Redbirds fly by the Nats, 6-2.

The Cardinals scored early and then late to beat the Nats last night, 6-2. The Nats never got the the timely hit in last night's lost. The Nats are currently on a four game losing streak which leaves them at 20-19. They are currently tied for second place in the NL East.


Pitching:

Craig Stammen took the lost as he pitched 6 innings and gave up four runs. Doug Slaten and Drew Storen combined for an inning of shut out relief. It was Storen's first game as a MLBer. Matt Capps gave up two runs in his one inning of relief.


Hitting:

The Nats only scored two runs on eight hits. Ian Desmond led the Nats with 4 hits.


Box Score:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2010_05_17_wasmlb_slnmlb_1

Comings and Goings.

The Nats called up Drew Storen from Triple A and DFA Brian Bruney. Welcome Drew to the big club!

Good Luck Brian and hope to see you soon in the Majors League.

Rockies Nip the Nats, 2-1.

The Rockies handed the Nats their first three game losing streak of the year as they beat them 2-1. Pitching was the name of the game as both starters only let up one run apiece in their outings. The Nats are currently 20-18 and are tied for second place in the NL East with the Florida Marlins.



Pitching:

Scott Olsen had another good outing as he only allowed one run over 6.2 inning. Tyler Clifford took the lost as he allowed one run over 1.1 innings of relief work.


Hitting:

The Nats scored only one run on eight hits. Mike Morse and Cristan Guzman led the Nats with two hits apiece. Guzman also had an RBI.



Box Score:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2010_05_16_wasmlb_colmlb_1

Will Bruney be DFA?

Is the writing on the wall for Brian Bruney? He does not have any options and he is pitching terrible and Drew Storen is pitching lights out in Triple A.

I think from my view he will be DFA very soon!

Comings and Goings!!

Mike Morse was recalled and Wily Taveras was designated for assignment. Best of luck Wily! Thank you for your time.

Double Header Downer

The Nats dropped two at Colorado in Denver yesterday. The first game it was 6-2 and the second was 4-3.

Game 1

Pitching:

Livan Hernandez was out dueled by Ubaldo Jimenez once again. Livo pitched 6 innings while giving up 3 runs. Doug Slaten pitched one inning and did not give up a run. Brian Bruney is walking on thin ice as he gave up 3 runs in the 8th inning.

Hitting:

The Nats scored only two runs on seven hits. Ryan Zimmerman led the Nats with three hits. Adam Dunn hit his 8th homer of the year.


Game 2


Pitching:

Luis Atilano was not at his best but kept his team in the game as he pitched 5 innings while giving up 3 runs. Sean Burnett took the lost as he gave up 1 unearned run in his two innings of work. Tyler Walker pitched one inning of shut out relief.

Hitting:

The Nats scored 3 runs on seven hits. Ryan Zimmerman and Roger Bernadina led the Nats with two hits apiece. Adam Dunn hit his 9th homer of the year.

The Nationals are currently 20-17 and are in second place of the NL East. The are in second place in the NL Wild card race.



Box Scores:


Game 1:
http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2010_05_15_wasmlb_colmlb_1


Game 2:

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/boxscore.jsp?gid=2010_05_15_wasmlb_colmlb_2

Double Header Today

Last night's game was washed out. Today there will be two games! One at 2:10pm and the other at 8:10pm.