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 …
Sep 13
September 13 2009 – John Lannan won for the first time in seven starts and Pete Orr hit his first home run of the season, leading Washington Nationals (50-93) over the Marlins (76-67) 7-2 in a rain-shortened game. 2011– Craig Stammen got his first win and base hit in more than a year. Stammen went …
