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US Presswire photo The Nats open a six-game, West Coast trip tonight at Petco Park. |
Steve Lombardozzi will instead start at third base tonight, with Mark DeRosa again taking Zimmerman's regular No. 3 spot in the lineup (though DeRosa will play right field, with Jayson Werth sliding over to center field because the Nationals are facing a left-hander in Clayton Richard).
Gio Gonzalez, makes his fourth start of the season, hoping to benefit from Petco Park's spacious gaps (not to mention a Padres lineup hitting a collective .214 so far this season.
I'm not on this road trip out west, so no live updates. Enjoy the game and the late-night conversation. (And for anyone still having trouble posting comments with the new log-in system, feel free to email me and I'll do my best to help navigate you through the process.)...
WASHINGTON NATIONALS at SAN DIEGO PADRES
Where: Petco Park
Gametime: 10:05 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN2, MLB.tv
Radio: WJFK (106.7 FM), WFED (1500 AM), XM 189
Weather: Cloudy, 64 degrees, Wind 6 mph in from LF
NATIONALS (12-4)
SS Ian Desmond
2B Danny Espinosa
RF Mark DeRosa
CF Jayson Werth
1B Adam LaRoche
LF Xavier Nady
C Wilson Ramos
3B Steve Lombardozzi
LHP Gio Gonzalez
PADRES (5-12)
LF Chris Denorfia
RF Will Venable
3B Chase Headley
C Nick Hundley
CF Cameron Maybin
2B Orlando Hudson
1B Yonder Alonso
SS Jason Bartlett
LHP Clayton Richard
UMPIRES
HP Lance Barrett, 1B Paul Emmel, 2B Scott Barry, 3B Gary Darling (cc)
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«Oldest ‹Older 201 – 354 of 354 Newer› Newest»LaRoche looks at two inside and waves at the armpit-high cheese to leave runners on first and second.
The March of the Do-naughts continues.
Ooof! More runners in scoring position, left on base. I want Gio to win this game! I wish Richard HAD thrown it away.
Welcome to the Other Side. Middle 6, no score.
Off for the night - I figure the way Gio is pitching and we are hitting they will still be playing when I wake up tomorrow
thank god for dvr
hope the Red hat with blue trim that Geico gave out a couple years ago will still be on my head tomorrow, with rain its been 6 days straight.
Go Nats!!
I bet the Nats get no hit before we pitcth a no hitter
Who is this Veneble guy, catching everything and now bunting for a hit?
Mitch Williams on MLB explaind that because his right foot crossed his left leg duringt heh delivery he cant go to first...balk
how long is Zim going to be out? never thought both Zim and Morse would be out
Mick--how much?
how long is Zim going to be out? that is the million $ question
Through 7 now. Maybe they should use a bigger ball, or something.
Gio, talk to Jordan.. he can explain how this works.
ATL tied it up in LA. Get some runs, Nats!!!!
No fair playing the Maximum Ryan commercials right now.
From your kb to his ear, Michele--there is Gio talking to Jordan, who is smiling wryly. No, he really is.
Sometimes, upon proving no injury with an MRI, the player comes back quickly. I'm predicting Friday.
Let me just say for the record: (1) I want the Nats to win this game really bad; (2) I could care less whether Gio gets the win; and (3) I doubt Gio cares either. All the boo-hooing about run support for individual starters is silly.
I gotta tell ya' -- Gio looks amazingly sharp. He retired 10 of 11, then the bunt hit, and Gio came back and struck out the #3 and #4 hitters to close out the inning.
sjm308 wrote: Wonk, not sure how long you have been on but its good to have you and "our" sunshine bobby" back.
Thanks, bud!
Nats catch a break there. Worse pitches than that ball four to Ramos have been called strikes tonight. But it's first and second, no outs, Lombo bunting.
Gio does look great. I like seeing the dirty looks he gets from the guys he strikes out.
Goon squad!
Lombo with a terrific bunt. Everyone in the ballpark knew he was bunting and still got the job done (and almost beat it out). He needs to give some other guys on our team some lessons.
And while I'm typing: Goon squad! Chad Tracy gets the single through the box to score two runs!
222. I think the good thing about our team is that all of the SP don't care about their numbers, but only care about wins..
In the mean time.. GOON SQUAD!
Chad Tracy! Two run pinch hit RBI single. Nats up 2-0.
Mr. Tracy!!!!!! Look at that Gio smile!!!
