The Washington Nationals got past the trade deadline and went on to get blown-out in Arizona by a final score of 17-0. Yes, that looks like a football score. After the shocking loss in the first game of this series, the Nats will try to win this one to leave Arizona with a salvage win before the team flies back to Washington, D.C. ahead of a day-off on Thursday.
Nats’ manager Dave Martinez‘s bullpen ended up using just 3-relievers as Eduardo Salazar was for some reason pushed to the brink of exhaustion at 50-pitches in his third inning of work. His first two innings were good, and then he faded quickly in his third inning of work. Joan Adon threw just 16-pitches, and Tanner Rainey gave up a field goal to add to the two touchdowns by Arizona. Rainey’s meltdown inning of work came on three hits and two walks as he faced mostly bench players as the Diamondbacks subbed out players in the blowout. Earlier in the day, Martinez was talking about getting Rainey some “high leverage” innings. Rainey’s ERA stands at 6.60 now.
The Nationals are deep underdogs today, at +145 to win on the moneyline. That means if you bet $100 you would win $145. Bet $10.00 and you win $14.50.
This is what the Nats schedule looks like going forward:
- Wednesday: MacKenzie Gore vs. Arizona
- Thursday: Day-Off
- Friday: Jake Irvin vs. Brewers
- Saturday: DJ Herz vs. Brewers
- Sunday: Mitchell Parker vs. Brewers
- Monday: Patrick Corbin vs. Giants
- Tuesday: Gore vs. Giants
- Wednesday: Irvin vs. Giants
- Thursday: Herz vs. Giants
Your top Washington Nationals on the FanGraphs’ WAR leaderboard adjusted a day after large adjustments yesterday and CJ Abrams is back atop of the position WAR rankings at +2.0 with Jacob Young at +1.9. In total, 22 Nats’ players are in positive WAR and another eight are at a neutral 0.0 WAR.
“We dug ourselves a hole really early. It was tough. They swung the bats well. That’s a lot of runs to come back from.”
— Nats’ manager Dave Martinez said after yesterday’s game
The Nats starting pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.43 and 23rd in MLB.
Here is how they rank:
No. 5 Starter: Patrick Corbin 5.88
No. 4 Starter: DJ Herz 4.79
No. 3 Starter: MacKenzie Gore 4.51
No. 2 Starter: Mitchell Parker 4.31
No. 1 Starter: Jake Irvin 3.44
Washington Nationals vs. Arizona Diamondbacks
Stadium: Chase Field, Phoenix, Arizona
1st Pitch: 3:40 pm EDT
TV: MASN2
Radio: 106.7 The Fan radio and via the MLB app; In Spanish on DC 87.7 FM and La Pantera 100.7 FM/1220 AM. On Sirius/XM, tune to Channel 182 for the home broadcast and the road team is online only.
Line-up subject to change (without notice):
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Game 109:
The Nationals won on 08/02 on the road against the Diamondbacks in a record of 58-51. They won’t drop below .500 the rest of the season. The Nats are in second place in the NL East. But you knew this already. Box Score / Standings
The Senators won on 08/09 on the road against the Chicago White Sox resulting in a record of 59-50. Box Score / Standings
