After losing an absolute heartbreaker on Saturday night at Shea to the NY Mets, the Nationals bounced back yesterday, scoring six runs in the first inning and holding on to beat the Mets 7-4. Things were going so well for the Nats that Christian Guzman doubled twice and also drove in two runs, raising his batting average to an almost robust .194. Esteban Loiza pitched 6 1/3 inning on three days rest, striking out…

See, DCist is taking the positive view of things. Playing their worst baseball of the season, the Nationals left for a thirteen game road trip that began at Houston, the team directly above the Nats in the wild-card standings and the team that just swept the hometown boys in RFK, and they avoided the worst possible outcome. They could have been swept again. They could have lost their entire starting lineup to (further) injury….

(Entry written by DCist contributor Chris Kelly) The Nationals head up I-95 to Philly for a 3-game tilt before they hit the All-Star break, following yesterday’s 3-2, 11 inning loss and a 3-1 series loss against the Mets (first home series loss since April). Nats blew a chance to win it in the 9th yesterday with two men on and one out, but neither Jose Guillen nor Brad Wilkerson could get the job done. For…