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The Washington Nationals are an American professional baseball team based in Washington, D.C. The Nationals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division .
The 2019 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2019 season.The 115th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the American League champion Houston Astros and the National League champion Washington Nationals.
Along with the Washington Capitals winning the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals, the Nationals and Capitals brought the first major league championships to D.C. since 1992, when the Washington Redskins won Super Bowl XXVI.
[6] [7] They played the Washington Nationals, who defeated the Milwaukee Brewers on October 1 in the Wild Card Game. [8] Los Angeles won the regular season series 4–3 against Washington. The Atlanta Braves clinched a playoff berth on September 14, [ 9 ] the National League East on September 20, [ 10 ] and the second-seed in the NLDS via their ...
The Nasty Nats – Refers to the team playing terribly for few years after moving to Washington in 2005. The Natsies – Affectionate derivative of Nats. Fighters – Reference to the Nationals winning the World Series in 2019 after starting the season 19–31 and winning all five games in the postseason when facing elimination. They trailed in ...
The 2019 Washington Nationals season was the Nationals' 15th season competing as the Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise representative in the District of Columbia, the 12th season at Nationals Park, and the 51st since the original team was started in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The team clinched a playoff berth for the third time in four ...
The Nationals won the game 7–0 on a four-hit complete game shutout by John Patterson. During his August–September callup, Ryan Zimmerman recorded 23 hits in 58 at-bats. He thus became the first member of the Washington Nationals to complete the season with a batting average of at least .300 in at least 50 at-bats.
(2) Washington Nationals (East Division champions) vs (3) Chicago Cubs (Central Division champions): Cubs win series 3–2. [ 3 ] The Dodgers would go on to defeat the Cubs in the NLCS, then lose the 2017 World Series in a controversial 4-3 series to the American League champion Houston Astros .