De Natts came in a hole early yesterday when the Pirates scored 3 points in the first inning of Cavalli, but they immediately replied back with 3 of their own in the 2nd inning, from a Paul Dejong Double, Nasim Nunez Sacrifice Fly and a Jacob Young Single. The match remained tied to the 8th inning when Daylen Lile, the best battleman in baseball in September by WRC+, hit a go-ahead doubles in the left field gorge, giving the NATS a 4-3 lead that would be the final score. The Nationals are now 9-4 in the month of September and still have not lost a series in the month.
The Nats are now 4 games behind the Atlanta Braves in the NL East classification while the Braves come to the city for a 4-game set. Although the difference between the 4th and 5th place does not mean anything in terms of play -offs, it would certainly be a nice confidential booster for this National team to escape the division challenge for the first time in months, especially about a Braves club with real talent on it. This will also not be their only chance to come up with the right to the Braves, because from today they go to Atlanta for a 3-Sames set with them. If they can take at least 5 of the 7 games of the Braves, they have a solid chance of jumping in the rankings, while the Braves take on the Tigers and Pirates in their remaining games, and the Nationals play the Mets and White Sox.
Team Ops: .707 (17th in MLB)
Team Ops Leader: Matt Olson (.841)
Team HR leader: Matt Olson (25)
Team era: 4.46 (22nd in MLB)
Team ERA LEADER: Chris Sale (2.52)
The Line -Up of the Braves saw a wide range of faces in 2025, because many starters at the club fought through injuries all year round. They are now almost 100% healthy, with Catcher Sean Murphy and third Honkman Austin Riley are the only regulars that are currently missing in the Line -Up. Outfielder Ronald Acuna Jr. Is the star player of the couple, but he has been ice cold in the month of September and hit .158 with only 1 home run in 11 games this month. The latest full-time additions to the Braves-Line-Up that fans should get to know is Catcher Drake Baldwin, a strong competition for Rookie of the Year, and Shortstop Ha-Seong Kim, an experienced short stop that was waived by the Rays and was picked up by the Braves.
The rotation of the Braves is so hammered with injuries in 2025 that they actually have no starters who are eligible for the ERA leaders, which means that I choose their bait, Chris Sale, even though he had only thrown 107 innings this season. They currently have 4 starters on the injured list, in which they have all been out since July, and their clear young bait, Spencer Strider, has not looked the same since he returned this season from Tommy John operation and placed a 4.86 ERA in 20 Starts. 2023 First round Pick Hurston Waldrrep has been a bright spot for them this season, but it has already been as far as the rotation goes, because he and sales are the only active rotation members with eras under 4.50.
Game One – Monday 6.45 pm Est
ATL: RHP Spencer Strider (5-13, 4.86 ERA)
WSH: LHP Mitchell Parker (8-15, 5.69 ERA)
Game two – Tuesday 1:05 pm este
ATL: TBD (Projected: RHP Nathan Wiles)
WSH: TBD (Projected: RHP Jake Irvin)
Game three – Tuesday 6.45 pm Est
ATL: LHP Chris Sale (5-5, 2.52 ERA)
WSH: TBD (projected: LHP Mackenzie Gore)
Game Vier – Wednesday 4.05 pm Est
ATL: RHP Hurston Waldrep (4-1, 2.78 ERA)
WSH: Brad Lord (5-8, 4.21 ERA)
The Braves will run out of their best arms this series, with the 2nd match of the double header projected by Fangraphs to go to RHP Nathan Wiles, currently in Triple-A, but he can be called up as the 27th man for the double header. The Nationals will prevent their full current rotation outside of Andrew Alvarez, expected to get Game Two with Jake Irvin and Mackenzie Gore expected to get three. The Nats have an ideal chance to jump a bitter rival in the rankings and to escape from the basement of the NL East, and it will be a test of how grim this young NATS team is real.
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