Washington Nationals

The Washington Nationals are currently in 1st place in the National League East division. Their division opponents include the: Atlanta Braves, Miami Marlins, New York Mets and Philadelphia Phillies. With just under 2 months remaining in the regular season, it will be exciting for fans to see who can hold their lead, which teams will climb and which ones will fall. 

This week, the Nationals host 5 games at home before heading to Atlanta for the weekend to take on the Braves in a 3 game series. The Nationals’ game against Baltimore on Monday, August 4th is a makeup game from July 8th, which was postponed due to inclement weather.  Following their series in Atlanta, the Nationals will move on to New York to face the Mets before returning home to host 4 different teams in 10 straight games. They will finish up the month by playing on the road against the Philadelphia Phillies and then the Seattle Mariners.

Most recently, the Nationals hosted the Phillies in a 3 game series, dropping the first game 1-2, but winning the second, 11-0. They will complete the series on Sunday at 1:35 p.m. In their 1st game of the series, Nationals right-handed pitche

To keep first place in the division, the Nationals will need to overcome the loss of Ryan Zimmerman, making appropriate adjustments to deal with his absence until he’s able to return, and continue delivering a strong pitching performance in the remainder of their games.

r Doug Fister threw for seven innings allowing 2 runs in 7 innings. It was an offensive challenge for the Nationals against Phillies pitcher Roberto Hernandez as well. In the 2nd game, Jordan Zimmerman pitched 7 shutout innings for the Nationals and Anthony Rendon drove in 4 runs as well as hit a home run. Prior to this game, the Nationals hadn’t hit a home run since 3rd baseman Ryan Zimmerman has been out, due to a strained hamstring. Rendon’s performance ended this drought. Phillies pitcher A.J. Burnett and manager Ryne Sandberg were both ejected from the game for arguing against an umpire’s decisions.