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So it's up to tonight's starting eight to get something going at hitter-friendly Coors Field. It didn't happen last night, when the Nationals scored two early runs and then essentially shut down for the rest of the evening. Perhaps this group can enjoy some more sustained success against Jorge De La Rosa, a pretty good left-hander for Colorado.
Davey Johnson will try out a couple of new faces, with Jeff Kobernus making his second career start (his first in left field) and Jhonatan Solano behind the plate (he worked with Ohlendorf in Syracuse earlier this year). Otherwise, it's the same lineup we've seen for much of the last week.
As you know, I'm not in Colorado, but please enjoy the game and the conversation...
WASHINGTON NATIONALS at COLORADO ROCKIES
Where: Coors Field
Gametime: 8:40 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN, MLB.tv
Radio: WJFK (106.7 FM), WFED (1500), XM 184
Weather: Partly cloudy, 85 degrees, Wind 9 mph RF to LF
NATIONALS (31-32)
CF Denard Span
LF Jeff Kobernus
3B Ryan Zimmerman
RF Jayson Werth
1B Adam LaRoche
SS Ian Desmond
2B Anthony Rendon
C Jhonatan Solano
RHP Ross Ohlendorf
ROCKIES (35-30)
CF Dexter Fowler
2B Jonathan Herrera
LF Carlos Gonzalez
SS Troy Tulowitzki
1B Todd Helton
3B Nolan Arenado
RF Tyler Colvin
C Yorvit Torrealba
LHP Jorge De La Rosa
UMPIRES
HP Jim Reynolds
1B James Hoye
2B John Hirschbeck (cc)
3B Bob Davidson
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 400 of 473 Newer› Newest»Not going to say anything until the game is over because things can change in an instant (see: Haren, Dan) but Ohlendorf looks pretty darn good. Why wasn't he spot starting instead of Karns?
Oww... That K was a thing of beauty....
I suppose, but the baserunning karma has not been good
Charlie Slowes said that when the ball leaves DelRosa's hand it looks like a fastball
I miss rendon's at bat taking trash out, what did he do?
"I miss rendon's at bat taking trash out, what did he do?"
Grounded softly to third.
at least the onion hustled
1 pitch, 1 out...
Solano runs like a normal catcher?
A couple of folks have commented that RO's delivery looks silly. I remember that kind of windup was standard back in the 60s when I was growing up. That's the delivery I imitated when I was pitching in the backyard, but when I started pitching in Little League my coach taught me a simpler one.
Well it was in the 5th inning yesterday that Haren melted down. Let's see what Ohlendorf has in store for us.
So his at bats tonight not like last night's yet. Plsstered the ball last night.
watch the old Dizzy Dean movie with Dan Daily...every pitcher in the movie winds up like that, pretty funny
The Pride of St. Louis (1952) that was the movie
.... And here is the 5th inning...here is to us NOT repeating the mess from last night....
MrsB loves the Nats
my thoughts and fears exactly
Now, this is where I get upset... That same first pitch was a K for Adam but a ball this time....
Be consistent blue....
Giving up a solo homer isn't the worst thing in the world, if it happens. The key is just to keep people off base.
or as Yogi would say, "deja vu all over again"
Ohlendorf's delivery is old school, nothing really wrong with it, since he can still hide the grip in the mitt before he pitches. The hesitation move with De La Rosa is more common which seems weird. Seems like a lot of Mexican pitchers have had that, and Japanese guys like Kuroda, for instance.
On a personal note for JZim. shelby miller 6 innings and 4 earned runs. Drops to 2.21 moving Zim to 3rd place. Need Corban to have bad night against. Dodgers
agree with FP... he looks relax and confident
Worst case scenario is a walk to me. DO NOT PUT PEOPLE ON BASE. A solo home run is not that big a deal, if it happens.
Go talk to him JS... Calm him down...
Double play time... *come on double play*
I got flashbacks of yesterday. It started the exact same way. Out, walk, homer.
boy, that must have run into some ashes up there
0-2 to a walk always a recipe for maalox
Okay... I can't do this tonight... My heart just dropped...
