After beating the Yankees, two put of three, the Nats returned to Griffith Stadium, on Sunday, May 4th, to face the A's. After collecting three runs over the first two innings, Walter Johnson (who else?) and Firpo Marberry (who else?) held on win, 3 - 2. Johnson gave up 5 hits, 3 walks and 5 strikeouts, and went Both runs were unearned. Steady CF Sam Rice, our future HoF, made the error. Johnson went 2-for-4 and scored the run. He is now 4 - 1 on the season.
And the Nats are 8 - 9...closer to .500, tied with the Browns for 6th-7th place, 2.5 games behind the league-leading Yankees.