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This is the second game in Colorado and the bullpen used 5 of the 7 arms last night as only Yusmeiro Petit and Oliver Perez were not used. Gio Gonzalez is trying to build on his recent starts, and can hopefully shut down the Rockies’ very lefty line-up. The last time out Gio got a 7-4 win against the Cleveland Indians.
The Rockies will pitch righty Chad Bettis who has a winning record for the Rockies which proves that his 5.27 ERA can result in wins even with that 1.47 WHIP. Righties hit Bettis slightly better than lefties and combined he gets hit to a .333 BA this season. Continue reading →
The Nationals began this 9 game road trip with a very nice 5-4 comeback win led by Bryce Harper and the Nationals bullpen. Harper had a great game on both offense and defense.
The Nationals bullpen shut-out the Rockies over 5 innings of work as they took over for Max Scherzer who was pulled after going 4.0 innings while giving up 4 earned runs. Matt Belisle pitched 1 1/3 innings only giving up 1 hit. Sammy Solis earned the win as he went 1.0 inning. Blake Treinen threw 1 pitch in the 7th inning and got 2 outs on a doubleplay ball for a Hold. With that play, Treinen induced his 13th doubleplay ball of the season which is the best of all relief pitchers. Shawn Kelley had a 1-2-3 8th inning with 2 strikeouts for a Hold, and Mark Melancon got 3 groundouts for another save in a 1-2-3 9th inning. Continue reading →
Today’s game has the Washington Nationals in Colorado to face the Rockies for a 3 game series. Tonight’s pitching match-up has lefty Jorge De La Rosa for the Rockies going up against Max Scherzer of the Nationals.
The Nats brought Joe Ross on the trip to get him restarted on his road back. Ross is scheduled to throw a bullpen session. Stephen Drew is also on the trip, and will be working with the team on his recovery. Wilmer Difo will be working at 3rd base so Dusty Baker can get Anthony Rendon a day off in Atlanta.
Jose Lobaton will be catching tonight on a rehab start along wtih Ryan Zimmerman who will DH tonight for the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs.
Washington Nationals and Colorado Rockies Stadium: Coors Field, Colorado 1st Pitch: 8:40 pm EDT TV: MASN, ROOT, MLB.tv
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Saturday morning about 300 little league coaches from local leagues were invited to Nationals Park to attend the Nats first ever “Coaches Clinic”. This was one heck of a fun morning, a million thanks to the Nats staff and coaches for inviting us.
The Nats divided us up into four groups to get some professional insight into how to coach catching, pitching, hitting, and general motivation. That was followed by lunch and a presentation by Inova Sports Medicine on how to lower the chances of injuries to young pitchers.
Tanner Roark befuddled the Braves hitters most of the day in a 9-1 win. The Nationals are at 22 games over .500 (69-47), and another day comes off of the calendar. Roark now has 10 starts going 7 innings with one run or less which leads the Majors. Tanner Roark also fielded his position nicely today cutting down a runner at home and starting a key doubleplay.
The Nationals offense scored 9 runs today led by Trea Turner opening up the game with a double and scoring two runs. Anthony Rendon had the big blast with a 3-run home run, and Bryce Harper had 3 good at-bats against the right-handed pitchers including an opposite field RBI double. In fact the Nationals put together all of this offense while resting Daniel Murphy and Jayson Werth. All starting position players had hits today except Danny Espinosa as the Nats combined for 9 hits and 3 walks on the day. Continue reading →
NoBryce Harper (is in) today while Daniel Murphy and Jayson Werth rest. We are being told from a source that Harper is feeling much better and available off the bench is now as of noon in the starting line-up.
In reality, Bryce hasn’t played competitive baseball since the middle of last Saturday’s game on August 6th. Can he really be effective and is it safe to try to play Bryce without a rehab or sim game? We will find the answer today.
If Bryce plays today (he is) and then was put on the DL, the Nats would lose the advantage of being able to go back retroactive in back-dating a DL move for Bryce to August 7th.
BREAKING: The Nats announced at noon that Bryce will now be starting.
Washington Nationals and Atlanta Braves Stadium: Nats Park, Washington, DC 1st Pitch: 1:35 pm EDT TV: MASN, WUSA9, Fox Sports South, MLB.tv
“As you go through life, collect experiences, not souvenirs. They don’t wear out, and you don’t have to dust them.”—Me
Thanks to the Stand Up To Cancer charity auction last winter, today we had lunch with Dusty and the coaches in the clubhouse. That was one of those memorable experiences. We actually got to walk through the clubhouse (Hi, Sammy!) after Kyle Brostowitz (media contact) went ahead to be sure there were no naked men. Given all the signs around, I suspect that this was one of the very few times that women have actually walked through there. We got to see the video room where the replays are reviewed and players can come review their at-bats, the well-stocked kitchen (five different kinds of milk), and the conference room where we ate (only photo on the wall: flying Werth). The conference room included a beer fridge, although no one got anything out of it except cold water. After lunch, Dusty invited us to his office where he explained the photos on his walls, and gave us a signed bat (ok, souvenir!). On the way out, we said Hi to Bat Hoarder, who was on his way in.
I didn’t get to ask all the questions proposed by the TalkNats crew, but I did ask some. I’d ask a question, and the answers would meander off into related anecdotes, so it would be a few minutes before I’d get back to the next subject. I didn’t raise any questions about Pap, nor Bryce. They said that Drew is just so frustrated that he can’t play, but it just takes time. Continue reading →
Reynaldo Lopez pitched 7 innings of one-run baseball as the Nats hold on to win 7-6. It was Lopez’s first career win.
The Nationals’ offense was led by the 1-2-3 batters in the order. Trea Turner was a double short of the cycle while Ben Revere hit 2 triples, and Daniel Murphy was the big RBI man with a home run to go with a Sac Fly and an RBI groundout. Danny Espinosa added the Nats final run on the night with an RBI single, and that run turned out to be the game-winning RBI.
Mark Melancon had to save the game as Yusmeiro Petit faltered with a 7-2 lead. Petit was charged with 3 runs, and Melancon was charged with a run. The lead was almost given up and the defensive play of the game was a relay throw to nab Aybar at 3rd base trying to stretch a double into a triple with no outs in the 9th inning. Ben Revere threw to Danny Espinosa who threw a dart to Anthony Rendon who possibly tagged Aybar out like it was called on the field, and the call was upheld under a challenge by the Braves.
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We understand there have been frustrations and increased feedback, and we’re actively working to improve things. What we ask is simple: use the system and give it a fair shot. If you run into issues, please submit them through the support form so we can track and fix them properly. Repeated complaints without details don’t help us solve problems—we appreciate your patience as we continue refining the experience.
If you’d like a full side-by-side comparison of the platforms and the reasons behind this decision, please refer to the chart below. This change is being made with the long-term benefit of the entire community in mind.