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The Nationals will have Stephen Strasburg (3-5, 2.54 ERA) back who was reinstated from the disabled list this morning. He last pitched on May 31 before leaving after two innings against the Atlanta Braves. This is his first time pitching at Progressive Field since the second start of his career. If you remember, Strasburg had issues with the mound condition that day, but still went 5 1/3 innings with only two hits and a run allowed.
Pitching for Cleveland is third-year pro Corey Kluber (4-4, 4.08) who has really hit his stride as of late. Through his last six starts he is 2-2 with a 3.09 ERA and 37 strikeouts in 35 innings.
Enjoy the game...
WASHINGTON NATIONALS at CLEVELAND INDIANS
Where: Progressive Field
Gametime: 1:05 p.m. EDT
TV: MASN2, WUSA-9, MLB.tv
Radio: WJFK (106.7 FM), WFED (1500)
Weather: Rainy, 75 degrees (60% chance of rain)
NATIONALS (34-33)
CF Denard Span
2B Anthony Rendon
DH Ryan Zimmerman
1B Adam LaRoche
RF Jayson Werth
SS Ian Desmond
3B Chad Tracy
C Jhonatan Solano
LF Roger Bernadina
(RHP Stephen Strasburg)
INDIANS (33-34)
CF Michael Bourn
SS Mike Aviles
2B Jason Kipnis
DH Carlos Santana
LF Michael Brantley
1B Mark Reynolds
C Yan Gomes
3B John McDonald
RF Drew Stubbs
(RHP Corey Kluber)
UMPIRES
HP Dan Iassogna
1B Mark Carlson
2B Gerry Davis (cc)
3B Brian Knight
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The kid should have been a hitter! LOL
Tracy has earned his start. Glad to see Solano.
Uh-oh. If Kluber has hit his stride lately, he ought to go through us like that knife through butter. Yep, finally Johnson has moved Rendon up in the lineup. Our only trouble now is the 3-4-5 positions, you know, the clutch strikeout guys. Hope SS is back in form. I'm still waiting for the final collapse of the team though. Hey, it's what we've come to expect. Now, on the bright side....???...never mind.
Hey folks... Happy Father's Day to ya! I will have to listen to XM since I'm away ...
Looking forward to the game (and hopefully the win!)
I'd like to see how Solano handles Strasburg. Kurt sure could use a rest.
I'm glad Rendon earned starting everyday against rightys.
Solano calls a good game, too... I'm glad Zook is out... He needs like an entire series off.... I wonder if SS will be on a pitch count/limit today....
Kirbs - Rendon has proven that he should be starting every day against everybody. Kid looks like a true professional hitter. I know it is way too early for such comparisons, but today Baseball Reference's 162 game projection for Rendon looks a lot like a typical Wade Boggs season.
Im the only who thinks span should not be leading off?
When you win one where your best pitcher loses a 5-run lead, your worst hitter gets you back in the game, and then your best hitter fouls out weakly in the 9th, only he doesn't, and then hits the game-winning HR, then maybe its Kismet. If the Nats can take their 2nd straight series on the road, and their 3rd straight, overall, then Nats Nation can start to take their chances seriously, again.
Rendon belongs in the 2-hole. He went 3 of 5 last night (almost half the team's 8 hits), including the game winner, scored 2 runs and knocked in another (the game winner) with his solo HR. That may be more than all the other 2-hole hitters have accomplished all year long, in just one game.
Solano gets an important test, calling the game for SS. Marrero takes a seat. Too much pressure, maybe, for Chris to handle? Tracy at 3rd - can he do it, again? Davey is still working around Harper's absence and using the DH to take a look at some others. Plenty of guys getting a chance to show what they can do.
But when Harp comes back, Davey's lineup looks set with Span, Rendon, Harp, Ryan from 1 to 4. As usual, Davey will alternate catchers and, perhaps, flip ALR (against righties) and Werth (against lefties) in the 5 - 6 slots. That is one heck of a lineup. How many teams have a guy like Desi batting 7th? And Desi seems to do better the farther down the lineup he goes. When Ramos finally comes off the DL, Davey will have his hairy chested power guys coming to the plate from the 2-hole all the way down to the 8-hole.
With a revamped pen, all the starters back, and, at last, some meaningful contributions from the bench, Davey has the team he thought he did in spring training.
Anthony Rendon is making a big difference. And he is just going to get better. I mean, he is scary good with the stick.
