{"id":18528,"date":"2012-09-11T07:19:06","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T11:19:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=18528"},"modified":"2012-09-11T07:19:06","modified_gmt":"2012-09-11T11:19:06","slug":"nats-win-87th-game-for-most-dc-wins-since-1945-gio-beats-mets-5-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2012\/09\/nats-win-87th-game-for-most-dc-wins-since-1945-gio-beats-mets-5-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats win 87th game for most DC wins since 1945; Gio beats Mets 5-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several milestones were reached by the Washington Nationals last night in 5-1 defeat of the New York Mets:<\/p>\n<p>P <strong>Gio Gonzalez<\/strong> won his 19th game and leads the majors in the category. He worked around 5 walks, struck out 3 and only gave up a run on a homer. <strong>R.A. Dickey<\/strong>, starting for the Mets tonight,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypost.com\/p\/sports\/mets\/cy_vs_gio_0TCUiOfVN60j1w8Ouh5pxH\"> thinks the Gonzalez is his biggest competitor for the NL Cy Young Award<\/a> (<em>NY Post<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The Nats exceeded the previous D.C. 162 game season victory total of 86, set by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/WSA\/1969.shtml\">1969 Washington Senators<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Matched the win total of the last D.C. team in a pennant race, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/teams\/WSH\/1945.shtml\">1945 Senators<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ryan Zimmerman<\/strong> extended his hitting streak to 14 games <a href=\"http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/video\/play.jsp?content_id=24654553&#038;c_id=mlb\">with a homer to the batters eye<\/a> (just to the right of the Mets Big Apple). A fan ran out and to get it and probably got ejected from the stadium. <a href=\"http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/video\/play.jsp?content_id=24654643&#038;c_id=mlb\">He also made a great grab to end the third inning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The victory also officially <a href=\"http:\/\/www.natsenquirer.com\/2012\/09\/davey-johnson-seems-happy-eliminating-mets-pennant-race-washington-nationals.html\">eliminated the Mets from the pennant race<\/a> (<em>Nats Enquirer<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>C <a href=\"http:\/\/washington.nationals.mlb.com\/video\/play.jsp?content_id=24654867&#038;c_id=mlb\">Kurt Suzuki homered<\/a> after his opposite number, <strong>Kelly Shoppach<\/strong> dropped a pop-up behind the plate. That&#8217;s pretty much the Mets season right there, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/dc-sports-bog\/post\/dc-bar-displays-nats-magic-number\/2012\/09\/09\/b73d21b4-fa98-11e1-875c-4c21cd68f653_blog.html\">The front of Stoney&#8217;s bar in D.C. is displaying the Nats magic number<\/a> (DC Sports Bog, <em>The Post<\/em>), though the magic number to get to the playoffs, not the division.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of magic number, let&#8217;s hope the Nats win tonight and the Braves lose again. I don&#8217;t want to get to stay on 15 or hit 14 any longer than absolutely necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, today is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/dc-sports-bog\/post\/dc-bar-displays-nats-magic-number\/2012\/09\/09\/b73d21b4-fa98-11e1-875c-4c21cd68f653_blog.html\">Lannanmas Eve<\/a> (Nationals Journal, <em>The Post<\/em>)!<\/p>\n<p>Jordan Zimmermann is on the mound for D.C. tonight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several milestones were reached by the Washington Nationals last night in 5-1 defeat of the New York Mets: P Gio Gonzalez won his 19th game and leads the majors in the category. He worked around 5 walks, struck out 3 and only gave up a run on a homer. R.A. 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