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Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ 3-1 win over the Mariners in D.C. on Saturday... SERIES WIN!!!!: Trevor Williams took the mound on Saturday afternoon with a 2.35 ERA, a 2.80 FIP, 14 walks (2.74 BB/9), 35 Ks (6.85 K/9), and a .220/.276/.274 line against in nine starts and 46 innings pitched on the year, a significant improvement from the numbers he put up in the first year … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: Trevor Williams and Nats secure series W with 3-1 win over Mariners…

Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ 6-1 win over the Mariners on Friday... GORE STRIKES OUT 8 IN 7 IP: MacKenzie Gore gave up a leadoff home run on the second pitch he threw in last night’s game, a 97.1 MPH fastball J.P. Crawford hit 399 ft. to center field to start the series in the nation’s capital. It was the only run, and one of just four hits, which Gore allowed overall, … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: MacKenzie Gore Ks 8 in seven strong; Nats beat Mariners, 6-1 in series opener…

Notes and quotes on the Nationals before the start of their series with the Mariners tonight... GETTING GALLO GOING: Davey Martinez had Joey Gallo batting 7th in the Nationals’ lineup for the series finale with the Twins on Wednesday (as he was the whole series), and the slugger went 0 for 4 in the loss, with two Ks, in big situations. Gallo hit a fly to right field with a … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: Joey Gallo & Joey Meneses at the plate + more…

Notes and quotes from the Nationals’ 3-2 loss to the Twins on Wednesday... TWO BAD PITCHES: Jake Irvin left a first-pitch fastball up and in for Max Kepler in the top of the second, and a first-pitch curve up for Carlos Correa in the sixth, so it was not just a “one bad pitch” start type of outing, but a two-bad-pitches turn in the rotation for the 27-year-old, second-year … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats drop 2 of 3 to Twins in D.C.; Jake Irvin puts together another solid start…

Notes and quotes on the Nationals’ shutout loss to the Twins in the nation’s capital... CORBIN KEEPS MISSING LOCATION: Davey Martinez summed up Patrick Corbin’s struggles on Tuesday night succinctly when he spoke with reporters following a 10-0 drubbing the hands/bats of the Minnesota Twins, who evened things up in their three-game series in Washington, D.C.’s Nationals … [Read more...] about Washington Nationals news & notes: Nats shut out by Twins, 10-0; Rubber match in D.C. today…