John Smoltz's Boston Red Sox Debut Ruined By Jordan Zimmermann!!! Nationals Beat Sox, 9-3 final.
Federal Baseball — ... Jordan Zimmerman (W, 3-3, 4.65 ERA) wins his first start since April 26th, allowing just 5 hits, 1 ER and 1 walk in 7.0 innings pitched in which he strikes out 6. John Smoltz gets hit hard early by the Nationals, who give Zimmermann a 4-0 lead to work with in the first and hold on for a 9-3 lead after Tyler Clippard, in his '09 debut, allows 2 runs in 2.0 IP, both on a HR by ...

Washington Nationals Acquire Nyjer Morgan, Sean Burnett, Lose 8th Straight To Florida Marlins.
Federal Baseball — ... second. Craig Stammen grounds out to Hanley Ramirez. Cristian Guzman K’s swinging at a fastball outside to end the top of the sixth...Alejandro De Aza gets a pinch hit single to start the Marlins’ sixth. Chris Coghlan singles to left. De Aza takes third on Bonifacio’s fly ball to center. Stammen gets a pitch by Nieves and De Aza scores on the WP. 5-2 DC. Hanley Ramirez goes deep to right and GONE!! Two-run HR, 5-4 DC. Stammen is out. Tyler Clippard gives up a double to the left center gap to Cantu. Clippard ...

When Eight Runs Aren't Enough. The Atlanta Braves Beat The Washington Nationals, 9-8 Final.
Federal Baseball — ... Ross Detwiler’s back in the fourth. Nate McLouth rolls a weak grounder to first for Nick Johnson to handle. Martin Prado singles and takes second on a pitch from Detwiler that bounces a foot in front of the plate. Prado scores from second on a Chipper Jones’ liner to left, the throw in is late, 4-4 ballgame. Brian McCann singles through second to chase Detwiler. Yunel Escobar will face Tyler Clippard. Escobar takes a 3-1 pitch to left and off the wall. 5-4 Braves. Diaz and Francoeur go down swinging to end the fourth...Kawakami gets Nyjer Morgan ...

Rockies hope to rebound against wallowing Nationals
Purple Row — ... their ERA/FIP/tRA splits for starters and relievers are 4.94/4.66/5.59 and 5.69/4.68/5.27.  That's really bad.  Despite John Lannan's good looking-stats, Jordan Zimmermann is the only above average starter, according to Stat Corner, while no one applies from the bullpen, though Sean Burnett will be one with more innings. Joe Beimel, Ron Villone and Sean Burnett make up Manny Acta's lefty-heavy bullpen. Jason Bergmann, Tyler Clippard,  Julian Tavarez are his right-handed options ...

Washington Nationals Complete Worst "First-Half" Since Move To DC, Lose 5-0 To Houston Astros.
Federal Baseball — ... Josh Willingham leads off the eighth with a single to center. Alberto Gonzalez flies out to center. Anderson Hernandez chases a two-strike slider out of the zone. Wil Nieves hits a low liner for a one-out single...Tyler Clippard walks Lance Berkman to start the eighth. Dunn lets a double from El Caballo drop in fair. Geoff Blum pops out to center. Hunter Pence gets the intentionals, well almost, Clippard catches a spike and falls, balking in a run as he stumbles. 5-0 Astros. Carlos Lee stays at third on a fly ball out from Hunter Pence. ...

Nationals News, Goodbye Manny Edition
Federal Baseball — ... Adding to an incredible list of things I've never seen before in baseball, Tyler Clippard balked in a run while attempting an intentional walk last night. If you missed it (and this is definitely something you'll want to see), ...

The Same Old Washington Nationals Drop One To The Chicago Cubs, 6-2 final.
Federal Baseball — ... bobbles it and tosses toward home too late, Fuld scores, 5-1 Cubs. Reed Johnson flies out to center after a wild pitch moves both runners up. Two down, Burnett out. Tyler Clippard gives up an RBI sac fly from Ryan Theriot to Willingham in right. 6-1 Cubs. Milton Bradley’s called out looking...Nick Johnson flies out to Sam Fuld in left. Ryan Zimmerman vs Kevin Gregg. Zimmerm...THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!! THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!!! Solo shot to right and over the wall, 6-2 Cubs on Zim’s dinger. Adam Dunn takes a one-out walk. Josh Willingham flies out ...

