For everything that’s going right for the Nationals so far this season, they are struggling on the road.
Henry Rodriguez served up a game-winning home run to Pittsburgh's Rod Barajas in the Nationals's 5-4 loss to the Pittsburgh Pirates. The Nats are just 6-7 on the road this season, and 1-5 in one-run road games. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-US PRESSWIRE
The team is just 6-7 on the road, compared to 12-4 (.750) at Nationals Park, the third-best home winning percentage in the major leagues. The disparity is even greater in one-run games, which have accounted for all but two of the Nats’ road losses. The Nationals are 1-5 in such games on the road, but 8-0 at Nats Park. Overall, their 15 one-run games ties them with the Los Angeles Dodgers for the most in the majors.
Nevertheless, the Nationals still have a chance to win their ninth of ten series this season, with their only series loss coming at the hands of the Dodgers in a three-game sweep April 27-29.
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Marty Niland has been covering sports and other news professionally for more than 30 years, including almost 10 years at The Associated Press. While there, he was part of the team that covered the Washington Nationals as they brought baseball back to the nation's capital. His stories included team coverage of the first Nats home game; the dispute between MASN and Comcast that caused games to be blacked out in the DC area; the marathon D.C. Council session where the ballpark lease was rejected, then approved; and team coverage of the selection of the ownership group led by Ted Lerner.
Marty also wrote for Outside Pitch, a Baltimore Orioles fan magazine, during the 1990s, and Ravens Report, the official publication of the Baltimore Ravens, during the team's inaugural season in 1996. He covered the Ravens as a daily beat reporter for States News Service and footballinsiders.com from 1996-1999 and landed some stories about the Ravens in The Washington Post.
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