{"id":708720,"date":"2026-05-25T22:33:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T22:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/708720\/"},"modified":"2026-05-25T22:33:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T22:33:23","slug":"washington-nationals-vs-cleveland-guardians-game-thread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/708720\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Nationals vs Cleveland Guardians Game Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"

For a while, getting to .500 has been the big issue for the Nats, but now getting over that bar has been the issue. They will have another chance to secure a winning record tonight against the Guardians. The Guardians are a tough opponent, but after winning a series in Atlanta, this team is not scared.<\/p>\n

The Nats are making a couple changes to the lineup tonight. With a righty on the mound, Luis Garcia Jr.<\/a> will be back at first base in favor of Andres Chaparro<\/a>. Interestingly, Curtis Mead<\/a> will stay in the lineup for this one. The only other change comes behind the plate, where Drew Millas<\/a> is giving Keibert Ruiz<\/a> a breather. PJ Poulin<\/a> was quickly called up after Jake Irvin<\/a>\u2019s injury and he will be the opener. Zack Littell<\/a> will get the bulk of the action.<\/p>\n

In the past, the Guardians lineup has been so heavily reliant on Jose Ramirez<\/a> and Steven Kwan<\/a>. Those two are struggling to varying degrees, but this year the Guardians have more depth in the lineup. Rookies Chase DeLauter and Travis Bazzana are a big part of that. Angel Martinez and Brayan Roccio have both taken steps forward as well. Tanner Bibee<\/a> may be 0-6, but he has thrown the ball well this year with a 3.75 ERA. He will be on the mound tonight.<\/p>\n

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Game Info:<\/p>\n

Stadium: Progressive Field<\/p>\n

Time: 6:10 PM EST<\/p>\n

TV: Nationals.TV<\/a><\/p>\n

Radio: 106.7 The Fan<\/p>\n

Heading into Memorial Day, the Nats are an impressive 27-27. They will have the chance to go over .500 in this one. Hopefully they can take advantage of that opportunity this time around. Follow along in the comments down below and let\u2019s go Nats!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"For a while, getting to .500 has been the big issue for the Nats, but now getting over…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":708721,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2398],"tags":[3574,46,5,51,6524,26653,496,1825,865,2101,911,4,415,30017,2081,777,3538,414,71,4222,5170],"class_list":["post-708720","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-washington-nationals","tag-andres-chaparro","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-baseball","tag-cleveland-guardians","tag-curtis-mead","tag-drew-millas","tag-jake-irvin","tag-jorbit-vivas","tag-jose-ramirez","tag-keibert-ruiz","tag-luis-garcia-jr","tag-mlb","tag-nationals","tag-pj-poulin","tag-steven-kwan","tag-tanner-bibee","tag-the-nats","tag-washington","tag-washington-nationals","tag-washingtonnationals","tag-zack-littell"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116637597935494184","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708720","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708720"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708720\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/708721"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708720"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708720"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708720"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}