Wi today and it is 3 straight series the satart of the return.
"Boy, just wait until (insert star's name here) gets back! Then we'll be tearing it all up!"
The way this season has been going, it should be more like, "Wait until (insert star's name here) gets back! Then someone else is gonna get injured..."
It's like the baseball gods are mad at us or something.
But, boy, just wait until Harp and Rendon are batting 2-3!
Cedeno was the one to get sent back down.
Happy Father's Day to all our Dads, and most especially Brian's Dad - Mark!
Merry Strasmas everyone! GYFNG!
Jeez, I didn't realize Span's Home/Road splits were so bad .201 on the road, .317 at home.
Just another double for Anthony Rendon.
Heck, let Rendon serve as hitting coach too.
Oh that was a nasty pitch.
Zim need to be more aggressive in the3 hole with men on, especially with LaFail and Werth's behind him.
I don't recall Zim ever looking at so many Called Strike 3's before. I mean, that was a nasty pitch so I'm not blaming him for this one specifically, but it's been an ongoing thing. It's weird.
Bryce swings early in the count with men on base because he knows they won't give him anything late in the count. Don't understand why Zim can't do that.
Wasted another double by Rendon. Good old Zimmerman struck out on cue. At least LaRoche hit the ball. Can't fault him there. Getting Zim and Werth off the team can't come soon enough.
Oh god. None of those pitches were even close. The only strike was on a failed bunt.
Settle down now, Stras
Hmm. Stras doesn't look real comfortable so far. Hope he's actually okay and they're not rushing him back too fast. Of course, he didn't have a rehab start, so maybe he's just rusty?
Gotta figure he's on an 80-ish pitch limit like Detwiler was.
His velocity has already hit 98 so I'd say he's fine. Just wild.
I think in the Carp and FP drinking game, "lettin' the ball travel" should be added to "serious jammage." Maybe also "gettin' on top of it."
Gettin' on top of it!!
He let the ball travel too, I'm sure. FP just didn't have time to mention it.
Better inning that time.
SS is settling down, just seems to take him an inning or more to get in a groove.
Indians bailing out Zim. I'll take it.
If Rendon keeps hitting, we'll never have to see Danny again.
Worst middle of the lineup in baseball in my opinion.
ALR anither called strike out when man is on third less than 2 outs
Jiminy Christmas. Just put the ball in play, Jayson.
Two batters, no contact.
Pathetic. Why does Desmond not bat 5th. LaFail needs to go. His slumps are unbearable. The truth is aside from Rendon and Harper there aren't any great hitters on this team. Zim, Desi and LaRoche occasionally get hot but aren't that great overall
I don't know if I can handle all this clutch hitting with RISP. This has been going on all season and it is painful to watch. Zimmerman, Werth and Laroche are the biggest culprits.
Make that 3.
Rendon should bat in the clean up spot.
No comment on what happened in that last inning. Well, ok, one comment. Our "big boppers" are pathetic with men on base.
Rendon now has 6 multi-hit games in his 16 games this year . Espi had 4 in 44. He also has a shot for his second 3-hit game. The last time Espi did that was September 24 of last year.
I think I'll keep keep tracking of this. At least one thing is going right.
Davey please do us a favor keep Rendon and Harper from Eck.
The vets have way too much Eck in them already. Just hit the ball to the outfield with man on third no outs. Tou dont K especially looking.
UNBELIEVABLE!!! These guys really must be trying for those strikeouts! Come on! First and third no outs. LaRoche strike out, on cue. Werth strike out, on cue. Desmond strike out, on cue. You know the Rabbit's right. These guys are BAD! Ugh. So predictable.
Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach John McKay on his team's execution:
"I'm all in favor of it."
Rendon should bat in the clean up spot.
Can he hit 1st, 2nd, and 4th?
0 for 5 RISP.
Terrible situational hitting still.
Arg Eck either coach them or get out of town. Dont just sit there with your book. That is stat keeping not coaching. I can stat keep
Section 222 said...
Rendon should bat in the clean up spot.
Can he hit 1st, 2nd, and 4th?
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And 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th.
Despite last night's win we were 0for 5 RISP, ndians were 3 for 7
Situational hitting. ugh
The Indians had a base hit with a RISP. That's allowed? I figured there must be a rule against it and that's why we never do it.
