Sep 24
The Game Comes Home is a new weekly documentary web series chronicling the History of Baseball in Washington, D.C. Interviews with Dick Heller, Phil Wood, Hank Thomas, Charlie Brotman, Mark Gauvreau Judge, Timothy Gay, Brad Snyder, Mickey Vernon, Chuck Hinton and many others tell the fascinating tale of baseball in the Nation’s Capitol. JBH Video …
Sep 23
September 23 2007 – The Washington Nationals (69-87) beat the Phillies (85-71) 5-3, in what was perfect send-off for the last major league game at RFK. The stadium hosted the Senators from 1962-71, and has been the Nationals’ home since they moved from Montreal in 2005. The game drew the largest crowd of the season …
Sep 22
September 22 2005 – The Washington Nationals (78-75) used a lineup of rookies and reserves and still managed a 2-0 victory over the San Francisco Giants (71-81.Long time minor leaguer Rick Short delivered two doubles and an RBI and Hector Carrasco threw 5 2/3 shutout innings to help Washington (78-75) end a four-game losing streak. …
Sep 20
September 20 2011 – In the first game of a doubleheader Tommy Milone tossed six scoreless innings and pinch-hitter Ryan Zimmerman delivered an RBI single in the 10th to give the Washington Nationals to a 4-3 victory over the Philadelphia Phillies. Tom Gorzelanny (4-6) pitched the ninth for the victory. Drew Storen pitched the tenth …
Sep 19
September 19 2006 – Rookie leads Washington Nationals‘(66-85) to a 9-2 victory over the Atlanta Braves (73-78). Rookie, Beltran Perez (1-0), made his first major league start. Perez pitched six innings striking out three and walking none, allowing only a two-out single to Chipper Jones in the first inning. Nick Johnson homered on his 28th …
Sep 18
September 18 2009 – Ryan Zimmerman hit his 30th homer, Josh Bard drove in three runs and the Washington Nationals (51-96) held off the New York Mets (63-85) 6-5. 2011 – Chien-Ming Wang made his longest start of his comeback and left the game with two outs in the seventh inning. Chris Marrero drove in …
Sep 17
September 17 2006 – Bernie Castro legged out an infield single in the seventh by beating pitcher Doug Davis to the bag, and then scored the tiebreaking run from second base on a single by Austin Kearns.The next inning, Castro scored from first base on a three-run single by Felipe Lopez. In this game speed …
Sep 16
September 16 2005 – John Patterson threw a three-hitter for his second career complete game and the Nationals (77-71) beat the NL West-leading Padres (72-74,) 5-1. The Nationals, who won their fourth straight game, remained 2½ games behind Houston in the wild-card chase. 2006 – Alfonso Soriano became the fourth player in major league history …
Sep 15
September 15 2005 – Vinny Castilla drove in the go-ahead run with two outs in the 10th inning after Braden Looper and the Mets’ blew a ninth-inning lead, and the Washington Nationals (76-71) beat New York (71-75) 6-5 to complete a three-game sweep. 2007 – D’Angelo Jimenez went 3-for-3 with his first homer of the …
Sep 14
September 14 2005 – Preston Wilson and Vinny Castilla hit consecutive homers in the top of the fifth inning, leading the Nationals (75-71) over the New York Mets (71-74) 6-3. Vinnie Castilla and Nick Johnson each drove in two runs and Wilson scored twice for the Nationals, who climbed within three games of the NL …
