Sep 06
Better Late than Never On this day in the year of 1954 the Washington Senators played a black ballplayer for the first time. His name was Carlos Paula and he was from Havana, Cuba. The 26 year-old Paula started in left field for the Senators on September 6, 1954 seven years after Jackie Robinson made his Major …
Sep 06
Washington Senators 8, Boston Red Sox 2 Day Discrepancies Game Played on Saturday, September 6, 1924 (D) at Griffith Stadium BOS A 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 – 2 11 2 WAS A 4 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 x – 8 10 0 BATTING Boston Red Sox AB …
Sep 05
September 5 2005 – Livan Hernandez took a shutout into the ninth and drove in a run with one of his two singles to lead the Washington Nationals (72-66) past the Florida Marlins (72-65,) 5-2. Washington is now only 1.5 games behind the Houston Astros in the NL wild-card race. 2007 – The Washington Nationals …
Sep 05
AL Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Washington Senators 134 77 55 2 .583 – 628 508 New York Yankees 133 75 57 1 .568 2.0 688 604 Detroit Tigers 136 73 62 1 .541 5.5 731 678 St. Louis Browns 134 68 65 1 .511 9.5 660 667 Cleveland Indians …
Sep 04
September 4 2005 – Esteban Loaiza led his Washington Nationals (71-66) past the Philadelphia Phillies (73-64) 6-1. Loaiza struck out 11 and took a shutout into the eighth on short rest, and Preston Wilson and Brian Schneider each hit a three-run homer as Washington gained a game on all three teams it trails in the …
Sep 03
September 3 2005 – The Washington Nationals (70-66) beat the Philadelphia Phillies (73-63) 5-4 when Preston Wilson dropped a seeing fly ball into right field to score Jose Guillen with the winning run. 2006 – The Washington Nationals (59-77) keep rallying in the late innings. Austin Kearns hit a two-run double in a four-run eighth …
Sep 03
AL Team Name G W L T PCT GB RS RA Washington Senators 133 76 55 2 .580 – 616 503 New York Yankees 132 75 56 1 .573 1.0 685 596 Detroit Tigers 134 71 62 1 .534 6.0 704 674 St. Louis Browns 133 68 64 1 .515 8.5 659 663 Cleveland Indians …
Sep 02
September 2 2006 – Game one: Alfonso Soriano hit a two-run homer and rookie Ryan Zimmerman‘s bases-loaded walk in the 11th inning lifted the Washington Nationals over the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-6. The Nationals were behind 6-1 to the D-Backs in the 8th inning before staging the come back in the 11th inning for the hard …
Sep 01
September 1 2007 – Joel Hanrahan threw six innings of one-hit ball and Jesus Flores added a homer and two RBIs as the Washington Nationals (59-77) beat the San Francisco Giants (62-74) 4-1. The Nats’ victory ended a seven-game losing streak. 2008 – Ryan Zimmerman’s two-run home run helped the Washington Nationals (53-85) win their …
Sep 01
The Nationals and their fans bid a reluctant farewell to Seattle after the team pounded a Mariners staff with the lowest ERA in baseball for ten home runs over three days in pitcher-friendly Safeco Field. Manager Matt Williams told reporters before the series that it was not necessarily a measuring stick for a team that …