The Washington Nationals Have Nothing, Cubs Win 3-1 For Chicago's Second Straight In DC.
Federal Baseball — ... out on strikes.    Milton Bradley grounds back to the mound. Micah Hoffpauir flies to Willingham in right.  Mike Fontenot grounds to Alberto Gonzalez at short, the throw to first is in time...Aaron Heilman takes over for Zambrano is the sixth. Willie Harris takes a two-seamer inside that breaks back in for a called strike three. Josh Bard K’s chasing and Willie Harris flies out to center. The Nationals go down again.   Tyler Clippard takes over for Stammen in the seventh, and gets a backwards K ...

Washington Nationals (0-4) Under Jim Riggleman After Chicago Cubs Sweep Series With 11-3 Win.
Federal Baseball — ... Samardzija grounds to short to start the seventh. Tyler Clippard walks Fukudome, who takes second on a groundout by pinch hitter ...

Washington Nationals Now (0-5) Under Jim Riggleman After 6-2 Loss To Livan Hernandez's New York Mets.
Federal Baseball — ... the second on three RBI singles for an early 5-0 lead that ends up a 6-2 win. Mets win, 6-2 final. • Miss The Game? The DC Faithful Were Watching... • Check Out: The Amazin' Avenue GameThread. BACKPAGE: • Adam "DP" Dunn • Clippard? Tyler Clippard? • Olsen May Be Out A ...

Washington Nationals Scouting San Francisco Giants' Prospects...Interviewing GM's?
Federal Baseball — ... Collin Balester walks Ryan Ludwick and the skies open up...45 minutes or so later, Tyler Clippard takes over on the mound for Balester, and gets Rick Ankiel swinging for the first out of the fourth. Yadier Molina singles to center, Ludwick moves into scoring position. Clippard gives up and RBI double to Joe Thurston, who lines to right for a 3-0 Cardinals' lead. Clippard walks Brendan Ryan to get to the pitcher. Ryan Zimmerman catches a pop fly foul of third from Adam Wainwright for the second out. Skip Schumacher takes a bases loaded ...

San Diego Padres, Baffled By Rain, Drop 13-1 Decision To the Washington Nationals.
Federal Baseball — ... hours and twenty-two minutes, they improve to 29-68 on the season with a 13-1 win.  Nationals win, 13-1. Miss The Game? The DC Faithful Were Watching... Check Out the SBN's Padres blog's GameThread...Gaslamp Ball BACKPAGE:  K's, Hits and Runs. Tyler Clippard Night At Nationals Park... Doghouse: Game ...

Brewers 7, Nationals 5
Brew Crew Ball — ... W: Manny Parra (5-8) L: Tyler Clippard (1-1) S: Trevor Hoffman (23) HR: Mike Cameron (15), Casey McGehee (8) MVP: Casey McGehee (+.347) LVP: Manny Parra (-.223) Win Expectancy Graph SBNation Coverage Finally, a nice come-from-behind victory. The Brewers were in an early hole tonight, as the Nationals scored a run in the first and three more in the second (including a bases loaded walk), but Manny Parra settled down and held the Nats to just one more ...

Milwaukee Brewers 7-5 Over Washington Nationals, DC Win Streak Ends At Four.
Federal Baseball — ... and a follow-up single to Mike Cameron and has to watch as Tyler Clippard gets two outs on a bases-loaded run scoring double play, and then serves up a full-count change to pinch hitter ...

Game 101: Disappointment, by WPA
Federal Baseball — ... teh awes0mest play: Tyler Clippard gets a GDP with runners on the corners and no outs (+0.131) teh suxx0rest play: Tyler Clippard coughs up a two-run, go-ahead bomb to "Casey McGehee" ...

Game Thread #102: Nationals (32-69) at Brewers (50-51)
Brew Crew Ball — ... WP: Manny Parra (5 - 8) SV: Trevor Hoffman LP: Tyler Clippard (1 - 1) ...

Andrew McCutchen Launches 3 HR's, Pittsburgh Pirates 11, Washington Nationals 6.
Federal Baseball — ... to center for a leadoff blast in the first, and following it up with a two-run HR in the fifth off Tyler Clippard, and a 3-run blast off ...