Davey Johnson pulls a rabbit out of the cap again! Doesn't use JFlores and instead goes lefty/lefty with Chad Tracy. 2 run RBI single. Unreal.
2-0
huge lead
nitey nite
I think maybe Gio cared a little bit
NatsLady -- you're right -- Gio does have an awesome smile. And, not only that, but as you, and others have noted (and I finally noticed for the first time) -- he smiles a lot during the game. Especially when he's walking off the mount fter pitching a scoreless innng. (Which has been happening an awful lot this season!)
Shark in to run for Tracy, Luke Gregerson in to pitch for the Padres.
I'm guessing Davey will double-switch Nady and Bernadina, with Stammen coming in.
Zim loves Gregerson
There is a LOT to be said for joyfulness. And Gio seems to live in that space. I just love him.
So what's the bullpen lineup tonight? Mattheus/Clip/H-Rod? Or let Stammen pitch a few against the lineup they put up against the lefty Gio?
Gio smiles in the dugout, Gio smiles when he hits, Gio smiles when he comes off the mound. Gio doesn't smile when he's pitching. Great focus.
I have to be up so early ! But I can't stop watching.
2222 as long as we don't see Lidge, I will be happy
There is a LOT to be said for joyfulness.
And of all the things that should go without saying, too. Go figure. But yes. Every time.
Desmond strikes out and Bernadina caught stealing (good throw).
2-0, Nats. Stammen coming in.
I know it's just a few starts, but Gio in the National League could be special for the next few years...
FP points out: Gio -- finishes with a 20-scoreless inning streak. Yowza.
Tim, yes, just a few starts, but he hasn't allowed a run in what, two and a half games?? Yes, this is good.
flipped on leno for a second...painful
OK, it's 9:00 on the West Coast.
WTH is our MRI??
"A" bullpen.
gio a third of the way to Hershiser's record
Wow. After a walk, Stammen threw a good pitch, but Hudson reached out to stroke it for a single. Davey with the quick hook -- in comes Clip. Davey wants to start this series off on the right foot.
Now we'll see if Clip is back to his old form. Coming in with 2 on no outs in the 7th.
OK, Davey ain't [AB] around. Stammen walked Maybin and gave up a hit to Hudson, and that's all he gets. Clippard comes in to first and second, no outs.
That looked like old Stammen. Can't walk the leadoff man in the inning.
You simply cannot walk the lead-off hitter with a 2-0 lead and nobody out to a team that can't hit. I thought they were starting to grasp this concept.
Ugh. I've banned tv shows that show torture and killing from being on TV at bed time, because they give me nightmares. I hope this game doesn't end up in nightmare terrirtory. C'mon Clip!
Clip battles back from 2-0 to get Alonso on a K. That sure felt nice.
UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! that STINKS
And there is the Jayson Werth that we know so well...what a bum!!!
Uggh . . . single to center, runners would have held, but Werth boots is (the first error by any Nats OF'er this year) and one run scores.
I trust in Tyler.
Ouch. Bartlett singled hard to center, hard enough that the runner on second was holding at third ... until Werth committed the first outfield error of the season for the Nats. One run scores, runners now at first and third with one out. Kotsay PH for the pitcher.
Clippard is throwing to first an awful lot for a guy who needs to get the hitter here....
And he doesn't get the call on the low strike, and the runner, Bartlett, does steal on a 2-2 pitch.
Wow. Katsay fouled off nine pitches in that at bat. How many strikes can you throw to a batter in one at bat?! Finally, then, a pop up.
11th pitch of the at bat, Kotsay finally pops to short for the second out. Still runners at 2nd and 3rd.
Wonk, do you think Davey brings Clipp back after all these pitches?
You know what was interesting . . . when Kostay was at bat -- runners on 2 & 3 with one out -- the infield was playing back.
clipp should not pitch the 8th
Good catch, Wonk. Davey trusts Clipp that much, and even on the road, trusts the Goon Squad.
Okay. I am not going to be able to handle this for the rest of the season. Had to switch the channel.. WGN was showing Tommy Milone's A's vs White Sox. A's up 2-0 top 9
Phew. Just ...phew.
I need a power outrage because I can't...turn it...off...
Clip is the best. There is no "give up" in that guy.
Can I breathe now
infield playing back..a single gives up the lead...ground ball just a tie..what was REALLY interesting was the announcers didnt mention it...
I agree, let Mattheus come in. Clipp did his job.
Can't watch??? This is what it is all about.
Wonk, do you think Davey brings Clipp back after all these pitches?
