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 …
Sep 12
September 12 2011 – 22-year-old Steve Lombardozzi came through by lining a tie-breaking single to left and lifting the Washington Nationals (68-77) to a 3-2 victory over the New York Mets (71-76). 2012 – John Lannan pitched five-hit ball over 5 2/3 innings in his first start since replacing Strasburg in Washington’s starting rotation. The …
Sep 11
September 11 2005 – Andruw Jones and Chipper Jones hit consecutive homers off Chad Cordero with two outs in the ninth inning to give Atlanta (83-60) a 9-7 victory over Washington (73-71). For Andruw Jones, it was his second homer of the game and 49th of the season. He broke the franchise record of 47 …
Sep 10
September 10 2007 – Wily Mo Pena homered twice and Shawn Hill (4-3) pitched six solid innings, leading the Washington Nationals (65-79) over the Florida Marlins (61-83) 5-4. Pena has hit seven home runs since Boston traded him to Washington on Aug. 17. He had only five homers before the deal. 2012 – Gio Gonzalez …
Sep 09
September 9 2005 – Jose Guillen hit a two-run double in the eighth inning for his 1,000th career hit. Guillen’s double was enough to cap off the Washington Nationals (73-69) come from behind 8-6 victory over NL East leader Atlanta. 2007 – Ryan Church hit a three-run homer to give Washington the lead, D’Angelo Jimenez …
Sep 08
September 8 2012 – Pinch-hitter Corey Brown‘s single drove in Ian Desmond with the winning run in the bottom of the 10th inning the Washington Nationals (86-53) to a 7-6 victory over the Miami Marlins (62-78). After Adam LaRoche reached on a single, Desmond singled him to third and Danny Espinosa was intentionally walked to …
Sep 07
September 7 2005 – Florida Marlins (74-65) beat the Washington Nationals (72-68) 12-1 in a game between clubs chasing Houston in the NL wild-card race. Ryan Zimmerman, the No. 4 overall pick in June’s amateur draft, made his major-league start and made two errors at shortstop. 2008 – Elijah Dukes hit a three-run double in …
Sep 06
September 6 2006 – Jose Vidro ended the game by lining a two-run single in the bottom of the ninth inning to give the Washington Nationals 61-78) a 7-6 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals(74-64). 2008 – Ryan Langerhans hit a 10th-inning homer and helped the Washington (55-88) recover from blowing a two-run lead in …
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 …