Game 106: It's the sandwiches
Federal Baseball — via www.fangraphs.com Yaaaay!  Adam Dunn's three-run, go-ahead donkey ball (+0.350) Boooo!  Josh Bard GDPs with runners on the corners (-0.102) teh Her0(s)! Big Donkey (+0.347), Tyler Clippard (+0.195) teh g0at! Garret Mock (-0.208) What a comeback!  When Mock left the game with 3 on, no out, and a 3-run deficit, the Pirates had a 94.3% win probability.  Seven batters later, the Nationals had ...

Tyler Clippard Escapes Jam, Adam Dunn Leaves Yard, Washington Nationals 8, Pittsburgh Pirates 4.
Federal Baseball — ... Clippard Saves All... Tyler Clippard's 4.0 inning, 7 K relief appearance in the Washington Nationals' 13-1 win over the Padres last Tuesday impressed anyone who watched it, and earned him his first win of the season, but in two outings since then, DC's 24-year-old reliever had allowed two HR's and 3 ER in 3.1 IP, blowing the save and taking a loss on the road in Milwaukee and serving up the second of Andrew McCutchen's three HR's Saturday night. The Pirates were up 3-0 on the Nationals early tonight, and ...

BREAK UP THE NATIONALS!! Washington Nationals Win Fourth Straight, 5-4 Over Florida Marlins.
Federal Baseball — ... in his first appearance for DC back on July 1st? Tyler Clippard? Could he be the difference? Or maybe it's the fact that ...

SWEEEEEP!! Washington Nationals Rally From 6-0 Down To Beat Florida Marlins, 12-8.
Federal Baseball — ... Have To Believe!!!! Down 6-0 after two innings, the Washington Nationals rallied all the way back with Elijah Dukes' solo HR in the seventh tying it at 8-8, and Ronnie Belliard's RBI sac fly putting DC ahead in a 4-run eighth that ended with DC up by a score of 12-8. Ryan Zimmerman goes 4 for 4 with a triple a HR and 3 RBI's, Elijah Dukes goes 3 for 4 with a HR and 4 RBI's!!! The Nationals bullpen of Ron Villone, Jason Bergmann, Tyler Clippard, Sean Burnett and Jorge Sosa combine to hold ...

Washington Nationals Win Eighth-Straight, 9-2 Over Arizona Diamondback. PLUS: Cristian Guzman Claimed Off Waivers By Boston Red Sox.
Federal Baseball — ... (W, 1-2), records his first MLB "W", pitching 4.0 scoreless after allowing the leadoff blast to Oeltjen in the first. Martin walks 1, K's 1 and allows 5 hits in 5.0 innings, throwing 85 pitches, 52 for strikes, with 2 groundouts and 10 flyouts from twenty batters he faces. The Nationals' 26-year-old right-hander wins for the first time in 4 Major League starts, with the help of Tyler Clippard, ...

Atlanta Braves Beat The Washington Nationals, 8-1, End Winning Streak At Eight.
Federal Baseball — ... to end the DC seventh...Tyler Clippard gives up a moon shot to Chipper, deeeep to right and GONE, 7-1 Braves. Brian McCann K’s chasing a high heater from Clippard. Yunel Escobar gets the same fastballs and K’s. Garret Anderson pops up behind home and a fan interferes with Nieves, so the Ump gives him the call.  ...

Washington Nationals Win, 10-6 Over Cincinnati Reds, While Everyone Talks Stephen Strasburg...
Federal Baseball — ... takes Kensing deeeep to right and GONE!! 10-5 Nationals. Kensing out, and Tyler Clippard gets a groundout from Laynce Nix to end the seventh.  ...

Rox finish last out-of-division road trip in DC
Purple Row — ... Ron Villone and Sean Burnett remain as Jim Riggelman's lefty options after the club dealt Joe Beimel to the Rockies. Jason Bergmann, Tyler Clippard,  Saul Rivera and Jorge Sosa are his right-handed options in bridging to closer Mike MacDougal, who struggles way too much for a closer.  Burnett, Clippard and Sosa are StatCorner's above averages, while the rest have struggled.  In spite of his nicce ERA, MacDougal's tRA is a lofty 5.89, most due to the ...

