Belliard to the Dodgers. Good Luck Ronnie!!!

Ronnie Belliard was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers today after today's lost to the Cardinals, 2-1.

Belliard was traded for pitcher Luis Garica and a pitcher to be named later.

I want to wish the best for Ronnie! He was a very good professional for the Nationals. I also want to thank him for being so nice to my daughters and myself at the Picnic at the Park!

Good Luck, Ronnie!

Cards outduel Nats, 2-1.

Cardinals 2 Nats 1

The Cardinals won a tight game by a score of 2-1. Adam Wainwright out dueled Garrett Mock in a classic pitching battle. The difference was an Albert Pujols RBI single in the 6th inning.


Pitching:

Starter Garrett Mock had one of his better performance of the year as he pitched 6 innings and gave up only 2 runs. The bullpen of Tyler Clippard, Sean Burnett and Mike MacDougal gave an excellent effort as they combined no runs in their combine two innings of work.

Batting:

The Nats managed only 4 hits and one run. The highlight of the offense was an RBI single by Elijah Dukes.

Box score:

http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_08_30_wasmlb_slnmlb_1


Record:

The Nats dropped to 46-85 and continue to be in last place of the NL East.

Next Game:

The Nats next game is today in San Diego against the Padres as Livan Hernandez takes on the Padres’ Tim Stauffer at 10:05pm.

Cards Thump Nats, 9-4

Cardinals 9 Nats 4

The Cardinals broke a tight game early due to a Cristen Guzman error. The Cardinals beat the Nats 9-4.


Pitching:

Starter Craig Stammen took the lost as he pitched 4.2 innings and gave up 6 runs, but only 3 were earned. The bullpen of Ron Villone, Jorge Sosa, Saul Rivera and Jason Bergmann gave up 3 addition runs in their combine 3.1 innings of work.

Batting:

The Nats collected 11 hits, and scored 4 runs. Pete Orr led the Nats with four hits. Also, Ryan Zimmerman had 2 RBI and Adam Dunn hit his 35th homer of the year.

Box score:

http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_08_29_wasmlb_slnmlb_1

Record:

The Nats dropped to 46-84 and continue to be in last place of the NL East.

Next Game:

The Nats next game is today in St. Louis against the Cardinals as Garrett Mock takes on the Cardinals’ Adam Wainwright at 2:15 pm.

Nats lose to the Cardinals on a Walk Off, 3-2.

Cardinals 3 Nats 2

The Nats lost a heartbreaker to the Cardinals, 3-2, on a Albert Pujlos walk off homer in the 9th inning.


Pitching:

Starter John Lannan was back to himself as he pitched 8 innings while only giving up two runs. Jason Bergmann took the lost as he gave up the gamer winner homer to Pujlos.

Batting:

The Nats collected only 7 hits, but only scored 2 runs. Eljiah Dukes led the Nats with three hits.

Box score:

http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_08_28_wasmlb_slnmlb_1



Record:

The Nats dropped to 46-83 and continue to be in last place of the NL East.

Next Game:

The Nats next game is today in St. Louis against the Cardinals as Craig Stammen takes on the Cardinals’ Mitchell Boggs at 7:15 pm.

Orr Second Duty with the Nats

Infielder Pete Orr replaces Njyer Morgan who put on the DL due to his broken hand. Orr making his second duty with the big club in the last two years.

Nats hold on against the Cubs, 5-4

Nats 5 Cubs 4

The Nats got a 5-0 lead in the first three innings and held off the Cubs by a score of 5-4. The victory was dampened when it was found out that Nyjer Morgan was lost for the year with a broken left hand.



Pitching:

Starter J.D Martin pitched 5 inning while giving up 3 runs. The bullpen of Tyler Clippard, Sean Burnett and Mike MacDougal held the Cubs to 1 runs in four innings. The Key play of the game was made by Catcher Josh Bard and Burnett . The Cubs tried to score on a wild pitch by Burnett, but Bard was able to recover and toss the ball to Burnett who tagged out Cubs’ runner Derek Lee. MacDougal record his 14th save of the year by getting the last five outs of the game.

Batting:

The Nats collected only 5 hits, and still scored 5 runs. Five different Nats got hits in the game. The Nats were led by Ryan Zimmerman and Adam Dunn who each homered in the game!

Box score:

http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2009_08_27_wasmlb_chnmlb_1


Record:

The Nats improve to 46-82 and continue to be in last place of the NL East.

Next Game:

The Nats next game is tomorrow in St. Louis against the Cardinals as John Lanna takes on the Cardinals’ John Smoltz at 8:15 pm.

Ouch Mama!

Nyjer Morgan was lost for the year with a broken left hand in the 5-4 victory over the Cubs today. Lets get healthy for the next year Nyjer! It is time for someone to step up and take his place. Let's go NATS!