Zim should apologize to fans for his pathetic play this year. He pulled an absolute heist on this org with his contract. Davey pleading to resign LaFail. Horrible leadership there.
First chance with man in scoring position they hit. When will be free of the Eck curse.?
Problem isn't necessarily RISP hitting. It's hitting in general - every team fails to take advantage of opportunities. But when you only get 4 baserunners, one on an error, you don't get the opportunities nearly often enough. The team OBP is way too low, and that's the problem in a nutshell.
Our hitters just do not focus in needed situations. Until they do we will all be frustrated.
We are 14th out of 15.
Laroche hitting 239. Zim 270. Werth 257. Our 3-5 hitters.
Look at Zim and Werth. The more they're paid, the less they have to focus. They have already duped the team, now just grab the money and run ...or strike out. BUMS.
Sigh. If you think Zim, Werth, ALR or anyone else on this team isn't trying, I don't know what to tell you.
No matter who the catching they cant throw anyone out.Why? Terrible holding by pitchers.
Of course lead off walk comes back to bite Stras's ass.
Adam La Roche with the worst at bat of the season, closely followed by Jayson Werth and Ian Desmond.
I dont use the word not trying, though the real word is execution, their execution is very week.
The righty lefty thing only works when players can at least hit somewhat. Bernadina has no clue what he is doing out there.
Bernadina is hitting like .300 over the last month. He started off so awful that his overall numbers are down, but Shark has been fine lately.
Span's average goes lower and lower.....
Yeah, if a guy goes 1-3 in 3 at bats, that does put you over .300. His performance this year has been execrable on offense.
We are stuck with Werth, but Zim is a different story. Although his career is headed in the same direction as Werth's, he still has trade value until his onerous, no trade, 6 year, $100 million contract kicks in. On the surface, his stats don't look too bad but he pads them during a couple of hot streaks during the season while the rest of the time he is simply awful.
William O. Douglas Loeffler said...
Yeah, if a guy goes 1-3 in 3 at bats, that does put you over .300. His performance this year has been execrable on offense.
You know good and well that's not the case. Bernadina has gotten quite a few at-bats and been fine.
Ok, runner on second for the Nats. No one out. Cue 'em up guys.
Zimm's OPS+ is 124, with 100 being average. LaRoche's is 106, which means he's been great in May and June after his very poor April. Desmond's is 122. Those guys generally aren't the problem, whatever happens today.
They should be putting Kobernus in for Span now, right?
Span refuses to take home.
Our guys just stand there with the bat on their shoulders....
Eck gotta go
Lord, what a hitter.
Great pitch recognition and he lines a frozen rope to right. Just exquisite.'
By the way, for those saying: Dump Laroche----he has no trade value. There was very limited interest in him during the off season and with his horrible 2013 stats and a $24 million contract there would be even less interest now.
Rendon and harper stay away from Eck please.
Jewett stopped him, not Span's fault.
You have to make contact.
Zim suckssssssssssss
Rendon could hit at Rice,so this is not a surprise just keep him away from Eck.
For God's sake!
Let's bunt
Quit striking out with men on third. Simply unacceptable
Wow.
I am only following on game track. Was there any chance could score on Rendon's hit or was it hit too hard?
MNF, it was probably hit too hard, but the outfielder dropped the ball. Span had already been held up and he hurt himself by fouling the ball off his foot so he wasn't running very well.
La Roche is an maddening today. Last time a double play brings a run home but Adam was too lazy to swing. This time he hits into a double play.
What happened to clutch hitting?
For crying out lound why are these hitters not executing? Just need to fl to the outfield
So jewitt will send slow runners sent a fast runner we score.
I'd rather have Espinosa bat now than Zim or Laroche. At least he'll probably swing.
Adam couldn't put us through three strikeouts with no outs runners on first and third. Just hit a double play after the first strikeout. No problem. These guys have it DOWN! Now I feel bad for Rendon, he has no support. And how about SS! Back and pitching with no support. Ugh.
Ryan Zimmerman's at bat was pathetic this inning.
Eck gotta go
I know Eck doesnt tell him to do this, but Obviously he doesnt prepare them to not do it.
Zimmerman did not even come close to putting the bat on the ball.
Rendon deserves to cut ALR's hair after what the two of them have done the last two times up.
So glad we traded Morse and got a lead-off hitter who can't even score from second on an outfield single, lol....
Zim has officially renounced his FOF label. He is now just some guy that can play a decent first base. That label goes to Bryce and Rendon.
