Nats lose to the Phillies on Opening Day, 11-1.

The Phillies dominated the Nats from the fourth inning by scoring eleven runs.. The opening day from the Nats point of view was a dud.

Pitching
John Lannan pitched only 3.2 innings in his start while giving up five runs. The bullpen was even worse. Miguel Batista pitched only 1.2 while giving up 5 runs. Jason Bergmann allowed a grand slam which was credited with only one run in his .1 inning pitched. The bright spots were Jesse English, Brian Bruney and Sean Burnett as they did not give up a run in relief.

Hitting
The Nats collected nine hits lead by Ivan Rodriquez three hits. Also, Nyjer Morgan also had two hits and Ryan Zimmerman had his first RBI of the season

Box Score:
http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/wrap.jsp?ymd=20100405&content_id=9082748&vkey=wrapup2005&fext=.jsp&team=home&gid=2010_04_05_phimlb_wasmlb_1#boxscore

Opening Day Rosters are Set!

Bill Ladson revealed the opening day roster for the Nats last night.

http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20100403&content_id=9066640&vkey=news_was&fext=.jsp&c_id=was


The most surprising was that Tyler Walker and Jesse English made the club.

Bernadina and Olsen sent down.

Roger Bernadina and Scott Olsen was sent to Triple AAA. Wily Taveras beat out Bernadina for the fourth outfielder job and Garrett Mock beat out Olsen for the fifth starter position on the team.

Good Luck Men. I hope to see you in NatsTown Soon!

Eric Bruntlett and Mike MacDougal was sent to minor league camp.

Red Sox no match for the Nats, 6-1.

The Red Sox was too much for the Nats yesterday as they won 6-1. Craig Stammen rebound from a woeful start as he pitched 5 innings while giving up 3 runs.

The Nats' offense managed six hits, but only scored one run.

Box Score:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2010_04_03_bosmlb_wasmlb_1

Red Sox finish off the Nats, 7-2.

Scott Olsen pitched a great game by pitching five inning while giving up one earn run against the Red Sox starters! Mike MacDougal that had a tough time by giving up six runs in less of an inning.

The Nats offense was limited with five hits by five different Nats getting those hits.

Box Score:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2010_04_02_wasmlb_bosmlb_1

Nats dominate the Mets, 9-3.

Jason Marquis was not at his best, but kept his team in the game. He pitched five innings while giving up three runs. The Nats' offense pounded out 12 hits and led by Josh Willingham two hits and three RBI. He hit his fifth homer of the spring.

Box Score:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2010_04_01_wasmlb_nynmlb_1

Nats fly away from the Cardinals, 9-6.

John Lannan was good again as he pitched 5 innings give up only 2 runs which both were unearned. The Nats pounded out nine hits and were led by Cristin Guzman three hits and 2 RBI.

Box Score:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2010_03_31_wasmlb_slnmlb_1