Game Thread: Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves- 2008 Game 141 of 162.
Washington Nationals at Atlanta Braves, Sep 4, 2008 7:10 PM EDT
On The Hill...
Acquired in a trade for Mike Stanton. No-No in the WBC. Olympic starter with the Netherlands...You've heard it all before, now it's time to see what Shairon Martis can do at the Major League level as he makes his MLB debut in Turner Field, Atlanta, Georgia, against Braves' second-year lefty Jo-Jo Reyes (3-10, 5.49) who has appeared in 9-straight Braves' losses, starting 8 of them, stretching back to June 23, 2008... against some guy named James Parr.
...21-years old in March, Shairon Martis started 21 games between Double-A Harrisburg and Triple-A Columbus this season, compiling a (5-6) record with a 3.64 ERA in 116.1 IP over which he allowed 115 hits, 52 runs, 47 earned, 7 HR's and 45 walks with 99 K's.
Martis was (0-2) with a 6.75 ERA in Olympic competition, giving up 10 hits, 8 runs, 2 HR's and 5 walks while striking out 11 over 10.2 innings pitched. Martis was also one of 9 "World" starters to shutout the team comprised of US-born prospects in the XM MLB All-Star Futures Game that was held in Yankees Stadium the Sunday prior this season's HR Derby and Major League game as part of the All-Star festivities.
...Jo-Jo Reyes didn't fare too well last Saturday in DC, where the Nationals knocked the Braves' 23-year old lefty out after just 4.0 innings pitched in which Reyes allowed 8 hits, 4 runs and 2 walks...In the top of the fifth, with the Braves leading 6-2, Ryan Zimmerman and Lastings Milledge singled in succession to end Reyes' outing, bringing out Braves' Manager Bobby Cox and bringing on reliever Buddy Carlyle, who promplty surrendered an RBI two-bagger to Ronnie Belliard, a walk to Elijah Dukes, and a bases-clearing double to Jesus Flores, which put DC up 7-6 in a game they'd eventually win 9-8 in extra innings in the first of a three game weekend sweep of Atlanta....
In 2007, Reyes was (8-1) with a 3.53 ERA in Double-A with the Braves' affiliate in Mississippi, and (4-0) with a 1.00 ERA in 6 starts and 36.0 innings for Triple-A Richmond, debuting with Atlanta on July 7th, 2007, and staying with the Braves through the end of the season. Over his first two years in Atlanta, after being selected with the 43rd pick in the 2nd Round of the 2003 MLB Amateur Draft, Reyes is (5-8) in 28 starts and 30 appearances overall, with a 5.74 ERA in 149.0 IP.
Reyes' only other start against DC was earlier this season, back on July 20th in Atlanta, with Reyes knocked out only 2.1 innings in after surrendering 6 runs on 7 hits and 4 walks in a 15-6 Nationals' romp...
Nationals' #'s Against Jo-Jo Reyes...
Ronnie Belliard - 1 for 3, .333 AVG.
Elijah Dukes - 1 for 2, .500 AVG, 1 SB.
Willie Harris - 1 for 1, 1.000 AVG, 2 RBI's.
Anderson Hernandez - 2 for 3, .667 AVG, 2 RBI's.
Ryan Zimmerman - 3 for 3, 1.000 AVG.
Shairon Martis Breakdown...(Split Stats w/ Triple-A Columbus)
Martis vs Lefties...3.94 ERA in 16.0 IP, 23 H, 8 R, 7 ER, 1 HR, 9 BB, 23 K's.
Martis vs Righties...2.45 ERA in 25.2 IP, 19 H, 9 R, 7 ER, 1 HR, 8 BB, 19 K's....
-- I somehow managed to avoid noticing this fact until reading the AP's MLB "Roundup" in yesterday's Newark Star-Ledger, where it was pointed out, in their article entitled, "Hamels, Phillies end Nationals win streak", (Why no apostrophe? Nationals' win streak? Eh, anyway..."), after Philly's 4-0 shutout win in the second of the three game series the teams completed last night:
"The Nationals have been shut out 20 times, seven more than any other major-league team."
Try to Answer This ??? Before Reading on...Luke Montz and Shairon Martis will be the _ _th and _ _ th Nationals to debut in '08?
When Luke Montz and Shairon Martis both play tomorrow, they will become the 8th and 9th Nationals to debut in 2008, along with (in alphabetical order)...Collin Balester, Roger Bernadina, Marco Estrada, Mike Hinckley, Charlie Manning, Garrett Mock and Steven Shell...
For An Atlanta-Based Perspective on the Nationals/Braves Series Check Out the SBN's Braves' blog:
The first of four in Atlanta gets underway at 7:10 pm from Turner Field. Martis' debut. Jo-Jo Reyes tries to stop the lossing. The Nationals try to win their sixth-straight games against the Braves...(3 last weekend, and the second 2 of 3 in the July series between the teams)...The Nationals were 2-4 in their last road trip, but this time it's a nine-game trip through Atlanta, New York and Florida. Who's Watching The Nationals?