Dammit Nats, please score more runs next inning...
Ohlendorf outperforms Haren...
We got out the 5th..... My heart can't take this....
More runs, please?????!!!!!
1 hit in 5 innings...impressive, could he be a significant bright spot down the road?
i almost feel if i think of Ohlendorf i'll jinx it.
Depending on the cook, i might pick breakfsst.
Now lets get runs.
The captain has turned off the Haren sign. Feel free to get up and walk around the cabin.
Sometimesitrains-
My thoughts too... I will withholding praising him until we secure the W...
Don't want to jinx...
Unh....
Did not know Kobernus had a .300 average....
Good at bat Kobernus!
MrsB -- it's that 10 AB sample size. one more or fewer hit and it's .200 or .400.
This season has made me very susceptible to fears of cursing the Nats. I always, always think I am doing something to jinx them. And if I really had that kind iof power it would be way cool.
are those marijuana plants in the home bullpen?
Did Karns make it through the 5th inning in any of his 3 starts? And let's not even talk about Duke -- he gave up runs in 6 out of his 11 appearances before he was released. So , a tip of the ol' cap to Ross Ohlendorf.
Braves lost... Need a win!!!
baseballswami -- i like to think there's little any one of us could do on a blog that would put the jinx in more than "World Series or Bust."
i mean, seriously. :rolleyes:
What the hell was that? lol...
First, can I just go on record again with the fact that Ian is my favorite Nat.
Second, Mrs. B the antidote to your heart stoppage is the tried and true Official Nats cocktail, created by Sunshine Bobby: One swig maalox, followed swiftly by two swigs of bourbon, Works like a charm.
Third, 222, he reminds me exactly of the pitching I saw growing up. A Met, it must be. If I had the bandwidth, I'd figure out who. Before the Doc Goodin days. He is old school for real. May he go the full game keeping the win, just like the true old school guys did.
good effort by fowler
Wait ... A .... Dang... Minute...
I thought that was gone to 2nd level... Wow... But we will take the run!!!!!
Ouch, hope they aren't too hurt... That was almost a helluva catch....
My God how could Zim not make third both on ground for second. Did he walk out of the box
He thought it was gone and did not leave the box at first. It was sooo almost gone. Did they knock it back in?
Uhm.... Not to pea on the roses... But Zimm should be on 3rd now....
When he hit it high and deep it doesnt carry like their high deep ones, but Zim should be on third with one out.
I almost feel bad. But if collisions earn us a run, I'll take it;. We are still karmically owed for when Nick Johnson collided with Austin and that was the end of that.
MrsB -- i reckon if he scores anyway, it will be a garland of sweet pea and roses. ;)
Hahaha.. MNF - yeah, I was just saying the same thing...
Oh- that day was horrible. Good point by Carp- if Kobernus has to come back on a catch they are both out. Hence- Zimmy on second.
Manassas Nats' Fan said...
When he hit it high and deep it doesnt carry like their high deep ones, but Zim should be on third with one out
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Maybe he was playing spectator as that was really cool [WINK]
Zim would have scored on Werth's crappy hit
I'm hoping Adam homers...
Make that... I hope Ian homers....
Harper would have been on third on that hit, and would have scored on Werth's groundout. Zim lollygagged it. We need Bryce back!
Now 2 rbi chance
DESI AGAIN!
Desi!!
Well done Desi. A no doubter.
/me nods approvingly.
:)
nice
Fudge yeah baby!!! Well Ryan's guffaw didnt hurt... We got him home anyway!
Way to frickin go Desi!!!!
I. Love. Ian.
Lollygagged great term for Zim and his running. Bailed out by Ian
2 out runs.... I love it....
MNF, I was just going to say that. Ian picked up RZ.
Ian is on fire!!!
Way to go Anthony!
Nice on you Rendon!!!! Come on JS... Base hit, baby! Keep the line a movin....
Is Ian Kennedy pitching?
The IBB to ALR to get to Desi? How do you like me now?