Rockies 4, Nationals 3: Late HR by Clint Barmes looms large as Rox hold on
Purple Row — ... With one out in the top of the ninth, Barmes took Tyler Clippard deep, for just his eighth hit in his last 68 road at-bats. Clint's solo homer (19) gave the ...

Washington Nationals Drop 4-2 Decision To Colorado Rockies, About To FIRE MIKE RIZZO?
Federal Baseball — ... could do was turn to watch. 3-2 Rockies. After issuing a one-out walk, Burnett was replaced by Tyler Clippard, who K'd the first three Colorado batters he faced and then gave up a HR to center to ...

Washington Nationals' Garrett Mock Shook By 4-Out Inning, Colorado Rockies Win 4-1, Sweep.
Federal Baseball — ... stands on second after doubling in Colorado's third run, and with two outs in the eighth, Tyler Clippard gives up a single to right by Brad Hawpe that might score Tulowitzki, unless... ...

Milwaukee Brewers Beat Up Washington Nationals In Front Of Stephen Strasburg. 7-3 Final.
Federal Baseball — ... middle and laser-straight it warrants a quick viewing on MLB.com's Gameday), and one more run in the seventh when he gives up back to back one-out singles to Catalonotto and Kendall, and a two-out single to Felipe Lopez which ends Martin's night two-thirds of the way through the frame. Jorge Sosa gives up 4 hits and 3 runs in the top of the ninth after Ron Villone finishes the seventh and Tyler Clippard pitches a scoreless eighth.  The ...

Washington Nationals Snap 5-Game Losing Streak, Beat The Milwaukee Brewers 8-3.
Federal Baseball — ... Alcides Escobar and an RBI single by our old friend Felipe Lopez, but the Nationals responded in the bottom of the frame when Adam Dunn launched his 33rd HR to right to give DC back its 5-run lead. The Nationals add two in the fourth, with Ryan Zimmerman's 26th HR of '09, a two-run blast, making it 8-1 Washington, so the two runs the Brewers tack on later are inconsequential. Craig Stammen earns his fourth win, (4-6, 5.08), and Sean Burnett (0.2 IP) and Tyler Clippard (2.0 IP) help snap the Nationals' five-game losing ...

Washington Nationals Beat Chicago Cubs, 15-6!!! Bring Back LIVAN HERNANDEZ!!!!
Federal Baseball — ... and throws to end the inning...Milton Bradley goes to a full count against Mock, and takes a leadoff walk. Derrek Lee K’s chasing a fastball upstairs. Aramis Ramirez hits a line drive off the ivy, but Josh Willingham’s play keeps it a single. Fukudome drives in a run with an infield single to second. 9-2 DC. Jake Fox flies out to center. Geovany Soto lines to left, and Josh Willingham leaps at the wall and hits it hard as he misses, two runs score, 9-4. Mock’s done. Tyler Clippard pops up Mike Fontenot with one pitch.  ...

Washington Nationals Top 20 PRE-SEASON Prospects
Minor League Ball — ... 19) Tyler Clippard, RHP, Grade C: 0.92 ERA with 42/15 K/BB in 39 innings for Syracuse, 2.50 ERA with 42/18 K/BB in 36 innings for the Nationals. I took flak for rating him this high, so I'm glad to see that he's done well. ...

Nyjer Morgan Breaks Hand, Washington Nationals Take Two Of Three From Chicago Cubs.
Federal Baseball — ... in the fifth and Aramis Ramirez added an RBI single in the seventh off Tyler Clippard to make it 5-4. Clippard was replaced on the mound by left ...

Washington Nationals Swept By Cardinals In St. Louis. Trade Ronnie Belliard. Recall Justin Maxwell.
Federal Baseball — ... gets a pinch hit appearance. Ground ball to second, Schumaker throws to first, two down. Willie Harris gets called out on strikes to end the Nationals’ seventh...Tyler Clippard vs Khalil Greene to start the Cards’ seventh. Khalil Greene grounds back to the mound. Yadier Molina flies out to right. Brendan Ryan grounds to short and Cristian Guzman muffs it. Mock gets the opposing pitcher to fly out to end it.  ...

