Sometimes you win sometimes you lose and sometimes you sit through a 4 hour plus game to see you team get blown out as it was close until the 12th inning. I would think the Nat's will have to bring up a pitcher as their BP was destroyed in this game.
Tough loss and some poor situational hitting in the 9th, 10th and 11th innings. I think several hitters were far too impatient, especially Nuñez (swinging at the first pitch after back-to-back walks? Albeit the first intentional) and Abrams K’s on 4 pitches. It seemed like he wanted to belt a walk-off grand slam when all that was needed was a humble single.
There’s a reason this team has no walk-off wins yet.
A chance to get back to .500 blown, so now 1-16 in those games…..sigh.
Hopefully, Young not too badly hurt.
I do hope Crews shows better this time than his other chances. His AAA stats are underwhelming but I don’t know if that was bad luck on balls in play (or good for that matter). I don’t think we should expect him to be great. Just solid 1-2 win player would be ok by me for this season.
Those poor situational ABs drive me up a wall. I was screaming at my TV when Nas and CJ did that.
Someone, I can't for the life of me recall who, once said that the scoreboard tells you what you need to do -- IOW it shows the situation. These guys have got to learn to play to the scoreboard.
What a cruel game this can be. Jacob Young literally works years to get to this point where he's becoming a productive hitter, and bam. If he cracked a rib, that'll be a very big setback.
Separately, the Nats seem to be doing everything they can to cement their MLB lead in both runs scored and runs allowed.
Mark, are you surprised Blake didn't pinch hit Ruiz for Millas with 2 outs in the 11th?
Here's the thing. The Nats played atrocious defense and missed numerous good scoring opportunities due to poor ABs. And yet, they still were in it until they ran out of pitchers. They are close to being a good team, but have to start playing clean and smart baseball on a consistent basis.
"Agonizing" and "painful" - what a night.
As epitomized by tonight, the Nats defense (or lack thereof) is why we can’t have nice things….
Sometimes you win sometimes you lose and sometimes you sit through a 4 hour plus game to see you team get blown out as it was close until the 12th inning. I would think the Nat's will have to bring up a pitcher as their BP was destroyed in this game.
Tough loss and some poor situational hitting in the 9th, 10th and 11th innings. I think several hitters were far too impatient, especially Nuñez (swinging at the first pitch after back-to-back walks? Albeit the first intentional) and Abrams K’s on 4 pitches. It seemed like he wanted to belt a walk-off grand slam when all that was needed was a humble single.
There’s a reason this team has no walk-off wins yet.
A chance to get back to .500 blown, so now 1-16 in those games…..sigh.
Hopefully, Young not too badly hurt.
I do hope Crews shows better this time than his other chances. His AAA stats are underwhelming but I don’t know if that was bad luck on balls in play (or good for that matter). I don’t think we should expect him to be great. Just solid 1-2 win player would be ok by me for this season.
Crews has been on a tear in AAA as of late. His overall numbers were meh, but May has been strong.
Those poor situational ABs drive me up a wall. I was screaming at my TV when Nas and CJ did that.
Someone, I can't for the life of me recall who, once said that the scoreboard tells you what you need to do -- IOW it shows the situation. These guys have got to learn to play to the scoreboard.
What a cruel game this can be. Jacob Young literally works years to get to this point where he's becoming a productive hitter, and bam. If he cracked a rib, that'll be a very big setback.
Separately, the Nats seem to be doing everything they can to cement their MLB lead in both runs scored and runs allowed.
Mark, are you surprised Blake didn't pinch hit Ruiz for Millas with 2 outs in the 11th?
Here's the thing. The Nats played atrocious defense and missed numerous good scoring opportunities due to poor ABs. And yet, they still were in it until they ran out of pitchers. They are close to being a good team, but have to start playing clean and smart baseball on a consistent basis.
Maybe they’ll send Vivas down and blame it on his pitching.
Trust the process, they said. We’re going to the playoffs for ten years straight, they said.
The guys did not look happy that Butera gave up on them
Going to take a lot for them to bounce back from this. Hope they can. I don’t second guess what the coaches did.
Any team that shows up in a Mets uniform, no matter how bad, seems to just mezmorize the Nats. It's uncanny.
Wow. House to Rochester. Didn't see that coming.
Wonder how much of that is about robbing him of a year of major league service time.
Because have they seen Tena play defense?
Mead probably will start at 3B now. Or maybe Morales gets a shot?
Seems like Toboni wants all the first-rounders who got rushed to the Show to prove they belong. Brutal, but I understand the thought process.
I think Vivas will get most of the reps.
Yo Yo is not on the 40-man so moving him up would require DFAing somebody.
Lile falling down rounding third is the perfect image to describe this game. Unforced errors leading to an unsatisfying outcome.
The radio booth noted that 3rd base coach, Estevez(?), also slipped outside the coaches box. So maybe the grounds crew over-watered the area?
I think Butera erred in pulling Irvin. Too early. And Poulin couldn’t stop the bleeding.