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Too Bad...
—-The Braves and Nationals couldn’t conspire to start Martis against Jurrjens in an All-Curacao-Pitching-Extravaganza !!!!
"...Popeye's never happened." --Luke Montz
DC Starting Lineup...
A-Hands – 2B
The Guzzz – SS
THE KIDS CALL HIM ZIM!! – 3B
Lasto – CF
Belli-Yard – 1B
Super Dukes – RF
Willie Harris – LF
The Montz – C
Shairon Martis…Debutin’…
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 6:22 PM EDT reply actions
This is what happens when you write game threads the night before...
Martis vs Jo-Jo Reyes James Parr…
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 6:26 PM EDT reply actions
It'd be a real youth lineup if we could get Old Man Belliard out of there.
I guess Guz is kind of a geezer, too—he’s what, 32? Geez, and The Amazing Willing Harris is 30… I guess we need a few old-timers…
"I'm always proud of a walk. I love walks. That's my mantra." --Sooper Dooks
DC was already the youngest team before the youth infusion...
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:02 PM EDT up reply actions
Heh, someone at the Good Phight was whining about Lasto's "questionable" slide last night...
[Nelson Muntz]
HA-HA!
[/Nelson Muntz]
"I'm always proud of a walk. I love walks. That's my mantra." --Sooper Dooks
Just good hard baseball.
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:08 PM EDT up reply actions
Stupid James Parr...
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:11 PM EDT reply actions
A walk in front of Zim?
Not a smart move these days…
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:13 PM EDT reply actions
Just misses going yard...
"I'm always proud of a walk. I love walks. That's my mantra." --Sooper Dooks
Zim flies out, Guzman falls asleep on first, and gets picked...
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:17 PM EDT up reply actions
Guz, caught stealing?!
More like, “caught sleeping!”
"I'm always proud of a walk. I love walks. That's my mantra." --Sooper Dooks
Mar-TIS! Mar-TIS!...
(Please don’t get hammered…)
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:18 PM EDT reply actions
First batter faced... swinging K!
That’s got to be a good omen…
"I'm always proud of a walk. I love walks. That's my mantra." --Sooper Dooks
Nice curve in first AB, nice fielding in second...
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Laaaarrryy!!!
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:22 PM EDT reply actions
Now McCann with the bloop...
"I'm always proud of a walk. I love walks. That's my mantra." --Sooper Dooks
But a nice pop up to shallow CF strands both!
Martis through his first big-league inning safely, complete with a K!
"I'm always proud of a walk. I love walks. That's my mantra." --Sooper Dooks
Works quickly, you have to like that...
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:25 PM EDT up reply actions
Don't forget The Montz, with his first inning behind the plate...
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:26 PM EDT up reply actions
Lasto's making Parr work for the first out...
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:28 PM EDT reply actions
Then just watches strike three all the way in...
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:29 PM EDT up reply actions
How'd that ball get to the wall?
Belliard with a one-out double…
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:30 PM EDT reply actions
Nationals swinging away early...not getting much.
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:35 PM EDT reply actions
2 scoreless for Martis in 1st start...
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:39 PM EDT reply actions
Hey, you, running the scoreboard! It's the Nationals!
apparently the Turner Field board is showing Martis as a Marlin… Even given how screwed up the Nats scoreboard is, it never has players on the wrong team…
"I'm always proud of a walk. I love walks. That's my mantra." --Sooper Dooks
Luke Montz's first AB...
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:41 PM EDT reply actions
Montz lines out to left...nice defensive swing?...
Federalbaseball.com Stressing The Positives Since Aug ’07…
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Wait, how did Martis get on base?
And then how’d he get second on a WP that the catcher blocked? He fields? He runs? WTF?
"I'm always proud of a walk. I love walks. That's my mantra." --Sooper Dooks
BB...C'mon Parr, walking the opposing pitcher?
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:47 PM EDT up reply actions
WILLIE HARRIS WANTS TO WALK!
So he takes a few and takes first.
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:48 PM EDT reply actions
Okay, Guz, keep the multi-hit streak going and let Martis get his first run!
"I'm always proud of a walk. I love walks. That's my mantra." --Sooper Dooks
Or, heck make it your first multi-walk game of the season.
(Not that I know this is the case, but it certainly wouldn’t surprise me.)
"I'm always proud of a walk. I love walks. That's my mantra." --Sooper Dooks
Instead he tips strike three into McCann's glvove...
Zim gets the two-out chance…
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:52 PM EDT up reply actions
Gotta step out--don't know if I'll be back before the end of the game.
LET’S GO NAT’S GO!
"I'm always proud of a walk. I love walks. That's my mantra." --Sooper Dooks
GAAAH! I mean "NATS," of course. I hate that.