Washington Nationals' Possible Candidates for September Roster Expansion
Federal Baseball — ... wait until Syracuse's season is over before calling anyone up, though.  So any help will still be at least a week away from arriving in D.C. Because of the rash of injuries, trades and bullpen struggles, general manager Mike Rizzo has already made the bulk of his September call-ups before the roster expansion happened.  Jorge Padilla, Pete Orr, Justin Maxwell, Mike Morse...even pitchers like J.D. Martin, Tyler Clippard and Jorge Sosa would have been prime candidates, were ...

Washington Nationals Drop 5th-Straight, 4-1 To San Diego Padres. Clayton Richard = Balker.
Federal Baseball — ... of extra bases. Salazar's HR makes it 3-1 Padres, and San Diego adds another run in the eighth when Washington right-hander Tyler Clippard gives up two two-out walks and an RBI single to ...

Washington Nationals Drop 10th Of 13 To The Florida Marlins In '09, 9-6 Final.
Federal Baseball — ... Jorge Sosa vs Chris Coghlan to start the eighth. Nick Johnson grounds by Dunn, but Alberto Gonzalez gets it and throws to Sosa covering. Coghlan to second. Jorge Cantu takes a two-strike slider for a called strike three. John Baker’s gonna face Tyler Clippard. Baker flies to right to end the Marlins’ eighth...Alberto Gonzalez shoots a line drive single to right off Marlins’ right-hander ...

Philadelphia Phillies Hit 5 HR's Beat Washington Nationals 5-3. Raul Ibanez Must Be Stopped.
Federal Baseball — ... leaves the yard, taking a 90 mph fastball down the middle for a ride to left and out for a 4-2 Phillies' lead. The Nationals are done. Washington rallies for a run in the home-half of the seventh when Willie Harris hits another one out, but Tyler Clippard gives up Philly's fifth HR of the game to ...

Mad World: Phillies 6, Nationals 5
The Good Phight — ... and striking out four. He gave way to Chan Ho Park with men on second and third and none out in the eighth, and Park managed to hold the Nationals to one run. Offensively, the Phils gave more signs that they might be easing out of their weeks-long slump, scoring three runs in the second inning without benefit of a home run. It was, however, the solo homer that provided the winning margin, as Jayson Werth and Pedro Feliz went back to back in the eighth off Tyler Clippard. Raul Ibanez had another good game against his ...

Game 139: A good one, but still a lose...
Federal Baseball — via www.fangraphs.com Yaaaaay! Josh Willingham doubles to set up a late-inning rally that fizzles after only one run (+0.220) Boooooo! Adam Dunn lines into a DP to kill Zimmy's walkoff chance (-0.288) g0at: Tyler Clippard (-0.329) just can't resist giving up back-to-back dingers in a tie game... Her0: Alberto Gonzalez (+0.219) goes 3-5 and makes nifty tag-throw DP. Ah, look at that graph whipsaw back and forth--this game was a ...

SBNation.com Goes LIVE!! Philadelphia Phillies Beat Washington Nationals, 6-5.
Federal Baseball — ... Tyler Clippard starts Jayson Werth with three balls, gets away with a 3-0 fastball Werth fouls and then gives up a leadoff solo shot to center to break the tie. 5-4 Philly. Pedro Feliz lines to left and GONE!! Good-bye. Back to back HR’s 6-4 Phillies. Clippard throws a high heater by ...

Sorry, Florida Marlins, Sorry! Washington Nationals Win 5-3.
Federal Baseball — ... batter he faces, Josh Willingham. Elijah Dukes flies out to the track in left, just missed. Chris Coghlan catches the second out off Pete Orr’s bat. Wil Nieves rips a single over short to bring up Mike Morse with two on. Morse lines to deeep center and off Cameron Maybin at the wall. Two runs score, 4-2 DC. Willie Harris pops up to the infield to end the Nationals’ sixth...Crisitian Guzman charges and double pumps a throw to first to just get John Baker. Tyler Clippard vs Dan Uggla. Clippard throws a full-count change by ...

