Nationals vs Orioles, Game 2

[Slateman]

HOUSE IS freakING BACK

[Natsinpwc]

Fox broadcast shows that Abrams hit that HR instead of House. 

[GataNats]

House!!!

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Lile keeps hitting

[aspenbubba]

There is no reason that Ribalta could not have finished the game.

[welch]

In the top of the 7th, went to the kitchen to start cooking spaghettis. Cavallie looked like he was at the end. Just returned...BOOM!

[OfftheBat]

 

[The Chief]

Touching .500 by blowing out the O's has that extra special sauce.

[welch]

All those fans!! Exactly what Clark Griffith hoped for when he allowed the Hoffbergers to bring the St. Louis Browns into Nationals territory.

Yes, The Old Fox called them "The Nationals". I called them "The Senators", but Bob Wolf and Arch McDonald did as Griff told them. Dad and Grandaddy called them Senators, so I did too. Across Washington, we called our team by both names, but always "Nats" for short. Topps Baseball Cards was as confused as I was.

And this is why Angelos was a fool to keep baseball from The District for so long, and why he should have wanted an AL team, like the Twins, in Washington. Incidentally, repeating myself, I met CALZGR8 on a listserv for the Washington Senators as she organized people to  (Best I remember, MLB wanted to contract two teams: Montreal and Minnesota. Bringing the Twins home would have fixed all the malarky about franchise statistics.) Great that the New Nationals have crushed Baltimore again!

Back to .500!

[welch]

Lile keeps hitting

And maybe House? And Keibert? (If Borgshulte and Butera have fixed Keibert's hitting, then they both deserve a spot in the DC Sports Hall at the Stadium) And Young??

[nats2playoffs]

INNING             BAL   WSH
2nd   Ruiz homered to right (366 feet), Abrams scored and Nuñez scored.   0   3
3rd   Abrams doubled to right, Wood scored.   0   4
7th   Basallo homered to right (376 feet).   1   4
7th   O'Neill homered to left (402 feet).   2   4
7th   Ward singled to left, Taveras scored, Henderson to second.   3   4
7th   House doubled to left, Wood scored.   3   5
7th   Orioles challenged (tag play), call on the field was upheld: Daylen Lile reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by shortstop Gunnar Henderson. Brady House scores. CJ Abrams to 2nd.   3   6
7th   Ruiz singled to left, Abrams scored and Lile scored, Nuñez to second.   3   8
7th   Young homered to left (391 feet), Ruiz scored and Wiemer scored.   3   11
8th   House homered to left (369 feet), Mead scored.   3   13

Balimore Oreos             3
Washington Nationals  13

[JCA-CrystalCity]

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THE RACING PRECEDENTS - Comparative dates on which the Nationals notched their 23rd win, each season:

2018 - 12th May (41st match of season)
2017 - 13th May (35th match)
2016 - 14th May (36th match)
2012 - 16th May (37th match)
2026 - 16th May (46th match)
2013 - 17th May (42nd match)
2014 - 18th May (43rd match)
2015 - 19th May (40th match)
2005 - 19th May (41st match)
2025 - 22nd May (50th match)
2010 - 23rd May (45th match)
2024 - 25th May (50th match)
2023 - 27th May (52nd match)
2008 - 28th May (54th match)
2019 - 28th May (55th match)
2011 - 31st May (54th match)
2021 - 2nd June (52nd match)
2006 - 2nd June (55th match)
2007 - 3rd June (55th match)
2022 - 11th June (61st match)
2009 - 28th June (74th match)
2020 - 22nd September (55th match)

Team 2026 reached .500 with this win, breaking a streak of 15 losses in games when needed a win to reach .500 (note - they won opening days, and reached 3-1 this year, but the losing streak was in games when they were 1 under and needed a win to go to .500).

From 5/31 - 6/24, the 2011 Nats went on a 17-7 streak to go 2 games over .500. The last win of the streak was with acting manager John McLaren, as Riggleman resigned when the Nats did not offer him an extension.