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The Nationals lost another close one, falling in St. Louis 5-4 to the Cardinals. Matt Chico went six and gave up four runs, but only allowed two walks. Reliever Jesus Colome had another rough outing, walking three over 1 2/3 and giving up an unearned run on a Jesus Flores passed ball. Flores later [...]

Here is my Flickr Photoset from Friday night’s Homestead Grays vs. St. Louis Stars game.
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WASHINGTON 6 St. Louis 3 (CBS Sportsline Boxscore)
If you thought 3B Ryan Zimmerman was experiencing a sophomore jinx early this year, you were not the only one. However, since July 2, he has hit .342. As Capital Punishment notes, he isn’t the only Nat hitting well of late.
One day after his first two homer game, [...]

HOMESTEAD GRAYS 3 ST. LOUIS STARS 2 (CBS Sportsline Boxscore)
WASHINGTON, D.C. — I don’t know if it was the heat that made the game seem to moved slowly, but the Grays victory over St. Louis was kind of boring until the ninth inning. As he is apt to do, Ryan Zimmerman had another game-winning RBI [...]

The Nats tied St. Louis (AP/Florida Today) in extra innings yesterday. P Jason Simontacchi gave up two runs over five innings of work for Washington. He has not yet secured a spot in the rotation, but The Wash. Times says he has “all but made the club.” Nationals Journal expects him in the rotation.
In other [...]

Vidro Gets the Green Light – The PostYesterday afternoon, 2B Carlos Baerga Jose Vidro won a see-saw game for the Nationals with a two-run single in the bottom of the 9th, clinching the series victory over the NL Central leading St. Louis Cardinals. Final score 7-6.
The game saw the return of Mike O’Connor to the [...]

After a weekend of coming back from 8th inning deficits, the Nats nearly topped that improbable feat this afternoon. Ramon Ortiz had a no hitter through 8 innings. On the first pitch of the home half of the inning, he hit his first career homer to put the Nats up 3-0. Nick Johnson would double [...]

Fading Nats Home-Schooled by Cardinals – The PostFor the second day in a row, the Nats neglected to score while giving up six runs. Everyone is angry, especially GM Jim Bowden. Well, Jim-Bow, you built the team, didn’t you?
Despite all of this the Nats are only 2.5 games back in the Wild Card. They face [...]