The Rebirth Of Zach Duke
There was a time when southpaw Zach Duke was considered one of the very best (actually he was called “brilliant”) young pitchers in baseball. Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 20th round of the...
View ArticleNationals Land The Fish In First Of Two, 7-4
Behind the solid pitching of John Lannan (six complete, with four strikeouts) and the hitting of Adam LaRoche (3-4 and three RBIs, including his 21st home run), the Washington Nationals beat the Miami...
View ArticleGio Gets His 17th, Nats Blast The Cards
Gio Gonzalez showed on Friday why he’s in the running for the National League Cy Young Award. Washington’s young lefty threw his second complete game of the year, and the first shutout in his career,...
View ArticleNats Sweep In New York
Spot starter John Lannan, who has spent most of 2012 in Triple-A Syracuse, proved his worth to the Nationals as a fill-in for Stephen Strasburg on Wednesday, leading the Nationals to a 2-0 victory over...
View ArticleL.A. Answers Nats 8th Inning Rally
An improbable and heroic comeback from the hometown nine — a six run 8th inning that tied the game at six apiece — was undone in the 9th inning by a Matt Kemp home run off of Nationals’ reliever Tyler...
View ArticleNats Number Now At Four
Straining for the National League East flag with the season winding down, the Washington Nationals needed a win in Philadelphia, and they got one on Wednesday night, downing the Phillies 8-4, behind...
View ArticleKluber-ed In Cleveland
The Washington Nationals beat themselves on Sunday, but they had help: Cleveland’s Corey Kluber wiggled out of numerous Nationals’ scoring opportunities, throwing eight innings of seven hit baseball,...
View ArticlePhillies Walk Off, 5-4
Dominic Brown’s two out single in the bottom of the 9th scored the winning, walk-off run against the Nationals, and the Phillies came away with a nail biting 5-4 win against Washington at Citizens Bank...
View ArticleNats Can’t Solve Lannan
John Lannan tamed his former teammates on Monday night in Philadelphia, pitching his new team to a 3-2 victory over the Washington Nationals by throwing eight innings of four hit baseball. For Lannan,...
View ArticleHaren Solid Again, Nats Take Down The Phillies
The Washington Nationals looked like a different team on Friday night: their starting pitcher threw seven solid innings, the defense was seamless — and the bats came alive, providing nine runs and...
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Walk Off “Hammers” O’s
Josh Willingham’s walk off home run in the tenth inning gave the Nats the game, the set and the match against the Baltimore Orioles in a 4-3 victory at Nationals Park on Sunday. Willingham’s game...
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Nats, Capps Defrock Friars
Matt Capps pitched out of a based loaded jam in the ninth inning to preserve a Washington Nationals and John Lannan win in San Diego, 5-3. The victory marked an all-the-way back start for the...
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Bullpen Sinks Pirates
The Washington Nationals took the second in a three game set against the Pirates on Wednesday, though the 7-5 victory was much less cleanly played than the previous night’s 5-2 drubbing. Still, a...
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Tigers Maul Lannan
Washington Nationals pitcher John Lannan had his worst outing of the year (and one of the worst of his career), as the Detroit Tigers mauled the lefty in securing a 7-4 victory in Detroit. Lannan gave...
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“A lot of leash with John . . .”
Nats’ skipper Jim Riggleman made sure the press knew: John Lannan would remain in Washington’s starting rotation, had every right to be there, and would soon enough return to the good old days — when...
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The Pride Of Porter Derails Dodgers
Adam Dunn — the pride of Porter, Texas — is finally starting to get the attention he deserves. And it’s long overdue. The Nationals’ first baseman’s two home run, six RBI outing against the Trolleys...
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Back In The Win Column
Nationals’ starter John Lannan and relief specialist Sean Burnett combined to shut down the Arizona Diamondbacks on Friday night 4-2, to put the team back in the win column. The badly needed victory...
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Nats Defeat Lowe (Again)
Atlanta Braves hurler Derek Lowe is puzzled: while the Braves sometime ace remains an effective starter against much of the National League (even while sporting a so-so 11-11 record), he can’t seem to...
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Lannan Masters St. Louis
John Lannan has now made it all the way back from exile: in his fifth start after his return from Harrisburg (where he was sent “to work on his command”), Lannan mastered the heavy hitting St. Louis...
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Nats Bats (And Lannan) Scuttle Pirates
The hitting of Ivan “Pudge” Rodriguez and the stellas pitching of John Lannan paced the Washington Nationals to a 9-2 victory over the Pirates at PNC Park on Saturday. Rodriguez led the Nats’ fifteen...
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