7 game hitting streak by Rendon. Imagine if Davey was still doing the loyal to Espy thing.
I wish Ross O would get a base hit here...
Section 222 said...
Harper would have been on third on that hit, and would have scored on Werth's groundout. Zim lollygagged it. We need Bryce back!
June 12, 2013 10:32 PM
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I was thinking if it was Harp he would have been waiting for Trent to send him home for an inside-the-park HR.
'Ian picked up RZ'. Didn't RZ just deliver an XBH with a runner on?
I might've considered pinch hitting for Ohlendorf tbh...
Pinch?????
Wow... I guess I shouldn't be too mad about the pitcher but damn, man, that was bad...
Yes, he did.
Lol. Ross O cracks me up
number 0 for a pitcher? has there been one that is or has been famous? gilbert arenas is the only athlete that jumps out at me...maybe rick barry too?
Who ever is our next pitcher startstretching nowplease.
i agree, David. as wild as Ottavino had been, you let him off the hook by letting him throw over the plate to Ohlendorf with the bases loaded.
that said, i'm not going to complain about a 3 run inning.
I don't think we PH'd becuz DJ is trying to save the BP....
I'm not angry Davey didn't PH, I understand his reasoning. I probably would've PH though. 4 runs still isn't enough at Coors and we had a chance to make it a BIG inning. Oh well.
Ryan absolutely nails the hard plays....
hopefully a 4 run lead with 4 innings to go in Colorado will be enough . . .
Just keep men off base. A solo homer won't kill you. A 2 or 3 run one will.
No FP.... We don't want Ross O to make any mistakes...
A walk. See, that's what I hate. Make them beat you.
Who comes in? Stammen?
not a bad move there Ohle
well, if nothing else, as least it lets us see how Ohlendorf performs in a bit of a leverage situation.
I hoped they stsrted stretching to be ready to start.
I liked that play By Rendon.... I agree with that...
Espinosa appeared in 44 games for the Nats. His longest hitting streak was four games, and he had four, count 'em, four, multi-hit games. Starting with his last game before being sent down on May 2, Rendon now has a hit in seven straight games, and he could match Espi's season total of multi-hit games if he gets another hit tonight.
And yes, he can play 2B.
Faraz,yes he did, but there seems to be a perception here that he should've gotten to third on the hit. Personally, I'm thrilled to see a Zimm RBI, followed by a run scored on Desi's hit.
Whoa, Rendon. The runner cuts right in front of Rendon to obstruct him and Rendon gets it. Perfect throw. Most 2nd baseman go to 1st on that.
DJ letting Ohlendorf prove something to him.
Unh....
Lucky that wasn't a HR to CarGo.
unfortunately, it proved the wrong thing...
Uh.... Time to pull him, I think...
Tulo will be the last batter. Righty-Righty.
Uncle just said Kobernus played that wrong...
Lets dont even try to get the guy out so we dont have to pitch to CarGo.
He threw over to first what else can they do.
Now not pinch hitting less quality of a decision.
Oh my goodness.
My goodness....
JoeS, I feel sometimes that standards here are tougher than most places.
Anyways, I was going through my fantasy team stats and noticed that Justin Upton has 29 RBIs despite 14 HRs.
Ross looks a little gassed... Maybe McCatty needs to come out....
He got out of it. As good as an outing as we possibly could have expected from Ohlendorf. Great job.
Now up to the bullpen.
Wow! WOW! Ross pitched a GEM! Standing O!
Twins take the lead against the Phoolie bullpen!
Explain this.
Rzim plastered one, CarGo hit it solid but nearly as hard, and they end up ib the same spot.
Rzim ends up at second CarGo 3rd
What a great job. Wow.
Ohlendorf giving the Nats a line of
6.0 IP; 2H; 1R; 1ER; 2BB; 2K
in Colorado. i think that's more than any of us reasonably could have expected.
MNF - at this point, does it matter? Ryan got home and it's not like we would have had an extra run right there....
*standing O for Ross O*. Haren should be ashamed of himself....
