The Capitals won in Boston, the Nationals’ pitching stayed amazing, Chris Pontius delivered the fatal blow in New England and the Wizards are, well, the same.
Jayson Werth, of all people, played the hero at Nationals Park last night. Meanwhile, in New York, it was just ugly for the Wizards.
In yesterday’s games, the Capitals dropped the first game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs to the Boston Bruins in overtime, and while that Nationals home opener ended wildly, it started with some great pitching.
The Nationals couldn’t finish the season-opening sweep yesterday, losing 4-3 to the Chicago Cubs. And the Chad Tracy crazy is on hold.
In yesterday’s games, the Nationals stayed on pace to go 162-0; the Capitals knocked off the No. 1 team in the Eastern Conference on the final day of the regular season; and United played to a scoreless tie.
The Nationals opened the season with a win in Chicago, and back home, the Capitals eked their way into the NHL playoffs.
You’ve earned the right to smile, kid. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Nationals 5, Pirates 2: The biggest sign of great things to come for Stephen Strasburg wasn’t the huge ovation he received from the 40,395 at Nationals Park last night after finally breaking 100 miles per hour on the radar gun — which he did several times. It wasn’t the dominating second inning, during which he struck out the side. Nor was it the multiple…
You try pitching to him. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken) Bryce Harper — the LeBron of the diamond — has been drafted and his rights as a professional baseballer now belong to the Washington Nationals. Before you get too fired up about the man, the myth, and the legend, here’s some things you should know: Remember all that down to the last minute fretting about whether or not we’d actually be able to sign Strasburg? You know,…
Matt Capps blew his second save of the season last night;could Roy Oswalt be joining him in D.C. this summer?(AP Photo/David J. Phillip)Astros 8, Nationals 7: The Nats let a furious late-inning rally go to waste, scoring three runs in the eighth and ninth innings — only to watch Lance Berkman get the better of closer Matt Capps, knocking in the tying and winning runs in a 8-7 defeat. But a topic of arguably greater…
With all due respect to the pitching duel between Chris Carpenter and John Lannan in St. Louis, the vast majority of last night’s action — and hence, the vast majority of this post’s content — was the result of some friendly ping-pong balls falling the right way and an announcement made by people in suits in a television studio in New Jersey. The Wizards, after several documented years of draft lottery futility, overcame close…
