Official Nationals post game Thread

So the Nationals are now 3-0 after an awesome outing from Redding.

I was getting nervous in the bottom of the 8th when Redding gave up a walk, but it seemed destined for us to win, because "rally killer" Feliz hit into what would have been a double play had the bat not broken. And the next guy hit the ball which took a nice bounce off Zmans glove right to Guzman.

Ayala took care of business as did Rausch... and finally a starter got a W.

Lets go for the sweep.

Redding gave us a great outing. That's where you start. He did well and the bullpen behind him was solid. With Ayala, Rauch, Cordero, and Colome, the Nats bullpen is going to be tough. If we get to the 6th or 7th with a lead, we will have a solid shot to win.

Offense is not great right now, but it's early. Zimm has won two games so far, which is a great step up by a third year player. Guzman is giving us a spark too. Johnson and Kearns are playing well, so we've got the top of the order clicking.

What a game. I was a bit upset that we blew such a nice lead (although I knew it would happen when we didn't score in the 2nd with bases loaded) but we still won the series.

I thought that after Colome put Utley and Howard on that Manny Acta should have brought out Rausch. At least we made them earn that win, and we also put a hurting on their bullpen, so maybe they (Phillies) will lose their next series too.

I hope that we can carry this weeks momentum into St. Louis and come away with this series as well.

Still, taking two out of three from the Phils is fine. The good news is that Rauch is rested for this next series.

How about Guzman? Good start for him. Zimmerman has been clutch (though he grounded out with the bases loaded in the 9th last game), but he hasn't been consistent. We could use a couple more hits from him. Does anyone know why Acta didn't use Dmitri Young last game? There were several situations where he was a better pinch hitter than the options.

While I didn't get to watch much of the game, it seemed as though Looper was having a pretty good night on the mound. I also saw Perez get himself into some trouble.

I see that we ended up only losing by a run (in my opinion the worst way to lose). However, at least we have been in every game in this young season.

Lets turn this thing around and get some W's this weekend.

3-4

Okay, we are now on a four game slide.  We need to get back to the basics and play fundamentally sound baseball. 

Our next 16 games are against division opponents.  If we can come out of this strech at .500 or better it would be a big statement to the NL East. 

We need to get our guys healthy too.

Well it sux that Lannan lost yeasterday. A win by him may have kept him here for another start or two.

Otherwise in the previous three loses. I do beleive the NATS are 0-8 no RBI'S with the bases loaded.

Also the walks so far are out of hand. I realize walking Puhols is smart so I will forgive those.

Who made the bone head play when that guy went from first to third on a bunt?

Other thoughts:

Lopez better start hitting or he'll  be changing addresses soon.

I'll give the rotation one more time around before I start calling for the AAA guys.

My man Milledge---Doing well so far.

Johnson----Welcome Back!!!!! Boy was I wrong on this guy. I wish I was as wrong with Hill and Patterson.

Whats the deal with wanting Flores to go back to AA?

I REALLY REALLY REALLY we should have brought back Livan Hernandez. 

Cordero------Still the most over-rated player on this team. Can they get something for him July? Not if he don't start pitching.

Missing Pena.

Its a real shame Dukes got hurt. He had a 10-12 game shot at staying right off the bat. Now he probably goes back to AAA at some point.

I like the additions of Milledge and Dukes.

We definatley need an ace pitcher on the team though, someone who can stop a losing streak and get things turned around.

When Pena and Dukes get healthy we shouldn't have too much trouble putting runs on the board.

Just wrapped up the game against the Pirates.  Redding looked sharp today notching his 4th win of the season. 

Kearns seems to be picking up the pace and slowly raising his batting average.

Christian Guzman had a great series and I suspect that he will have a great season considering that he is in his contract year....we all know how that goes.

Houston can put up some runs, but so can the Pirates.... so I feel we should be able to take 2 of 3 from the Astros, but I'll be happy as long as we don't get swept down there.

Florida seems to be cooling off after their hot start, so maybe we have better luck against them this weekend.

I am very happy to see us sitting at 14-18 after that awful span of three weeks where it felt like we lost every game.