"I'm always proud of a walk. I love walks. That's my mantra." --Sooper Dooks
I edit myself all day, just rereading posts again and again on iPhone...
…and I get mad each time I find a gaffe….
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:55 PM EDT up reply actions
good evening E
hey, is that Sun Trust sign new? Didn’t there used to be seats back there? Or am I “Misremembering?”
"Phenomenological ontology? The Dude abides."
by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Sep 4, 2008 7:55 PM EDT reply actions
STUPID!
NEVER MIND. i don’t know why i thought they were playing in d.c.
"Phenomenological ontology? The Dude abides."
by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Sep 4, 2008 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions
all of the blue empty seats, i though it was NATS park
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by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Sep 4, 2008 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions
i'll go ahead and punish myself
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by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Sep 4, 2008 7:57 PM EDT up reply actions
Shea better be full when I go next week to watch the Nationals...
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions
WH, WH, WHAT?! YOU'RE GOING TO SHEA?!

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by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Sep 4, 2008 8:02 PM EDT up reply actions
10th, Nationals/Mets...
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 8:04 PM EDT up reply actions
I was trying to picture the outfield when I realized the same...
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:56 PM EDT up reply actions
i should have figured it as well
DTV isn’t blacking out the game. That’s because it’s in Atlanta.
Ew. Milledge played that poorly
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by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Sep 4, 2008 7:58 PM EDT up reply actions
have a good one
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by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Sep 4, 2008 7:58 PM EDT reply actions
See ya.
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 7:59 PM EDT up reply actions
Do you "celebrate" or simply mention Martis' first walk?
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 8:01 PM EDT reply actions
McCann hits a sac fly for the first run off Martis...
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 8:03 PM EDT up reply actions
WH, WH, WHAT!? YOU'RE GOING TO SHEA?!

"Phenomenological ontology? The Dude abides."
by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Sep 4, 2008 8:04 PM EDT reply actions
10th, Nationals/Mets...
Time to start spoilin…
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions
you gotta do me a solid! get this signed for me will ya?

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by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Sep 4, 2008 8:07 PM EDT up reply actions
in all seriousness. have a good time.
my broke butt will be stuck here in D.C. studying microeconomics and aviation law. YAWN
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by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Sep 4, 2008 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions
"Ah, Beer, the cause of and solution to all of life's problems." H.Simpson.
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 8:09 PM EDT up reply actions
"No, Donny, these men are nihilists, there's nothing to be afraid of." - Walter Sobchak
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 8:08 PM EDT up reply actions
+1
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by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Sep 4, 2008 8:11 PM EDT up reply actions
Martis lets two and then walks the pitcher, who's trying to bunt...
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 8:18 PM EDT reply actions
Bases loaded for Blanco...
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 8:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Martis can't find the plate...
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 8:20 PM EDT up reply actions
Grounder into a force for Blanco, 1 run scores, 2-0 Braves...
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 8:21 PM EDT up reply actions
Martis so far...78 pitches,
4.0 IP, 4 hits, 2 ER, 4 BB, 2 K’s, 4.50 ERA.
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 8:24 PM EDT reply actions
It's back to the No-O Nationals...
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 8:29 PM EDT reply actions
Martis issues a leadoff walk, but holds the Braves off the board in the fifth. Still 2-0 Braves.
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 8:38 PM EDT reply actions
Parr gets Guzman swinging a foot over a change for the 2nd out of the 6th...
Zimmerman???
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 8:41 PM EDT reply actions
Parr's got 6.0 scoreless in his MLB debut...
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 8:43 PM EDT up reply actions
Mock throws a quick scoreless in relief of Martis...
Parr’s out after six, 2-hit shutout in his debut…
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 8:52 PM EDT reply actions
Belliard pulls his groin beating out a chopper to short...
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 8:55 PM EDT reply actions
Mock lets Johnson and Jones on in the 7th before Charlie Manning's brought in to face McCann...
Lefty vs Lefty…
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 9:09 PM EDT reply actions
Manning K's McCann...Now it's Shell
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 9:13 PM EDT up reply actions
Shell gets Infante to groundout to end the 7th. Still 2-0 Braves.
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 9:18 PM EDT up reply actions
Guzman K's looking with Bernadina at second to end the 8th...
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 9:28 PM EDT reply actions
Zimmerman doubles to start the ninth...
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 9:37 PM EDT reply actions
Milledge K's...
BOOOONNE???
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 9:38 PM EDT reply actions
Boone swings over a slider...DUKES????
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 9:40 PM EDT up reply actions
Uh, yeah, like Dukes, he, uh, well, he K'd, and the uh, the game, it's like, you know, over...and stuff...
Punching out.
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by Patrick Reddington on Sep 4, 2008 9:43 PM EDT up reply actions

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