I dunno. Clip threw 28 pitches that inning (!). I'm glad it's Davey making that call and not me! ;-)
If MPHRod is pitching the 9th, who else can pitch the 8th? Gorzo? (presumably, Lidge gets the 9th tomorrow).
saw something today about bartolo colon throwing 38 straight strikes or something like that..crazy
Correction, Andy Parrino got the pinch hit single that Werth tried to throw before he picked it up, for an unearned run.
what was REALLY interesting was the announcers didnt mention it...
I think one of them did mention it . . . but as soon as they said it, it seemed they forgot about it. I thought it was a very interesting call by Davey.
Tangent: they just showed a graphic that this guy Cashner has the highest average speed in the league on his pitches (MPHRod is 2d)
Wonk..
glad you figured out the sign on procedure...
Looks like Burnett in the 8th...
Hope to see MPHRod for the close...
werth you overpaid curmudgeon..how about it?
Off-topic Alumni News, while I prepare the bourbon and Maalox for the bottom 8th and 9th:
This is why the Phils aren't going to be much this year. In their 8-5 win over Arizona tonight, ex-Nats Pete Orr and Laynce Nix combined for five RBI. That team got old in a hurry.
(correction: Clip threw 26 pitches (18 strikes))
Can't believe I'm still up... turning into a baseball person...
they've had 2 days off..i'd like to see lidge finish the 8th if needed
More Alumni news. Dunn just struck out to end the Sox/A's game. Tommy Milone pitched 8 scoreless (only gave up 3 hits). A's win 2-0
Danny Espinosa really needs to stop swinging for the fences. His strikeouts are absolutely killing us. I mean he is supposed to be a two-hole hitter, which is typically a guy that is known for his contact right? He needs to get rid of that terrible uppercut swing and level it out. He's swinging WAY underneath balls. He also needs to pick a side of the plate.
Werth walks and steals second, but LaRoche strikes out.
2-1, Nats, baja 8.
And Welcome Skidge, to baseball-person-hood!
222 did you see Burnett's Line on BA? .222 lefties and righties.
Sean Burnett in to pitch to Venable, Headley ("that's HEADLEY!!"), and Hundley
Power hitting lefty Matt Skole with 24 RBI and 4 home runs and a .375 average now in Hagerstown. Thinking he might replace Rendon in Potomac at the half year point.
If i could face any major leaguer to try and get a hit, after the knuckleballers, i would choose burnett
he's as intimidating as a waffle
You remember the Peanuts cartoons where Charlie Brown gets undressed by line drives? Well, Chase Headley just about stripped Burnett right there, with a line drive as up the middle as middle gets. Nice move just to get out from under his cap, there.
Nice Mel Brooks reference ...
i thought i made it up..did mel brooks use that? damn
Srsly, Scott? Where do you play now?
Bethpage Black
SFB: He may be a waffle, but he got it done!
Wow. That hasn't been a strike all night, but Burnett will take it.
Still 2-1, Nats, after 8.
he's as intimidating as a waffle
And Livo was even less intimidating. But, hey, guys are batting .222 against him.
Scott...yeah that 0.00 ERA is pretty terrible. He really got shelled tonight!!! Wow!!!
Thank god tomorrow night's game is at 6:30 pm
Livo is a hefty, wiley guy..but props to Burnett..that was a fantastic appearence...he should feel great about himself..well done
Brother could you spare a run (or two)?
F&I I didnt start watching this team 2 weeks ago, and i have seen some dreadful burnett outings..thanks for the info though
Bethpage Black
Isn't that a golf course?
has to be an error
RAMOS!!!!!!!
Wilsooooon! Great hit!
Wow, Venable just whiffs on a line drive to right by Ramos, for a three-base error with one out. Got to get this one in, Lombo...
yes, site of the 2002 and 2009 us open...on long island..paid $35 to play there a few weeks before the 02 open..more expensive now...VERY tough to get a tee time, so i slept in the parking lot
Missed that MichelleS. I guess his numbers are even better (if that's humanly possible) now.
Lombo, let's see some situational hitting here.
Game tomorrow at 6:30 pm. Thank goodness.
I was asking where you play baseball...
Sunshine Bobby! You're back!
Insurance runs are great! Love that from the Arm!
ankiel!!
Carp point out: two lefty Nats get two hits, and all three RBI's, off of lefty pitchers
Then Scott, I guess you are aware that Burnett has given up just 3 runs in his last 30 IP. Don't throw a match a near him, he might explode!!!