Washington Nationals Take Two Of Three From The Florida Marlins With 7-2 Win Sunday.
Federal Baseball — ... John Lannan (W, 9-11) allows just 1 ER on 6 hits through 5.0, throwing 81 pitches, 50 for strikes, but a rain delay ends his day after just the five innings pitched. Tyler Clippard comes out after nearly two more hours of rain on top of last night's delays, and Clippard throws two scoreless in which he allows just 1 hit. ...

GameThread: Washington Nationals At Philadelphia Phillies - Game 144 Of 162.
Federal Baseball — ... • After winning 3 of 5 starts to begin the month of August, Garrett Mock's (0-2) in his last 3 starts, including his last time out, which was a game against Philadelphia and opposite the Phillies' left Cliff Lee. Mock surrendered 6 hits and 4 ER in 5.0 IP against Philly, but Lee got the W when the Phils won 6-5 after they hit two eighth-inning HR's off DC reliever Tyler Clippard, a half-inning after the Nationals had ralllied to tie it 4-4. ...

Now Joe Blanton's Unhittable...Philadelphia Phillies 6, Washington Nationals 1.
Federal Baseball — ... • Two outs in the seventh...2-0 Phillies...Tyler Clippard on in relief of Livan, and he hits Chase Utley in the foot with a breaking ball. Nationals' lefty ...

Philadelphia Phillies Sweep Washington Nationals, 4-2 in Philly. Win Season Series 15-3.
Federal Baseball — ... win, 4-2.  • "Game 146: Cole Hamels is no Joe Blanton..." - by Doghouse. • Miss The Game? The DC Faithful Were Watching... • Check Out the SB Nation's Philadelphia Phillies Blog: The Good Phight GameThread. For The Completists, Full Game Report After The JUMP... Nationals now 50-96. • Tyler Clippard’s Long Inning... • Tyler Clippard ...

Not TONIGHT!! Washington Nationals Avoid 100th Loss, Beat L.A. Dodgers 5-4.
Federal Baseball — ... Harris swings over an 0-2 bender low in the zone. Cristian Guzman grounds into a force at second. Adam Dunn takes a two-out walk in front of Ryan Zimmerman. Zimmerman gets a first pitch curve up high and he destroys it, THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!! THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!!! HR #31 to right, 3-run blast, tie ballgame in the sixth, on ZIM's 100th RBI OF '09!!!! and Billingsley’s walk-filled no-hitter is over. Elijah Dukes grounds out to end the inning. Tyler Clippard takes over on the mound against Orlando Hudson and issues a ...

Washington Nationals Drop Their 100th Game Of 2009, 7-6 To The Los Angeles Dodgers.
Federal Baseball — ... in the sixth to score Elijah Dukes, who'd wallked with one down and Alberto Gonzalez, who hit a one-out single. 6-6 ballgame after six, and it looks like LA's going to take the lead right back in the seventh after Matt Kemp flies to left, to the wall, and has it bounce of Josh Willingham's glove and fall in for a stand-up triple, but three outs later, Tyler Clippard's retired the side with a strike out, an infield pop out and a fly ball to center to strand Kemp... ...

Game 155: Our team is terrible.
Federal Baseball — ... The Nats had plenty chances and they made the least of them.  Tyler Clippard (+0.433) had some outstanding 7th-inning heroics to keep the game tied, but ...

Atlanta Braves Sweep Washington Nationals, DC Bullpen Gives It Away In Extras, 6-3.
Federal Baseball — ... , which scores Escobar from first ahead of the cut throw home. 3-3 ballgame. Hernandez out after 6.1 IP, 6 hits, 3 ER, 1 BB and 2 K's. Tyler Clippard replaces Livan, and strands Adam LaRoche at third in a tie game. Then the Nationals do the same... ...

Winter roster moves and the 2010 season: Your thoughts?
Federal Baseball — ... It's a universally held notion that the Nats need to fix (replace?) the starting rotation before the 2010 season. The bullpen has some good pieces in MacDougal, Tyler Clippard and ...

Game 157: Enjoy 2B next year, Guz...
Federal Baseball — via www.fangraphs.com Yaaaay! Anderson Hernandez misses first base, allowing Ian Desmond (+0.377) to beat out the back end of a DP and drive in the go-ahead run (+0.247) Yaaaaaaay! Tyler Clippard (+0.200) gets out of a bases-loaded jam with a line-out DP to Alberto Gonzalez (-0.072) Booooo! Adam Dunn (-0.151) o-fers, in spite of the two guys in donkey costumes and Dunn jerseys who were there to cheer him on (I think) Her0! Dezzie, ...

