Nationals vs Braves, Game 1

[imref]

C’mon Orlando!

[nats2playoffs]

Inning                                                  ATL   WSH
2nd   Albies homered to center (409 feet).   1   0
2nd   Abrams singled to center, Ford scored and Vivas scored.   1   2
2nd   House doubled to right, Crews scored and Abrams scored.   1   4
3rd   Baldwin doubled to center, Hicklen scored, Kim to third.   2   4
3rd   Morales homered to left center (407 feet).   2   
6th   House hit sacrifice fly to center, Young scored, Abrams to second.   2   6
7th   Morales scored on pickoff error by pitcher Suter, Nuñez picked off third.   2   7
7th   Young singled to center, Nuñez scored.   2   8
8th   Acuña Jr. scored on Beeter wild pitch.   3   8
8th   Harris II homered to left center (386 feet), Olson scored.   5   8
8th   Chaparro singled to right, Lile scored, Morales to third.   5   9

Atlanta Broves               5
Washington Nationals  9

[imref]

Yo-yo ties Chaparro for most hits by a Nat in their debut.

[Squab]

I still think Ribalta should start as good as his stuff and as easy as he seems to throw. (ignore that he's never started a game )

[spidernat]

[Squab]

[jaycat]

Extend YoYo!

Trade him for "prospects."

[imref]

Well played game boys. Congrats to the new guys.

[nats2playoffs]

[varoadking]

Rochester Red Wings - 9
Atlanta Barves - 5

[welch]

[nats2playoffs]

    Alexa Datt, postgame show

[English Natsie]

And the Morales of the story is...

Unusually, the Barves booth crew were predicting a possible loss as, for some unexplained reason, the Barves always play too aggressively against Irvin...

[tomterp]

And the Morales of the story is...

Unusually, the Barves booth crew were predicting a possible loss as, for some unexplained reason, the Barves always play too aggressively against Irvin...

You were watching the Barves broadcast?  Which begs the larger question - what, and when, do you typically watch the Nats?

[JCA-CrystalCity]

Thank you to friends old and new who participated by viewing or posting comments.
With the posted, we honor 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 67th win of the season, each season:

2012 - 7th August (110th match of season)
2017 - 9th August (112th match)
2016 - 10th August (113th match)
2014 – 15th August (120th match)
2019 - 18th August (123rd match)
2005 - 26th August (128th match)
2013 - 28th August (132nd match)
2018 - 28th August (133rd match)
2015 - 2nd September (132nd match)
2011 - 11th September (144th match)
2024 - 14th September (148th match)
2007 - 17th September (150th match)
2023 - 19th September (152nd match)
2006 - 22nd September (153rd match)
2010 - 26th September (156th match)
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2022- finished 55-107 (.340)
2009 - finished 59-103 (.364)
2008 - finished 59-102 (.366)
2021 - finished 65-97 (.401)
2025 - finished 66-96 (.407)
2020 - finished 26-34 (.433)

67 wins passes Team 2025 and ties the win total of the last Expos team (2004: 67-95).  Next milestone is the 2010 Nats, which finished with a win total of 69 (niiiice!).