Nats Survive Grind, Face Pivotal Stretch

On April 28th, the Washington Nationals just survived a brutal 17 games in 17 days grind,

wrapping up their 17th contest, and finally grabbing a day off on Monday, their first since April 9th.

They showed flashes, sweeping the Milwaukee Brewers, splitting with the Pittsburgh Pirates,

dropping series to the San Francisco Giants and Atlanta, Braves, then bouncing back to beat the

Chicago White Sox. Shout out to Star Outfielder James Wood, who turned it up mid-April, smashing a

545 batting average, leading the league in on base. Slugging an OPS to snag unanimous

nationally player of the week honors on April 13th. For over a week, dude was untouchable at the

plate, but the Nats pitching has been straight trash all stretch, dragging them under 500 in way

behind the first place Braves, despite some solid. Offends. Fans are hyped on the bats but frustrated

with the arms keeping them from climbing the standings. Now they head into a pivotal run starting

Tuesday at the Messy New York Metz, a division foe then hosts the Revenge Hungry Brewers. Welcome

the Minnesota Twins and hit the road versus the Miami Marlins. All winnable spots, with only Milwaukee

above 500, testing if this squad can really contend. With tons of ball left, the Nats got a

real shot to stay in the mix for the first time in years, but they got to fix that pitching and

keep the hits. Coming to make noise in the east. I'm Cory with the story. That's your Washington

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