Washington Nationals' Livan Hernandez Dominates The Cincinnati Reds, Nats win 7-1.
by Patrick Reddington on Jul 22, 2010 7:12 PM EDT
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5. Walks And Walks: Reds' starter Edinson Volquez walks four in the first two innings. Nyjer Morgan walks to lead off the first, steals second, takes third on a sac fly and scores on an RBI groundout to put the Nationals up 1-0 early. In the second, Volquez gives up three-straight one-out walks and an RBI single by Livan Hernandez to make it 2-0, and it's 3-0 when Morgan grounds into a run-scoring force at second. Volquez doesn't get out of the third...
4. SHAKE N BAKE!!: After a Gold Glove play at third to get Miguel Cairo for the final out of the second, the Nats' Silver Slugger Ryan Zimmerman picks up his bat and singles on a line drive to left to start the Nats' third. Edinson Volquez tries to throw a 94mph fastball outside by the Nats' big middle-of-the-order bat and gives up Adam Dunn's 23rd HR of the year. Adam Du---SHAKE N BAKE!! SHAKE N BAKE!!! Dunn goes the other way to left for a two-run blast, 5-0 Nats.
3. 3 Stolen Bases?: Nyjer Morgan walks and steals second in the first before scoring the Nats' first run. The Nats' leadoff man beats out the back end of a DP grounder to drive the Nats' third run in in the second, then steals his second bag of the game with Roger Bernadina at the plate. In the top of the fourth, the Nats' center fielder's mythical second-half powers begin to show signs of finally surfacing as he hits a one-out single, and steals second with Roger Bernadina at bat. 3 steals for Morgan? According to MLB.com's Bill Ladson (via twitter @washingnats):
"Before Nyjer Morgan, the last member of the #Expos/Nats to steal three bases in a game was Vladimir Guerrero on 9/20/02."
2. Roger Bernadina Is Your New Favorite National? What Were You Waiting For?: Orlando Cabrera singles off Nats' right-hander Livan Hernandez with one down in the sixth, and Jay Bruce follows with a drive to left, Roger Bernadina makes a diving catch to flat-out rob Bruce and then Bernie throws in to first to double up Cabrera and end the sixth. One out later, Roger "The Flying" Bernadina hits the 6th HR he's sent out this season to right off Reds' left-hander (and former Nat) Bill Bray. The second HR of Bernadina's career off a left-handed pitcher gives the Nats a 7-1 lead and gets the DC Faithful talking about their new favorite right fielder...
1. Mr. National Himself: The 35-year-old right-hander Livan Hernandez hadn't won a game for Washington since he beat the Kansas City Royals on June 21st. The veteran starter helps the Nats earn a split of the four-game series with the Reds, holding Cincinnati to 1 run on 7 hits over 9.0 innings pitched, throwing his second complete game of the year (which is also the Nats' second complete game of the year.) Livan's Line: 9.0 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 5 K's, 102 pitches, 72 strikes, high speed: 87mph, low speed 63mph (final pitch!!), 5 1-2-3 innings...oh, and 1 for 4 with an RBI...
• Miss The Game? The DC Faithful LOVE LIVAN!!!
| Num | Name - Comments |
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| 1 | plebescite - 113 |
| 2 | Doncosmic - 53 |
| 3 | Princess Jazzy - 51 |
| 4 | MissB - 45 |
| 5 | Jorgath - 44 |
| 6 | Berndaddy - 41 |
| 7 | cat daddy3000 - 34 |
| 8 | Doghouse - 25 |
| 9 | rachel216 - 20 |
| 10 | lynxtheone- 19 |
• Final Score: Nats 7, Reds 1.
Nationals now 42-54.
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ELB!!!!
Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."
by Patrick Reddington on Jul 22, 2010 7:27 PM EDT up reply actions
ELE!!!!!!! Great win!!!!!!!!!!
June 8, 2010: The day a Washington Nationals fan has been waiting for since September 30, 1971...
by Nationalpastime9 on Jul 22, 2010 7:41 PM EDT up reply actions
Watching the replay of the game now
I missed most of it today because of meetings, so I figured I would catch some of the replay while going through emails. The stadium looks frighteningly empty.
by The Herndon Kid on Jul 22, 2010 11:37 PM EDT reply actions
I saw that
I am already going to the Tuesday and Wednesday games, so calling in sick for Thursday may be poor form.
by The Herndon Kid on Jul 22, 2010 11:55 PM EDT reply actions
Oooooooh. Ladson's in trouble now.
“Before Nyjer Morgan, the last member of the #Expos/Nats to steal three bases in a game was Vladimir Guerrero on 9/20/02.”
He didn’t mention the Senators when bringing in a historical reference. [ducks and runs]
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park.
It's the only reason I tolerate Ladson.
Rob
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball."
—Connie Mack
In 1963 Minnie Minoso played for YOUR Washington Senators and had 8 stolen bases.
If memory serves me correctly, he got them all in one game, a game in which he had 3 singles.
On the first two singles he stole second, third and home.
On the last single he was caught at home due to a pitch out and the Senators lost 10-2.
Eddie Yost, managing his first and last game of the year, was ejected from the game for arguing the call, claiming that Minoso had not missed the plate on his slide. Meanwhile, Minoso could be seen in the dugout lighting up a Cohiba.
That’s my story and I’m sticking to it!
Think he had 8 SB in all of '63...
Vivian Jaffe: "Have you ever transcended space and time?"
Albert Markovski: "Yes. No. Uh, time, not space... No, I don't know what you're talking about."
by Patrick Reddington on Jul 23, 2010 8:22 AM EDT up reply actions
The sarcasm meter is flashing bright red...
On a desperate search for Sunshine at Nats Park.
by souldrummer on Jul 23, 2010 12:16 PM EDT up reply actions
0 BBs is the best part for me since Livo’s main strategy that I’ve seen is to pitch around the good hitters
+1
How does a pitcher like Livan who lives on the edges of the strike zone pitch 9 with zero walks?
Amazing.
Was it a generous strike zone, or was Livo really hitting his spots?
Stupid radio doesn’t have pitch f/x…
"And everybody lived happily ever after. Except the Phillies and the Mets. The End." --Sasskuash
Friend of Dukes and Desmond #3
you need to get HD radio doggy-daddy, doesn’t that have pitch f/x.
(I was listening on the radio too and it seemed like toward the end of the game the announcers were saying that Livo was actually getting squeezed.)
Considering I was driving for about half of the game...
…maybe it’s better that the radio didn’t have pitch f/x.
"And everybody lived happily ever after. Except the Phillies and the Mets. The End." --Sasskuash
Friend of Dukes and Desmond #3
I watched on the DVR and it seemed like a fair zone. Neither pitcher seemed squeezed but not many obvious balls were called strikes.
On another note…Grizzy will like this…the Orioles had a total meltdown last night. Wiggington went insane when an ump missed a call and bumped the umpire—gone. Later the pitching coach got tossed for sarcastic applause and he later apologized. Then the manager went insane and got tossed after the pitching coach got tossed.
Later, a fan went on the field and it took over 5 minutes to catch him. If anybody sees it on youtube, please post link. It sounded like a classic but stupid MASN didn’t show it.
As to the network not showing the idiot running around on the field
Good! If they did, it would only encourage more idiots to do the same.
Rob
"No matter what I talk about, I always get back to baseball."
—Connie Mack
MR Irrelevant has the fan on the field.
as for the ump bumping, it’s on MLB.com
Your voice of doom and gloom. Read more at natsnewsnetwork.blogspot.com
by Dave at District Sports Page on Jul 23, 2010 11:29 AM EDT up reply actions
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