by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
Tonight is the second game in this four game series against the Padres in San Diego, and the Nats were able to rest both Daniel Murphy and Ryan Zimmerman while securing a win behind Tanner Roark who did not have his best stuff last night.
The Nationals bullpen did not get much of a rest as Felipe Rivero could not finish the 9th inning and the newly appointed interim closer Shawn Kelley had to finish off the 9th for the Save.
The Nationals improved to a season high 17 games above .500 with an 8-5 win for the 1st game in San Diego. Tanner Roark got the win and Shawn Kelley earned his 2nd save of the season.
The Nationals got back-to-back home runs by Bryce Harper and Wilson Ramos. Anthony Rendon add a solo HR in the 6th inning. Our pre-game scouting was spot on regarding Erik Johnson, and he became predictable for many of the batters. Tanner Roark struggled much of the game and gave up 4 earn runs in 6 innings and his teammates scored enough runs for him to earn his 6th win of the season.
Every Nats position player got on-base via a hit or a walk. Bryce hit the home run and a single and had a walk while collecting 3 RBIs. Harper had dipped yesterday below a .900 OPS for the 1st time this year and tonight finished at a .911 OPS.
A good team win.
The Nationals got into their San Diego hotel after midnight on Pacific time due to their afternoon game going 12 innings and ending as a ‘night’ game. It was all worth it in the end, and Dusty Baker had a happy birthday aboard Delta Nats One or is that Delta Nats Won?
“It was a crazy game. I’m just glad we ended up on the right side of it. We’ve got a long flight out to the west coast,” Werth said after yesterday’s game. “You always talk about having a happy flight. I think we should have a happy flight at least.”
This four game series against the Padres in San Diego is the Nats only trip there this year, however, for Daniel Murphy, Wilson Ramos, Bryce Harper, and Stephen Strasburg and hopefully a few other Nats, they should be back in San Diego on the evening of July 10th for some real fun in the Gaslight District. Continue reading
Happy birthday Dusty Baker! We don’t have to worry about who plays 3rd base after Anthony Rendon was ejected in the 12th inning, and the walk-off made it so Dusty didn’t have to reconfigure his infield for the Washington Nationals in the 13th inning. The Nats win the series 2-1 and get back to 16 games above .500 as the team wins their 41st game.
Jayson Werth said it all, “Holy sh*t…” and then he added about the people who questioned what he could do at his age,”those people can kiss my a$$.”
Those who talked about the Cubs magic just learned about the Nationals magic. It’s the only way to explain the unexplainable.
Both the Nationals and Cubs fans can find reasons to complain amidst great seasons by both teams, but this season is only 40% complete now and 60% to go in the regular season. Much can change, and there will certainly be much to complain about because that is what most sport’s fans do. Both fanbases can see this series as a vision of things to come.
The Cubs have had more to complain about than almost any franchise in sports history, and they have symbols of that lengthy history of losing with Goats and Bartman. They blame certain players and even their former manager Dusty Baker as a scapegoat for seasons gone wrong. They blew up the ‘Bartman’ ball, but the ball that lost them that game in 2003 still exists. Continue reading
Gio Gonzalez pitched well enough to win, and so did John Lackey. Neither figured into the decision as the Nats scored 2 runs late to tie the game in the 8th a 3-3. Dusty Baker stayed with Sammy Solis in the 9th to face the 3 scheduled right-handed batters, and Solis walked the lead-off batter who was sacrificed to 2nd base and scored on a single. The Nats lost 4-3.
Gio needed to pitch a gem and pitched alright giving up 3 earned runs over 6 innings. The costly mistakes started with a 2 out hit Gio gave up to John Lackey on the 4th straight fastball Gio threw to Lackey and the pitch Lackey hit was over the middle of the plate and missed the spot and Gio left it over the plate and Lackey hit it hard. Lackey eventually scored and the other major mistake was a lead-off walk to Ben Zobrist who scored on a single by David Ross who entered the game as a .231 back-up catcher. Continue reading
The Chicago Cubs were not used to losing. They have only lost 19 games this year, and have only lost 2 games in a row three times this year. The Cubs have not been swept in a series this season. The Nationals were also used to winning except against the Cubs which changed last night as the Nats won behind great pitching by Max Scherzer.
The Nationals quieted many doubters last night. Let’s face it that you better show you can beat the Cubs, and unless things change drastically the high road in the playoffs will be going around Clark St., Waveland Ave. and Addison St. at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Continue reading
A great pitching performance by Max Scherzer tonight for his 8th win of the season, and his battery mate hits the GW winning RBI via the home run as Wilson Ramos does it again for his pitcher. Sean Kelley’s audition for closer went well as he earned his 1st save. The Cubs were held to a combined 2-hitter.
The Nats finally beat the Chicago Cubs to get off the schneid! The Nats move to 16 games over .500 and a 5.0 game lead in the NL East to match their season high. The Nats and the Cubs are now the only teams in the Major Leagues to win 40 games.
Hustle was on display tonight by the Nats as Jayson Werth went 1st to 3rd on a Harper single and scored on a throwing error. Ryan Zimmerman was 0-4 but turned in a Web Gem in the 9th inning to help Shawn Kelley.
The attendance was 37,187, and sounded like there was 50,000 there tonight.
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