The Nationals had the golden opportunity with the Braves and Phillies losing today, but the Nationals blew several chances to win this game today and instead lost this heartbreaker in extra innings 7-5. Maybe as we wrote earlier, it started with the line-up card construction. Juan Soto has been scuffling, and today was as good as any to get that young man a rest day against a tough lefty. There were several Nats that have not done much against starter Wei-Yin Chen while Mark Reynolds has had quite the success against him at .417 with 3 home runs. Could Reynolds have played 3rd base like he did earlier this month in place of Anthony Rendon who was batting near .100 against Chen? Apparently not in Dave Martinez‘s thinking. Instead, Rendon went 0-5 in this game.
In the bottom of the 5th inning with one out and Spencer Kieboom on second base, manager Dave Martinez batted Jefry Rodriguez instead of going with Reynolds there to pinch-hit. In the 6th inning with bases loaded and the lefty J.T. Riddle up, Martinez stuck with righty Jimmy Cordero instead of bringing in lefty Matt Grace right there in what would have been the highest leverage spot of the game. Riddle singled and drove in 2-runs and the Marlins took a 4-2 lead at the time. If you are truly playing these games like they are the fourth game of the playoffs, you have to be in a different mindset. Martinez really did not start pulling the levers until the 7th inning. Continue reading →
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