by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
For those who don’t know, the Padres starting pitching, Luis Perdomo, is a rookie who entered the game with an ERA just under 8.00.
The postgame news conference got off to a rocky start when Bill Ladson asked Dusty Baker, “Was Perdomo that good, or were the Nationals that bad?” Continue reading
The stopper role has been a familiar spot for Tanner Roark who is now tied with Stephen Strasburg in team efficiency in their last 10 appearances where the team’s record in Roark’s last 10 appearances is 9-1 since his start on May 30th.
In that 9-1 run with Roark, he has been the stopper after a loss 5 times in that stretch. The Nationals will look to Roark tonight to once again be the stopper.
The Padres have scheduled right-hander Luis Perdomo to face the Nats tonight. Perdomo has given up only 3 earned runs or fewer in 6 starts this season, but he has been inconsistent which has led to his 7.36 ERA and a 3-4 record. Padres manager Andy Green’s decision for Perdomo is to rely more on his sinker, and his 60% groundball ball-in-play results over the past 30 days which is the best rate in the National League. Continue reading
Stephen Strasburg gave up 6 earned runs in a tough outing where he was victimized by 2 home runs from Justin Turner. Strasburg’s W/L record moves to 13-1, and he must start a new winning streak now.
The Nats were flat most of the day on offense when runners were in scoring position as the Nats were 1-13 today, and had multiple chances that included a bases loaded 2-out situation with Anthony Rendon at-bat. It was not a good day by many batters today in clutch spots. Continue reading
The schedulers made this one a Noon start for the Dodgers ‘getaway day’ who only have to fly to St. Louis. For today, Julio Urias is called back up from the Minors to face Stephen Strasburg. The Dodgers already clinched the regular season series with the Nats; however, the Nats can claim this series with a win today.
In an interesting line-up move against the lefty Urias, Dusty Baker goes with Chris Heisey starting in centerfield for the Nats today and not Michael Taylor—-and then all of that changed when Jayson Werth was scratched as Taylor is now in CF and Heisey moved to LF. According to defensive metrics on FanGraphs, Revere is the Nats best defensive centerfielder by an UZR of +1.3, but due to Heisey’s limited action in centerfield he is only a cumulative +0.1 and the best UZR/150. Continue reading
The Nationals finally beat the Dodgers this season, and made it look easy with an 8-1 win behind a nice pitching performance by Gio Gonzalez and the bullpen. Koda Glover had a 1-2-3 inning in the 9th to finish the game.
The Nationals had home runs from Bryce Harper (451 feet), Ben Revere to RF, Jayson Werth to LF, and Anthony Rendon to LF. Trea Turner had a triple and stole home on a double-steal with Danny Espinosa.
The Dodgers were held to 4 hits, and Gio controlled their line-up well. The Nats showed all their tools tonight with pitching, the power game, defense, and baserunning.
“Trea Turner brought that fire tonight,” Bryce Harper said. “It really reminded me of 2012. Running the bases. Doing everything possible to get some fire on this team. He did unbelievable…We have a great core of guys.”
“I was impressed with Trea’s baserunning and speed,” Dusty Baker said. “I’m used to speed. I love speed. Speed kills. It does a lot of things. It creates a lot of mistakes [for the other team]. I had fast cars and a lot of tickets. I love speed.”
"Safe! Safe! Safe! I don't believe it! The Jet stole home! The Jet stole home!" pic.twitter.com/CWedxztXLr
— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) July 21, 2016
In his 1st @MLB appearance, Koda Glover retired three batters on four pitches in a perfect 9th for the #Nats. pic.twitter.com/K6WrD0oIQZ
— Washington Nationals (@Nationals) July 21, 2016
The Nationals call on Gio Gonzalez to step up and be the stopper tonight as the Nats have lost two straight games and some ground in the NL East. The Dodgers scratched Hyun-Jin Ryu who will miss this start due to elbow irritation, and he will be replaced by righty Bud Norris.
Gio Gonzalez has not pitched since he beat the Mets on July 10th, and he should be sufficiently rested and ready.
The Nats had to put together a lineup last night that was not optimal for a rookie’s debut, and was caused by a flu running through the clubhouse that took down both Anthony Rendon and Stephen Drew. While Daniel Murphy was the only available 3rd baseman without moving both Danny Espinosa and Turner, it was Murphy’s 87th MLB game at the ‘hot corner’ and he did not do well there.
While we wait for Dusty Baker‘s line-up card, here is a look at StatCast™ on Trea Turner‘s triple in this video that featured a top-speed triple at 22.7 mph. Speaking of Turner, his defensive range and athleticism at 2nd base has been very impressive and better than what we saw briefly last year.
Reynaldo Lopez had a short stay and has been optioned back to Triple-A Syracuse as the Nats promote Koda Glover to the bullpen and Nick Lee was designated for assignment to make room on the 40 man roster for Glover. Continue reading
Tonight was the long awaited debut of Reynaldo Lopez who gave up a home run to the first batter he faced in his MLB career. After a 3-run 1st inning, we started to see some of the ‘stuff’ from Lopez we were hoping for. In 4 2/3 innings, Lopez gave up 6 earned runs which was real ugly, but he had an eye-popping 9 strikeouts in those 4 2/3 innings and dazzled with a knee buckling curveball, a changeup that tumbled, a tight slider, and fastballs that sizzled near 99mph.
Lopez’s fastball averaged 96.6 mph with his maximum velocity clocked at 98.6. You can see an impressive pitcher that got lost behind a bad overall outing which included some bad luck, but also some poorly placed pitches. The game calling was questionable at times, and Lopez was 1 strike away from getting out of the first inning at 1-0. He will learn.
The Nationals offense was a Jose Lobaton HR, a Trea Turner triple, and 2 Daniel Murphy doubles with very little remaining that was positive when it counted. Jayson Werth had a double, and Clint Robinson and Chris Heisey both had singles.
Trea Turner had the clutch hit of the game with men on 3rd and 2nd. Turner split the gap with a double to most hitters, but Turner sped into 3rd with a triple and scored on Murphy’s second double of the game on a ball that hit the extreme top of the wall and bounced back into play.
That is how this game went. By the way, the final score was 8-4.
Here is the Reynaldo Lopez pitching stats from Brooks Baseball:
The Los Angeles Dodgers come into Washington, D.C. for their final series of the regular season with the Washington Nationals, and the Nats certainly want to get even in their season series. In that June series in Los Angeles, the Nats found new ways to lose, and the grounder not fielded in centerfield by Michael Taylor to allow Yasiel Puig to walk-off on a three-base error is not how the Nationals want to finish their season series with the Dodgers.
The Nats are calling up Reynaldo Lopez from Triple-A Syracuse to make his Major League debut. The hard throwing right-hander just finished an electrifying inning last week at the All-Star Futures game. Lucas Giolito will be starting tonight for the Triple-A Syracuse Chiefs.
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