NATS (47-32) BETTER THAN METS TWO DAYS AGO

 Maximum Scherzer 
 does not fuck around; went out 
 up by 4 long runs 

 bullpen gave back two (uh oh!) 
 but held on; bitch Mets got swept 

NATS (43-30) WORSE THAN DODGERS TWO DAYS AGO

 suffering series 
 sweep against Los Angeles - 
 5-game losing streak 

 one more series before this 
 road trip is done - the Brewers 

NATS (33-21) BETTER THAN PHILLIES FIVE DAYS AGO

 emailed a finance 
 dude who's Phillies fan at work 
 picture of a broom 

 this was the whitest moment 
 of my whole life, easily 

NATS (19-12) WORSE THAN CUBS 2 DAYS AGO

 13th inning loss 
 completes competitive 
 but painful sweep 

 on the plus though, offense smashed
 ace Arrieta off in 5 

NATS (17-7) BETTER THAN CARDINALS YESTERDAY

 Maximum Scherzer 
 back to maximized effect, 
 plus offense firing 

 after swept by Phillies, 
 Nats sweep godless Cardinals 

NATS (14-7) WORSE THAN PHILLIES FOUR DAYS AGO

 not just a sweep by 

 divisional rivals, but 

 painful, ugly sweep 

 last two games - six hits combined 

 for zero runs; still early though 

NATS RISE TO GLORY game fifty

(lolol look at this fucking thing, it is an anthropomorphic

baseball with a weird hipster mustache, wtf?)

Tanner Roark did well enough in spot start which I guess may become more regular with Strasburg out, but left the game after 6 innings to hand it off to the bullpen as game was 2-2, and Matt Williams was like, "Bullpen's been good, so fuck it, let's do this." Here is where things perhaps went wrong though:

Aaron Barrett faced 3 batters. gave up 2 hits, and was eventually charged with 2 runs. He was pulled.

Matt Grace (remember like last week when I was like, "hey, Grace is doing okay"?) faced 5 batters, gave up 3 hits plus 2 walks, and was eventually charged with 4 runs.

Taylor Hill stopped the bleeding at that point and took this shit home at least, but all the Nats could muster in terms of offense was the 2 runs at top 7th, which gave Williams the hope to pull Roark in the first place. (Those 2 runs knocked in by Michael Taylor single - stepping into his new daily role nicely.)

Thus, the Nats - who had been the hottest thing in baseball - were sweeped by the Cincinnati Reds. But today is a new day, and Nationals have come home to open June against the most un-American team in all of Major League Baseball - the Blue Jays of Canadia. I am hopeful that there is a rebound, and also that Yunel Escobar makes Blue Jays fans cry.

Nats are 28-22.

78-62

Fuck yeah, Cliff

68-58

29-26