No Duke(s) of DC

Elijah Dukes was released by the Washington Nationals today. The right field job is now open! Good Luck Men! Go Nats!!!

Nats take Two!

The Nats took two in their spilt squad games to increase their record to 2-11.

Washington 4 St. Louis 2

John Lannan picked up his first victory of the year. Ivan Rodriquez lead the Nats with three RBI.


Box Score:

http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2010_03_16_wasmlb_slnmlb_1


Washington 12 Florida 3

Craig Stammen picked up his first victory of the spring. The Nats had 12 hits and four home runs.

Box Score:

http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2010_03_16_flomlb_wasmlb_1

MLB Network: Nats are Up!

The Washington Nationals are up on the series 30 Clubs in 30 Days on the MLB Network.

The Braves beat the Nats, 5-2.

The Braves scored early and then later to beat the Nats, 5-2. The Braves held the Nats hitless in the first 3 innings. It was the 11 straight lost for men from Washington.


Box Score:

http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2010_03_15_atlmlb_wasmlb_1

Cards comeback and beat the Nats, 7-3.

The Cards which was down by two in the fourth came back all the way and beat the Nats, 7-3. The Nats highlight was the excellent pitching of Steven Strasburg.

Box Score:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2010_03_14_slnmlb_wasmlb_1

Boy Wonder does well again!

Steven Strasburg has done another fine job this spring as he pitched three scoreless innings against the St. Louis Cardinals. He is making GM Mike Rizzo and Manager Jim Riggleman job a little bit tougher on whether he should be on the opening day roster this April 5th.

Strasburg line is the following:

Washington	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA
Strasburg	3.0	2	0	0	1	2	0	0.00

Astros outlast the Nats, 8-7.

Scott Olsen had a decent start by pitching three inning and by giving up only one run. Ryan Zimmerman had his second homer of the spring.


Box Score:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2010_03_13_wasmlb_houmlb_1