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This Day in Washington Nationals History – Nats hit six HRs for the 2nd straight game

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 …

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Remembering 1924 – Senators hold 2 game lead over Yankees

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 …

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This Day in Washington Nationals History – Ortiz three outs away from no-hitter

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 …

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This Day in Washington Nationals History – Zimmerman’s Broken Bat Single Wins Game

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 …

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Remembering 1924

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 …

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This Day in Washington Nationals History – Soriano hits 44th Home Run

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 …

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This Day in Washington Nationals History – The Nyjer Morgan fiasco

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 …

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This Day in Washington Nationals History – Harper helps Nats snap five-game losing streak

August 29 2008 – Lastings Milledge and Ryan Zimmerman both drove in two runs and Washington Nationals (50-85) beat the Atlanta Braves  (59-76) 7-3 for its fourth straight victory. 2012 – Bryce Harper‘s first two-homer game ended with him throwing his helmet in the ninth inning and getting himself thrown out of the game by …

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This Day in Washington Nationals History

August 28 2008 – Cristian Guzman  hit for the cycle and the Washington Nationals (49-85) beat the struggling Los Angeles Dodgers (65-69) 11-2. Guzman’s cycle was the second cycle by National player since the team start playing in the nation’s capital in 2005. Brad Wilkerson had the club’s first cycle after its move from Montreal …

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This Day in Washington Nationals History

August 27 2005 -Last Game on This Date / WAS N Matt White(28) 2009 – Ryan Zimmerman hit a two-run homer and Adam Dunn added a solo shot for the Washington Nationals (46-82) beat the Chicago Cubs (63-62) 5-4. The Nationals won a series at Wrigley Field for the first time since 2005. Adam Dunn’s homer …

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