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
This Day in Washington Nationals History – Tempers rise during Nats 9-2 win over Cubs
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
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
Remembering 1924 – Senators 8, Red Sox 2
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
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 …
Sep 05
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 …
Sep 04
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 …
Sep 03
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 …
Sep 03
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 …
Sep 02
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 …
