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Washington Nationals (15-9) @ Atlanta Braves (7-17)
April 27th, 2009

Atlanta -- Nats shut out Braves as Garza gets win. The Nationals blasted and shutout the Braves tonight as Matt Garza jumped to 3-0. Garza pitched 8 and a third, allowing 0 runs on 8 hits, while sitting down 9 on strikes. Anthony Lerew pitched 4 innings for the Braves, allowing 3 runs on 8 hits. Willy Mo Pena went 1-4 with 2 RBI. Carl Crawford went 3-5 with a double, himself. Brian McCann went 1-4 with the Braves only extra base hit, a double.

Final Score
Nationals - 6
Braves - 0

WP: Matt Garza 3-0 | LP: Anthony Lerew 1-3 | SV:
HR:

League Blowouts
None

Yep. Unless you sabotage yourself, it looks like you'll reach 100+ wins. Or at least 95

Washington Nationals (18-10) @ Milwaukee Brewers (14-14)
May 1st, 2009

Milwaukee -- Lannan throws 2-hit shutout in 2009 debut. With the help from Brandon Moss's home run, John Lannan threw a 2-hit shutout. Lannan struck out 16, in this gem. Chris Capuano went 8 innings allowing 2 runs, on 8 hits, striking out 5. Brandon Moss had a solid game for the Nats going 1-4 with a home run and an RBI. Corey Hart and Chris Capuano got the two hits for the Brewers.

Final Score
Nationals - 2
Brewers - 0

WP: John Lannan 1-0 | LP: Chris Capuano 1-2 | SV:
HR: Brandon Moss (5)

John Lannan W 9IP CG SHO 2H 16K 0R 0ER
Brandon Moss 1-4 HR RBI R
Willy Mo Pena 3-3

Chris Capuano L 8IP 8H 5K 2R 2ER
Corey Hart 1-3
Prince Fielder 0-3

League Blowouts
None

Atlanta Braves (13-21) @ Washington Nationals (22-12)
May 7th, 2009

Washington -- Jon Lester does well from both sides, getting a win and an RBI. Jon Lester pitched 8 and a third in tonight's game vs. the Braves, allowing 0 runs and 6 hits, while he struck out 13. Anthony Lerew pitched 4 and 2/3 innings for the Braves, giving up 3 runs and 7 hits, striking out 6. Kaz Nishikawa went 2-4 with a double, an RBI, and a run. Jeff Francouer, the magic man, went 1-4 for the Braves with their only extra base hit, a double.

Final Score
Braves - 0
Nationals - 4

WP: Jon Lester 3-2 | LP: Anthony Lerew 1-4 | SV:
HR:

Anthony Lerew L 4.2IP 7H 6K 3R 3ER
Jeff Francouer 1-4 2B
Omar Infante 1-3

Jon Lester W 8.1IP 6H 13K 0R 0ER/1-3 2B RBI R
Nick Johnson 3-4 2B R
Kaz Nishikawa 2-4 2B RBI R

League Blowouts
Blue Jays destroy Athletics 12-1
Whitesox clobber Redsox 18-6

Houston Astros (20-21) @ Washington Nationals (27-14)
May 15th, 2009

Washington -- Nats rout Astros as Garza gets 5th win. Matt Garza went 8 and a third allowing 3 runs on 7 hits and 2 walks, striking out 10. Fernando Nieve went 6 and 2/3 for the loss allowing 1 run on 6 hits and 10 K's. Brandon Moss went 2-4 with 2 doubles and 3 ribbies for the Nats. Miguel Tejada went 1-4 with an RBI and a run scored.

Final Score
Astros - 3
Nationals - 7

WP: Matt Garza 5-0 | LP: Fernando Nieve 2-1 | SV: Andrew Cashner (9)
HR:

Fernando Nieve L 6.2IP 6H 10K 1R 1ER
Miguel Tejada 1-4 RBI R
Mike Morse 1-1 RBI

Matt Garza W 8.1IP 7H 10K 2BB 3R 3ER
Nick Johnson 3-4 22B 2R
Brandon Moss 2-4 22B 3RBI R

Player Improvements
Carl Crawford TRJ 2-3

League Blowouts
Cubs kill Phillies 17-1

There is an update coming for this later tonight just so you guys know!

Washington Nationals (30-18) @ San Francisco Giants (25-23)
May 23rd, 2009

San Francisco -- The Nationals lost today at AT&T in the ninth inning. Matt Chico pitched 7 and 2/3 innings of shut out ball, striking out 12 and allowing 5 hits. Andrew Cashner gave up a walk-off hit in the ninth inning, to blow the save, and get the loss. Matt Cain went 8 innings, allowing 1 run and 8 hits striking out 12. Mark Ellis went 3-4 for the Nats with a run. Ray Durham went 1-4 for the Giants with a 2-R walk-off double.

