Archives for June 2022

Highlights from Davey Martinez’s media availability on Tuesday... García Gets Night Off ... Sort Of: Luis García, 22, played in 25-straight games after he was called up back on June 1st, putting up a fairly impressive .337/.347/.500 line with eight doubles, a triple, two home runs, a walk, and 19 Ks in 101 plate appearances. His manager, Davey Martinez, talked this past … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: Davey Martinez on Luis García getting a night off; Aníbal Sánchez returning to action…

Photo by G Fiume/Getty Images The Nationals and Pirates wrap up their three-game series in D.C. at 1:05 PM ET. Davey Martinez’s club went 1 for 12 with runners in scoring position and 10 left on base in the series opener with the Pittsburgh Pirates in Nationals Park on Monday night, but then Maikel Franco hit a two-run shot in the eighth to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 3-2 … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals’ lineup for today’s series finale with the Pittsburgh Pirates…

Photo by Scott Taetsch/Getty Images Washington and Pittsburgh wrap up their three-game series in D.C. at 1:05 PM ET in D.C. with Paolo Espino starting for the Nationals against Pirates’ righty Mitch Keller. FOLLOW: MASN; 106.7 the FAN in D.C. Next Game Washington Nationals vs Pittsburgh Pirates June 29, 2022 1:05 PM ETNationals Park Paolo Espino vs Mitch Keller … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals vs Pittsburgh Pirates: GameThread 78 of 162

Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports This game was extra. Not extra innings. Just extra. More like, what is going on here at some points? But yeah, baseball? Espino vs Pirates: Paolo Espino pitched out of the Nationals’ bullpen for the first two and a half months of the season, but moved into the rotation back on June 12th, and his three starts in Washington’s rotation have … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals fail to sweep, but take 2 of 3 from Pittsburgh Pirates, 8-7 final in weird one in D.C.