This is mostly Rendon's fault for only hitting doubles and singles instead of homer runs.
Trent Jewitt is the worst.... Situational hitting is terrible...
Over and over, we have a runner on third and no outs and we have no possibility of bringing the guy in. Jewett had no business not sending Span.
Because of the way the line-up is falling, we may only have one last chance to score in the 8th. Not expecting much this inning.
We got time.... Come on Nats... Lets do this!
By the way, Rendon now has had his second 3-hit game in the 16 he's played this year. Espi didn't have any in his 44 games this year, and had 6 games of 3 or more hits all last year in the 160 games he played.
Bryce should hit cleanup when he returns. Desmond 5th. LaFail 6th. Werth 7 or lead off.
I am really perturbed by Zimmerman and La Roche's at bats in this game.
Eck must go
Come to think of it, he should cut Zim's hair too. Ugly hitting.
Another RISP. Can we find a way to strand him?
Your best hitters should hit one and two. 3rd is pushing it. Sports Illustrated just did an article on this. Clean-up hitters get far fewer at bat. Lucky double by Werth but I'll take it. He may get tired standing out there on 2nd, however.
I listened to FP and changed seats, next pitch Werth doubles!
If Zim didn't come to camp so fat and out of shape maybe he could still play.
We are all set up for a double play.
Do our guys get a bonus for players LOB?
Section 135 said...
If Zim didn't come to camp so fat and out of shape maybe he could still play.
June 16, 2013 3:04 PM
Yeah, Prince Fielder sucks.
Error?
We are really set up for a double play now!
Hey William, a double play would be a rally right now. It would score a run.
I have taken a break to cool off. In Cleveland with my fam for all 3 games and to visit college. My goodness is this just totally frustrating. I cant remember when ive seen so many awful ABs in crunch time
Bases loaded.... No outs... Lets score at least 2 runs....
Told you!
I picked a bad week to stop sniffing glue
Holy sh*t we suck
Are you kidding? just not meant to be
I expected a double play from catcher to first. That was just as bad.
I now need a new remote.
This is absolutely unbelievable. Hard to watch. Wow. I'm speechless.
And yet another base running error by the Nats. This team isn't good enough to give outs away.
Wow. That's just beyond terrible.
Lombardozzi with the knuckledheaded play. Bernadina with the pathetic weak grounder.
that's just terrible.
Wow.... This was just terrible.... I'm trying to understand what The Onion was trying to do....
I think Lombo needs to go back to the minors.
Bases loaded. No outs. No surprise result. BUMS!
The Onion was trying to send the ball opposite field. He hit it decently, but right at Reynolds. I don't fault Solano, I fault Lombardozzi for being doubled off. Unacceptable.
If Stras loses this game I hope every player (except Rendon, and maybe Werth) gets down his kneed to apologize.
Span could have scored easily and we don't run. Then Lombo runs when we have no business running.
Strasburg had some horrible walks. If he doesn't walk that guy, it is 0-0.
Nats pitchers should sue for non support (despite last night), this is the most pathetic situational hitting
Why is Lombardozzi playing second?
Solano is terrible. swung at 3 balls. Lombo asleep. Just not good players. Gonna be a long ride home.
This is just so hard to watch.
Strasburg was rusty, but you can't pin this loss on him.
Where is Rendon playing now?
Thanks David... I'm listening to C and D.... And they didnt go into great detail... But this is terrible... The Nats deserve to lose this game... Way to many left on base...
But we are only down 1... Come on guys... Lets do this!!!
Well, you don't want him playing third (Lombo, that is).
This game is easily the most frustrating of the entire year. I can't believe how absolutely awful we look. This is worse than a blowout.
Oh no! Lombo at 2B and Rendon at 3B? But, but, but, I thought it was an awful idea to move Rendon to another position while he's learning 2B. The horrors!
And I'm starting to join the chorus that says Eck needs to go.
So Zimmerman got taken out for Lombo????
And plenty of blame to go around. Every person has done something wrong today. Even darling Anthony.
William O. There is no way you can blame any of this on pitching. Bats are embarrassing.
Is Zim hurt?
Why would you trade Zimmerman's bat for Lombo's?
Rendon is playing third--which makes it more of a mystery why he didn't play on Friday.
dumb play by Lombo but even if he got back, the inning ends with Bernie's double play ball, 6-4-3. Rendon with a HR next inning could be our only hope.