Final Score
Nationals - 1
Giants - 2

WP: Scott Downs 1-2 | LP: Andrew Cashner 0-1 | SV:
HR:

League Blowouts
None

Nationals Stats Through May

Pitchers

Clayton Kershaw 1.68 6-1 78K
Jon Lester 2.67 4-4 49K
Matt Garza 2.68 6-1 45K
Homer Bailey 4.03 4-2 67K
Matt Chico 2.72 4-2 48K
Jason Bergmann 5.60 3-2 36K
Andrew Brown 1.21 12HLD 27K
Cliff Lee 7.62 1-2 31K
Jesus Colome 5.53 10HLD 19K
John Lannan 5.04 2-1 29K
Brian Wilson 3.38 0HLD 17K
Andrew Cashner 1.56 14/15 SV/SVO 25K
Luis Ayala 9.00 1HLD 12K
Jon Rauch 2.84 4K

Batters

Carl Crawford .305 5 41 9/13
Mark Ellis .333 8 39 11/17
Ryan Zimmerman .300 10 44 4/4
Kaz Nishikawa .297 11 46 1/3
Nick Johnson .325 7 29 4/4
Brandon Moss .308 7 46 2/7
Felipe Lopez .285 0 22 1/4
Willy Mo Pena .275 3 20 1/4
Lastings Milledge .205 1 7 1/3
Vance Wilson .296 1 7 3/4
Elijah Dukes .296 0 2 1/2
Daric Barton .364 1 4 1/1
Jed Lowrie .214 0 1 0/0

Division Standings
Nationals 35-21
Mets 34-22
Marlins 30-26
Phillies 25-31
Braves 23-33

By the way, I didn't notice, but earlier this year, on April 11, 2009, Zach Johnson of the Brewers through a perfect game. Zach Johnson's abilities (93 EB 2SLD 2CUT 2CHG)

*threw- congratulations to Zach Johnson!

Washington Nationals (35-21) @ Los Angeles Dodgers (29-27)
June 1st, 2009

Los Angeles -- John Lannan throws shut out against Dodgers. John Lannan pitched a shutout today against the Dodgers, allowing 4 hits, striking out 13. Derek Lowe pitched 6 shut out innings for LA allowing 4 hits, getting 6 K's in a no decision. Kaz Nishikawa went 1-4 for the Nats with the only RBI of the game. Andre Ethier went 2-4 for the Dodgers, supplying their offense.

Final Score
Nationals - 1
Dodgers - 0

John Lannan W 9IP CG SHO 4H 13K 0R 0ER
Brandon Moss 1-4 2B
Kaz Nishikawa 1-4 RBI

Derek Lowe ND 6IP 4H 6K 0R 0ER
Andre Ethier 2-4
James Loney 1-3

League Blowouts
None

2009 MLB Draft Results

Boston Redsox
1st Round - C Frese (1FFFDEE)
2nd Round - LF Seibel (2FFFEEF)

New York Yankees
1st Round - 3B Boyd (2FDFEFE)
2nd Round - P McGinley (83 EC 3SLD 2CB)

Toronto Blue Jays
1st Round - 2B Swanson (2FFEFDE)
2nd Round - P Calloway (86 DC 1SLD 3CB 1FORK 3KN)

Baltimore Orioles
1st Round - CF Camacaro (2FFEEEE)
2nd Round - LF Fullmer (2FFFFFE - 5-star potential)

Tampa Bay Rays
1st Round - 3B Basner (2FDGEFF)
2nd Round - 1B Osawa (2GDFFFF)

Cleveland Indians
1st Round - C Digiorgi (1EFFDEE)
2nd Round - P Shibilo (90 EC 3SLD 1CB)

Detroit Tigers
1st Round - C Dudamel (1FFGEEE)
2nd Round - P Fussell (86 GC 1SLD 2CB)

Minnesota Twins
1st Round - C Truby (2EFFEDE)
2nd Round - P Huffman (83 CE 1CB 2SNK)

Chicago Whitesox
1st Round - RF Melendez (3EDDEEE)
2nd Round - C Maza (2GFFEDE)

Kansas City Royals
1st Round - CF Caicedo (2EFEDDE)
2nd Round - C Venafro (1FFEDED)

Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
1st Round - RF Villaneuva (2EEEEEE)
2nd Round - P Inglett (91 DC 1CB)

Seattle Mariners
1st Round - SS Tovar (2EDDDCE)
2nd Round - P Lunsford (85 GD 2CUT 2CB)

Oakland Athletics
1st Round - RF Bernard (2FFEEEF)
2nd Round - P Ordaz (90 GD 1CB)

Texas Rangers
1st Round - SS Saipe (1DFDEDE)
2nd Round - LF Bouknight (2FFFFEF)

To be continued...

So apparently, when the power went out at my house a week ago, none of my draft results were saved so... I am not going to do a full out MLB Draft update. Only my team.