television screen. You have yelled at the umpires. Got it out of your system, Nats fans? Good. Sure, your heroes were swept this past weekend in...
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