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Game 33 WPA: FAIL Umping is FAIL. Nats lose 4-5.

Not to say Ross didn't make mistakes or the Nats didn't miss some opportunities, but if you're not going to enforce a clear violation of the Utley Rule, why have it at all?

By Doghouse
"So help me, Blue, Ima throw this through your dumb fat face!" (Not an actual quote.)
"So help me, Blue, Ima throw this through your dumb fat face!" (Not an actual quote.)
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Source: FanGraphs

(What do these graphs mean?)

  • Robbed: Joe Ross (-43.1%) doesn't have his best outing, giving up 5 runs in 6 IP with 4 Ks and 2 walks, although he's victimized by an apparent unannounced change to the Utley rule that cost the losing runs in the 6th.
  • What a pleasant change from MAT striking out at leadoff: Ben Revere (-23.7%) tries for the Espinosa ground-out cycle, going 0-5 with 4 LOB.
  • A human LASIK advertisement: Wilson Ramos (+22.2%) is 2-2 with a walk, although he gets thrown out at home in the ayeth trying to score from first on a double to tie the game (-6.7%).
  • He still isn't hitting with RISP: Ryan Zimmerman (+20.8%) is 2-5 with a two-out, two-run bomb to left to put the Nats ahead in the 5th and a two-out, line-drive solo shot to center to get the Nats within one in the seventh (+12.5%).
  • Merit/demerit: Anthony Rendon (+12.3%) is 2-5 with a one-out double in the 9th (+16.7%). Daniel Murphy (-18.2%) is 2-5 with a fly out to end the game with two on (-16.6%).
  • Innings eater: Sammy Solis (+8.5%) has a tough 7th but an easy ayeth, both scoreless, to earn a shutdown.

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