{"id":21989,"date":"2013-08-12T07:16:41","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T11:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yurasko.net\/wfy\/?p=21989"},"modified":"2013-08-12T07:16:41","modified_gmt":"2013-08-12T11:16:41","slug":"nats-show-that-lost-seasons-still-have-great-memories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yurasko.net\/wfy\/2013\/08\/nats-show-that-lost-seasons-still-have-great-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Nats show that lost seasons still have great memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not every baseball season is great, but greatness appears in every baseball season.<\/p>\n<p>Following a sweep by the NL East division leading Atlanta Braves, the Washington Nationals could no longer deny that the 2013 season had gotten away from them. Nonetheless, this weekend&#8217;s series with the Philadelphia Phillies showed that even in underachieving seasons, there are joyful times. For the first time in a long-time, the Nats were exciting and seemed to be having a good time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SUNDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON 6 Philadelphia 0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stephen Strasburg<\/strong> has been having an &#8220;off year&#8221; going into Sunday&#8217;s game with a 3.01 ERA and a 5-9 record more indicative of his run support than his performance. That being said, it was not as dominant as his first seasons. Sunday evening, he had one of his finest performances and his first complete game and shutout.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src='http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/shared\/video\/embed\/embed.html?content_id=29635787&#038;width=400&#038;height=224&#038;property=mlb' width='400' height='224' frameborder='0'>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Strasburg threw 99 pitches for 10 strikeouts was his first &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/groundballwitheyes.blogspot.com\/2012\/04\/maddux.html\">Maddux<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; a complete game shutout with less than 100 pitches. He pitched with a groin bothering him:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Head trainer Lee Kuntz and pitching coach Steve McCatty emerged from the dugout and walked to the mound with Johnson close behind. Strasburg told Johnson his groin didn\u2019t affect him when he flew open during his delivery. He remained in the game. And after walking Brown, he pitched as if nothing at all had bothered him.<\/p>\n<p>The groin tweak \u201cjust helped me kind of take a step back and just go nice and easy and stay on line as long as I can,\u201d Strasburg said<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/sports\/nationals-vs-phillies-stephen-strasburg-throws-first-complete-game-as-washington-completes-sweep\/2013\/08\/11\/84de4416-02ce-11e3-9259-e2aafe5a5f84_story.html\">Nationals vs. Phillies: Stephen Strasburg throws first complete game as Washington completes sweep<\/a> &#8211; <em>The Post<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Did he just learn something yesterday?<\/p>\n<p><strong>SATURDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON 8 Philadelphia 5<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tanner Roark<\/strong>, acquired for Cristian Guzman in 2010 won his first game with a 2 inning, 12 pitch performance in relief. <\/p>\n<p><iframe src='http:\/\/wapc.mlb.com\/shared\/video\/embed\/embed.html?content_id=29612403&#038;width=400&#038;height=224&#038;property=mlb' width='400' height='224' frameborder='0'>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jayson Werth<\/strong> was the bigger story though, with a 3-hit performance &#8212; hits 998, 999 and 1,000th a home run to take a lead the Nats would not relinquish.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src='http:\/\/wapc.mlb.com\/shared\/video\/embed\/embed.html?content_id=29598471&#038;width=400&#038;height=224&#038;property=mlb' width='400' height='224' frameborder='0'>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>FRIDAY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON 9 Philadelphia 2<\/p>\n<p>Friday night&#8217;s game was a laugher with <strong>Dan Haren<\/strong> continuing his second half resurgence, going 7 innings and only giving up 2 runs for the third consecutive start.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src='http:\/\/mlb.mlb.com\/shared\/video\/embed\/embed.html?content_id=29562863&#038;width=400&#038;height=224&#038;property=mlb' width='400' height='224' frameborder='0'>Your browser does not support iframes.<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Hard Times Cafe is on the hook for free wings (with an additional purchase) for each game of the series since the Nats scored 6 or more runs. In theory, they&#8217;ve stockpiled them and are pretty happy to clean out some inventory.<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t know what the rest of the week, season and such holds for the 2013 Nats, but I know how much I enjoyed this weekend&#8217;s series. I also know that I get to enjoy for an extra day &#8212; no Monday game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not every baseball season is great, but greatness appears in every baseball season. Following a sweep by the NL East division leading Atlanta Braves, the Washington Nationals could no longer deny that the 2013 season had gotten away from them. 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