Comparative dates on which the Nationals notched their 45th win, each season:
2005 - 28th June (76th match)*
2011 - 6th July (88th match)
2006 - 26th July (101st match)
2007 - 28th July (104th match)
2010 - 30th July (103rd match)
2008 - 21st August (128th match)**
2009 - 25th August (126th match)
*This win was the start of pretty much the last dance for the '05 Overachievers; this was the opener of a home series against the Pirates which they would sweep, as they would the following series (Cubs at Wrigley); but after this six-match winning streak came the disastrous Fourth of July series against the Mets which started them on their way down, and apart from a couple of four-match winning streaks in August and September they would never regain their early-season form.
**This win (at Philadelphia) snapped a 12-match losing streak.