McKayla Is Not Impressed With The Washington Nationals Rookie Women's Gymnastics Team

The Washington Nationals rookies were being hazed after their loss to the Marlins on Sunday afternoon.  The rookies were forced to dress up like the 2012 US Women's Olympics team and even ride on the train to New York wearing red leotards.

Gio Gonzalez Tweeted the following 3 photos.  Bryce Harper is really into it...

Wild Night In Washington For Harper's Homeboyz

Nationals 5, Mets 4

Get it...Wild night...

In a back and forth game featuring 9th and 10th inning comebacks by Washington, the Nationals defeated the Mets 5-4 in front of a crowd that refused to leave the ballpark.  Tyler Clippard blew a save in the 9th, but a clutch Bryce Harper RBI triple and a wild pitch by the Mets in the 10th with 2 outs, 2 strikes, and the bases loaded, gave the Nats the 5-4 win at Nats Park on Tuesday night.

Screengrab from MASN

Ross Detwiler pitched a brilliant game and any time he had runners on base he pitched out of the situation unharmed.  Detwiler gave up only 5 hits through 7 innings and shutout the Mets in a performance that had the fans as well as Bob Carpenter going crazy.


Tyler Moore hit a homer in the 5th that cleared the right field fence by only a foot or two.  That was the rookie's 5th homer on the season and he has been on fire since being re-called up from the minors in early June.  He has hit in 15 and been on base in 18 out of the 22 games he has played in since returning with the team.

A Mark DeRosa stolen base followed by a Steve Lombardozzi double gave the Nats an insurance run in the 8th.

Stunner 1:  That is when the Mets stunned the crowd.  Tyler Clippard came on for the save with the 2 run lead and gave up 2 singles to put the go-ahead run at the plate. He struck out the next batter but followed that up by giving up a 3 run homerun, blowing the save.


Stunner 2:  The Nats comeback came in the bottom of the 9th.  With a surprise 9th inning appearance by Ian Desmond as a pinch runner, a hit and run put Dezzy on 3rd base with 1 out.  Tyler Moore struck out but Danny Espinosa saved the day after a great at bat, singling in Desmond to send the game to extra innings.

Stunner 3:  Mike Gonzalez gave up an RBI double in the next inning and the Nats looked like they were going to lose a tough one at home.

Stunner 4:  The Nats shocked the crowd again in the bottom of the 10th when Bryce Harper saved the day with an RBI triple.  Two intentional walks and a force at home later, the ball was at the backstop and Ryan Zimmerman was touching home plate for the win.

Closer Situation: Clip has given up 8 hits, walked 2, and gave up 4 runs in his last 5 appearances, the one on Tuesday a blown save.  Davy has said that Clip will be the man when Storen returns, but the current closer is doing a lot of things that may have Davy begin to reconsider.

Sidenote:  The Nats first round pick Lucas Giolito joined Bob & FP in the booth.  FP said the kid who just turned 18 a few days ago received a congratulatory text from Samuel L. Jackson when he was drafted. (And FP may have got the story wrong, he probably meant tweet)

The Nats face the Mets again on Wednesday night...Braves are coming...

The "Nexys": Mid Season Awards

You may or may not of known that the 2012 ESPYs (ESPN's sports award show) was last night.  Well there weren't any Nationals up for any of the awards, but here is a few of the best Nats moments (videos after the jump) from the first half of the season from us at the Nexus...

Now That's Some Offense

Nationals 12, Rockies 5

What you just read is not a misprint!  The Nationals won the second game of four in Colorado tonight with a 12 run explosion of offense.  There's alot to cover in this one...so here we go:

Gio Gonzalez pitched well, though he struggled with command over his curveball for the second straight start.  Still, giving up 5 runs in Coors isn't anything to be ashamed of.  Thanks to a little run support Gio notched his 10th win on the season.  Now about that run support...

Who Can Turn The World On With His Smile?

Nationals 6, Blue Jays 2

Tyler Moore came into the ballgame with 0 RBIs but it didn't stop him from driving in 5 runs on Wednesday afternoon in the Nationals 6-2 victory over the Blue Jays.  Moore's power along with 8 strikeouts by Stephen Strasburg (first to 100K on the season) led the Nats to their second consecutive sweep of a team from the AL East (you're welcome O's).

Moore had a 2 run ground rule double in the 2nd, his first career Major League home run in the 4th, a 2 run shot, and a 6th inning solo Papa John's Pizza shot to centerfield.  Moore has been ignored all season due to fellow rookie Bryce Harper, but he proved something today.

Strasburg pitched 6 innings of 5 hit baseball but was taken out before the 8th after only throwing 89 pitches.  It may have had to do with throwing 119 pitches against the Sox in his last start.  Davy mentioned something about a mis-trimmed fingernail.  One thing was certain, Strassy wasn't happy about it.  I can't imagine how happy he will be to sit out at the end of the year after the innings limit with the Nats in a pennant chase.  It isn't going to be pretty.

Ian Desmond had the Nats 6th RBI, a solo homer in the 8th...Lidge pitched very well for 3 batters...The Blue Jays got another homer from Bautista, but losing a starter early due to injury (5th inning) for the 2nd time in 3 games isn't a good look.

Take off your motherf**king pants the Nats have won 6 straight...The Nationals hit 8 homers in Toroto...Nats get Thursday off before coming back home to deal with the Skanks...

The Mary Tyler Moore Show

Just a day after Bryce Harper made his Major League debut, the Nationals have called up another left fielder, Tyler Moore, who will be replacing Mark DeRosa on the roster who went to the DL for undisclosed reasons.

Moore was at AAA Syracuse with Harper and was hitting better than the Chosen One.  He had 7 homers and 20 RBI's compared to Bryce's 1 homer and 3 RBIs.  He will most likely be used as a utility guy who can play the outfield and first base.

Rizzo claims they considered bringing up the better playing Moore instead of Harper but Moore wasn't ready for left field.  That is a funny thing to read about.  I'm sure that is why.  And looks like he is ready now? Those 3 days really helped. -MLB

This will probably just be a "cup of coffee" with players like Ryan Zimmerman and Michael Morse returning to the lineup from the DL at some point in time.  But it is a good chance for some experience for the young player.

Not sure what the deal is with DeRosa.  He hasn't been a good fill-in this season and his batting average is .081.  No that isn't a typo.  He has only 3 hits this year in 37 at-bats.  I think this move may mean the end of DeRosa on the Nats, and it is the right move.

We'll have to wait and see when Moore will get his first chance to help the team.