Ankiel! with a pinch-hit RBI single
... right before getting picked off. But in the inning, one run, on one hit and an error, nobody left on. MPH coming in to cancel the 9th inning.
ANKIEL!!!
And then he gets picked off... grrrr..
222.. I see you saw Boz's cheeky post.
Ankiel stays in center, Werth to right, DeRosa to third, Lombo--go sit down and think about that last at bat. Henry in to close.
Scott, seriously, where do you play baseball, if you do?
lombo should have been binting..fp blabbering on about how he's such a great bunter..runer on 3rd one out..SQUEEZE EM IN
i don't play baseball..i golf sometimes, and that strikeout pitch was amazing
henry rodriguez has the DIRTIEST stuff ever!!
MPHRod is FILTHY!
Sitting here at 2:02 AM AST watching MLB.TV sweating Henry. And thanking our host for his efforts.
Beauty of shift work.
And that slider (to strike out the lead-off batter) is exactly why HRod has the potential to be an all-star closer (if he can be just a tad more consistent with this fastball location). It's devastating . . . seeing it in person it's even better.
Excellent game. Davey seemed determined to get this trip started with a win, and pushed all the right buttons.
A win tomorrow is another series win.
Sleep tight all.
Good Night Everyone! See you tomorrow!
i can realllllllllly get used to this
MPH Rod at an even buck. Nats' 13-4 record will be best in NL when Dodgers lose.
"Woo-Hoo" (Copyright, MicheleS, 2011).
Ballgame. Kudos to MPH-Rod. He's a force. And Gio? Wow. Great start to the road trip. Well worth staying up for.
Good night, Irene!
HRod with the save. 12 pitches, 9 of them stries. ERA still 0.00. Only one hit all year (in 9 appearances). He really seems to have matured since last year (which often happens to 24 year olds who turn 25).
Nats: 13-4 baby!!
GYFNG!!
I'll sleep happily tonight (although for not long enough ;-) )
Henry really looks like he's coming into his own. A clean 3:02.
HRod gets the save, Gio gets the win, the Nats starters haven't given up a run in a couple of dozen innings, and they are still in Soul Possession.
almost forgot...
WOOOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
Yay!
Good nite, Gio!
Sleep happy, all you all
The 88 dodgers had a terrible offense..kirk gibson had an mvp year, but other than that...weak..but they had outstanding starting pitching...and they won the world series..just saying
Put a curly W in the books!! (I am on the road and had to watch Gameday)
Nice work, people. Go get some rest, we have another one tomorrow night!
Oh Henry!!! This guy doesn't have the potential to be an all-star closer...he has the potential to be the BEST closer in the game. I love Storen, but tough decisions are coming if he keeps this up. He is simply unhittable!!! Even F.P. said he has never seen anything like this.
Sleep fast, all you daytime workers!
Nats pitching: another 9 innings, 0 earned runs, another 9 K's. Only 5 H and 3BB. Gio's WHIP drops to 0.91
Team ERA drops to 2.21
Un-fracken-believable. (h/t: Battlestar ;-) )
Great morning. Hail to the Nationals.
This member of the non-viewing would love it if a member or members of the viewing public happened to post updates in this thread for my later reading delectation. Kaithxbai.
How's we do, boss?
By the way, I didn't hear any results of Zimm's MRI...
Thanks, Sofa! (Totally loved watching HRod tonight, as always!)
Davey just said RZ MRI doesn't look favorable. MRI will be sent to DC tomorrow ugh
Doesn't look favorable??? As in, structural damage??
As in, they're still not saying anything useful. Simmer down, and something will happen, and you'll see what it is then.
In my day, we used to react to events after they happened!
Nighty-night. Enjoy having your team first in the NL.
Just got up to check on the game - thanks so much to all of you - I feel like I actually watched it your comments were so good!! Sounds like another nats nailbiter - glad I was asleep. The news about Zim - I hear the jaws music playing in the background. I hope YOU are all sleeping now.
Doubt if anyone reads here but Thanks to all!
I just had to come here and see how you guys described the win! What a great group and if you notice, not nearly any negativity without at least having a reason.
Go Nats!
Me, too, sjm. Thanks to sec3 and DC Wonk for the PBP. It was teh awesomez! Bonus points for the Hedley Lamarr reference. I always like to use it when we're facing the Padres, so thanks for that. :-)
Oh, and nice to see Wonk, Sunshine, Dave, and all the other regulars who made it through the sign-on process.
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