Post a Free Blog

Submit A Press Release

At CWEB, we are always looking to expand our network of strategic investors and partners. If you're interested in exploring investment opportunities or discussing potential partnerships and serious inquiries. Contact: jacque@cweb.com

Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
Filter by Categories
Action
Animation
Anime
ATP Tour (ATP)
Auto Racing
Baseball
Basketball
Boxing
Breaking News
Business
Business
Business Newsletter
Call of Duty (CALLOFDUTY)
Canadian Football League (CFL)
Car
Celebrity
Champions Tour (CHAMP)
Comedy
CONCACAF
Counter Strike Global Offensive (CSGO)
Crime
Dark Comedy
Defense of the Ancients (DOTA)
Documentary and Foreign
Drama
eSports
European Tour (EPGA)
Fashion
FIFA
FIFA Women’s World Cup (WWC)
FIFA World Cup (FIFA)
Fighting
Football
Formula 1 (F1)
Fortnite
Golf
Health
Hockey
Horror
IndyCar Series (INDY)
International Friendly (FRIENDLY)
Kids & Family
League of Legends (LOL)
LPGA
Madden
Major League Baseball (MLB)
Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)
MLS
Movie and Music
Movie Trailers
Music
Mystery
NASCAR Cup Series (NAS)
National Basketball Association (NBA)
National Football League (NFL)
National Hockey League (NHL)
National Women's Soccer (NWSL)
NBA Development League (NBAGL)
NBA2K
NCAA Baseball (NCAABBL)
NCAA Basketball (NCAAB)
NCAA Football (NCAAF)
NCAA Hockey (NCAAH)
Olympic Mens (OLYHKYM)
Other
Other Sports
Overwatch
PGA
Politics
Premier League (PREM)
Romance
Sci-Fi
Science
Soccer
Sports
Sports
Technology
Tennis
Thriller
Truck Series (TRUCK)
True Crime
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC)
US
Valorant
Western
Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA)
Women’s NCAA Basketball (WNCAAB)
World
World Cup Qualifier (WORLDCUP)
WTA Tour (WTA)
Xfinity (XFT)
XFL
0
-- Advertisement --spot_img
HomeSportsBaseballMLB News: Nationals host Athletics, seek to halt 'embarrassing' slide

MLB News: Nationals host Athletics, seek to halt ’embarrassing’ slide

Add to Favorite
Added to Favorite


The Washington Nationals have been outscored 54-21 over their past four games and will try to end a six-game losing streak when they host the Athletics on Wednesday evening.

Washington will look for a boost from the return of right-hander Cade Cavalli, 26, who will make his first start since Aug. 26, 2022 — his only major league appearance.

The Nationals’ first-round draft pick in 2020 (22nd overall), Cavalli missed the entire 2023 season following Tommy John surgery and made just three minor league appearances in 2024. He has 17 outings this season, including 15 at Triple-A Rochester, where he has pitched to a 6.09 ERA with 72 strikeouts in 65 innings.

Cavalli will try to provide a quality start for a pitching staff that has been getting bullied of late.

“There’s no going back or feeling sorry for yourself,” Nationals interim manager Miguel Cairo said after Tuesday’s 16-7 loss to the A’s in an effort that looked even worse before Washington scored four in the ninth. “No, we’re going to keep working, and we’re going to get better.”

Cavalli will oppose A’s left-hander Jeffrey Springs (10-7, 4.00 ERA), who has allowed three earned runs or less in eight of his past nine starts. Most recently, he allowed one run on two hits over six innings in a 5-4 win against the Seattle Mariners last Wednesday.

“I think just continuing to try to make some adjustments on the delivery, get a little bit more carry, a little bit more life on the fastball, and I’ve seen some good results the last couple times out,” Springs said.

Meanwhile, teammate Shea Langeliers will try to continue his torrid stretch. He went 5-for-6 on Tuesday with three solo homers, a double and a single in his first career game in the leadoff spot. He homered leading off the game.

“To have him at the top and swinging a really good bat right now, it’s a chance to get us off to a quick start, hopefully,” A’s manager Mark Kotsay said before the game.

It was Langeliers’ second career three-homer game. He reached the 20-homer mark (22) for the third straight season and joined Cal Raleigh, Mike Piazza, Earl Williams and Rudy York as the only catchers to hit 20-plus homers in three of their first four seasons (playing a minimum of 50 percent of their games at catcher).

Langeliers has homered eight times over the last 10 games, batting .465 (20-for-43).

JJ Bleday had four hits for the A’s on Tuesday, including a home run, and drove in six runs, and Darell Hernaiz had two hits, including a homer. Brent Rooker added four hits and three RBIs.

For Washington, Luis Garcia, Jr. had three hits, and Nathaniel Lowe walked four times. All-Star MacKenzie Gore (4-12) continued his recent struggles, giving up eight runs on 12 hits in three-plus innings.

But he is far from the only National underperforming of late.

“We’re all better than this,” Gore said after the team fell to 0-4 on its homestand. “This is embarrassing. We’ve got to not let it affect everybody. We’ve got to be able to come together as a group and get better. What happened this homestand, it’s hard to watch.”

–Field Level Media

Subscribe to get Latest News Updates

Latest News

You may like more
more

MLB News: Padres send Nestor Cortes out to face Diamondbacks

When left-hander Nestor Cortes joined San Diego at the...

MLB News: Mariners’ Eugenio Suarez, Josh Naylor look to fluster White Sox

Eugenio Suarez and Josh Naylor showed what they can...

MLB News: Behind Jose Quintana, Brewers aim for series sweep vs. Braves

Jose Quintana wasn't even sure he was going to...