Seattle Mariners vs Washington Nationals
1:05 PM ET, June 23, 2011
Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.
The surging Washington Nationals have a chance to accomplish something they haven't done this late in a season since their first in the nation's capital.
Washington will try to move above .500 on Thursday by completing a three-game sweep of the visiting Seattle Mariners.
The Nationals scored a pair of unearned runs in a 2-1 win Wednesday, their 10th in 11 games, and helped them even their record for the first time since May 11.
"It's a good place to be right now," pitcher John Lannan said. "I've never been on a team that's this far into the season and been at .500. I like it, but it's time to kind of move past that and set new goals and start going above it."
Washington (37-37) hasn't been above .500 after 75 games since it was 44-31 on June 26, 2005, en route to its only non-losing finish since moving from Montreal.
"A ton of teams are .500 in June," third baseman Ryan Zimmerman said. "We're playing good and we need to continue to play good, and if we continue to play good it'll mean more at the end of the season."
Washington will try to move above .500 on Thursday by completing a three-game sweep of the visiting Seattle Mariners.
The Nationals scored a pair of unearned runs in a 2-1 win Wednesday, their 10th in 11 games, and helped them even their record for the first time since May 11.
"It's a good place to be right now," pitcher John Lannan said. "I've never been on a team that's this far into the season and been at .500. I like it, but it's time to kind of move past that and set new goals and start going above it."
Washington (37-37) hasn't been above .500 after 75 games since it was 44-31 on June 26, 2005, en route to its only non-losing finish since moving from Montreal.
"A ton of teams are .500 in June," third baseman Ryan Zimmerman said. "We're playing good and we need to continue to play good, and if we continue to play good it'll mean more at the end of the season."
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