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Gio Gonzalez was mostly effective over 5 1/3 innings on Thursday. He carried a no-hitter into the fifth and pitched his way out of trouble in the same inning, only to be tagged for two earned runs in the sixth. Over 96 pitches, he gave up only three hits, punched out eight and walked four. But Gonza[...]

Stop us if you've heard this one before. In game one of Sunday's doubleheader against the Phillies, Gio Gonzalez threw six great innings of one-run ball, induced a career-high three double plays, and then saw the Nats bullpen gave up the lead in the ninth. Gonzalez had given up only four hits, wal[...]

Against the Orioles on Monday Gio Gonzalez continued his unfortunate trend of giving up first-inning home runs. He was tagged by Joey Rickard, Mark Trumbo and Trey Mancini (the last two coming with two outs), which earned him his first loss of the season. Gonzalez has now given up six first-inning [...]

Gio Gonzalez continued his early season brilliance on Saturday, pitching the Nationals to their sixth straight victory. Gonzalez gave up two hits and only one run in 6 1/3 innings, striking out six and walking three, in the Nationals' 3-1 win. He threw 66 of his 107 pitches for strikes. The lefty wi[...]

Gio Gonzalez on Sunday pitched into the eighth inning for the first time since 2015. But bad defense and a shaky bullpen were unable to hold the lead for him against the Phillies. He didn't have the best control early on as he walked three and only struck out two. But he battled back and kept the ba[...]

For owners of Gio Gonzalez in 2016 season, you have my condolences. Condolences that your season went disastrously enough that you had to resort to running him out there once, or even twice a week. It's not to say that it was all bad. The months of April, July, and August saw him win seven games and[...]

Gio Gonzalez pitched seven strong innings on Sunday, allowing four hits and one run, striking out five. This game comes off the heels of a three inning performance in which he coughed up six runs. Starting Gonzalez comes with a degree of volatility, but with a 3.83 ERA in the second half of the seas[...]

Washington Nationals hurler Gio Gonzalez pitched six innings of two-hit, one-run ball, striking out four for his tenth win of the season. [...]

Gio Gonzalez was lights-out again on Friday, tossing seven innings of two-hit, one-run ball, striking out seven. July saw Gonzalez pitch to a 2.70 ERA and August gets off to a bang as well. The issue is the underlying xFIP which clocked in at an atrocious 5.06 for the month of July. Bottom line - Go[...]