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Josh Sager's avatar

I’m not mad at this. Nationals were getting solid contact, Cardinals middle infield was just that much better. On to the next one.

Dave Nemec's avatar

McGreevy also did a pretty good job pitching.

Tim K's avatar

Alvarez pitching for Rochester Red Wings now, 2nd inning

Susan H aka pitchingfan's avatar

Three scoreless innings, but no run support.

Susan H aka pitchingfan's avatar

Looks like Alvarez got his run support! Go, Red Wings!

Nats Fan in Exile's avatar

The pride of Cal Poly SLO. Go Mustangs!

GLH aka NatsFan4Ever's avatar

The Notable on the number of pitches is amazingly ridiculous.

Susan H aka pitchingfan's avatar

The day off tomorrow is probably a good thing. I got the sense that they might have been pressing today, position players and pitchers. A chance to regroup and a change of venue may be just what they need to get back to winning.

GLH aka NatsFan4Ever's avatar

Brewers and then Pirates could prove to be a tough trip. Hopefully the offense gets back in track. Who knows about the 🐂🖋, but I'll be interested to see how it plays out.

Susan H aka pitchingfan's avatar

Indeed. Who knows? The Nats may pleasantly surprise us, just as they did in Chicago.

Hondo's avatar

Mikolas was signed to mentor the young pitchers( see bullpen results) and eat innings. He must be eating off the small plates menu and have indigestion. He’s certainly giving it to me.

Nats Fan in Exile's avatar

But sadly he is not even eating innings. Especially since he apparently cannot be trusted more than 2x through the order.

Dave Nemec's avatar

Not even twice. Pulled today before they came to bat a second time.

tulku sherdor's avatar

only relatively speaking was the starting pitcher performance decent today. He managed not to get slaughtered in just 3 innings with a WHIP of 2.66.

Cameron Smith's avatar

I need Harry Ford to start picking things up at AAA, the Keibert/Millas tandem just isn’t it.

kbooker13's avatar

Alvarez needs to take this spot.

Baltova2's avatar

I'm not sure why you yank Mikolas so quickly in this start after letting him stay out there and get hammered in the last one. But then again, I don't have to try to make the most of that bullpen. I also can't really explain why they brought Mikolas in in the first place.

It'll be a moot point in a few weeks. Going to be that kind of year, especially with the pitching staff.

Geordie Keitt's avatar

The announcers are getting tired.