The Nats seem to making some home game improvements to their stats. In their batting performance that is… Last year they were averaging 3.57 and are now up to 4.56. Unfortunately this improvement hasn’t revealed itself at away games which average 4.32 runs. So, unlike last year, the Nats appear to be taking advantage of their home game advantages unlike last year. Which is great news, hopefully we can continue to improve our averages both at home and away.

Most of this marked batting improvement can be attributed to a handful of the Nats batters. Alfonso Soriano and Ryan Zimmerman love playing in DC at RFK and their performance reflects that. Also, players like Vidro and Guillen seem to have grown more accustomed to the nuances of the field at RFK and are batting much higher at home than on the road. Nick Johnson has always been a reliable hitter, but this year he is showing a bit stronger in RFK than on the road.

It feels encouraging that these players are keeping hope alive for the Nationals and putting some points on the board but the Nats as a whole still have a lot of work to do in other areas of their performance.