Apr 16, 2012; Washington, DC, USA; Washington Nationals third baseman Ryan Zimmerman (11) hits a two run single against the Houston Astros during the sixth inning at Nationals Park. The Nationals defeated the Astros 6 - 3. Mandatory Credit: Brad Mills-... »
The Miami Marlins (7-6) have won five of their last six games, including four-straight to end their first homestand of the year in the new Marlins Park. Giancarlo (aka Mike) Stanton, who's battled a knee injury that is expected to linger all season, ha... »
• Four of the Washington Nationals nine wins so far this season have come in one-run games, including last night's 1-0 win over the Houston Astros. Asked in last night's post game press conference if the Nats could keep winning close games, manager Dav... »
Do the Nationals have the best starting rotation in baseball? That’s the question being asked by MLB pundits in the wake of a duel of lefties at Nationals Park on Tuesday — as Washington’s Gio Gonzalez outlasted Wandy Rodriguez, giving up just two hits... »
Houston's 33-year-old lefty Wandy Rodriguez entered tonight's game (5-1) in nine career starts against the Nationals, with 18 walks (3.06 BB/9), 44 K's (7.47 K/9), a 4.92 ERA, 1.32 WHIP and a .263 BAA when facing Washington, but the one loss to the Nat... »
In a rare instance when 69-year-old Washington Nationals' skipper Davey Johnson, (who was four years old on April 15, 1947 when Jackie Robinson made his MLB debut, broke baseball's "color barrier" and started the change that would eventually fully inte... »
Next Game Cincinnati Reds @ Washington Nationals Sunday, Apr 15, 2012, 1:35 PM EDT Nationals Park Mike Leake vs Ross Detwiler -- Partly cloudy. Winds blowing out to center field at 10-15 m.p.h. Game time temperature around 80. • D.C. Starting Lineup: 1... »
Before everyone disappears down the Nats Opening Day/Masters/Caps rabbit holes (myself included!), here's some links to items that might be of interest.First, a few new entries in the What's New Around the Ballpark? lineup:* On Tap Magazine surveys the... »
