Game #3 Nats have a salvage game in this series; Corbin’s debut!

Posted on March 31, 2019 by Stephen G. "Ghost" Mears

Photo by Navy Yard Nats for TalkNats

When a team has already lost all of their games in a series, the final game in that series is known as a salvage game. That is the case today for the Washington Nationals after they have dropped the first two games in this three game series. The Nationals will pin their hopes on the left arm of Patrick Corbin, and the bats that emerge from his dugout. This is Corbin’s Nationals debut after he signed the largest pitcher’s free agent deal of the off-season at 6 years for $140 million.

The Mets will pitch the right-handed Zack Wheeler who Mets manager Mickey Callaway is now seeding as the Mets #3 pitcher. We will see how Callaway sets his lineup against the lefty Corbin.

On the Nats side, we will see what Dave Martinez does with his lineup today as it will be released shortly. The team did score 4-runs yesterday against starter Noah Syndergaard, and then they added on 4 more against reliever Seth Lugo who was pitching on fumes.

Zach Wheeler (career) vs. Batters Table
Name PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA
▼		 OBP SLG OPS
Adam Eaton 14 10 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 .500 .643 .600 1.243
Yan Gomes 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Kurt Suzuki 2 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Trea Turner 16 13 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 .385 .467 .462 .928
Ryan Zimmerman 25 23 8 0 0 2 4 2 4 .348 .400 .609 1.009
Anthony Rendon 32 26 9 0 0 0 2 4 4 .346 .469 .346 .815
Juan Soto 7 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .429 .333 .762
Matt Adams 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250
Howie Kendrick 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333
Wilmer Difo 8 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286
Brian Dozier 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Andrew Stevenson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Total 137 119 37 3 0 3 10 12 18 .311 .393 .412 .804
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 3/31/2019.

The chart above shows the Nats offense against Zack Wheeler in his career, but keep in mind that Wheeler had a breakout season in 2018, and maybe the way to look at today’s lineup should be based on last year (3.31 ERA) instead of what happened in 2013-2017.

Zach Wheeler (2018) vs. Batters Table
Name PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO BA
▼		 OBP SLG OPS
Adam Eaton 8 6 5 1 0 0 0 1 0 .833 .875 1.000 1.875
Trea Turner 10 8 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 .500 .556 .625 1.181
Anthony Rendon 7 6 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 .333 .429 .333 .762
Juan Soto 7 6 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .429 .333 .762
Howie Kendrick 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
Matt Adams 4 4 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250
Wilmer Difo 8 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286
Ryan Zimmerman 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167
Brian Dozier 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Michael A. Taylor 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333
Andrew Stevenson 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Total 65 56 16 2 0 1 4 6 9 .286 .365 .375 .740
Provided by Baseball-Reference.com: View Play Index Tool Used
Generated 3/31/2019.

If you are waking up to rain in your area, the Capital Weather Gang believes the rain should leave the area by first pitch; however, it will be cold with some wind.

“I think the boys are doing well. They’re playing well,” Martinez said. “I like the way the boys came back. I see some good things.”

Manager Dave Martinez has tried to stay optimistic, but he has also been critical of some players as he spoke in his postgame about Trevor Rosenthal‘s not commanding his pitches and some of the mistakes of the 21-year-old Victor Robles. The question is always whether we see these players make adjustments.

New York Mets vs. Washington Nationals
Stadium:  Nationals Park, Washington, D.C.
1st Pitch: 1:35 pm EDT
TV: MASN; MLB App out-of-market
Nats Radio: 106.7 The Fan and via the MLB app

Line-ups subject to change without notice:

  1. Adam Eaton RF
  2. Trea Turner SS
  3. Anthony Rendon 3B
  4. Juan Soto LF
  5. Ryan Zimmerman 1B
  6. Yan Gomes C
  7. Brian Dozier 2B
  8. Patrick Corbin LHP
  9. Victor Robles CF
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