Nationals vs Reds, Game 3

[GataNats]

Man, Bird looked good

[SkinsNatFan21RIP]

Holy moly that was nasty

[nats2playoffs]

Inning     FINAL                                                   CIN   WSH
2nd   Myers hit sacrifice fly to right, Stephenson scored.   1   0
2nd   Ruiz singled to center, Crews scored, Vivas to third.   1   1
2nd   Young hit sacrifice fly to left, Vivas scored.   1   2
3rd   Ortiz homered to left center (378 feet).   1   3
7th   Lile singled to right, Abrams scored.   1   4
8th   Young grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Pinckney scored, Ruiz to second, Nuñez out at third.   1   5
8th   Chaparro doubled to center, Young scored and Ruiz scored.   1   7

Cincinnati Reds            1
Washington Nationals  7
                             

[aspenbubba]

Outscored them for the sweep without Wood. 20-6

[NatNasty]

[bluestreak]

Outscored them for the sweep without Wood. 20-6

Beating Chase Burns was particularly impressive.

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Thank you to friends old and new who participated by viewing or posting comments.

With the posted, we honor the memory of our friend Old Chelsea with the traditional post that tracks the Nats wins to date, in Anglophile style.

THE RACING PRECEDENTS: Comparative dates on which the Nationals notched their 59th win, each season:

2017 - 23rd July (97th match of season)
2012 - 26th July (98th match of season)
2016 - 27th July (101st match)
2014 - 2nd August (108th match)
2019 - 5th August (112th match)
2005 - 9th August (112th match)
2018 - 9th August (115th match)
2026 - 9th August (120th match)
2013 - 14th August (119th match)
2015 - 18th August (118th match)
2011 - 18th August (122nd match)
2023 - 24th August (128th match)
2024 - 25th August (131st match)
2007 - 1st September (136th match)
2006 - 3rd September (136th match)
2010 - 5th September (137th match)
2025 - 8th September (143rd match)
2021 - 12th September (143rd match)
2008 - 23rd September (157th match) - final win of season
2009 - 4th October (162nd match) - final win of season

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2022- finished 55-107 (.340)
2020 - finished 26-34 (.433)

A sweep after a tough stretch for Team 2026.

[tomterp]

Williams with some nice pitching

Definitely a surprise given his rehab awfulness.  But happy to see it.  Maybe he was just bored in the minors. 

[Slateman]

Kind of interesting but it doesn't look like the Nats lost that much offense out 1B after dealing the top SLG guy in the NL. Chappy / Abi putting on a nice show.

Really small sample size, but yes, replacing a platoon player with another platoon player seems to have worked out.

Big loss was Mead.

[tomterp]

Really small sample size, but yes, replacing a platoon player with another platoon player seems to have worked out.

Big loss was Mead.

Plus Bird and Cruz into the BP directly.