What has Zim done for us today?
Zimmerman is DHing. He hasn't been at 3rd the entire game. Zim is still in the game.
For Tracy then? Okay. Mea Culpa.
I don't think that they have hit a single ball to 3rd today.
Because unlike Zimmerman Lombo actually was able to put some wood on the ball
3 times with a runner on 3rd and nobody out and zero (0) runs!
Jeez, the catcher steals???? Unreal.
oye oye oye, what is the lineup doing now? wake up guys.
we are 2 for 11 with RISP but zero runs and they are 1 for 1 with one run.
Guys look really languid. Span couldn't be bothered to run to second or to home.
This is almost comically tragic.
How is Span looking? I'm trying to understand why Jewitt didnt send him on Rendon's hit a few innings ago....
Unless we get a home run, we're done. Rendon is our only real hope to get a hit but the law of probability is against him. Outside of him though, what do we have? Not much of anything. Ok, cue 'em up guys. But try to hit the ball! At least give it a chance. Ugh.
3 times with a runner on 3rd and nobody out and zero (0) runs!
the fact of the day...what happened to the art of the sac fly... sound's like we'd have a better chance with the squeeze with solano/bernadina
I think we have a disadvantage with the DH unless we bat our pitchers.
Span hobbled again?
Carp: "And then Ryan Zimmerman, who always comes alive in key situations."
Um, except his last time up when there were runners on 1st and 3rd with none out....
Horribly managed and coached game.
swing for the fence zim!
Fat guy of the franchise
And yet another new guy we make look like Cy Young. Seems like the list grows every series. And Davey continues to support Eck.
Just like with so many others, this team needs things to get horrific before changes are made. Eck gets more rope then HRod.
Maybe our guys had a few too many drinks last night?
Too predictable.
Zimmerman with the weak grounder we desperately needed when he flailed and struck out with a guy on third and no outs.
La Roche stood there and let a decent pitch go by with 0 outs and a man on third.
Zimmerman and ALR are robbing this organization blind. Just horrendous with things matter.
How many pitches will it take to get us out in the 9th?
Make ray knight hitting coach. Keep eck as batting practice pitcher so he doesn't get offended
well now we don't have to worry about losing 1 0. .500 baseball for 3 more months.
Davey has no business playing Lombardozzi or Bernadina except for late innings defense and yet, he trots them out in the starting line-up game after game after game.
and that's the problem...you feel you can't score unless you hit a hr cause you can't rely on the other 8 guys in the lineup to hit with RISP...so the big boys pressure themselves to go for for the fences with poor results. the bernadina experiment is nearing an end.
so the indians sac because they think they can get the run in.
Since May 28, Bernadina is hitting .300/.378/.525. That's with 40 ABs. But don't let facts get in the way.
Indians execute. We have Lombardozzi not paying attention during the game as a base runner.
We are so bad without Bryce. He is our only hope.
not sure why we pitched to their best hitter this series, it may as well be 8-0 now.
DAVEY A TRUE MORON THINK IS SENILE.RIZZO NEEDS TO BE GONE A INVESTIGATED FOR INTERSTATE FRAUD,I WILL NOT BE GOING TO ANY MORE HOME GAMES,LET THEM GET HIT IN THE POCKET BOOK MAYBE CHANGE WILL THEN HAPPEN TRULY AN EMBARACEMENT TO THIS CITY AWFULL
Indians executed... But we didnt...
There is no way that we can get two runs in an inning.
Gee, now that wasn't hard was it?
Greg Essner said...
DAVEY A TRUE MORON THINK IS SENILE.RIZZO NEEDS TO BE GONE A INVESTIGATED FOR INTERSTATE FRAUD,I WILL NOT BE GOING TO ANY MORE HOME GAMES,LET THEM GET HIT IN THE POCKET BOOK MAYBE CHANGE WILL THEN HAPPEN TRULY AN EMBARACEMENT TO THIS CITY AWFULL
June 16, 2013 3:36 PM
I'm speechless.
Lombo needs to go down and learn to hit. Tracy needs to retire after his big moment. Bernadina needs to only bunt and play late inning defense. Davey thinks we are the 70's Orioles who had excellent bench players both righty and lefty.
La Roche didn't even swing.
Bernadina career .246 hitter, batting .189 this year.
probably hurt shoulder. don't let reality get in the way.
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