Come on Nats.... Lets get some more runs!!!!
CarGo knows the field a lot more than Rzim.
Ross O did a fine job.
Odd that we still haven't hit a homer here. I realize we lost some power, but we have more than a few guys capable of hitting homers in this ballpark.
I am so happy for Ross O. Just what we needed. Except we slso need the BP to not blow up
Uhm... So do we now start the discussion of keeping Ross O up here and turning Haren to a BP guy, for long innings....
Birthday hit for the shark, c'mon...
Uhm... I think I'm seeing a floating SZ...
Happy Birthday Roger!!!
MNF @ 10:59 Kobernus misplayed the ball, took a while to pick it up, then made a weak throw. CaGo is fast, took advantage. Any questions?
ah CarGo is a faster base runner than RZ?
We've been walking a lot more lately. Good sign.
I really want to hear Carp go "See You Later" tonight!
Sorry Faraz, I agree, very happy that Zim got an extra base hit and drove in a run. But I expect a guy making $14 million this year not to stand there and admire his majestic fly ball. CarGo didn't admire his, and he got an easy triple without the outfielders ending up sitting on the ground.
RZ took time to get going he thought. It was a homer
Faraz cuts to the point, and you don't pass the runner waiting to see if it's going to be a circus catch. Seriously.
Phoolies just lost. Drop to 31-35
too close to take, Zim
This guy is fooling our hitters big time with this changeup.
For as few homers as we hit, we strike out a lot.
unlucky, that was a good 0-2 pitch to hit
blovey8, that's how I saw it.
Change up is kinda nasty....
But uhm, Zimm, that was too close.. You gotta swing...
I am terrified of birds... I think pigeons are the worst...
and don't walk much either MNF
JoeS, you don't really believe that was the difference do you? I don't want to belabor this, but why are you guys defending Zim? There's just no excuse for standing still and watching your fly ball, especially in a park as cavernous as Coors, where triples are easy to come by on balls in the gap because the walls are so far away. Watch it as you run like hell. If Harper can do it, everyone can do it. Come on.
And Kobernus did not misplay the ball. He had the angle right, it just died as it hit the base of the wall.
at least it wasn't like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiGUYMqUHOU
blovy8, I agree with both of your posts at 11:06 and 11:08
Was our homer streak still active leading up to this series?
well, it would be ironic if our home runs in consecutive series streak ended in Colorado.
"I don't want to belabor this, but why are you guys defending Zim?"
Because he's been a very good baserunner throughout his career and deserves the benefit of the doubt because of that. It's very possible he didn't want to lap Kobernus who could not advance past second until fairly late.
K-rol on!
Had Ryan been stranded, then I can understand the extra attention.... But he didnt...
Yeah Desi bought him home but it's not like the score would be more than what it is now....
tough to see Krol as a "throw in"
Thank you Other Ian.
Alive
They are hacking....
blovy/JS -- There was no need to pass the runner or even come close to him. Kobernus was around 2B by the time the ball came down. If Zim was halfway to second he could have made it to third easily. Look forward to seeing the replay, but I'll bet he wasn't even to first yet.
Krol is living just off the sweet spot of the bat, phew
Nats 14th in runs 14th in hits 12th in walks.
David Proctor, that's exactly what happened. Zim has had his problems this year, but to have folks cause him of being a lallygagger is offensive, not to mention, just plainly wrong.
Krol is very impressive. Needs to command his offspeed a bit better because eventually they'll be able to hit the fastball. A lot to like from him though.
What a damn pitch.... Krol works very fast..... Just a great inning!!!
Uhm, I still want some more runs, please???
blovy8, he wasn't a throw in but I think he was a player who was involved in some bad publicity that embarrased the team and they were happy to sweeten the deal with him in there. Add to it that they didn't see him as a starter. The Nats converted him to a reliever and the new story is written.
What's bugs me is we pay e Jax n harren 12 mil on avg for a 5th starter and everyone complains about Werths and Zims salary. Stop paying so much for 5th starters!!!!! Call ups pitch better.
