I give up. I have no idea how the Nationals keep winning. Frank Robinson must be a genius. Or, perhaps, getting out of Canada was key. (After all, the team won 67 games last year in Montreal, which is like 83 wins American.)
Nick Johnson, who now is on the DL, and Jose Guillen have been leading what only vaguely resembles an offense. Only Guillen, with 17, has more than 8 homers this season. Only OF Ryan Church, also on the DL, Guillen and Johnson are hitting above .300. This is a team with a lineup that includes Matt Cepicky, Carlos Baerga and Jamey Carroll.
Pitchers Livan Hernandez and Esteban Loaiza have been outstanding and John Patterson has been much better than expected. But the rest of the rotation is awful. The bullpen -- which I guess is the real story -- has been incredible, led by Chad Cordero, Luis Ayala, Gary Majewski and Hector Carrasco.
Washington has scored 340 runs, and allowed 340. Yet the Nats are 26-7 since May 29.
They are 23-7 in one-run games, which means 36 percent of their total games have been decided by a run and that 45 percent of their wins have come by a run.
They have won 16 games in which they scored 3 or fewer runs and six games in which they scored 2 or fewer. They have won a pair of 1-0 games.
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