Washington Nationals Lose 3 Of 4 To Houston Astros, This One Hurt.
by Patrick Reddington on Jun 3, 2010 7:24 PM EDT
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5. E: 143: With a league-leading 50 errors in 55 games, after the Washington Nationals get back-to-back three-error outings from their starting shortstops, Ian Desmond last night and Cristian Guzman today, the Nats, who were built this year with defense in mind, are slipping back into their old ways. Jeff Keppinger reaches on a throwing error by Guzman in the first this afternoon, and two singles later scores to get the Astros out to an early lead. In the fifth, Guzman's second error puts Lance Berkman on with two down, but he's stranded, so no harm, but Guzman's third error costs the Nationals the lead in the ninth.
4. E: 50: Moved to right field in the eighth in a defensive switch, Guzman's out there in the ninth after the Nationals take 4-3 lead in the top of the frame, but Lance Berkman lines to right with two down and Guzman allows it to get under his glove, scoring Michael Bourn to tie it at 4-4 two sliders before El Caballo, Carlos Lee wins it for the Astros with a two-run blast to left off the Nationals' closer, Matt Capps, who's now blown 3 of his last 4 save opportunities...
3. STOREN WARNING!: It took future Nats' closer Drew Storen five pitches to pop Jason Michaels up in the sixth, stranding runners on first and third after Nats' starter J.D. Martin had given up a one-out double and two-out single before he was lifted, having throw 5.2 IP in which he surrendered 8 hits, 3 runs, 2 ER, 1 walk and 2 HR's. Storen's back in the seventh, and he walks leadoff batter Michael Bourn and gives up a line drive single to Jeff Keppinger before retiring Lance Berkman, Carlos Lee and Hunter Pence without allowing a run to cross...Just making it interesting. It's part of the training...
2. Zimmer Walks: The Houston Astros' radio team threw this one out there after Ryan Zimmerman walked with one out in the seventh. The walk was Zimmerman's 28th in 47 games played, and the 9th in 4 games against the Astros this week. Houston wanted nothing to do with Ryan Zimmerman and his .311/.411/602. (1.014 OPS)...
1. ROAD TRIP...Finally Over - The Washington Nationals left for their 10-game swing through the western United States with 23-22 record, and they return home to the nation's capital 26-29, once again last in the NL East, having lost three of four to the Houston Astros, and five of the last six games on the trip. Up next it's three with the Cincinnati Reds, who are tied with the St. Louis Cardinals atop the NL Central, and three with the Pittsburgh Pirates, with the first of three against Milledge and Friends featuring the MLB debut of the Nats' '09 no.1 overall pick...
• Miss The Game? The DC Faithful Were Watching:
| Num | Name - Comments |
|---|---|
| 1 | souldrummer - 151 |
| 2 | grizzy - 62 |
| 3 | bluelineswinger - 60 |
| 4 | Doghouse - 59 |
| 5 | RobBobS - 37 |
| 6 | Dave from NNN - 26 |
| 7 | MissB - 22 |
| 8 | Princess Jazzy -17 |
| 9 | natsstats - 12 |
• Final Score: Astros 6, Nationals 4.
Nationals now 26-29.
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wow...
both of the teams i cheer for lose via walk-off home runs in less than 24 hours. maybe i should just run away from baseball as fast as i can.
This season I will expect the worst but I will be prepared for 'worser'.
by LOUtheMETandNATSfan on Jun 3, 2010 7:53 PM EDT reply actions
Nah, if you were the jinxer, we'd be chasing you....
"There's a *raccoon* roaming the concourse at Space Coast Stadium." -Strasburg's Debut
"...eyeblack-oozing baseball cyborg" - Bryce Harper, masked like #3...
by cat daddy3000 on Jun 3, 2010 8:06 PM EDT up reply actions
3. ..."Just making it interesting. It's part of the training..."...... heh...
2. Zim walks…. yeah, they knew the softball field balcony boxes beckoned. (if they weren’t there, it would have meant the demolition of the 1911 Union Railway Station….)
1. Home…
"There's a *raccoon* roaming the concourse at Space Coast Stadium." -Strasburg's Debut
"...eyeblack-oozing baseball cyborg" - Bryce Harper, masked like #3...
Ow. This did hurt but after my initial horror from how the inning played out
I still must say that overall this isn’t a horrible team, they’re just playing that way right now. I don’t believe they played over their heads when they were playing well. They can be very good when everything is clicking just as they can be downright horrible when they are going through rough patches. I believe they are just in a down streak right now and I think that HIS arrival will up everyone’s game.
Expectations need to be level, however. Jesus is coming, but he may not be all Savior-like to start out. He’s a kid, after all. I think everyone needs to come home, relax and help Jesus adjust to the big leagues.
There is a lot of baseball to be played and I think that the overall character of this Nats’ team is great, they don’t quit, even when they are playing lousy. Hopefully, it will all even out and things will start looking up. They’ve done extremely well, considering the last two seasons. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t think their current level of play is acceptable, I just think they need to regroup and try not to let the circus surrounding Strasburg get to them. I trust Riggs and Rizzo to fix what needs to be fixed and to not let the circus get out of hand when Jesus gets to DC.
Off to watch Burn Notice. Talk to you guys later.
Patiently waiting for "next year" since 1971.
Every team has a bump
This team wasnt supposed to be winning anything over 65 games this year. So its hard for me to be too pessimistic. That said, I think they now are at the time where they could put to good use some new reinforcements. Wang and Stras are starting to be needed badly. And a RF bat who could shoulder some of the offensive load. At this stage, I’d almost be keen for Rizzo to make a move for a good bullpen arm too. They are seriously 3-4 guys short of being a wild card team.
Ian Desmond is my hero!
Who said the team wasn't supposed to win over 65 games?
The 3 or 4 projections I saw had them winning between 75 and 80 games. Only Mamba predicted they would lose 100 or close to it.
Rob
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball."
—Connie Mack
I'm with you RobBob.
My expectations were more along the lines of 72-78 wins with .500 being a good goal. But part of 72-78 wins means not being in last place for me. It’s not the wins that bother me given our schedule; it’s that we’re in last place after the good vibes of the 20-15 high water mark. Since then we’ve been less then stellar, something like 6-14. A stretch of .300 ball is a killer for the mojo.
Souldrummer stands alone for Miguel Batista. Many want to see Capps save games. Dream big! MOAR RUNZ!!! MOAR BATISTA!!!!
It was lousy to lose 3 of 4 to the Astros
but at the same time more or less; (to be painfully exact it was Pacific time) the Twins were losing 3 or 4 to the Mariners.
Go Livo!
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