by Andrew Lang
by Andrew Lang
It’s been a really good week overall from the Nationals’ bullpen. Unfortunately, when your bullpen enters that week second to last in the league in ERA, they’re likely doomed to regress to the mean eventually. We saw that regression tonight.
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The Washington Nationals scored two touchdowns and a 2-point conversion en route to a 15-run drubbing of the Los Angeles Angels. The game was actually close until the late innings when the Nats pummeled the Angels’ bullpen.
On the mound starting for the Nats’ in tonight’s game is Michael Soroka. What he and his manager Dave Martinez need to figure out is when it is time to go to the bullpen. Soroka hits the wall suddenly as we have seen in all but one start this season. Soroka pitches on an extra day of rest in this time through the rotation.
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The Washington Nationals got a pitching gem from MacKenzie Gore and kind of wasted his 6.0 innings of 1-run baseball in a 1-0 loss. This season starts its mathematical second half with this game against the Angels as the team is back in the Los Angeles area.
For this game, the Nationals have Jake Irvin on the mound. The Angels head into this game at 40-40, and they called a closed door team meeting it was reported this afternoon.
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This series started with a shimmer of hope on Monday night, only to get a little sadder last night, and this afternoon it all came crashing down. A combination of a gem by Nick Pivetta, some terrible approaches by Washington hitters, and a lockdown San Diego bullpen all contributed to a very disheartening 1-0 loss as MacKenzie Gore, once again, takes another hard luck loss.
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The Washington Nationals keep doing that Hokey-Pokey dance where you put one foot in and one foot out and you don’t get ahead, you just shake it all about. While that dance might be fun, losing sucks — let’s just be honest about that. Finishing the night and taking over last place in the NL East is a stain on the Nationals’ organization in a year when we were promised that this team was improved.
Truth be told, it should have improved. The pre-Winter Meetings roster had positive vibes with the much needed addition by subtraction as the team cut ties with many players who were negative performers. Players play the games. Coaches make key decisions. General managers sign the players. Owners set the budget. All of those components funnel into the product on the field — for good and bad. Right now, the record speaks for itself.
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Early on in this one, it looked like we may be in for another offensive output similar to last night’s. Unfortunately, the Padres’ bullpen brought their best stuff tonight, squashing all hopes of a fruitful evening for the Nationals’ bats. The Nats played well enough to win tonight, they did a good job of keeping traffic on the base paths, and the pitching was good for most of the game. In the end they came up just one clutch hit short of taking the first two games of this series in San Diego.
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The Washington Nationals bats came alive in the first game of this series in San Diego to run away with a 10-6 win. Mitchell Parker completed 6.0 innings last night, and the team is now 8-8 (.500) in his starts — even though his run support had been lacking over his previous five starts.
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