Ok we need a dinger we hit now. See. You. Later.
Good job by "the other Ian." By the way we got another Ian for HROD.
Man, Krol is bringing it!
Sure wish we'd had him in the pen all year, instead of Cubby.
Nats need to pound the Rockies bullpen here.
Yes, Krol used a certain derogatory term towards gays on his twitter account. A lot of kids use it. Doesn't make it right, but I don't think he was being malicious in using it. The A's weren't pleased with him for that.
Jeez, how many times have we hit balls off the wall? I was sure that was gone.
WHY OH WHY CAN'T OUR FLY BALLS LEAVE THE PARK!?!?!?!?!?!!!!!
Good going AdLa!!!
Why do I feel if Rockies guy hit that it was a homer.
I hope Volstad's act drives them to drink.
I'm fine giving him the benefit of the doubt. But there's no doubt. Sorry if you're offended JoeS, but FoF or not, he lollygagged. And the videotape will prove it. You're just making up this possibility of lapping Kobernus. Remember, Kobernus was able to easily score from where he was after the ball dropped. It even looked like he wasn't sure whether the ball was caught or not, so he didn't get all that great a jump. Zim just wasn't close enough to 2B to make it to third, which means he wasn't close to lapping Kobernus either.
Nice frame by Solano on that third strike to the last batter. Impressive inning by Krol.
I took a red eye last night to make a funeral and am delirious with no sleep... Up at 4:30 to leave again but I can't sleep till we win this.
Did I mention I love Ian?
Sounds like those fools are doing The Wave. Fine by me. It's not our stadium. Or losing score.
Another Rendon hit with RISP
OMG why wasn't Rendon on third!
Oh yeah... Oh yeah baby!!!!! Good job Athony!
Why in the hell can't we hit Hrs....
Ugh a Tracy sighting.
Why
Is
chad
Tracy
Playing....
Wth?? We can't get get a little coors field air under our long balls??
And a popup. Shocking.
I know we are up by 4 but I do not want to see that bum Chad 'Pop up' Tracy....
Ugh... DJ...
I'll admit it: I was rooting for Tracy to fail there. If he gets an RBI hit, that might buy him several more months. As is, I think his days are numbered.
And there's Rendon's fourth multi-hit game in the six games since he returned plus the last one he played at the beginning of May. And for the record, this is his 14th major league game of the season and he has 15 hits. Espi played 44. He had 25 hits.
Hahahaha David P hahahahahahahah....
And what is the drink ingredients again... I'm going to need it for Tyler Clippard...
JoeS had Ryan out of the box he would habeen near second when they got to the ball as the runner was home at about that time.
On his double plays he doesnt lollygag, he is just not real fast.
This play the video would say he didnt bust out of the box.
Now Clip needs to pitch better than Storen did last night.
Five doubles in 49 big league at bats.
Rendon. Anthony Rendon.
Heh. I'm on dvr and like 7 min behind u guys.
MrsB are u e.e. Cummings?
Also want to give props to J Solano... He has called a good game and has been able to contribute to the offense...
Davey should use him more... Maybe every 3rd day...
Uhhh... no Scott, I'm not... Lol...
If Rockies reliever Manny Corpis haf a daughter would he name her Christi? She would hen be Chrsti Corpis. Then move to Corpus Christi
Nice Zim!
Your opinion deuces, but I have never heard of anyone accuse Ryan of not hustling hard. I think your wrong.By the way, I watched the replay already it doesn't show either of our takes on it. You don't see him admiring his shot, but you also can't see whether he was going to catch Kobernus, but FP clearly states that Kobernus was a factor.Between FP's explanation, and Zimm's reputation, I give him the benefit of the doubt over what's been said here by people that couldn't see anymore than I did.
How about that catch by the laggard Zimmerman?
Exactly, not busting it out of the box doesn't equal lollygagging. There's a variety of points in between those two. He's not like guys who give up on a pop foul that's going into the dugout, for instance.
Clip can't find the SZ...
Ok. End of Zim argument Plz. U might invoke Peric for crying out loud.
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