Elijah Dukes Will Run Through Walls. Washington Nationals 4, New York Mets 3.
Federal Baseball — ... • J.D. Martin ends up throwing four scoreless after the rough start, and leaves after 6.0 IP, having given up 7 hits, 3 ER and 2 walks, but the win ends up going to DC reliever Tyler Clippard who throws 2.0 scoreless, the second of which I still can't believe he escaped. Clippard gave up back to back singles to Carlos Beltran and ...

Game 159: The Nats continue to dominate junk-time
Federal Baseball — via www.fangraphs.com Yaaaay! Pinch-hittin' Pete Orr (+0.168) singles home doubles machine Ryan Zimmerman (+0.304) for the winning tally Yaaaaaaay!  Mike MacDougal (+0.206) comes in to throw four pitches and get the game-winning ground out. Well done! MacDoody, Tyler Clippard (+0.203) and Garrett Mock (+0.242) combine to hold the Braves to one run.

Atlanta Braves Eliminated By Colorado Rockies, Beaten By Washington Nationals, 2-1.
Federal Baseball — ... hits for Mock, or more accurately K's, with two on and two out in the top of the seventh, and Tyler Clippard replaces Mock on the mound, allowing a leadoff walk and then retiring the next three batters in order. The eighth begins with Atlanta lefty ...

Game 162: Finally, some history we can call our own!
Federal Baseball — via fangraphs.com What a game. Longest in Nationals history, second sweep in row, and ending the season 7-0 after starting 0-7, a first in major league history!  A long, tense, low-scoring game with both side in and out of many jams. J.D. Martin (+0.174) went a solid 6.0, but had to be bailed out by Tyler Clippard (+0.200), Jason Bergmann (+0.066), Ron Villone (+0.219), Saul Rivera (+0.428--he went 3 scoreless), and Logan Kensing (+0.352).  The bullpen combined to throw ...

Washington Nationals Win Season Finale In 15 Innings, Sweep Atlanta Braves To Finish 2009 59-103.
Federal Baseball — ... Bard leads off the seventh against Tim Hudson. Bard grounds out to second. Alberto Gonzalez singles to center and Jorge Padilla follows with a second-straight single and Adam Dunn gets a PH chance. Dunn lines a hanging bender to right to score Gonzalez from second for a 1-1 tie!!! Justin Maxwell K’s/fails swinging through an 0-2 fastball upstairs and inside. Ian Desmond grounds out to first to strand two. 1-1 in the seventh...Yunel Escobar sends the first pitch from Tyler Clippard soaring into center field for Justin Maxwell. Kelly Johnson ...

Washington Nationals: 2009 Post-Season Player Achievement Awards.
Federal Baseball — ... Jordan Zimmermann (42 points, 2 1st Place votes) Craig Stammen (22 points) (Others: J.D. Martin (6 points), Garrett Mock (4 points), Livan Hernandez (3 points), Ross Detwiler (2 points)) • Frederick "Firpo" Marberry Relief Pitcher of the Year* -- Excellent performance as a relief pitcher Tyler Clippard (80 points, 13 1st Place votes) Mike MacDougal ...

The Bill James Handbook 2010 - Projections For The Washington Nationals' Pitchers In 2010 + Fall Notes.
Federal Baseball — ... 65  0 49.0 27  5 2 3 5.14  0   Tyler Clippard:   Clipper, Tyler ...

The Value of Mediocrity
Pinstripe Alley — ... AA Mike Lowell AAA Jim Leyritz MLB Ricky Ledee MLB Wily Mo Pena A Damaso Marte (bonus player- started with the Mariners) AA D'Angelo Jimenez MLB Randy Flores AAA Ted Lilly (bonus- started with Montreal) AAA Marcus Thames MLB Brandon Claussen MLB Sterling Hitchcock MLB Yhency Brazoban AAA Nick Johnson MLB Juan Rivera MLB Randy Choate MLB Alfonso Soriano MLB Tyler Clippard MLB Dan McCutchen AAA Jeff Karsten MLB Ross ...