{"id":724473,"date":"2026-06-13T01:57:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T01:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/724473\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T01:57:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T01:57:19","slug":"game-70-thunderstorms-in-the-d-c-will-create-a-late-start","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/724473\/","title":{"rendered":"Game #70 Thunderstorms in the D.C. will create a late start"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"513\" data-id=\"69419\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Rainbow-over-Nationals-Park.jpeg\" alt=\"\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Sometimes you get a rainbow after a storm. The Washington Nationals could use some good fortune after Wednesday\u2019s crushing loss in San Francisco. Once this game gets going, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/l\/litteza01.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.talknats.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-12_br\">Zack Littell<\/a> will be the starter against <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/search\/search.fcgi?pid=millebr04,miller013bry&amp;search=Bryce+Miller&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.talknats.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-12_br\">Bryce Miller<\/a> of the Seattle Mariners. <\/p>\n<p>This weekend series is part of two back-to-back interleague series against American League teams at Nationals Park.<\/p>\n<p>The Nationals made no roster moves today after expectations grew that the team needed to make some changes. Manager <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/b\/buterbl99.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.talknats.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-12_br\">Blake Butera<\/a> said he wasn\u2019t going to make roster demotions based on one bad game. Well, for some of the Nats players, it\u2019s been more than one bad game.<\/p>\n<p>In an unrelated roster move, the Nationals have claimed RHP <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/register\/player.fcgi?id=lara--000jha&amp;utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.talknats.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-12_br\">Jhancarlos Lara<\/a> off outright waivers from the Atlanta Braves and optioned him to Double-A Harrisburg. To make room on the 40-man roster, the Nats DFA\u2019d RHP <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/f\/fernaju02.shtml?utm_medium=linker&amp;utm_source=www.talknats.com&amp;utm_campaign=2026-06-12_br\">Julian Fernandez<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Seattle Mariners vs.\u00a0Washington Nationals<\/p>\n<p>Stadium:\u00a0Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.<br \/>1st Pitch:\u00a06:45 PM EDT<br \/>TV:\u00a0Nationals.TV<br \/>Radio:\u00a0106.7 The Fan radio and via the MLB app. On\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.siriusxm.com\/sports\/mlb\/washington-nationals\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sirius\/XM<\/a>, tune to Channel 176 for the home broadcast and the road team is online only.<\/p>\n<p>\n\tRelated\n<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThis entry was posted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.talknats.com\/category\/games\/ingame\/\" rel=\"category tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">InGame<\/a>. 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