Nationals @ Reds, Game 2

[JCA-CrystalCity]

And now that the is posted, we honor the memory of our friend OldChelsea with the closing post showing the date each year we recorded the same number of wins, in Anglophile style.

THE RACING PRECEDENTS: Comparative dates on which the Nationals notched their first win, each season:

2018 - 30th March (1st match of season)
2008 - 30th March (1st match)
2024 - 30th March (2nd match)
2014 - 31st March (1st match)
2019 - 31st March (3rd match)
2013 - 1st April (1st match)
2023 - 2nd April (3rd match)
2011 - 2nd April (2nd match)
2017 - 3rd April (1st match)
2016 - 4th April (1st match)
2007 - 4th April (3rd match)
2012 - 5th April (1st match)
2006 - 5th April (2nd match)
2021 - 6th April (1st match)
2005 - 6th April (2nd match)
2010 - 8th April (3rd match)
2015 - 8th April (2nd match)
2022 - 10th April (4th match)
2009 - 16th April (8th match)
2020 - 25th August (2nd match)

[JCA-CrystalCity]

OMG the Nats scored more than the other team!

I'll let Mini Me off the hook for wasting money on some Boras turd next year if he extends CJ.

weird game. we caught two base stealers (one on a pickoff), got decent defense, benefited from HBPs and wild pitches, tired out the starting pitcher early, . . . you know, the things we usually do to help other teams.

[GataNats]

Finny’s splitter is one of the dirtiest pitches in baseball

[2k6nats]

Good win by the boys, bullpen has been mostly good through two games and Keibert got it done.

[imref]

Nationals now unbeaten this year when Patrick Corbin starts.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2024/03/30/nationals-reds-first-win/

Lipscomb wasn’t expecting to be back this early, either, but then Nick Senzel fractured his right thumb in warmups Thursday. Lipscomb was taking batting practice when his manager called a team meeting to assign hotel room pairings for Class AAA Rochester’s trip to Syracuse. Lipscomb’s name was picked out of a hat — and it was revealed his room would be in Cincinnati. By Saturday, he was in a big league dugout.
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Lipscomb ended last season at Class AA Harrisburg and won a minor league Gold Glove at third base. With a strong spring training, he nearly beat out Luis García Jr. for the second base job. Martinez wanted Lipscomb to play every day for Rochester, but now he will have the opportunity to do so in the majors.

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“He played well in spring training. I thought for a second he may break with the team,” Senzel said of Lipscomb. “Happy to see him. Obviously, it’s under unfortunate circumstances for me, but I want him to play well. I told him to just be him and just enjoy it.”

[imref]

saw Senzel's interview on the pre-game, just a classy guy.  They are both Tennessee alum and Senzel said that they worked out together in the off-season.

[English Natsie]

An Easter gift, from the Reds, but a win's a win so...

There goes the prediction...